UXCampLondon

Thanks for making UXCampLondon a great day! We had a lot of fun with a fantastic range of discussions, like-minded people and exciting ideas. Hope you did too.

The discussions don’t have to stop here. There’s a vibrant UX community at http://london-ia.ning.com/ and hope you’ll join us to continue with your conversations, ideas and friendships. Don’t forget to blog, tweet, and post pictures with the tag #uxcamplondon. If you’d like your presentation slides to be linked from the UXCampLondon schedule, please email us (uxcamplondon AT googlemail.com) the URL of where they’re hosted (eg. Slideshare) and we’ll add a link in due course.

Don’t forget that the lovely people at Rosenfeld Media are giving all UXCampLondon attendees the opportunity to save 20% on their books. To enjoy this generous offer please use the discount code we’ve emailed to you all.

We’d like to say one last thank you to our supporters for helping this event happen. A big round of applause to Gumtree, Vodafone, Amberlight, Saros Research, Clearleft, Axure, Rosenfeld Media and Addlestones for their investment in the user experience community.

Most of all we hope you enjoyed the event and are inspired to keep on making the world a more user-friendly place!

The UXCampLondon folks

Reactions

A few blog posts about UXCampLondon that might be of interest:

• http://www.tomhume.org/2009/08/uxcamplondon.html
• http://boonyew.com/interaction/2009/08/23/my-uxcamplondon-review/
• http://unmethodical.posterous.com/wham-bam-wireframe-and-other-miscellaneous-st
• http://www.dontreadmyblog.com/?p=1958
• http://judyrees.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/exploration-with-ux-explorers/
• http://www.cennydd.co.uk/2009/lessons-from-uxcamplondon/
• http://www.alphabux.net/2009/08/test/#more-3
• http://blog.gumtree.com/uxcamplondon-at-gumtree/
• http://www.wearelucy.com/blog/2009/08/25/uxcamplondon-fieldnotes/
• http://robenslin.com/2009/08/26/uxcamplondon/

A final treat

Why not enjoy the cringeworthy fine acting skills of our friends at Adaptive Path once more?

JJG misses UXCampLondon.

OK, looks like we’re all set. The food’s arrived, the signs are up, the cider is chilling and we’ve improved the schedule page, which we’ll keep updated throughout the day once the grid fills up.

See you bright and early tomorrow!

Yikes! Saturday’s rolling around pretty fast. Badges are being printed, prizes are being collected and the food’s been ordered. There’s quite a bit of it. We’ve also got some booze too. Put it this way: you’ll be looked after.

One final plea: if you have a ticket but now won’t be coming, PLEASE let us know today at uxcamplondon@googlemail.com. We still have dozens of people on the reserve list and we’d love them to come if you can’t. Tickets aren’t transferable, so please don’t give them to your friends instead. We won’t be able to let them in.

Hope you have an idea of what you want to talk about, and are ready for a bright early start. We’ve updated the Transport page with some more details. Have a good look before Saturday; it’s pretty easy to find but we’d like everyone to be here nice and early if possible. The sooner we can get started, the more time we get for hanging around with a pint afterward.

See you on Saturday!
The UXCampLondon folks

UXCampLondon is just over a fortnight away! Saturday 22 August, to be precise.

Demand was higher than even we anticipated – a great indication of how the UX scene in Britain is flourishing. If you have a ticket but now don’t think you can make it, please let us know as soon as possible on uxcamplondon@googlemail.com. We won’t judge you. There are lots of people in the reserve list giving us puppy dog eyes and we’d love to give them a good home.

Getting there

We know Richmond’s a bit of a trek. But hopefully you’ll see why we chose the Gumtree offices when you visit: lots of rooms both big and small, lots of kitchens, open spaces, games and pool, and it’s right on the banks of the Thames.

The best way to get to Richmond is either the District Line or the direct train from Waterloo and Clapham Junction. We’ve put a detailed Transport page on the website. Please turn up between 9 and 9.45. You’ll be able to grab breakfast and coffee before the intro session starts, at 10 sharp. See the Schedule page for more information.

On the day

If it’s your first BarCamp, you might be wondering what to expect. We recommend Vero Pepperrell’s excellent BarCamp Virgin’s Guide to find out why BarCamps are different to other conferences. As you know, all attendees are also participants, so start thinking about your session. Everyone has 30 minutes for a presentation / panel / discussion group / demo / whatever. Rough and ready, improvised, polished, it’s up to you. Sign up for a slot on the day and knock ‘em 
dead.

You’ll probably want to bring:

• a laptop, plus its chargers and cables (Mac users, you might want to bring a DVI to VGA adapter for the projectors, although you may be able to borrow one too)
• a presentation of some kind. It’s a good idea to back it up onto a USB stick.
• some deliverables to show off (see below)
• business cards
• a spare power strip if you have one. They’re really useful.

Please don’t bring an ethernet cable! Gumtree have asked that we connect to the network by WiFi only: don’t worry, it’s solid enough to hold our weight.

Food and drink

Thanks to our marvellous supporters Vodafone, Amberlight, Saros and Gumtree we are providing breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks, plus a decent bar tab in the pub afterwards. If you have any special dietary requirements please let us know, although we’ll be getting a good variety of options anyway (that’s just good user-centred design, right?).

Wall of Deliverables

Bring your best wireframes, personas, sitemaps, concept maps to put up on the Wall of Deliverables. (Yes, we nicked the idea off the IA Summit.) There will be prizes!

That’s all for now. Please feel free to talk, tweet, blog and rant about UXCampLondon if you’re as excited as we are. The official tag is ‘uxcamplondon’.

We’ll be in touch soon. Can’t wait to meet you all!

The UXCampLondon folks

http://wwwuxcamplondon.org

UXCampLondon is now sold out. Any returns will be allocated to the Reserve list; we’ll contact people by phone to offer any spares. Looking forward to seeing you there!

We’re pleased to announce our third sponsor, Saros Research. Saros is the UK’s leading database-driven response recruitment service, with over 175,000 registered members, growing at a rate of over 3000 per month.

With the combined support of Saros, Vodafone and Amberlight we’re now able to provide lunch, snacks and some beers in the pub afterwards. More info on the evening’s events later, but we hope you can join us for a merry look back at the day’s events!