uCamp – Where Designers and Developers meet

User Experience Issues, User-Centred-Design, Designing for the User-Centric Web … Everything is “user centric” these days, presenting a whole new set of challenges to the code-writing developer. What are the techniques, the pitfalls, the gotcha’s and the guidelines? Who are the experts, what are the principles, what is the body of knowledge, and how can they help the developer?

All these topics are subject matter for a uCamp – a place where code developers and human interaction designers get together and work together: to learn, to solve problems, and to achieve common understanding.

At a uCamp you can learn:

• How research-based personas can provide a solid and reliable foundation for crafting user interfaces.
• How well-established design patterns can be employed in local solutions.
• How to achieve accessibility and usability through standard approaches and techniques.
• How coders and designers can bring their skills together to produce the finest quality experiences for their users.

At a uCamp you can contribute:

• By giving a lightning talk on the user experience issue that concerns you most.

At a uCamp you can participate:

• In a design exercise that deepens your understanding of the designer’s profession.
• In a workshop to create a design or solve a problem.

If you’re at all concerned with user experience issues – as a developer, an architect, or a manager – come to the uCamp on Wednesday afternoon. Better still, sign up on the wiki to indicate your interest and influence the agenda at the JA-SIG uCamp planning page.

See you all there: Wednesday, April 30^th, 1:30pm.