WordCamp Toronto: Developers
Taylor Dewey on
This is a post about a WordCamp. It is far from the first one: we sponsor and send people to a number of them each year . This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at WordCamp Toronto: Developers.
Toronto has now held the second developer-centric WordCamp. The idea—as it was explained during the opening remarks—is that these are viability tests of niche WordCamps.
The Toronto organizers are (rightly) considering the test a success. They sold out tickets with an attendance near 300 and a slate of talented speakers despite Hurricane Sandy forcing a last-minute call for speakers.
I had the opportunity to speak about how to create websites tailored to the people using them through a process called Interaction Design. This half science, half design discipline answers questions such as:
- Who is the site being created for, what do we mean by “user?”
- What tasks and goals should this website address?
- How will someone interact with the website?
My slides are online, the talk will be posted to WordCamp.tv eventually, and @sachac drew this really nifty summarizing sketchnote:
Of course, you’re also welcome to reach out to us directly if you would like to know more about how Interaction Design can help create harmonious human-computer interfaces.