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Well, XP Days London was Fun again. I’ve had a peek at the many photos I took, I’ll publish them later this week, as Rob and I are currently busy preparing the next eXperience Agile course.
In the meantime, I recommend what some other writings on sessions I went to.
I normally have a funny feeling with keynote sessions. I’ve become so accustomed to interactive sessions, that I find sitting for an hour at a time, watching the slides go by to be a bit boring. Unless the presentation is really engaging. William Gaver ‘s presentation on Ludic Design was such a presentation. Unfortunately, I can’t find the videos he used (made by a documentary filmmaker) online. These videos showed very effectively how the drift table (a coffee table with a lense in the middle that lets you drift over the english country side as if you were in a hot air balloon) and another device were used in different ways than the designers anticipated.
It resonates with something I’ve observed from practice quite a bit – people will use your system in ways you’ve never expected. I prefer to be creative with it, and see what we can learn. Others seem to prefer saying `Bad User! This is not the way the system was intended!`…
rant
(Unfortunately, the papers on the drift table (probably written on British taxpayers’ money) seem to be locked behind ACM’s Portal, you have to be a member to access it… Don’t you just love how academic publishing works… ).
/rant
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