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Idea Conference: Recap 2
After a rousing opening and to continue along with the theme of the IDEA Conference (complex information spaces in the physical and virtual worlds and the acronym IDEA: “Information: Design, Experience, Access), the next speaker was David Guiney from the National Park Service. Peter had blogged about the his visits to some parks out west, was overall impressed with the experience, the information provided by the NPS, and of course the natural beauty.
Idea Conference: Recap 1
Last week I attended the Idea Conference 2006 in Seattle, at the main branch of the Seattle Public Library. The conference was sponsored by the IA Institute and was the brainchild of Peter Merholz. During his introduction to the conference Peter stated that the impetus for the conference was the convergence of the physical and virtual spaces as witnessed in the Maya redesign of the Carnegie Library System and a project Peter worked on for a large bank, in which they advocated a holistic approach that addressed all channels of customer communication, not just the web site. For the conference, Peter put together a group of speakers who could address designing complex information spaces in the physical and virtual worlds.
Apple in ABQ!
The long anticipated Apple store is opening today at ABQ Uptown. We're planning to drop in and join the fray this afternoon (sporting our new Clearwired T-shirts, or course).