InfoCamp Berkeley

Announcing SAP as InfoCamp 2013 Session Sponsor

InfoCamp Team — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:30:30 +0000

The InfoCamp 2013 team is proud to announce SAP as a session and lunch sponsor! SAP’s Siva Sabaretnam will be hosting a session on User Experience at SAP at 1:30 in room 205.

Siva Sabaretnam is a design leader with 17 years experience in the combined fields of design strategy, branding & marketing creative, online advertising, user experience design and design thinking coaching. Previously, Siva served at design leadership positions at consumer facing companies like Excite & Walmart. Currently, she leads User Experience at SAP AppHaus, an innovation team and a think-tank-style offshoot of SAP Labs focusing on Consumer products with Enterprise Value.

Siva will speak about the changing face of User Experience at SAP AppHaus, covering topics of flexible work environment, team philosophy, design process, mobility, and share examples from AppHaus’s current portfolio.

InfoCamp Berkeley: What was it like last year?

isha — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:34:54 +0000

Guest writer Arthur Che headed the InfoCamp Berkeley 2012 planning team

It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since last year’s event. InfoCamp Berkeley is less than 2 weeks away, and we’re super excited to do it again! For an idea of what to expect, here’s a quick recap from last year.

We had a amazing turnout, filling South Hall with 100 working professionals and 50 students from various disciplines. In the morning, we all gathered for an insightful keynote by Dave Hogue on designing for simplicity. Dave deftly broke down his notion of the Complexity Curve, exploring the increasing complexity of today’s interfaces and devices.

After a tasty lunch from Ann’s, we split up into different rooms at South Hall and dug into a variety of subjects:

Sara Cambridge led a session on designing for behavior change, covering the Quantified Self movement and some of BJ Fogg’s latest work on behaviors and persuasion.
Benjamin Wiederkehr gave an ad hoc presentation on the basics of information visualization.
Dave Lester and Michael Hintze led an informal discussion on data mining techniques and methods
Other sessions covered awesome topics like mindmapping, information in relief aid, data for cities and citizens, and a whole lot more.

Finally, after a long day of thinking and interacting, we gave away a few Kindles and let off some steam at the nearby Beta Lounge. All in all, it was an exciting day at the normally studious South Hall, and we can’t wait to create that energy again on Saturday, March 16th. Make haste and register now!

Keynote About Compassionate Content

isha — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:47:48 +0000

We are thrilled to announce our keynote speaker, Diane Murphy!

Diane has nearly a decade of experience developing content for some of the best-known user interfaces, including Facebook, PayPal and eBay. She worked as a writer at Interbrand, a leading brand agency in New York City. After relocating to the West Coast, Diane led content strategy for the resolution centers of PayPal and eBay, and helped develop the eBay voice and tone. At the beginning of 2012, she joined the content strategy team at Facebook, and is currently writing and designing content related to site integrity and photos.

Diane will speak about empathy in language and design in a session called “Compassionate Content: Developing Social Resolution for Photos on Facebook.”

Diane lives in San Jose, California with her husband and two young sons. She can be found on LinkedIn.

Announcing InfoCamp Berkeley 2013!

InfoCamp Team — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:51:48 +0000

We are excited to invite you to InfoCamp Berkeley 2013 on Saturday, March 16th!

Please join us for an inspiring day of user experience, information architecture, interaction design, service design, information management, librarianship, online search, informatics, and more.

InfoCamp is an unconference-style event that encourages collaboration, innovation, and community. After an invited speaker kicks off the day, participants pitch topics, sign up for time slots, and lead discussions. Anyone who comes can host a session.