I have a different perspective on the ProtoFarm event than Julie,
which I was fortunate to attend last night as well as being myself a
presenter, like her.
For my part, I don't see much value in watching people show off their
prototype all by itself. Without knowing the context behind the
prototype and the design process people employed, the prototype is
just a shiny object. (Or not so shiny, as the case may be.)
Additionally, there was guidance given to the speakers--the event was
about conveying tips and tricks for prototyping. To me, this meant
that we should emphasize the why's and wherefore's and most especially
how use of the prototype unfolded in practice.
I do agree that time management caused some issues. The first bunch of
presenters seemed to have more like 10 minutes to speak & answer
questions, where the last few (Julie and myself among them) were kept
to the 5 minute mark. I was just about to display my prototype when I
heard that my time was almost up. At this point, I chose to abandon
display of it altogether in favor of continuing to discuss the design
situation, prototyping techniques I used, and outcomes as well as
learnings. Personally, I believe that the latter set of information
would be more globally useful to the group than showing off my
prototype would have been. In retrospect, realizing that the 5-minute
time was now being enforced, I might have shown the prototype the
whole time while talking through these points, but...c'est la vie.
Nice event, IxDA San Francisco! It was a super-useful topic for the
community, I think. And Adobe made for a great host.
Cheers,
Liz
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Vice-President, IxDA / www.ixda.org
CDO, Devise / www.devise.com
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On May 27, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Damon Dimmick wrote:
Did anyone videotape this event? I'd love to see how Tellme handled
it.
Thanks!
Julie Stanford wrote:
I just attended Protofarm this evening and had a few comments about
the
event and how to make future Farm events more effective.
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