Jane McGonigal at Gel 2006
Jane McGonigal at Gel 2006
We asked Gel 2006 attendees (see attendee list) to fill in the blanks: "Gel is..." and "Gel 2006 was..." and they wrote over 100 responses, including "the only conference you need to attend, no matter what you do" and "a marvelous collection of innovative thinkers and doers." Read more:
• All "Gel is..." answers
• All "Gel 2006 was..." answers
• Gel 2006 attendee list
• Gel 2006 photos
• Kareem Mayan's Day 1 slideshow
- Khoi Vinh, NYT.com design chief, on Friday in the theater...
http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2006/0508_on_the_secon.php
...and on Thursday's "Day 1" events:
http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2006/0504_a_gel_of_a_c.php
- Scott Berkun ("Gel is my favorite design conference"):
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=268
- Steve Hoffman:
http://hoffman.blogs.com/tales/2006/05/gel_again.html
- Christopher Herot:
http://herot.typepad.com/cherot
- Annette Kramer's notes on several sessions:
http://learninglaboratory.blogspot.com
- Kareem Mayan, who made our Day 1 slideshow:
http://tinyurl.com/rztzu
- Lisa Sulgit:
http://tinyurl.com/k4srb
- Sarah Endline, founder of sweetriot:
http://blog.sweetriot.com/blog/2006/05/gel_great_think.html
- Steve Sherlock:
http://p4tgce.blogspot.com and http://hgttb.blogspot.com
- Martin Hardee describes Erin McKean:
http://tinyurl.com/ohpae
Mark Hurst writes: As I wrote the attendees already, I felt like I was speaking to friends from the stage. Thanks to everyone for being there.
Finally, one more quick recollection from the end of the event.
Just after the final speaker at Gel 2006, one attendee approached me to give his (positive) feedback on the event. "I feel a little guilty about being here at Gel," he said. "I should be at work, but instead I find that I'm have a very personally fulfilling experience here." I pointed out that that was an interesting distinction.
For the same reason, I was happy to hear Ji Lee get a cheer from the Gel audience when he said he started the Bubble Project because he was tired of being unfulfilled at work. There really is something to this "good experience" idea, and it's a lot bigger than marketing or "eyeballs" or usability... after all, it shouldn't have to be lifeless or dull to be a "real job". To the contrary - learning about good experience, by having a good experience, is the best professional development I can think of.
(P.S. Read more about Ji Lee in my recent interview with him here:)
http://www.goodexperience.com/blog/archives/000594.php