Duane Degler: Why Here? Why Now?

Submitted May 30, 2007 for SWUI 2007 working session.


Then:	Now:	Future:
Media > multimedia > training > system/process design > knowledge management > performance improvement > interaction design/usability Chasing the goal: Supportive, effective user experiences	Integrating threads: Interaction design/usability Semantic web Content management Transactional application design/integration The challenge: It takes too long and remains too hard to do!	Context support as a part of everyday user activities Embedding better-or-best practices into design/development tools: Interactions Methodologies

Questions for this conversation

How to focus the growing conversation... and should we, while letting it flower further?
What do we see as priorities? short-term, mid-term, long-term
What does the research community need to frame an "agenda"?
What collaborations can exist between research and practice?