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I was going to blog ear­lier this week about the upcom­ing User Expe­ri­ence Camp Van­cou­ver, which Karen Parker and I are orga­niz­ing and hold­ing at the Van­cou­ver Film school this Sat­ur­day, but the event sold out nearly imme­di­ately, and I fear that writ­ing about it here will be frus­trat­ing to so many who can’t get in. The venue is a good one, but it only holds a lit­tle over 100 peo­ple, and we hit that num­ber within a week and half of announc­ing it in a few online areas.

At any rate, my take­aways, even before UXCam­p­Van­cou­ver starts are:

1. There is clearly a desire here to have a con­fer­ence where local User Expe­ri­ence peo­ple (that includes Infor­ma­tion Archi­tects, User Inter­face Design­ers, Web Devel­op­ers, User Testers and Researchers, Soft­ware Entre­pre­neurs, etc.) can meet and share infor­ma­tion and opinions.
2. We may need a big­ger venue if we do it again
3. Being free doesn’t hurt either. After all, a chance to talk about this stuff, plus some cof­fee and treats, comfy chairs and Wi-Fi is a good way to spend a late fall Sat­ur­day in Van­cou­ver, wet and rainy or not.

At any rate, if you do want to get on the Wait­ing list, there is still a chance, although remote, that some­one who has signed up for a slot will bow out, so give it a shot, and hope­fully I’ll get to see you on Saturday.