Interaction08 is Better

I just returned from the very first Interaction Design conference and I'm exhausted and excited from all the fabulous ideas, people and conversations. I'll be posting my notes from the sessions but in the meantime here is a wrap-up from David Armano. This quote from his summary is excellent:

As interaction designers—or whatever we want to call ourselves, our goal should be to make things better.  We can make people feel less frustrated, more empowered and confident.  We can make people more productive, less stressed.  We can actually make lives better.

Absolutely!! This jives with the internal tagline I came up with as I integrate IxD and UX thinking and tools into our process: "Reduce Frustration, Increase Joy".

I also loved David's "clover" graphic of the agency ecosystem: