chi 2009, cont.

CHI continues to be a total mixed bag. Some sessions are well composed and presented; others are on the level of "we've asked six people about their phones". Some are inspirational and/or immediately useful; some are so researchy/long-winded that they turn my brain to mush - like the guy that spent half an hour introducing the word "trajectory" to describe user interaction with a system.

I've heard some semi-useful stuff on social networking research that I'll be able to use. There's some interesting stuff on metrics, mobile stuff, and video. Sustainability made an appearance as a topic, so that's good to see.

The venue (Hynes Convention Center) is eh. The biggest complaint is the wireless network that goes in and out. You'd think that they'd plan for a crowd of geeks with their laptops...