UX Hackfest 2017
Contents
London, UK, November 14-17
Primary contact: AllanDay
Secondary contact: MarioSanchez
Description
A small, focused event for UX designers and GNOME Shell maintainers.
Venue
14 & 15 November
- St. Pancras Meeting Rooms
- Derbyshire House
St. Chad’s Street (opposite to King’s Cross & St. Pancras stations)
- London WC1H 8AG
From King’s Cross St. Pancras and walk down Belgrove Street, directly south of the stations. Turn right onto St. Chad’s Street and on your right is Derbyshire House (OpenStreetMap).
16 & 17 November
Red Hat central London office:
- Red Hat
- 30-36 Monument St
- London
- EC3R 8NB
The office is located close to London Bridge and Monument stations.
Agenda
Assess ongoing UX plans for GNOME Shell, including:
- Activities overview
- Login/unlock
- First run experience
- Interactive tutorial (probably merged into "First Run Experience")
- Overlay help
- Consistent spatial model (with semantic animations)
- Tiling
- Better integration of apps with legacy decorations
- App menu replacement
- DnD support for folders (creating, updating, removing)
Shared Agreements
We all agree to abide by these principles for the hackfest.
- Bring your full, honest self
- This is a safe space
- Assume good intentions from each other
- Be open, listen actively
Speak your mind & heart
Attendees
While we would love to accommodate as many people as possible, design generally works better in small groups and our venue has limited space. It's recommended that you contact one of the hackfest organizers if you'd like to attend.
Name |
Interests/Area |
Need Sponsorship? |
Arrival |
Departure |
Accommodation |
Notes |
UX Design |
Y |
Monday 13th, 20:00 at St. Pancras |
|
Point A Shoreditch |
|
|
|
N |
Sun Nov 12th, 2:05 PM |
Mon Nov 20th, 11:35 AM |
Airbnb |
With partner |
|
UX design |
Y |
Mon 13th, 17:30 (St Pancras train station) |
Sat 18th |
Point A Shoreditch |
|
|
Y |
Mon 13th, 10:10 (Gatwick) |
Sat 18th, 10:50 (dito) |
Point A Shoreditch |
|
||
N |
Local |
Local |
Local |
Can't stay until too late in the evenings |
||
|
Y |
Monday, 20:10 (Luton airport) |
|
Point A Shoreditch |
|
|
UX design |
N |
Mon Nov 12th |
Sat Nov 18th |
Point A Shoreditch |
|
|
UX |
N |
Monday Nov 13, 9:30 AM (London LHR) |
Saturday Nov 18, 9:40 AM (London LGW) |
Point A Shoreditch |
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Social events
On Wednesday 15th November, there will be a London beers event which the wider community is invited to.
Accommodation
London has lots of hotel options, although it can sometimes be tricky finding cheap/good ones. The following are suggestion:
Travelodge Liverpool Street - twin rooms available for £110 per night (you need to check the box for a wheelchair accessible room to get a twin bed)
hub Tower Bridge - rooms for around £125 per night
Point A Hotel Shoreditch - have rooms from around £120 a night, including twins (also have locations at Kings Cross and Liverpool Street)
Notes & Output
Blog posts
Please list blog posts here