MW2009 highlights - Day 3

I was a bit disappointed in the sessions at the Museums and the Web conference today - a lot of 'what' has been done, not enough of the 'how'.

To end the day, however, the organisers performed an experiment in which they ran 'Un-conference sessions', for which attendees suggested topics for discussion and broke into groups.

I joined the a discussion about 'insource or outsource', which obviously attracted a few managers from public sector organisations who don't have the budget or workload to hire fulltime expert designers, IA, developers etc but who worry about exorbitant fees, not getting what they want and the IP walking out the door with contractors. It was great to hear a few other participants who were contractors (there were no other freelancers present and only two or three in evidence at the conference) confirming that they consider part of their job is to refine the brief with their client, to ensure that everyone is happy with the outcome, and to provide some education in the documentation of project outcomes, handing over of files etc.  

An important outcome of this conference for me is confirmation that I am getting things right!

April 16, 2009 | Posted in Webby stuff