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John Muldoon has another great write-up of this talk

There isn't too much out there on how to design for kids. Even this first sentence highlights the problem.

Why? It's far too difficult to define what this group is. In fact, it's a number of groups defined by their development, each with specific design requirements.

In this talk, I'll highlight some of the findings from a recent project in the US as well as demonstrate some emerging best practice examples from around the web.

Laurence is a Senior Analyst with iQ Content, a UX design company based in Dublin. Since joining iQ four years ago Laurence has been involved in many aspects of the UX design process from interface and interaction design through to content and analytics. The projects he has worked on have been just as varied, most recently he was part of a team designing an e-learning application for students of all ages in the US.

About Laurence

Before joining iQ, Laurence was a senior software developer working with complex internal banking systems that were often unusable. Now an advocate for accessibility, user experience and good design, he has spoken on these topics at events for the Irish Internet Association and most recently at this year's UxLX conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

Outside iQ, Laurence will be familiar to oenophiles through his blog Sourgrapes.ie and his regular wine column in the Sunday Tribune. You can follow Laurence through @laurenceveale and also @smallsips.

Missed the talk? Read this fantastic writeup by John Muldoon on Paul's talk

This is a talk about building empathic products. I put a lot of myself into the products I work on. Looking at my own motivations is a really good way of assessing the motivations of the people who use the products I build. I'll talk about my own motivations, how they're reflected in my work, and how they help guide the decision making process. During the talk I'll draw on my experience building http://useketchup.com, as well as products for a number of clients.

Paul is a web developer from Dublin specialising in building modern, compelling web applications. Formerly a founding member of Contrast, Paul now works with Brian Flanagan at Hyper Tiny, building products both internally and for clients.

Their first product, Ketchup, launched early this year and has received praise from the likes of John Gruber of daringfireball.net and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay.

Paul has spoken about building and releasing software at a number of Regional Ruby conferences, and spoke at this year's RailsConf in Baltimore.

You can follow Paul on Twitter at http://twitter.com/paulca and check out his open source work on Github: http://github.com/paulca