Information Architecture
On Thursday July 20 (11:30 – 12:30), Peter Morville will speak at the Library of Congress about his book, “Ambient Findability,” a history of how people search for information, and how they now find their way through a world of information overload. Although I am slammed at work, I’m... Read more
On Saturday May 20, the local chapter of DC information architects got together to recap topics that were addressed and discussed at the 2006 IA Summit. This was a long time coming for me. I’ve been meaning to attend these local meetings, but life has, of course, gotten in... Read more
Today I started a new job as an Information Architect at K12, Inc. My philosophy has always been that job satisfaction is based on the following formula: 50% the people you work with... Read more
It seems that for the last few years I have been involved with usability testing in some shape or form, although I suppose it could be debated if there were any "usability tests" at all. These "tests" were more heuristic, always informal in nature and continue to this... Read more
John Battelle recently asked readers to come up with a tagline for the next Web 2.0 conference. This will be the third such conference.
Year One included the tagline "The Web Is a Platform" to which Battelle remarks,
"That felt spot... Read more
James Melzer, fellow CLIS graduate, spoke to my grad school class last week regarding Enterprise Information Architecture. James has a great complement to Lou Rosenfeld's original.
I was a little stuck on James' use of content/document/record, but I realize I do not have... Read more
Yesterday, Dan Brown, User Experience Lead with Computech, came to my "User Interactions with Information Systems" class to discuss "A Day in the Life of..." Dan offers over a decade of related... Read more
For my graduate school class, I must work with a group to evaluate a web site or an information system (or compare multiple ones) for usability issues. Any ideas?
So far, my group has talked about the following:
I will receive my MIM degree after completing a summer class that lasts for 6 weeks. "User Interactions With Information Systems" is a course that greatly...
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I recently read related posts on Dan Brown's Green Onions and Brad Hill's Unofficial Google Weblog regarding the buzz about the supposed demise of... Read more