Articles: Information Design
From: “(…) a comprehensive portal to online resources in professional, scientific and technical communication.” (The EServer Technical Communication Library) – coutesy of ben hyde
All posts from
February 2003
Talking About the Elements of User Experience
An Interview with Jesse James Garrett (John S. Rhodes et al. – WebWord)
Hypertext Criticism: Writing about Hypertext
“Electronic literature today is hypertextual and more, finding inspiration in visual arts, animation, games and cinema.” (Susana Tosca and Jill Walker – Journal of Digital Information 3.3)
Information Design: The Meta Discipline for Business
“Information Design integrates numerous disciplines to create effective information.” (Thread Inc.)
User-Centered Design in the Experience Economy Era
“The User-Centered Design Process is an attempt to take design as a competitive tool at least a couple of steps beyond ‘Nice!'” (Anders Norman – Ocean Observations)
Investor Relations Website Design
“Individual investors are intimidated by overly complex IR sites and need simple summaries of financial data. Both individual and professional investors want the company’s own story and investment vision.” (Jakob Nielsen – Alertbox)
Centralize Your Information Architecture
“Save money and win friends by standardizing your information architecture.” (Gerry McGovern – User Interface 7 West Conference)
Words Drive Action: An Interview with Gerry McGovern
“(…) about the importance of an editorial perspective in a web development.” (Christine Perfetti and Josh Porter – User Interface 7 West Conference)
Conflict in HCI Field: Computer Science vs. Psychology
“Forget about the implementation! It is absolutely secondary!” (Yarone D. Goren) – courtesy of webword
Controlled Vocabulary
“A controlled vocabulary is often used to make a database easier to search.” (David Riecks) – courtesy of poor but happy
Information Design International Conference
“(…) a forum for addressing and discussing, in considerable depth, issues relevant to the paths and effective use of information design for communication within a research perspective.” (September 8-11, 2003 – Recife, Brazil)
The Malofiej Infographics World Summit 11
University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain – March 23-28, 2003 (Capitulo Español Society for News Design)
Tangible Interfaces and Graspable Interfaces
“(…) graspable and tangible interfaces are systems relating to the use of physical artifacts as representations and controls for digital information.” (Eva Hornecker) – courtesy of brightly colored food
Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture: the v-2 interview
“(…) the message that an organisation calling itself the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture had decloaked and announced its existence to the world came as nothing short of a grenade in the Inbox.” (Adam Greenfield – v-2)
Cyborg logs and collective stream of (de)consciousness capture for producing attribution-free informatic content such as cyborglogs
“Because of the participants’ ability to constantly experience the world through the apparatus, the apparatus can behave as a true extension of the participants’ mind and body, giving rise to a new kind of collective experience.” (Steve Mann – First Monday 8.2)
Building an Information Architecture the Adaptive Path Way: An Interview with Indi Young
“(…) the creator of the mental model diagram and gap analysis process.” (Josh Porter – User Interface 7 West Conference)
The New R&D: Relevant & Desirable
“Somewhere in the process of evangelizing user-centered design, user experience professionals seem to have forgotten the value of vision-driven design.” (George Olsen – Boxes and Arrows)
What’s Your Idea of a Mental Model?
“As usability and design professionals, we often use the term ìmental modelî loosely.” (Scott McDaniel – Boxes and Arrows)
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology February/March 2003
Design for Small Screens
– “(…) a 20-minute overview of how life is different for web people entering the world of small devices.” (Marc Rettig) – courtesy of hydesign