Beyond Cardsorting: Free-Listing Methods to Explore User Categorizations

Added on 25 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Free-listing is a technique that can help you determine the scope of the domain while providing some insight into how the domain is structured.” (Rashmi Sinha – Boxes and Arrows)

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A User-Centered Approach to Selling Information Architecture

Added on 21 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“The most common approach to selling IA involves introducing the basic concepts, along with explanations and examples of what deliverables are produced, and some discussion of the benefits.” (Jeff Lash – Digital Web Magazine)

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Designing Information Architecture

Added on 20 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

The Flamenco Project, Methods for Information Architecture, and Human Cognition and Information Architecture (Rashi Sinha)

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Centralize Your Information Architecture

Added on 17 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Save money and win friends by standardizing your information architecture.” (Gerry McGovern – User Interface 7 West Conference)

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Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture: the v-2 interview

Added on 13 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) 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)

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Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology February/March 2003

Added on 11 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“IA, Therefore I Am – James Kalbach” (ASIS&T)

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IA Summit 2003 ‘Making Connections’

Added on 6 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

Conference Schedule Update (ASIS&T)

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The Future of Information Architecture: Part II

Added on 5 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) the results of a survey conducted by the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture in January 2003 in preparation for the Leadership Seminar at the ASIS&T IA Summit.” (Peter Morville – AIfIA)

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Making Cents from Information Architecture

Added on 23 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“One of the most costly short cuts is skipping the development of a sound and highly functional information architecture.” (Alan K’necht – Digital Web Magazine)

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Understanding Information Architecture

Added on 22 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) a discipline that has a reputation for being a preserve of the hipper-than-thou.” (Rusty Foster – Online Journalism Review)

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ASIS&T IA Summit 2003 ‘Making Connections’

Added on 20 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

March 21-23, 2003 (Portland Oregon, USA) – Full programme available (American Institute of Information Science and Technology)

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Future of Information Architecture

Added on 16 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“This survey is part of an effort to identify important trends and possible futures for information architecture.” (Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture)

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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web

Added on 13 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

First edition (Feb. 1998) – full online version (Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville) – courtesy of elegant hack

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Scientific Visualization and Information Architecture

Added on 10 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Design of line graphs, contour and pseudocolor plots, and a wide variety of other user-generated graphics.” (John P. Boyd – University of Michigan) – courtesy of tremendo

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Questions Information Architects Ask

Added on 10 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“These might be helpful if you’re preparing an IA seminar yourself, or, if nothing else, they’re an interesting snapshot of what folks were interested in during late 2002.” (Louis Rosenfeld)

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Book Review of ‘Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web’

Added on 9 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) it is a non-intimidating introduction to a field that has become an integral part of effective Web design.” (James McNally – Digital Web Magazine)

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Prognostication Digitalis

Added on 7 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“2002 was the year the rubber hit the road.” (Chris tina Wodtke – Boxes and Arrows)

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Predictions for 2003

Added on 6 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Information architecture will grow in importance. More organizations will recognize that organizing information efficiently is one of the key challenges they face.” (Gerry McGovern)

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Mapping Web Sites

Added on 6 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

Chapter 4: Web Site Planning Diagrams (Paul Kahn – Kahn & Associates)

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IA: Educating Information Architecture

Added on 3 January 2003 Peter Bogaards

Chapter from ‘Information Architecture: an Emerging 21nd Century Profession’ (Earl Morrogh) – courtesy of iaslash

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