“While I am greatly generalizing to drive my point, I advocate that visual communication work is conceived and designed according to the good principles of Information Design listed above and not according to the visual taste and preference of anyone.” (Robin Good – Master New Media)

“Digital cameras let us snap more shots cheaply and spontaneously. But instead of keeping the best for posterity, we often clutter our computers by saving all, good or bad.” (Anick Jesdanun – Seattle Post-Intelligencer) – courtesy of jakob nielsen

Theme: Information design for air transport (Karel van der Waarde & Piet Westendorp eds. – John Benjamin Publishing Company)

“Many tasks involve the processing of information from different sources. Some information needed resides in the memory of the person. Other information is in physical things: dials, screens even the position of objects. Physical (and similarly virtual) objects act as memory aids.” (Paul Curzon – Usability News)

“From this point of view, I suggest that in figuring out ‘where Information Design has come from’, we can usefully look beyond the usual suspects: it’s not only self-identified ID ‘believers’ who have contributed good ideas about how to communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately.” (Conrad Taylor – Ideography) – courtesy of beth mazur

“The Santa Claus approach to content management creates a content management software wish list. It believes in the magic of technology to sweep away any and every problem. Typically, those who believe in Santa don’t believe in defining their processes, or figuring out just why they need a website in the first place.” (Gerry McGovern)

“Buckets are an aggregative, intelligent construct for publishing in DLs allow the decoupling of information content from information storage and retrieval. Buckets exist within the Smart Objects and Dumb Archives model for DLs in that we ‘push down’ many of the functionalities and responsibilities traditionally associated with archives (making the archives ‘dumber’) into the buckets (making them ‘smarter’). Some of the responsibilities imbued to buckets are the enforcement of their terms and conditions, and maintenance and display of their contents.” (Michael L. Nelson) – courtesy of usablehelp

“As far as I can tell, the new media have made us into a nation of information junkies; that is to say, our 170-year efforts have turned information into a form of garbage. My own answer to the question concerning access to information is that, at least for now, the speed, volume, and variety of available information serve as a distraction and a moral deficit; we are deluded into thinking that the serious social problems of our time would be solved if only we had more information, and still more information.” (Neil Postman – Media Ecology Association) – courtesy of vanderwal

“Begin thinking of your website as the means to meet the needs and desires of people. Understand the motivations that bring people to the web. Help them learn and feel and connect and trade. Plan your site to successfully provide all four of those things for the people you want to move.” (Dirk Knemeyer – Thread Inc.)

“Intranets don’t self-organize. Without planned, centralized information architectures and clearly defined published processes, they become unproductive. Intranets often have applications that either don’t work properly, are too difficult to learn, or have no clear business benefit. Applications, like content, must be able to establish a clear return on investment.” (Gerry McGovern)

“Our goal is to provide a structured forum to define common goals, formulate strategies, and develop collaborative action leading to improving the performance of communications and developing an agreed upon knowledge base that serves and defines the field.” (International Institute for Information Design) – courtesy of karel van der waarde

“(…) there aren’t many places to see news design happening throughout the world. Many areas of the country don’t have easy access to newspapers from around the world or even the United States. Consequently many of us are working in somewhat of a vacuum. Your participation helps create a community for all news designers from all geographic areas and from all levels of experience.” (About NPD)

“There is a view in some organizations that an intranet is only for staff, so you can publish what you want. Quality content matters as much on an intranet as on a public website. Get your content right to begin with. Keep it right by removing out-of-date content.” (Gerry McGovern)

“The intranet is beginning to restructure the organization in more ways than one. Content is now an asset, and the people who manage it need to treat it as such. Managing editors, and their team, understand how technology can facilitate effective publishing, collaboration and self-service focused application development.” (Gerry McGovern)

“For easy reference, we have posted notes from every 2003 About, With and For speaker session.” (about, with and for – Institute of Design) – courtesy of peter merholz

“Finally, organizations are getting serious about how they manage their intranets. The intranet is now moving out of an evolutionary, experimental phase into a more systematic, managed phase. It is being seen as an asset, a driver of productivity. However, return on investment measurement for the intranet still requires a lot of work.” (Gerry McGovern)

“(…) the most difficult part is often not the decision making itself but identifying what data and information are relevant and having easy access and appropriate presentation of it.” (Dirk Knemeyer – Thread Inc.)

“Schema theory explains interrial conditions of learning, which can be applied in instructional design in various ways. In this paper, schematic interpretation of human cognition is first related to human capabilities, for which instruction is designed. Then, instructional implication of the schema theory will be discussed for integration of learning outcome domains. Finally, Procedures for the design of instruction will be suggested emphasizing integration of various outcome domains.” (Katsuaki Suzuki (1987) – Department of Educational Research – Florida State University)

“The only difference is, Byrne is as serious about his attraction to Powerpoint as Tufte is in his denigration of it. Both Byrne and Tufte are self-proclaimed experts.” (Jessica Helfand) – courtesy of beth mazur

“What is information design? Fundamentally, it is about presenting information in ways that help readers understand.” (Boag Associates) – courtesy of city of sound