InfoDesign: Hand-picked since 1997

Information Markup Language Specification

Added on 19 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“The goal of IML is to enable handheld computers, (that have limitations in the display size and input capabilities), to access and render content from the Internet.” (Simputer Project) – courtesy of dmitri ragano

Technology

Malacca: Revolutionary Interface for Handhelds

Added on 19 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Malacca is the world’s most advanced interface for handhelds, and is based on IML, the Simputer’s XML-based lingua franca.” (PicoPeta Simputers) – courtesy of dmitri ragano

A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis

Added on 19 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“This article originally appeared in the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science v23, 1-30 (April-July 1998).” (Dr. Louise Spiteri – AIfIA)

Metadata

Designed for Life: Q&A with Donald Norman

Added on 19 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) the guru’s guru of a world in which people really care whether everyday gadgets work intuitive.” (Wendy M. Grossman – The New Scientist) – courtesy of lawrence lee

Interviews

Articles: Information Design

Added on 18 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

From: “(…) a comprehensive portal to online resources in professional, scientific and technical communication.” (The EServer Technical Communication Library) – coutesy of ben hyde

Information design

Talking About the Elements of User Experience

Added on 18 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

An Interview with Jesse James Garrett (John S. Rhodes et al. – WebWord)

Interviews

Hypertext Criticism: Writing about Hypertext

Added on 18 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“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)

Hypertext

Information Design: The Meta Discipline for Business

Added on 18 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Information Design integrates numerous disciplines to create effective information.” (Thread Inc.)

Information design

User-Centered Design in the Experience Economy Era

Added on 18 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“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

Added on 18 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“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)

Usability

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)

Information architecture

Words Drive Action: An Interview with Gerry McGovern

Added on 17 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) about the importance of an editorial perspective in a web development.” (Christine Perfetti and Josh Porter – User Interface 7 West Conference)

Interviews

Conflict in HCI Field: Computer Science vs. Psychology

Added on 17 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“Forget about the implementation! It is absolutely secondary!” (Yarone D. Goren) – courtesy of webword

Controlled Vocabulary

Added on 17 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“A controlled vocabulary is often used to make a database easier to search.” (David Riecks) – courtesy of poor but happy

Metadata

Information Design International Conference

Added on 17 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) 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)

Events

The Malofiej Infographics World Summit 11

Added on 14 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain – March 23-28, 2003 (Capitulo Español Society for News Design)

Events

Tangible Interfaces and Graspable Interfaces

Added on 13 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) 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

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)

Information architecture

Cyborg logs and collective stream of (de)consciousness capture for producing attribution-free informatic content such as cyborglogs

Added on 12 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“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)

Information design

Building an Information Architecture the Adaptive Path Way: An Interview with Indi Young

Added on 12 February 2003 Peter Bogaards

“(…) the creator of the mental model diagram and gap analysis process.” (Josh Porter – User Interface 7 West Conference)

Interviews