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Information Architecture Overload

Added on 8 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“I was stunned at the number of new books in these fields. There were over 20 new titles on the book shelf about information architecture, usability, interface design, web usability, flash usability, and accessibility.” (David Crow)
  • Information architecture

When Good Interfaces Go Crufty

Added on 8 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“(…) over the past 20 years, I’ve noticed that cruft has been appearing in computer interfaces. And few people are trying to fix it.” (Matthew Thomas)
  • HCI

Small Pieces Loosely Joined

Added on 7 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“{a unified theory of the web}” (David Weinberger)
  • Information design

Understanding Your Web Audience

Added on 7 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“A detailed understanding of your target audience provides you with an effective metric by which to evaluate all your design decisions: structure (content and organization), visual presentation (personality and tone), and interaction (functionality and behavior).” (Luke Wroblewski – Creative Behavior)
  • UCD

The Ten Reasons Ease Of Use Doesn’t Happen On Engineering Projects

Added on 6 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“(…) I’ve tried to catalog the different reasons why projects didn’t result in easy to use designs.” (Scott Berkun – uiweb.com)
  • Usability

Accountability of Accessibility and Usability

Added on 6 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“(…) the cardinal sin of Web accessibility: they did not use the ALT attribute for images that convey information.” (Anitra Pavka – Digital Web Magazine)
  • Usability

Comments on the Asilomar Institute

Added on 6 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“(…) are there any links out there today that you can recommend that explain exactly what IA is?” (Metafilter)
  • Information architecture

Information Architecture: From Craft to Profession

Added on 5 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“(…) most of my students are truly children of the Information Age.” (Earl Morrogh – Boxes and Arrows)
  • Information architecture

Coming of Age

Added on 5 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“As the information glut moves more and more online, our skills and expertise are fundamental to the success of an audience intent on finding the information they seek.” (Erin Malone – Boxes and Arrows)
  • Information architecture

Beyond Usability

Added on 4 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“After being neglected for years, suddenly people are talking about it like they’ve found the Holy Grail or something.” (Grokdotcom)
  • Usability

Research Network for the New Economy

Added on 4 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
DRAFT Case Study Proposal for IA Summit 2003 (Anne Galloway)
  • Information architecture

INUSE 6.2: Handbook of User-Centered Design

Added on 1 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“This handbook on user-centered design is intended for those responsible for commissioning or carrying out usability work during the development of interactive systems.” (Nectar)
  • UCD

The Design of Sites

Added on 1 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
Patterns, principles, and processes for crafting a customer-centered web experience (Nectar)
  • UCD

Donald A. Norman on ‘Emotion & Design’

Added on 1 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“The emphasis will be primarily upon product design, with a discussion of how affect serves as a computationally ‘weak method’ that provides a useful, generalizable mechanism for dealing with the unexpected.” (MIT Media Lab – Nov. 7, 2002)
  • Information design

Information Architecture Leadership Seminar

Added on 1 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“This advanced, full-day seminar is designed for information architecture and user experience leaders who wish to engage the most important and intractable problems faced by the architects of today’s information systems.” (ASIS&T IA Summit – March 20, 2003)
  • Events

The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture

Added on 1 November 2002 Peter Bogaards
“(…) serves to advance the design of shared information environments. We support a global community infrastructure that connects people, ideas, content, and tools. Through research, education, advocacy and community service, we promote excellence within our field and build bridges to related disciplines and organizations.” (About AIfIA)
  • Information architecture

Book Review: The Elements of the User Experience

Added on 30 October 2002 Peter Bogaards
“There is something gratifying about picking up a book by an author whose concept is so elegantly displayed, with a message so clear, that you want to share it with everyone you know.” (Elisa K. Miller – Digital Web Magazine)
  • User experience

Information Appliances Herald the New Usability

Added on 29 October 2002 Peter Bogaards
“This new and emerging area – appliance design – is focused on the development of devices which resemble home appliances in their narrow range of function and ease of use, but resemble computing devices in that they deal with information-based tasks.” (Peter Thomas – Usability News)
  • Usability

Grokker: Breaking The Page Barrier

Added on 29 October 2002 Peter Bogaards
“The application quickly converts data, documents, records, and search results into contextually relevant, graphical knowledge maps.” (Groxis, Inc.)
  • Information design

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web

Added on 29 October 2002 Peter Bogaards
“Wodtke argues that good site design is complex, nuanced, and context-specific.” (Ryan Olshavsky – Boxes and Arrows)
  • Information architecture
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