Chunking
“(…) to introduce some of the basic scientific and engineering concepts that lie at the heart of good human interface design.” (Kevin O’Boyle – The Interface Maffia)
A Conversation on Information
An interview with Umberto Eco (Semiotics)
Ramblings
The IA of IKEA Stores (Kate Hagedorn)
Information Architecture and the Support of Brand Promise
“Some believe information architects should only concerned with the structure of hard information. I disagree.” (Tim Salam)
Online Journalism
Information Design using Card Sorting
“The challenge is to organise this information in a way that is useful and meaningful for the users (…)” (James Robertson – Step Two Designs)
Comparative Usability Evaluation
“A comparative usability test (…) carried out by four professional teams.” (DialogDesign Denmark)
Business 2.0 Guide to Web Usability
A list of relevant places, events, and people (Business 2.0)
Effects of Link Arrangement on Search Efficiency
“(…) to discover a better method of presenting a large number of links on the home page” (Jon Dietrich et al. – SHORE)
Sitemaps, Storyboards, and Specifications
A Sketch of Web Site Design Practice (Mark W. Newman and James A. Landay – Group for User Interface Research)
Goal-Oriented Navigation Design
“A navigation system should be structured in a way that allows a user to access support for a specific goal as quickly as possible.” (Kevin Knabe – Knabe Design)
Web Usability Research at Microsoft Corporation
“(…) the development of guidelines and principles for three Web research areas that we have found to be critical: organization of the content, navigation, and engagement.” (Amy Kanerva et al. – Microsoft Corporation)
The TAO of Topic Maps
Finding the way in the age of infoglut (Steve Pepper – Infostream)
Presenting Data and Information
Class Given by Edward Tufte (Terrie Miller – O’Reilly)
Tech Devices Leave Many Befuddled
“Millions of consumers find themselves (…) saddled with glitched PCs, cell phones and digital assistants that they can’t operate.” (Tia O’Brien – The Mercury News)
Applying the Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Sciences to Products
“I place the blame squarely upon BCSS itself.” (Don Norman)
The Nature of Information
“Poetry is information fireworks” (Edward M. Housman)
Wireframe Yourself
“Wireframing is wonderfully straight-forward, amazingly sensible and devoid of wonky-geek requirements.” (GROK dot com – Future Now)
Guidance on Style Guides: Lessons Learned
“(…) the process of creating style guides and implementing processes for ensuring that a product is consistent in a number of dimensions” (Chauncey E. Wilson – Usability Interface / STC Usability SIG)
Influence at Work
The Psychology of Persuasion (Robert B. Cialdini)