Category Archives for Information Architecture Design
Now Available: Reframing Information Architecture Book
I just ordered a copy of Reframing Information Architecture, a new academic textbook style publication from Springer edited by Andrea Resmini. The book compiles work originally presented in a pre-conference workshop in Baltimore for the IA Summit. It features chapters written … Continue reading
Stephen Jay Gould on Autism and Understanding
We often learn most about an average by understanding the reason for an extreme deviation. Read Gould’s essay here
Blackbird Pie – Embedding Tweets With Style
I DONT THINK IN TERMS OF WIREFRAMES. OR IN TERMS OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. I THINK IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING HTTP://J.MP/NFINCKSESSIONless than a minute ago via webNOT ACTUALLY RSWFAKEWURMAN
Job Description: Information Architect (At An “Integrated” Agency)
A friend of mine who works in a traditional advertising and PR agency that’s evolving toward “integration” asked me about job descriptions for information architects – he was looking for a way to talk about a position called “IA” or … Continue reading
Leonard Cohen Vs. Jesse James Garrett
This blog entry is part two of an I’m-not-yet-sure-how-many-entries-long series examining eleven of the arguments and assertions Jesse James Garrett made approximately one year ago in his closing plenary address at the 10th annual IA Summit in Memphis, TN. In … Continue reading
There Is No Such Thing As Jesse James Garrett
I was wrong. The discipline of information architecture and the role of the information architect will always be defined in conjunction with one another. As long as you have information architects, what they do will always be information architecture. Seems … Continue reading
No Such Thing As Information Architects: Responding To JJG 11 Months Later
I’m about to embark on a point-by-point rebuttal to Jesse James Garrett’s provocative closing plenary at last year’s Information Architecture Summit. Before I get down to business I’d like your help. I’m an ALA-certified librarian, so perhaps it is not … Continue reading
On to Ontology and Taxing Tax Taxonomy
On my way in to the office today I heard a radio advertisement for tax preparation software. I’ve been hearing this ad everywhere, all across the radio dial, and it’s pretty memorable. For a couple of reasons, but primarily because … Continue reading
DTDT Circlejerk
This morning on the Twitter I saw Joshua Porter retweeting a link to a piece by Thomas Memmel which includes this prediction for Information Architecture in the new year (and beyond): … I have the impression that in 2010 and … Continue reading
Engineer's Quote On What Constitutes "Design" And Who's A "Designer"
“Engineers are not the only professional designers. Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. The intellectual activity that produces material artefacts is no different fundamentally from the one that prescribes remedies for … Continue reading