November 2000

Redesign The Data Dump

"Information architecture still has a long way to go" (Business 2.0 on Richard Saul Wurman's 'Information Anxiety 2')

Posted by PJB on November 24, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Butterfly Effect

"(...) why usability really matters" (FeedMag interviews the NN Group on the Florida ballot, usability, and XML)

Posted by PJB on November 20, 2000 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Valerie Casey of Frog Design

"(...) information designers who have a strong visual sense are usually more successful" (Adobe Web Center Gallery)

Posted by PJB on November 16, 2000 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Design Matters

"April 2000 issue now available" (Society for Technical Communication)

Posted by PJB on November 16, 2000 | Classification: TechCom | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Methods for Assessing the Usage and Usability of Documentation

"(...) focus on comparisons between printed and electronic documentation" (Mark H. Chignell et al. - Dept. of Industrial Engineering - Univ. of Toronto)

Posted by PJB on November 14, 2000 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Ballot in Question

Bad Infodesign Example or 'Why Gore Lost The US Election' (Sun-Sentinel)

Posted by PJB on November 09, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information Design Resources

"(...) structuring is comparable to cartography" (ByteRyte)

Posted by PJB on November 07, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Communication Research Institute

"(...) a training program for professional communication and information designers" (Mail CRIA)

Posted by PJB on November 06, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information Architecture 2000

Conference Presentations Available (Strange Connections - ACIA)

Posted by PJB on November 06, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

What Can We Learn From Jakob Nielsen?

"(...) pick out the most interesting stuff" (Philip Greenspun - ArsDigita Systems Journal)

Posted by PJB on November 05, 2000 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Art of Information Architecture

"Information Architecture is the practice of designing the infrastructure of a Web site, specifically the navigation" (iBoost)

Posted by PJB on November 03, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Design Science Journal

"(...) 99 percent of the interactivity on the Web today is navigation" (Ignition Design)

Posted by PJB on November 02, 2000 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

How Websites Learn

"Information Architecture that adapt to use" (Peter Merholz)

Posted by PJB on November 02, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Interface Design and Optimization of Reading of Continuous Text

"(...) reading is the means by which the world does a large part of its work" (Paul Muter - University of Toronto)

Posted by PJB on November 01, 2000 | Classification: Writing | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

"(...) the official journal of the American Society for Information Science" (John Willey & Son)

Posted by PJB on November 01, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack