October 2001

Beyond Algorithms: An HCI Perspective on Recommender Systems

"(...) an effective recommender system inspires trust in the system" (Ramshi Sinha et al. - SIMS UC Berkeley)

Posted by PJB on October 29, 2001 | Classification: HCI | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Methods to Design Information Architecture

"(...) to develop methods for designing information architecture of content heavy interfaces" (Ramshi Sinha et al. - SIMS UC Berkeley)

Posted by PJB on October 29, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Truth, Beauty, and the User Interface

Notes on the Aesthetics of Information (Matthew G. Kirschenbaum - Mixed Messages: Images, Text, and Technology 1997)

Posted by PJB on October 26, 2001 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

UX Design Process

"This is a very basic set of pages showing some of the deliverables and process involved in creating a fairly complex architecture (...)" (drewspace)

Posted by PJB on October 26, 2001 | Classification: User experience | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information versus Experience

"(...) there has been a struggle between the structure of a document and its presentation." (Emmanuel King Turner - A List Apart)

Posted by PJB on October 26, 2001 | Classification: User experience | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

A Business Case for Usability

"(...) based on academic research, industrial research, case studies, consulting experience, and common knowledge found in the usability community." (John Rhodes - Webword)

Posted by PJB on October 25, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Notes on the Dimensions of Prototype Tests

"(...) paragraphs and illustrations describe the many dimensions to consider when designing usability tests or tests of conceptual prototypes." (Marc Rettig)

Posted by PJB on October 25, 2001 | Classification: UCD | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Representation and Perceived Information Architecture

"(...) four ways to represent the same information." (John Rhodes - WebWord)

Posted by PJB on October 23, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Web Usability

Understanding the User in your Web Site Audience (Keith Instone)

Posted by PJB on October 22, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Measuring Information Architecture Panel

"(...) sharing updated Power Point slides from the panel and have links to more information about each of the panelists." (Keith Instone)

Posted by PJB on October 22, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

If This Is Information Architecture, I Need A Plumber!

"(...) that information architecture is a very real problem and one that we are not yet even close to solving." (Andrew Dillon - ASIS&T Bulletin 28.1)

Posted by PJB on October 22, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

An XML Framework for Coordinating Creative and Technical Design

"(...) the cultural clash between three groups often involved in Web projects: front-end developers, information architects and visual designers." (Gordon Bennett - Intranet Journal)

Posted by PJB on October 20, 2001 | Classification: Technology | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

IAwiki

"An experimental collaborative discussion space (...)" (IAwiki.net)

Posted by PJB on October 20, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Evolution of Brand Identity

The Changing Roles of Identity and Navigation Design (Vic Zauderer and Marc Escobosa - WebTechniques)

Posted by PJB on October 19, 2001 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information Architecture as a Profession

"(...) to highlight and provide resources for information architects and aspiring information architects looking for basic information about the profession." (Tal Herman - Seralat)

Posted by PJB on October 19, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

RuleSpace: Information Architecture in a Grand Context

"My presentation aims to give the audience a framework or model - a thing to think with (...)" (Matt Jones - Black Belt Jones)

Posted by PJB on October 19, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information Architecture is not Architecture

"(...) as long as we're choosing new titles, I'd like to change mine to 'brain surgeon'." (Jessica Helfand - brushtroke.tv)

Posted by PJB on October 19, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Usability Net

"Your network resource for professional usability" (About UsabilityNet)

Posted by PJB on October 18, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Perfect Choice

"Information age consumers are more interested in perfect choice than perfect competition." (Richard T. Watson - ACM Ubiquity)

Posted by PJB on October 17, 2001 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Jakob Nielsen on how Apple blew it, how Linux will blow it, and the Next Big Thing

"The more we can remove the UI, the more smooth the UI can be." (Andrew Orlowski - The Register)

Posted by PJB on October 17, 2001 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Usability and Navigation

"(...) we'll look at how you can set up internal links so your visitors can move from page to page with ease." (Andrew Starling - Web Developer's Virtual Library)

Posted by PJB on October 17, 2001 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Achieving Usability Through Software Architecture

"(...) an approach to improving the usability of software systems by means of software architectural decision" (Len Bass et al. - Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute)

Posted by PJB on October 17, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

VRI XtraNet

"(...) a list of pointers to internet information about software user interface topics" (Vertical Research, Inc.)

Posted by PJB on October 16, 2001 | Classification: HCI | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Establishing a Dedicated Interaction Design/Usability Team

"The reality is that your customers (or users) are not willing to learn how to use your site (...)" (Scott Larson and Matte Scheinker - stickygoo)

Posted by PJB on October 12, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Powers of Ten

Journey to the edge of the universe and back down to the quark (Charles and Ray Eames)

Posted by PJB on October 12, 2001 | Classification: Classics | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

3D Map of Manhattan

Damage report from the city of New York (CNN)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Bagarashi: Where The Web Speaks To You

"(...) we are mainly focusing on web usability, information architecture, web marketing, and related content areas." (About Bagarashi)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information Visualization and Visualization Techniques

A Collection of Visualizations (Rika Furuhata - Fujishiro Ichikawa Lab)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: InfoViz | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Design Sounds

"(...) about the role of sound in design" (Christina Nilson-Dag - Swedish Society of Crafts and Design)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: Audio design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Cognition, Emotion and Other Inescapable Dimensions of Human Experience

"There is an Aristotelic tradition in cognitive psychology, information design and artificial intelligence, to understand human information processing as a mechanism (...)" (Jorge Frascara - Visible Language)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: User experience | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Social Construction of Information (Architecture)

"(...) the art and science of organizing information to facilitate its rapid and intuitive retrieval" (Adam Greenfield - V-2)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Information Design Association: IDeAs

"(...) some back issues of the former IDA newsletter" (Conrad Taylor - informationdesign.org)

Posted by PJB on October 11, 2001 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Navigating Isn't Fun

"(...) many Web designers have incorrectly deduced from this that users want navigation schemes." (Alan Cooper - Cooper Interaction Design)

Posted by PJB on October 10, 2001 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Visionary Lays Into The Web

"Ted Nelson is a visionary who is credited with coining the term hypertext." (Tracey Logan - BBC News)

Posted by PJB on October 09, 2001 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Making the World a Happier Place, One Web Site at a Time

"(...) this is a 'half-million book' because typically we charge $10,000 to review a homepage" (Andy King - Web Reference)

Posted by PJB on October 09, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The Face of Information Architecture

"An interview with Christina Wodtke (...)" (John Rhodes - Webword)

Posted by PJB on October 08, 2001 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 08, 2001 | Classification: HCI | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

A Conversation on Information

An interview with Umberto Eco (Semiotics)

Posted by PJB on October 07, 2001 | Classification: Interviews | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Ramblings

The IA of IKEA Stores (Kate Hagedorn)

Posted by PJB on October 04, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 04, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Online Journalism

Modelling the First Generation of News Media on the World Wide Web (Mark Deuze - FirstMonday 6.10)

Posted by PJB on October 04, 2001 | Classification: Writing | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 04, 2001 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Comparative Usability Evaluation

"A comparative usability test (...) carried out by four professional teams." (DialogDesign Denmark)

Posted by PJB on October 04, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Business 2.0 Guide to Web Usability

A list of relevant places, events, and people (Business 2.0)

Posted by PJB on October 04, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 03, 2001 | Classification: Search | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Sitemaps, Storyboards, and Specifications

A Sketch of Web Site Design Practice (Mark W. Newman and James A. Landay - Group for User Interface Research)

Posted by PJB on October 03, 2001 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 02, 2001 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 02, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

The TAO of Topic Maps

Finding the way in the age of infoglut (Steve Pepper - Infostream)

Posted by PJB on October 02, 2001 | Classification: Metadata | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Presenting Data and Information

Class Given by Edward Tufte (Terrie Miller - O'Reilly)

Posted by PJB on October 01, 2001 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

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)

Posted by PJB on October 01, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack

Applying the Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Sciences to Products

"I place the blame squarely upon BCSS itself." (Don Norman)

Posted by PJB on October 01, 2001 | Classification: Usability | Comments (0) | Permalink | TrackBack