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]> ia/ - information architecture news http://iaslash.org Blogging the IA/ID/UXD news one node at a time. en Information architect on Web Worker Daily http://iaslash.org/node/7749 <p>The role of information architect is featured at Web Worker Daily today:</p> <p><a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/23/web-worker-payoff-information-architect/">Web Worker Payoff: Information Architect</a></p> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:48:10 -0700 User account security measures offer annoying barriers without a reasonable payoff http://iaslash.org/node/7748 <p>Random internet browsing brought me to a choice user response to "internet security measures":</p> <blockquote><p> Like, I know they are there for good reason, but so many web sites require so many different variations of passwords, I just can't keep up with them all. My bank for example...It's one of those "password must contain atleas 8 characters, upper and lowercase and atleast one number". Okay, I did that, I've managed to remember it...but then, I have to have 8 different security questions. It doesn't always promt me with one, but about every 5th time I log into the site they throw me one of the questions. I can't keep up with all the answers. There are multiple answers to most of the questions. I don't have a fave band, I have several. I don't have a fave candy, or movie or any of that other crap.... So, if I answer wrong 3 times, they disable my account and make me re-register it.....*grumble*</p> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:44:52 -0700 Nielsen drops page view ranking http://iaslash.org/node/7747 <p>From USA Today, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-07-09-nielsen-online-measurements_N.htm">Nielsen drops page view rankings</a> in favor of weighing time on site as more important.</p> <p>Article specifically cites online video and Ajax as reasons why page views are meaningless.</p> <p>Time on site is also skewed. Measuring content views would be a more precise measurement of user engagement. (You can track content views for both video and ajax.)</p> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:47:23 -0700 Joost offers innovative(?), new ad models http://iaslash.org/node/7745 <p>From <a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&#038;s=59449&#038;Nid=29816&#038;p=433030">Joost Unveils Stellar Brand Ad Launch Lineup, Partnership With IPG</a>:</p> <blockquote><p> Joost is offering advertisers a range of formats beyond the traditional 30-second spot. Ten-second and 15-second pre-, mid-, and post-roll options are all available, all with interactive capabilities for users to delve deeper into ad messages if they desire.</p> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:21:26 -0700 Things You See - A conversation between Bob Goodman, Peter Jones, Eric Reiss and GK VanPatter http://iaslash.org/node/7746 <p>NexD Journal has a follow-up article to GK VanPatter's <a href="http://www.nextd.org/pdf_download/NextD_TWINS.pdf">Unidentical Twins</a> that triggered much discussion a few months ago. The follow-up is a 4 way conversation between Bob Goodman, Peter Jones, Eric Reiss and GK VanPatter. </p> <p>I feel like I should post a witty summary, but it is too long to summarise, covers too much ground and (for me) is somewhat hard to grasp (though much easier than the first article).</p> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:19:25 -0700 Vision for a new video world http://iaslash.org/node/7744 <p>Online Media Daily quotes Jeremy Allaire's views on web video and advertising in <a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&#038;s=59420&#038;Nid=29816&#038;p=433030">Brightcove Founder Lays Out Media Vision For A New Video World</a>.</p> <p>His remarks were part of his keynote to the Outfront conference. (There's a link to the entire keynote you can watch, as well.)</p> <p>Interesting comments fmor a smart gyu. Go read. Tasty bits to moisten your lips:</p> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:22:05 -0700 On Wireframing Tools for Microsoft Environments http://iaslash.org/node/7743 <p><P>Let's start with Boyd's IP Theft (oops, I mean Dictum) on Prototyping Tools: it is easier for someone who knows what they are doing to transfer a design concept on the back of a business card with a crayon than it is for someone without a clue to perform the same task with any other medium.</p> <p>In other words, the important part is <strong>transferring the design concept</strong> not <strong>look at the size of my tool</strong>.</p> <p>Sure, some tools make things easier. Some tools are more efficient than others.</p> Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:30:20 -0700 The Forces of User Experience http://iaslash.org/node/7741 <p>Richard Dalton has a new blog, and an excellent post called <a href="http://mauvyrusset.com/2007/06/16/the-forces-of-user-experience/">The Forces of User Experience</a> in which he extends Jesse James Garrett's elements of user experience diagram to represent the effect of strategy on other planes.</p> <p>Good stuff.</p> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:25:45 -0700 Semantic analysis: Making sense of the chaos of free text http://iaslash.org/node/7739 <p>Matt Hodgson has posted a summary of a presentation he did for our local IA group recently. This is a truly awesome piece of IA work - he analysed a large volume of unstructured text and designed a framework to rewrite it in a consistent, machine-readable, human-readable way: <a href="http://magia3e.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/semantic-analysis-making-sense-of-the-chaos-of-free-text/">Semantic analysis: Making sense of the chaos of free text</a></p> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:34:49 -0700 Watch this space http://iaslash.org/node/7738 <p>IAslash partner, the <a href="http://iainstitute.org/">IA Institute</a>, cherishes this resource and wishes to see it come back to life. Therefore, in my capacity as Institute director charged with web and technical initiatives, I have volunteered to undertake a rejuvenation of this site. </p> <p>Over the next few weeks we will be cleaning up the aggregator subscriptions (retiring some venerable but defunct newsfeeds and adding some fresh new exciting ones) and working on developing a regular posting schedule. </p> <p>Our goal is to enable you to rely on IAslash as a useful and informative filter and source of interesting news from the realm of IA and the related disciplines and practices of user experience (UX), interaction design (IxD), product management, design management, social web design, and internetworked business and entrepreneurship.</p> Mon, 14 May 2007 21:50:24 -0700 Discourse around Emergent Information Architecture http://iaslash.org/node/7722 <p>A couple of great blog posts by <a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2006/07/07/emergent-information-architecture/">Peter Merholz – Emergent IA</a> and <a href="http://atomiq.org/archives/2006/07/how_do_people_cocreate_information_environments.html">Gene Smith – How do people co-create information environments?</a> touching on topics surrounding emergent IA. There is also some follow up discussion in the <a href="http://lists.iainstitute.org/private.cgi/iai-members-iainstitute.org/2006-July/001200.html">IAI mailing list</a>.</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:04:39 -0700 Christopher Fahey writes an interesting series on the “Smoke & Mirrors” of user research. http://iaslash.org/node/7721 <p>As designers look towards user research for the objective truth, Christopher questions the motives behind the research. He follows with a series of articles, the first of which discuss <a href="http://www.graphpaper.com/2006/07-10_user-research-smoke-mirrors-part-1-design-vs-science">user research as a pseudo science</a> pointing to absolutes that do not exist. He continues the discussion stating that tools such as <a href="http://www.graphpaper.com/2006/07-11_user-research-smoke-mirrors-part-2-research-as-a-design-tool">eye tracking provide results that are already apparent to good UI designers</a>. His latest article explains that <a href="http://www.graphpaper.com/2006/07-12_user-research-smoke-mirrors-part-3-research-as-a-political-tool">a value of user research is often to cut through the politics</a> and convince stakeholders to make good design decisions. His upcoming article: “Research as Bullshit”</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:38:48 -0700 10 Ways http://iaslash.org/node/7718 <p>If you haven’t already seen <a href="http://interact10ways.com/">Getty Images' 10 Ways</a>, it’s worth a look. Getty collaborated with 5 designers to create some very creative interactive experiences. They attempt to capture the compelling visual language of photography. </p> <p>I’m not too sold on them as educational tools but they are neat interactive pieces none the less.</p> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:00:11 -0700 IAI Summary Question 1: To Content Inventory Or Not To Content Inventory http://iaslash.org/node/7717 <h3>Inaugural Question of the Week for the IA Institute Member Mailing List</h3> <p>Leisa Reichelt of <a href="http://diambiguity.com">Disambiguity.com</a> posted earlier this month against content inventories, positing that they immerse you in the status quo of the content types and approaches.</p> <p>http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/05/why-you-shouldnt-start-ia-with-a-content-inventory/</p> <p>Her position is interesting, but we'd like to hear from you about how you react to this post. How have content inventories affected your process and creativity on projects? Is completing a content inventory as one of your first major IA tasks good or bad?</p> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:49:55 -0700 Information Architecture Institute: Question of the Week http://iaslash.org/node/7716 <p>Hello, Information Architecture fans.</p> <p>To share the insights gleaned from years of deep dives into Information Architecture and the various User Experience areas of practice, every two weeks we will pose a question to the Information Architecture Institute's member mailing list, collect the responses, then summarize the key discussion points right here on iaslash.org.</p> <p>Look for the first summary in the next couple days.</p> Wed, 24 May 2006 20:30:12 -0700