Richard Saul Wurman defines an Information Architect
"the individual who organizes the patterns inherent in data, making the complex clear. It's a person who creates the structure or map of information which allows others to find their personal paths to knowledge, and it's also the name of the emerging 21st century professional occupation which addresses the needs of an age, focused upon clarity, human understanding and the science of the organization of information."
As you all know, I love a good fight-- er-- debate. I'm lucky to see a lively one at ye old website over that classic topic, do designers know how to design?
Goal-Oriented Navigation Design
"The role of an information architect often isn't fully understood, even within software and web development organizations. At one company I was sometimes introduced to teams as "our navigation guy." I'm actually okay with "navigation guy" as an informal working title, provided it comes with the understanding that navigation isn't something that can just be slapped onto a system, but rather one aspect of a broader user-centered design approach."
Three Questions For Your Web Agency
"Everyone's a usability expert nowadays. But does your potential web agency really take usability seriously? Three simple questions can help anyone choosing an agency find out before it's too late..."
Mary Deaton looks at automating usability
Tog looks at the way airports have changed post sept. 11th, and how they should change.
Trouble on the horizon
"The Siren Song of Patenting the Web's Infrastructure"
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Paying Royalties To Use CSS or XML? What?!
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