Read through The Best IA Tool You Never Heard Of and despite the joy i feel in my wee heart when I read this:

"Far from a trivial task. I'd argue information architecture (IA) is more important to the success of a site than design or programming. The two are (obviously!) vital. But if your customers can't find your products and information or can't access your services, you're better off not having a site in the first place."
(woo hoo!)

I still have no idea by the end of the article what IA task tinderbox would actually assist me in doing? Manage taxonomies to use in a CMS? Generate sitemaps? huh? All I've ever seen it used for is blogs, which is a fine use, and for personal note management.

my rambling is over at Boxes and Arrows: Leaving the Autoroute

Well, the book is off at the printers, and the Amazon.com buying info is finally correct.

It's a lot more pages than I thought it would be. Of course there are tons of screenshots, so maybe that isn't so shocking. It is due out October 16, just a week before my birthday, so that's a lovely present. And someone suggested reading Judy Blume instead of my book. (hi mike!)

Sorry if I'm am going on and on about this thing, but god, it's like having a baby. it's huge, time consuming and weirdly personal considering it's a "technical" book.

Well, it's almost done. Nothing left but live the screaming agony that it's print and I can't sneak in at 3 a.m. and change stuff....