Category Archives: information architecture
URL Structure / Information Architecture
In this month’s .NET (issue 164 / July 2007) , Dave Chaffey advises a web designer who’s client who has changed their business name and needs redirects to a new domain name. Dave says that if the new site has a new URL structure / information architecture, the web author should set up mapping at [...]
Information Architecture Book Review
My review of the third edition of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web has been published in Ariadne.
Information Architecture Visibility
It’s great to see that information architecture is becoming more present. In a survey last week by Netskills to see what training people want, information architecture was listed as one of the suggestions. And Oxford University advertised a post recently which included information architecture, although it was just for the student portal, so not the [...]
Google Mini and Stemming
I’ve been looking at the features of Google Mini. One set of documentation says that stemming isn’t possible, another set of documentation says that it is.
Blogging Tactics
I’m investigating how we offer blogging tools to users. Instead of providing the service ourselves, perhaps people can set up blogs on third party sites like wordpress, blogger and bloglines. All we need to do then is use a bit of php to include the rss feed into a University page. The advantages would be: [...]
Draft Blogger’s Code of Conduct
Tim O’Reilly has written up a draft blogger’s code of conduct. I can rewrite it for you in half a dozen words. “Let’s be nice to each other”. To be fair, there is a little stick hidden amongst the carrots. But how many people actually read terms and conditions? The important thing is not the [...]
Extreme Usability Redesign
I have just finished a redesign of extreme usability, my information architecture resource site. I wanted to knock it off fairly quickly, so I just used the design I made for Lancaster Steiner School. Well, the site is up and running and working, so I’m happy about that. I’d normally like to work more before [...]
Etymology of IA
The origins of the word architect is master-builder from arkhi “chief” tekton “builder, carpenter. The origins of the word information is outline-concept-idea from L. informationem. So the information architect is the chief knowledge construction worker. I’m starting to like the world ‘knowledge’. Traditionally, where I work, knowledge was the preserve of academics. But with web [...]
Kathy Sierra
I was reading about the problems that Kathy Sierra has been having with her blog comments. Creating Passionate Users is a great blog for thinking about the user experience with some very witty cartoons. I should download them before the site is taken offline! According to the BBC, some experts are calling for a blogger’s [...]
But what is information architecture?
I like to think I’m paid to be an information architecture, but my job title is Web Content Architect. What, exactly, is one of those? They barely exist. Stick “web content architect” (with quotes) in Google, you’ll see me on the first page. Meanwhile, there are 786,000 information architects. Supposedly. But what is information architecture? [...]
