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Information Architecture

Information architecture is about helping people understand their surroundings and find what they’re looking for, in the real world as well as online.

Typical activities include: User Research and Analysis, Navigation and Hierarchy Creation, Wireframing and Taxonomies and Metadata creation.

Throwing technology at the problem (and users)

October 1, 2018December 15, 2013

Oftentimes, our IT departments attempt to solve the problem through the procurement of new technologies that come with the promise of improving findability only to find that the more technology we throw at the problem, the more complex it becomes and the further behind we fall.

— Jeff Carr

Categories Information Architecture, Technology Tags Failure, Feature Bloat
Five Hat Racks

Five Hat Racks, The LATCH Principle

November 19, 2019December 5, 2013

Information may be infinite, however… the organisation of information is finite as it can only be organised by LATCH: Location, Alphabet, Time, Category, or Hierarchy.
— Richard Saul Wurman

Categories Information Architecture

No link is an island on the Web

April 29, 2016July 24, 2013

Categories Content Strategy, Information Architecture Tags Silos

(Touch) interface mantras

May 16, 2016November 11, 2012

Categories Information Architecture, Interaction Design Tags Simplicity, User-Centred Design Leave a comment
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Anatomy of a search result

October 19, 2018October 3, 2012

Content model and structure of a search result in Google.

Categories Content Strategy, Information Architecture, Interaction Design Tags Search Leave a comment

Attributes of Content vs. Information Design

April 29, 2016August 12, 2012

Categories Content Strategy, Information Architecture Tags Content Pollution, Feature Bloat, Simplicity Leave a comment

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