Imagine if you will information architecture as a pimply-faced, malcontent teenager. IA is eager to express and redefine itself. It wants to be an individual yet accepted by its peers. It is simultaneously aggravated and apathetic about its parents, mentors, and role-models. It is a bit of a mess, but a wonderful, beautiful mess with…
May 14th, 2013
Is the iPad mobile?
My Android phone died on the train when I was several stops away from my destination. I should have remembered where I was supposed to get off, but, like everyone else, I rely on technology to offload cognitive processes when I should be using my brain. Wait, I thought, I have both my iPad and…
April 30th, 2013
A Truly Ambitious Product Idea: Making Stuff for People
When I was eleven, my parents bought a Mac Plus. It had a tiny monochrome screen, a floppy drive, and 1MB of memory. And it came with something called HyperCard. HyperCard let you make stuff. It had documents called stacks, each a series of cards – similar to PowerPoint today. In addition to graphics and text,…
Information Architect - Senior
We seek a Senior Information Architect to work on-site with our team in Chicago. You: Know what we m…
UX Specialist (Entry-level or Experienced)
Nielsen Norman Group is hiring user experience specialists. Two levels: • Entry-level (fresh out of …
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Previously
April 9th, 2013
RE:DESIGN/UXD
April 9th, 2013
The Shallow Dive
March 17th, 2013
Let Them Pee: Avoiding the Sign-Up/Sign-In Mobile Antipattern
February 1st, 2013
The Power of Collaboration
January 22nd, 2013
Conceptual Models in a Nutshell
January 8th, 2013
The General Stakeholder Interview
January 8th, 2013
The Marketing Stakeholder Interview
January 8th, 2013
The Engineering Stakeholder Interview
January 8th, 2013
The Sales Stakeholder Interview
January 8th, 2013
Interviewing Executives and SME Stakeholders
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