Though Web 2.0 indicates promise for designing user experiences, Clifton Evans holds our feet to the fire of simplicity and draws us a map using Robert Hoekman’s excellent book as a guide.
Reviews
Personas can be a great and powerful tool, but do we need a tome to learn to use them? Austin Govella dives into the deep end and gives us a glimpse into Pruit and Adlin’s expansive work.
Everything and the Kitchen Sink:
Book Review of The Persona Lifecycle
After sweeping through both SXSW and the IA Summit in March, Christina Wodtke reflects on the benefits of going wild.
March Conference Showdown
(Or How I Spent My Spring Break)
Documentation isn’t the most fun part of design and IA, but does it have to be the most painful? Samantha Bailey looks at a tool that may help.
Keeping Pace with Change
Intuitect Product Review
2006 brought us a refreshing version of the annual information architecture retreat. Here we’ve collected some testimonies from what happened that Noveber weekend in Santa Cruz, Chile.
Notes from the IA Retreat in Chile
Still need a holiday gift for your favorite designer or writer? Current and former Boxes and Arrows staff talk about books that have thrilled them recently, as well as books they continue to go back to year after year.
Oldies and Goodies: A Book List of Holiday Pairs
In the same way that the Internet took us to the next level of interaction, complete with rich visuals, simulations are doing the same for application definition. McDowell explores the ins and outs of new simulation tools. Will one of them work for you?
Visio Replacement? You Be the Judge
An Introduction to the Newest Simulation Tools
The annual IA Summit turned seven this year in Vancouver, and old-timers and first-timers (in just about equal parts) turned up to hear and be heard on topics of tagging, social systems, business strategy, and of course wireframes. Oh, and even more tagging.
Learning, Doing, Selling: 2006 IA Summit Wrapup: Overview and Pre-conference sessions
Session summaries for presentations on Saturday, March 25, 2006.
Learning, Doing, Selling: 2006 IA Summit Wrapup: Saturday
Summaries for presentations on Sunday, March 26, 2006.