Professionalism
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We Tried To Warn You, Part 2
by Peter Jones | [8 comments]
Some failure allows organizations to learn and grow; others times it can be catastrophic. In Part 2 of his series, Peter Jones explores timing dynamics of large projects and alternatives to the framing of UX roles and organizations today. more...
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We Tried To Warn You, Part 1
by Peter Jones | [15 comments]
Some failure allows complex organizations to learn and grow; others can be catastrophic. Peter Jones explores
how, as designers, we have a
responsibility to detect and assess
the potential for large-scale failure.
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The Trouble With Web 2.0
by Alexander Wilms | [22 comments]
Will Web 2.0 technology and design patterns ever work inside large enterprises? They are jumping on the hype, announcing their own implementation projects. Alexander Wilms looks in-depth at some issues and challenges corporations might face. more...
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Building the UX Dreamteam
by Anthony Colfelt | [34 comments]
Every time you hire someone for your UX team, you make a gut call that their personality and skills are what they seem. Anthony Colfelt looks to arm you with ways to make the hiring decisions that fit the best people into the reality of your business context. more...
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Getting Hired
by Olga Sanchez-Howard | [9 comments]
With the vigorous debate within the Design community about roles and domains of expertise, we sometimes forget that our monikers are for those who would hire us, not for us. Olga Sanchez-Howard helps us refocus our efforts with resume and portfolio tips for Information Architects and Interaction Designers. more...
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Designing for Nonprofits
by Olga Sanchez-Howard | [9 comments]
During a two-year adventure designing websites for nonprofits, Olga Sanchez-Howard navigated waters both familiar and not. Now she shares her thoughts on what is shared and unique between the nonprofit and for-profit worlds. more...
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Straight From the Horse's Mouth with Chris Fahey
by Christina Wodtke and Bill Wetherell | [7 comments]
Christina talks with Chris Fahey about how starting a consultancy both fulfilled his professional dreams and forever changed his practice. (Part 5 of a series) more...
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Pioneering a User Experience (UX) Process
by B&A Staff and Amy Hillman | [23 comments]
Though a possibly rewarding journey, starting a UX process can be a nightmare if approached from the wrong angle. Initiating a culture-shift, overhauling existing processes, evangelizing, strategizing, and educating is an enormous undertaking. Amy Hillman offers her perspective on how to build a UX process, from the ground up. more...
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Being Shallow
by Grant Campbell | [11 comments]
Information Architects are often put on the defensive by spears flung by brethren in related disciplines.
In taking the accusations seriously and accepting truthswithin them,
Grant Campbell reveals greatest
strengths in shallowness, insularity, and being "relegated" to history. more... -
Using Technical Communication Skills in User Experience
by Theresa Putkey | [8 comments]
Sometimes User Experience Design is chosen; sometimes it is thrust upon us. Theresa explains how technical communications was a natural path to a career in design. more...
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Talent Isn’t Everything
by Chanpory Rith | [14 comments]
To succeed as a creative professional, you need more than talent. Chanpory Rith offers us a list of seven habits that can help put a junior designer's career on the path to success. more...
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Deep Context
by Jorge Arango | [9 comments]
Most IA tools and methods focus on the users and the content being developed for websites. Jorge Arango uses the ideas from anthropologist Edward Hall as a starting point to dig deep into the idea of context, its variations, and the impacts on how people interpret information. more...
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Doing Today's Job with Yesterday's Tools
by Patrick Dubroy | [18 comments]
Where is the software that can help us cope with the massive amounts of information that we deal with on a daily basis? Patrick Dubroy points out the problems with current personal information management , and makes suggestions about how to improve the situation. more...
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Testing Incentives: The Best Way to Pay
by Cliff Anderson | [8 comments]
The topic of test subject compensation generates a lot of conversation.. how do you motivate test participants? more...
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So You Think You Want to be a Manager
by Erin Malone | [14 comments]
Every designer faces a choice at some point in their career — to manage or not to manage. Erin Malone helps you walk through the questions you need to make that choice. more...
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Career Choices for Designers
by Christina Wodtke | [11 comments]
What do you want to be when you grow up? Some people think there is only one choice, but Christina Wodtke shows us that there are as many choices as there are people making them... more...
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Enterprise Information Architecture: A Semantic and Organizational Foundation
by Tom Reamy | [12 comments]
People disagree on what happens when IAs grow up, but Tom Reamy knows. He offers a foundation for information architecture as it advances, grappling with problems across the enterprise. more...
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Guiding Principles for Providing “Remember Me” Personalization
by Meg Peters | [6 comments]
Catering to the unique needs of each customer is the dream of any business. Technology can help us get there but we need to know how to please users without intruding their privacy. This article presents a set of guiding principles for personalization design. more...
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Succeeding at IA in the enterprise
by James Robertson | [12 comments]
The enterprise environment offers unique challenges for information architects. In this context, we need to develop skills to help us understand and model how organizations deal with information. more...
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Collaboration Sessions: How to Lead Multidisciplinary Teams, Generate Buy-In, and Create Unified Design Views in Compressed Timeframes
by Sasha Verhage | [5 comments]
Collaboration Sessions encourage multidisciplinary collaboration while creating a unified design vision--all within a compressed time frame. more...