The emergence of a handful of popular mobile data services has changed the way we interact with our phones. Now, several technologies on the immediate horizon are about to change the way we (and our phones) interact with the world. Imagineā¦
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Representing Content and Data in Wireframes: Special Deliverable #10
Visio practically groaned as I opened the wireframes for my current project, which were in something like the twentieth revision. It was the usual story—poorly defined requirements and business rules—and my project folder was fast becoming the poster child for Feature Creep Flu.
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UPDATED: Boxes and Arrows Redesign Call: This just in: Hillman Curtis joins the panel of judges. The entry deadline has been extended until August 15th, 2004 and the panelist of judges confirmed.
Continue readingThe Information Architecture of Email
At least several times a year, I try (I really do) to set up folders to sort my email. I am an information architect, after all. Setting up folders is, according to my job description, my area of expertise. Actually, I suck at setting up folders for email.
Continue readingAre Useful Requirements Just A Fairy Tale? (and why an IA should care)
I’ve heard of a fantastic land far, far away where magical people called “project managers” collect something called “requirements.” These requirements so clearly, concisely, and completely describe work to be done that all the villagers involved share a common understanding of a project’s goals.
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