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.
Category: Professionalism
Using Technical Communication Skills in User Experience
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.
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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.
Continue readingDeep Context
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.
Continue readingTesting Incentives: The Best Way to Pay
The topic of test subject compensation generates a lot of conversation.. how do you motivate test participants?
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