Pleasure and Pain

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Whit Hour – Week 6

September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 41 people who showed up for the sixth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me.
I really appreciate everyone’s flexibility in moving over to Ustream at the [...]

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Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Journal of IA

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Articles, Industry

The very first issue of the Journal of Information Architecture was published yesterday, after much dedication and tirelessness from contributors around the world.

The Journal of Information Architecture is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its aim is to facilitate the systematic development of the scientific body of knowledge in the field of information architecture.
The long term [...]

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IA Summit 2009: A functional family reunion

March 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Community, Conferences

Families fight. When you share that much time with the same people, and put your faith in them, and share a common history, and become reliant on one another’s successes, it’s very easy to feel disappointed and confused and argumentative when things don’t seem to be going right. But ultimately what allows you to express [...]

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Please help me feed hungry New Yorkers #tenbuckthursday

March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Social Networking

As you might already know, I’m involved with a great organization called Social Media for Social Change that takes advantage of the connections we make online in order to produce face-to-face fundraising events around the country.
The first Social Media for Social Change fundraising event in New York City will be held on the evening [...]

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I have joined the UXnet board of directors

February 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Career, Pleasure

In mid-December, the venerable Lou Rosenfeld asked me if I would join the UXnet board of directors. Saying no to Lou would have been wildly foolish. After all, he literally wrote the book on information architecture. Initially published in February 1998, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, co-written with Peter Morville, is one of [...]

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