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Category Archives: methods

case studies, descriptions of procedures and practices

Old tricks, new dog: applying IA techniques to a non-IA project

24-Sep-08

Here are the slides for my 30-minute presentation at the Oz-IA conference.
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The aim was to show how well-known IA techniques can be applied to a different type of project, in this case a strategy development project.
There had been some [...]

Oz-IA: earlybird registrations extended

01-Sep-08

Just a reminder that the Oz-IA conference is approaching fast…
Earlybird registrations are open now, and close next Tuesday 9 September.
Earlybird registrations are A$660, or A$550 if you quote the discount code MR0243. Register online at the conference web site.
The conference will be held in Sydney, on the weekend of 20-21 September.
Who should attend?

Designers of navigation, [...]

Hypothetical: why won’t they comply?

29-Aug-08

Sometimes it’s hard to get your message across, even when the message is relatively simple.
At the start of 2008 Company X  engaged a new supplier for its office stationery and other sundries. The previous supplier’s contract was not renewed.
Announcements about the new supply arrangements were published in:

the weekly email newsletter sent to all 6000 staff [...]

See you at Oz-IA?

07-Aug-08

Now in its third fabulous year, the Oz-IA conference is a weekend of nerdy fun — the perfect place to meet information architects, if that’s the sort of thing you enjoy.
This September I will be presenting a short (30 minute) session at Oz-IA, a case study based on the Information Futures Commission.
Session title: “Developing a [...]

Aurora: a new way of web?

05-Aug-08

Adaptive Path and Mozilla have released the first in a series of concept videos describing Aurora, a concept for new ways to browse and communicate via the web.
For interaction designers and information architects, some of the interest is in the design process itself — see Jesse James Garrett’s comments on the Aurora web page about [...]