information architecture

The Spectrum of User Experience

by Ryan Lane on July 22, 2009

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I found this post on The Spectrum of User Experience over at the Information Architects Japan site. Nice visualization of forces and how they interact. Although I’m often weary of putting any one thing in the middle. I guess I’m just an anti centrist.

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Journal of Information Architecture

by Ryan Lane on July 8, 2009

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I almost forgot to mention this fine new publication / site The Journal of Information Architecture.  Go and read the first issue.

And if you think you’ve got something worth saying then be sure to submit while the current call for papers is open until Aug 1st.

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The Digital Landscape: Digital Marketing

by Ryan Lane on July 6, 2009

Like my previous post about Social Technologies I wanted to put together a better classification model in place for digital marketing. Often it seems terms are thrown around without much standardization.

Personalization

  • Behavioral Targeting
  • IP Targeting
  • Dynamic Content Delivery
  • Research
  • Network Based Targeting
  • Segmentation

Search

  • SEO / Organic Search
  • Vertical Search
  • Paid Search
  • Search Engine Marketing
  • Syndicated Search

Site Optimization

  • Creative Message Optimization
  • Landing Page Optimization
  • Site Path Optimization
  • Targeted Incentives
  • Partner Site Integration

Platform Agnostic Content

  • Podcast & Video Casts
  • Web Video / VOD
  • Syndicated / Embeddable Content
  • RSS Feeds
  • Mobile Devices
  • Home Theater PC / DVR
  • Personal Content Stores
  • In-game (Xbox)

Online Advertising

  • Display
  • text links
  • rich media
  • mobile

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The Digital Landscape: Social Technologies

by Ryan Lane on July 3, 2009

Here’s my pass at trying to come up with some simple classification for social technologies available today.

Co-Creation

  • Tagging / Folksonomies
  • Mash ups
  • Shared shorce
  • Creative Commons

Influencer Outreach

  • Eco-Systems Mapping
  • Influencer Disseminated Artifacts
  • Influencer Team Management

Mass Collaboration

  • Blogs
  • Micro Blogs
  • Forums
  • Wikis
  • Social Bookmarking
  • Forward Tracking

Social Connection Sites

  • Social Networks
  • Team sites
  • Usenet
  • Pass-along Licensing

Consumer Generated Media

  • User created content
  • Reviews
  • Ratings

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IA / UX Deliverables

July 2, 2009

Research Initial research around the application, service. Interviews of stakeholders and customers. Reviewing competition. Outlines Gathering information in outline form can be an extremely helpful way to quickly collect short bits of information like product names and then group and sort them under different headings. I almost always start my projects here. It really helps [...]

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Schematic Touchwall

June 17, 2009

Touchwall Demo from Joel on Vimeo. It seems a little large if you ask me, otherwise I love the concept. Schematic has been making some amazing progress in the multitouch arena. They are still eons behind the work that Stimulant is doing. They really should just merge in to one company Schemulant

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UX Titles

June 17, 2009

This tweet from Jeffrey Zeldman really sparked my thinking about this issue. UX Titles have always been a discussion topic at IA Summits and other UX conferences. I myself have had a laundry list of titles from Information Architect, Digital Strategist, Experience Designer, and even Creative Director. My personal favorite is User Experience Designer, even [...]

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Don Norman on Engineering Design Education

June 9, 2009
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Finding UX Inspiration On Flickr

June 5, 2009

I was excited to find out that Good Magazine has an archive of their “Transparencies” up on Flickr This made me think it would be a good idea to share all the other inspiring information and interaction design that is on Flickr. Here’s a list of some of my favorite groups User Experience Design Information [...]

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What is information? What is architecture?

June 5, 2009

This is a short film by MAYA Design about information: Information from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo. And, here’s another about what is architecture: Architecture from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

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