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Stories tagged with: Information Architecture
Information Architecture: The Sin of Best Practices
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http://skonkwerks.net/facibusreviews/index.php/2007/04/25/in...
One definition of best practices are those things that if followed guarantee a higher degree of success.
A less complimentary definition has it that best practices are “the crap we got away with last time”.
When any methodology is taken out of its originating context and/or applied without thought, there is a recipe for disaster - bad things happen.
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Submitted by facibus
62 months, 13 hours agoTags: Best Practices, Categorisation, Information Architecture
KM 2.0: Lightweight Knowledge Management
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http://magia3e.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/km-20/
Matt writes: I was looking for some research to support my argument in a comment I made on a recent blog post by Stephen, “Burstworking storm discussion“, when I stumbled across an article by Allen Bonde on The (New) Age of Knowledge Management. I got very excited when I read:
KM is back and is even returning to the spotlight as more lightweight, more focused “KM 2.0” tools make it easier to use and justify new investments
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Submitted by facibus
62 months, 1 day, 15 hours agoTags: Knowledge Management, Information Architecture
Why trees are a poor navagational choice
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http://skonkwerks.net/facibusreviews/index.php/2007/04/24/wh...
I find myself today having to advise on why trees are a poor choice for navigation. I know they’re wrong - I used early versions of XMLSpy and had to find the right node to edit (which is great for people that speak XML, and need to directly edit it, but you wouldn’t wish it on a non-coder).
I googled to see what was out there in peer-land, and came across some good articles.
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Submitted by facibus
62 months, 1 day, 15 hours agoTags: Information Architecture, navigation, Usability, Tree
What does Web 2.0 owe Peter Drucker?
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http://skonkwerks.net/facibusreviews/index.php/2007/04/23/wh...
Steve Collins is not sure who Peter Drucker was.
When I think about it, there are probably a lot of Web 2.0 advocates who don’t know of Drucker or his work.
For a start, Drucker developed and publicised the idea of the knowledge worker. And he promoted the idea of social responsibility in business.
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Submitted by facibus
62 months, 2 days, 15 hours agoTags: design, Information Architecture, Peter Drucker, Web 2.0
Taxonomies are not the enemy
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http://skonkwerks.net/facibusreviews/index.php/2007/04/19/ta...
Taxonomies are a way of pigeonholing information - a place for everything, and everything in its place. Classic examples are the Linnaean taxonomy of living things and the Dewey Decimal Classification system used in some libraries. Taxonomies are not the enemy - they are vital because they involve the taxonomists in the process - and they allow for at least one browse facet that is common to all people in the organisation.
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Submitted by facibus
62 months, 6 days, 9 hours agoTags: design, Folk Taxonomy, Folksonomy, Information Architecture
Contexting mobloggerese
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http://skonkwerks.net/facibusreviews/index.php/2007/04/14/co...
What are mobloggers (and others) doing about adding context to sketchy notes gathered at conferences and during committee meetings? What is the best way to make and keep the notes relevant to their audiences?
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Submitted by facibus
62 months, 1 week, 3 days, 15 hours agoTags: blogging, design, Information Architecture
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