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Eight Principles of IA: Redux
Following up on my presentation at the IA Summit earlier this year, I composed an article for the ASIS&T Bulletin with further detail. The article provides more formal names for each principle and...
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Life without Cable
Summary: In which I geek out on our home entertainment set-up for those considering canceling their cable or satellite subscription. Wired just ran a story on this (not yet online), with a...
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The Fun of Understanding
My son likes watching me play Scrabble on iPad. At some point between waking up and finishing breakfast every morning he says, “Let’s see what’s going on with Words with Friends,” which is the name of...
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Workshop: A visual approach to planning web sites
Join me in October and November for two workshops I’ll be leading the DC area. Each is a half-day on a Friday afternoon (when nothing good ever happens anyway) and we’ll dig into flow charts, site...
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Surviving Design Projects (Dan’s little distraction)
The quick version Surviving Design Projects is a collection of ideas about managing conflict in creative environments. For now, it’s a blog that deals with three things: Situations — the circumstances...
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Book Review: Meals in Minutes, by Jamie Oliver
My wife and I peg my transition to “family chef” at around the time our first son was born. Until then, we’d mostly shared cooking duties, but with her tied up in a strict baby schedule, it made sense...
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Silly Amazon Prime Business Rule
A few weeks ago, my wife got an email from Amazon saying that she could no longer take advantage of Amazon Mom benefits. After a brief exchange with customer service, she learned that because she...
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Everybody’s Got Something: Reflections on Rare Disease Day
Today is Rare Disease Day, a day set aside by the National Organization of Rare Diseases and other international groups to raise awareness for this group of conditions. A rare disease is one that...
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The Role of the Design Mentor
A couple days ago, I got an email from a local designer asking me to be his mentor. (I’m listed on the Information Architect Institute’s web site for this.) Whenever I get such a request, I immediately...
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Collaboration Workshop: What description do you like best?
Hi! Hope you can help me. I’m creating a new half-day workshop on collaboration, giving designers some ideas on how to work together better. I’ve got two possible descriptions for the workshop. Both...
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Designing Together: my new book!
So, it turns out that I still know how to log into WordPress, which is great. I’m using this latent ability to tell you what I’m up to over the next few months. If a blog isn’t for self-promotion, I...
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Becoming a Better Contributor
What makes someone difficult to work with? We might point to patterns of behavior like cluelessness, stubbornness, and rigidity. When people are being clueless, they don’t understand their limitations....
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