Posts Tagged ‘web as platform’

Web of Data — Third of Five IA Summit 2007 Themes

In Articles on 24 April 2007 tagged conferences, events, IA, IA Summit 2007, information architecture, mash-ups, physical computing, RSS, usability, web 2.0, web as platform, web of data with 5 comments

(Here’s the third post on the 2007 IA Summit. You can find the first one that introduces the series and describes the first theme ‘tangible’ here and the second one on ’social’ here.)

Typically, IAs have concerned themselves with the design of web sites. The metaphor most suited and used for the web so far has [...]

Spatial Metaphors in IA and Game Design

In Articles on 28 February 2007 tagged game design, IA, information architecture, interaction design, IxD, Jesse James Garrett, metaphors, Peter Molyneux, space, web 2.0, web as network, web as platform, web of data, Will Wright with no comments

Looking at dominant metaphors in different design disciplines I’m in some way involved in, it’s obvious to me that most are spatial (no surprises there). Here’s some thoughts on how I think this is (or should be) changing. Information architecture tends to approach sites as information spaces (although the web 2.0 hype has brought us [...]

Using Concept Models to Design for the Web of Data

In Articles on 9 February 2007 tagged Bryce Glass, concept models, Dan Brown, IA, information architecture, interaction design, IxD, social software, Tom Coates, web 2.0, web as network, web as platform, web of data with no comments

I’m lucky enough to be doing some concepting and interaction design work for a social web site. This presented me with the opportunity to integrate some stuff I found while reading on social software, and the web as platform/network. Here’s how I’ve been integrating some of it.

I was inspired by the concept model of the [...]