Keynote Speech – Andrew Dillon – Euro IA Summit 2005

Here’s my notes from Andrew Dillon’s keynote at the Euro IA Summit:

Big IA has a future; little IA does not. Geen IA vs. UX – niet jezelf definiëren aan de hand van wat je niet bent. Data is stored, information is experienced. Design to leverage natural tendencies. Dingen hoeven niet direct bruikbaar te zijn. Web 2.0: van iets wat gemaakt is, naar iets wat je zelf maakt… User: from recipient to participant, co-owner and co-designer. User Human. UX design – niet: this is how I like it. Weg bewegen van craft-based werk, geen consistente kwaliteit, geen systematiek in werk, weinig vooruitgang, bedreigd door snelle veranderingen in omgeving. Ambiguity has it’s merits. You don’t have to strictly define it (IA). No more heroes, some people may even think Jakob Nielsen’s a liability… Organisation, curation and interaction of information. Curation is a problem. The architectures are our theories. Findability is the new usability – but where’s the architecture in that? Beyond navigation: patterning, wrapping, anchoring, emergent structure. ‘Virus of the mind’; information breeds. Cohill, 1991, information architecture & the design project – IA as a new kind of project manager. Real design: respect experience – augment life. Usability is a design value, like accessibility.

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Google Reader

While I was still waiting for FeedLounge to launch and release me from the agony that is Bloglines‘ user experience – Google launches their Reader. I quickly imported my feeds, and am toying with it now. At first sight, their interface encourages quick browsing of new entries. I’m still not sure about how easy it is to label specific feeds though…

Google Reader

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One Sky

One Sky One Sky Originally uploaded by Kaeru.

Another cool project on Flickr: One Sky asked Flickr users to take a shot of their sky on the 1st of october and upload it to the group pool. It seems they’re planning on making a huge collage of all the photos. can’t wait to see the result!

Jesse James Garrett is coming to Amsterdam

User Experience guru Jesse James Garrett will give a full day seminar on user experience design on November 7 of this year. The entrance fee is a bit steep, but I’m sure it’ll be worth it. According to Peter Boersma, the event is a must for IA’s and UX designers, so it’s hard to resist going!

Blurb from the Adaptive Path site:

Using Jesse James Garrett’s renowned “Elements of User Experience” and “Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams” models, you’ll learn how to design websites & products that meet your users’ and your organization’s needs through applying user-centered design principles.

I added this event to Upcoming.org!

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