Reviews
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Interaction 09 Follow-up
by Whitney Hess | [3 comments]
Whitney Hess reflects on the IxDA's Interaction 09 conference, held in Vancouver in February 2009.
She examines the resonance of
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Calling in the Big Guns
by Will Evans | [2 comments]
In his new book, Luke Wroblewski lays out strategies and best practices for getting users past
your web forms and onto more important interactions. Will Evans tells us why reading this book
might help diffuse some of the opinionated discussion about form design decisions. more... -
MindCanvas Review
by Sarah A. Rice | [3 comments]
Mindcanvas is an online research service designed for IAs by IAs. Sarah Rice has used it during the course of various projects, and in this review she gives us an introduction to the service and its strengths and weaknesses. more...
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Minding Your Ps And Qs
by Yaniv Nord | [7 comments]
In Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home Authors David Shipley and Will Schwalbe give advice on composing and sending email. Read Yaniv Nord's review of the book. more...
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The Hidden History of Information Management
by Bob Goodman | [4 comments]
What strategies has society employed to manage information abundance, while making it meaningful to people? Bob Goodman reviews of Alex Wright's new book. more...
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The Encyclopedic Revolution
by Alex Wright | [1 comment]
This excerpt from Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages examines the contributions of Denis Diderot to the knowledge of Western societies and how Wikipedia's rise echoes the rise of his Encyclopédie. more...
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Success Stories
by Clifton Evans | [2 comments]
How do we learn from designers who have blazed the trail before us? Clifton Evans dives into Bill Moggridge's Designing Interactions to find out what treasures lie in the stories collected by one of Ideo's founders. more...
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Design Is Rocket Science
by Clifton Evans | [10 comments]
We all need help in creating the Next Great Design. Clifton Evans finds valuable support for our work in Interaction Design even as he cautions that there is not a scientific formula for design success. more...
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Demolition Derby
by James Robertson | [5 comments]
Scott Berkun demolishes the myths that surround innovation, as well as providing a solid foundation for understanding how innovation really happens. If you are involved making creative, powerful ideas real, this book is a must-read. more...
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Lessons From Google Mobile
by Max Lord | [2 comments]
When Google talks, people listen. Designer Leland Rechis presented the inside scoop on Google Mobile to a packed house in New York last month, and Max Lord was there to pan for nuggets. After polishing them up a bit, he now shares them with us. more...
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Zen and the Art of IA
by Clifton Evans | [10 comments]
Though Web 2.0 indicates promise for designing user experiences, Clifton Evans holds our feet to the fire of simplicity and draws us a map using Robert Hoekman's excellent book as a guide. more...
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Everything and the Kitchen Sink:
by Austin Govella | [3 comments]
Personas can be a great and powerful tool, but do we need a tome to learn to use them? Austin Govella dives into the deep end and gives us a glimpse into Pruit and Adlin's expansive work. more...
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March Conference Showdown
by Christina Wodtke | [3 comments]
After sweeping through both SXSW and the IA Summit in March, Christina Wodtke reflects on the benefits of going wild. more...
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Keeping Pace with Change
by Samantha Bailey | [5 comments]
Documentation isn't the most fun part of design and IA, but does it have to be the most painful? Samantha Bailey looks at a tool that may help. more...
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Notes from the IA Retreat in Chile
by Javier Velasco | [2 comments]
2006 brought us a refreshing version of the annual information architecture retreat. Here we've collected some testimonies from what happened that Noveber weekend in Santa Cruz, Chile. more...
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Oldies and Goodies: A Book List of Holiday Pairs
by B&A Staff | [1 comment]
Still need a holiday gift for your favorite designer or writer? Current and former Boxes and Arrows staff talk about books that have thrilled them recently, as well as books they continue to go back to year after year. more...
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Visio Replacement? You Be the Judge
by Scott McDowell | [35 comments]
In the same way that the Internet took us to the next level of interaction, complete with rich visuals, simulations are doing the same for application definition. McDowell explores the ins and outs of new simulation tools. Will one of them work for you? more...
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Learning, Doing, Selling: 2006 IA Summit Wrapup: Overview and Pre-conference sessions
by B&A Staff | [0 comments]
The annual IA Summit turned seven this year in Vancouver, and old-timers and first-timers (in just about equal parts) turned up to hear and be heard on topics of tagging, social systems, business strategy, and of course wireframes. Oh, and even more tagging. more...
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Learning, Doing, Selling: 2006 IA Summit Wrapup: Saturday
by B&A Staff | [0 comments]
Session summaries for presentations on Saturday, March 25, 2006. more...
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Learning, Doing, Selling: 2006 IA Summit Wrapup: Sunday
by B&A Staff | [0 comments]
Summaries for presentations on Sunday, March 26, 2006. more...