Reviews
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Success Stories
by Clifton Evans | [3 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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Oldies and Goodies: A Book List of Holiday Pairs
by B&A Staff | [2 comments]
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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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: Monday
by B&A Staff | [1 comment]
Session summaries for presentations on Monday, March 27, 2006. more...
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Redesigning Boxes and Arrows
by Christina Wodtke | [42 comments]
For a while we at B&A have been feeling unsatisfied with our software and website. It was perfect when we were young turks, but now that we have a larger body of articles, increasingly richer material, and a growing audience, we know we need something different, something that will tell the world we are a magazine on the rise. more...
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The Information Architecture of Email
by Dan Brown | [20 comments]
At least several times a year, I try (I really do) to set up folders to sort my email. I am an information architect, after all. Setting up folders is, according to my job description, my area of expertise. Actually, I suck at setting up folders for email. more...
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Report Review: Nielsen/Norman Group's Usability Return on Investment
by Peter Merholz and Scott Hirsch | [23 comments]
In the business world, user experience endeavors are typically seen as a cost—a line item expense to be minimized to the greatest extent possible while still remaining competitive. This has led to a number of essays, articles, and books on proving the value of user experience, including a recent report by the Nielsen Norman Group. more...
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Our Favorite Books: Recommendations from the Staff of Boxes and Arrows
by B&A Staff | [9 comments]
To welcome in December and the holiday season, the staff at Boxes and Arrows has put together a list of their favorite books. These are the tried and true. The books we can't live without or have learned great lessons from over the years. more...
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The Elements of User Experience
by Jeff Lash | [0 comments]
Jesse James Garrett’s “The Elements of User Experience” is a concise yet meaty exploration of the many roles and disciplines that combine to create effective websites. By advocating a balanced blend of usability, creativity, and business sensibility, this text is a worthwhile introduction—or re-introduction—to the process of creating successful user experiences. more...
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UPA 2002 - Humanizing Design
by Lyle Kantrovich and Katie Ware and Debbie McConnell | [0 comments]
The Usability Professionals Association (UPA) 2002 Annual Conference was held July 8-12 in Orlando, Florida. Three attendees from the UPA-MN chapter in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area cover some of the sessions they found most notable during the 5-day conference. more...
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Chicken Run: Summit Closing: Sunday
by B&A Staff | [7 comments]
Sunday morning found 240 tired IAs eagerly grabbing breakfast and pondering the chickens that had been set up in a little farm scene in the conference area of the hotel. All I can say is that a lot of pictures were taken of the chickens (and a few of them even "mysteriously" flew the coop). 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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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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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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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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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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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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Euro IA Summit Wrap-Up
by Deborah Gover | [4 comments]
The European IA Summit 2005 offered an outstanding line-up of speakers. Couldn’t make it? Find out when happened. In this article, Deborah Gover reviews some of the program highlights. more...