Category: Information Architecture
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Safe Tech Audit Sketchnotes from IAC22
Zsofi Lang’s Sketchnotes from my talk “Safe Tech Audit: IA as a Framework for Respectful Design” from The Information Architecture Conference 2022:
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Example of a Good UX Research Portfolio Item
Me2B Alliance Project Background The Me2B Alliance is a standards development organization comprised of software engineers, policy analysts, UX experts, business and philanthropic leaders who are committed to giving individuals more say in how technology treats people. We are setting up a rigorous independent testing and certification program for websites, apps and connected devices. The…
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West 104th Street Block Association Moves Ahead with Student Design
The West 104th Street Block Association voted to adopt the website design and strategy developed by my team at Pratt Institute. The new web design will update the association’s site from the outdated world of frames and IE4 era optimization to a sleek, modern WordPress interface. Key improvements include an organized layout, legible fonts, searchable…
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Fall Projects: User Research
My Information Architecture class conducted a semester-long, group project to develop a website prototype for a small business or nonprofit group. My group, including Eleanor Meyer, Jan Diolola, Storey Radziunas and me, formed a group called Community Design and selected the West 104th Street Block Association as our client. Since I have a prior relationship…
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IA Institute 2010 Salary and Benefits Survey
The IA Institute released its 2010 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey. Highlights of the 2010 Salary Survey include: Median Salary: The highest salary range was a tie between the USD$80,000-90,000 and USD$90,000-100,000 ranges, each representing 12.8% of the total responses. The average salary was estimated to be USD$95,252, up $5,252 from 2009.
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The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey Opens
The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey is now open at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rnk5PuDVMuIRC1QwwS9PtA_3d_3d The survey takes only a minute or two to complete, so we hope you’ll stop by and contribute. We have made slight edits from last year including a much simpler matrix of responses for IA related tasks, a more normalized breakdown of…
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GoogleMaps
Discussion of GoogleMaps has been lively on my User Interface design lists. Overall ratings for Google Maps are good, but I have problems with the way they locate places based on search. GoogleMapshttp://maps.google.com/Posters say they like that you can drag the map and that the directions appear to be more accurate than MapQuest or Yahoo!…
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IA/UX events listings
IA/UX events listings http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/http://www.nngroup.com/events/http://www.uie.com/events/http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/http://www.iasummit.org/2005/http://www.humanfactors.com/training/default.aspwww.usability.gov/events/index.htmlInformation