Today in Dan’s class at UM SI thanks to the magic of Skype, three of our favorite information architects had a conversation about the idea of placemaking in IA theory and practice. You can click here for the mp3. Special thanks to Jorge Arango, Andrea Resmini and Andrew Hinton
In response to Austin Govella’s request for a brief summary/rationale of the decision by the IAI to decommission IDEA and instead create World IA Day, I offer the following.
Reason 1: Consolidate Identity. For years, the IA Institute’s identity and name have been misunderstood to be synonymous with those of the IA Summit. And in the past, the Institute would explain that no, the IA Summit is an ASIS&T thing, and that the Institute’s conference is a different event called IDEA. And that unlike the IA Summit, the Institute’s conference event did not have a specific emphasis on information architecture.
The Understanding Group (TUG), an Information Architecture practice headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is pleased to announce that Paul Metler has joined the company.
Formerly an Event Planner and Director of Catering Sales for Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Paul will make use of his considerable planning and coordinating experience as the Operations Manager for TUG.
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