In this webinar, experts Daniel Heck and Dan Klyn, led by moderator Bob Royce, discuss the transformative influence of AI and the ensuing challenges. They explore the alignment of AI with human values, the design of ethical AI systems, the role of discourse ethics in AI governance, and the use of information architecture in conveying AI strategy. The importance of a human-centric approach to AI design was also highlighted.
Read moreA Sensible Framework for Information Architecture
TUG Co-founder Bob Royce talks about TUG's PASS Process, a framework for doing good information architecture that TUG uses throughout its projects.
Read moreStrategy And Structure: Doing It Right, And How You'd Know
Audio and slides from the opening keynote presentation TUG co-founder Dan Klyn was invited to give at the 2015 Italian IA Summit in Bologna, Italy.
Read moreDucks and Decorated Sheds at UX Thursday
Dan Klyn follows up his talk on UX Radio with a conversation about structural form, what "good" means, and how meaning and structure can be inter-related.
Read moreChristopher Alexander: Patterns In Architecture
A trans-coded gem from the VHS library at the University of Michigan school of Art & Architecture. Christopher Alexander gives a 3-part talk to object-oriented programming enthusiasts in Southern California back in 1996, and the perspectives he lends on generating living structures and making things be good are an inspiration to our work at The Understanding Group. We hope it inspires you too.
Read moreIA Summit 2014 Wrap Up: Taxonomy Workshop, Photos, & Looking Forward to IAS15
Jessica DuVerneay shares her reflections:
Almost a week later, and I’m still exhausted from the Information Architecture Summit 2014 in San Diego. And I mean that in a good way, in a GREAT way. After hosting a workshop, attending four keynotes, attending near 15 amazing talks, having an innumerable amount of wonderful and challenging conversations with great IA minds, (and somehow managing to eat, sleep, and be a human in there, too) I’m wiped, in the best way possible.
The World is the Screen: Understanding Information Environments - ConveyUX 2014
Andrew Hinton provides his slides and speaker notes for a presentation on information environments he gave in 2014 Convey UX in Seattle.
Read moreLanguage is Infrastructure: The Presentation
Andrew Hinton's reflects on his ongoing journey toward figuring out what it is we architect when we do information architecture.
Read moreDutch Uncles, Ducks and Decorated Sheds - Ignite UX 2013
Dan Klyn shares his slides from his Ignite UX 2013 talk.
Read moreDetermining What "Good" Means with Performance Continuums
Dan Klyn gives a talk on using performance continuums as a tool for decision making.
Read moreEmbodied Cognition for SI658
Andrew Hinton speaks at U-M for SI658 about embodied cognition and what it means for information architecture and user experience design challenges.
Read moreThe Evolving Practice of Content Strategy: Thoughts from CS Forum 2013
Last week, I had the extreme pleasure of presenting at Content Strategy Forum 2013. It was my second time presenting at the forum and I received a fantastic response to my talk “Patching Our Crumbling Foundations Through Information Architecture.” For me it was particularly encouraging to see people taking an interest in content strategy that stems from an information architecture.
Read moreHalf-Day Understanding Information Architecture Workshop
Curious what a half-day IA workshop from TUG offers? Here's a 20 minute sample from the middle part of what's covered.
Read moreHappiness Machines at WebVisions 2012
Andrew Hinton Talks at WebVisions Portland and interviewed by Metal Toad. Reflections, video, and presentation slides.
Read moreAbstraction Talk at Ignite UX Ann Arbor
Kaarin Hoff speaks at Ignite UX on filtering complex information to achieve clarity, alignment, & better results.
Read moreAbstraction for Clarity
Kaarin Hoff speaks at the IA Summit on how to abstract the complex with tools such as maps, blueprints, and personas, in order to bring clarity to our work.
Read moreTUG Talk: Architecture and IA: Expanding the Metaphor
Information architect Jessica DuVerneay gives a talk on "Architecture and IA: Expanding the Metaphor" at the 2016 IA Summit.
Read moreCan Information Architects Help Architect Global Society? - World IA Day 2014
Dan Cooney discusses how information architects might get involved with addressing the wicked problems of our shared global society at World IA Day in 2014.
Read moreContext Design for World IA Day 2013, Ann Arbor
Andrew Hinton provides the slides to the talk he gave in 2013 at World IA Day in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Read moreVideo: Content Strategy Forum 2013
Video of Dan Klyn's talk at LAUX: Establishing What "Good" Means with Performance Continuums.
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