Many savvy, successful product managers (or people driving product management) are missing opportunities to succeed because of these myths about information architecture.
Read moreThe table stakes for your website is User Experience
Gamble, by Nico Buculei
Your company’s website user experience is being judged with every page view and online interaction. Does your site have what it takes to be competitive?
Read moreWhy Information Architecture Makes Projects Succeed
Combined Persona and Sitemap Blueprint for ACI
Why does Information Architecture have such a positive impact? Because the process creates a north star for digital projects.
Read moreExplaining Information Architecture
In this four-minute video, Explaining IA, Dan Klyn gives a brief history of the field of Information Architecture beginning with Richard Saul Wurman.
Read moreLanguage is Infrastructure
Choose your words carefully: the success of your digital environment depends on the clarity of the language you use for your semantic building blocks.
Read moreWelcome Video and Reflections On The 3rd Annual World Information Architecture Day
TUG has been a global sponsor of World IA Day since its inception, and our staff & alum have served in volunteer capacities at the local and global levels. This video welcomes global WIAD 2014 attendees and introduces some information architecture concepts.
Read moreLessons from WIAD 2012
Information architect Jessica DuVerneay discusses the benefits of being the global organizer of World Information Architecture Day (WIAD) in 2012.
Read moreMaking Places: Key Ideas from Midwest UX 2013
Abby Covert, Opening Keynote – Midwest UX 2013
Reflections on Midwest UX 2013 which had the theme of Placemaking. Abby Covert presented a talk on the "Taxonomy of Placemaking", Andrew Hinton discussed "Language as Infrastructure", and Christina Wodtke shared on how "Places Make Us".
Read moreSocial Intranets & Social Patterns: Highlights from Christian Crumlish’s Talk
My husband made this portmanteau of Christian Crumlish + ‘Peanut Butter Jelly Time’ for me the night of the talk because I was so jazzed that I wouldn’t stop saying this phrase most of June 2013.
Jessica DuVerneay reflects on Christian Crumlish's talk at the July 2013 IxDA conference on "Designing Social Interfaces" about social intranets.
Read moreThought on Lenses: Why IA Summit is So Special
Information architect Kaarin Hoff reflects on the what makes the Information Architecture (IA) Summit, a practitioners' conference, so meaningful.
Read moreWorld IA Day 2016 in Milwaukee, WI
A full room in Milwaukee for World IA Day 2016!
Joe Elmendorf writes about kicking off Milwaukee's first World IA Day event in 2016.
Read moreRemember the Meta-Project
Remember to step back and look at the bigger picture of user experience and context to learn see what it takes to make a truly great product.
Read moreWhat Happens when IAs Meet Building Architects?
The parallels of building architecture and information architecture came to life when client of TUG's was updating both their building and their website.
Read moreUX and Business: Thoughts from UX STRAT 2013
User experience and business must work together: UX firms need to show how experience is a performance measure on price/performance continuum.
Read moreSetting up AI for Success with IA
Artificial intelligence can be a benefit to your business, but only if you are asking the right questions before you start.
Read moreA $10 Differentiation Between Architecture and Design
Your project is a cloth. Architecture makes cuts. Design makes the resulting pieces the best ones possible, solving problems toward a goal.
Read moreThinking Like a Developer vs an Information Architect
Developer-turned-information architect Joe Elmendorf muses on the competing mental processes required for each role.
Read moreHow To Design Like An Architect
Doug Patt shares his thoughts in this five-minute on how to design like an architect. Many thanks to Jeff Parks for the link!
Read moreInformation Architecture and Business Strategy: An Evolving Relationship
The success of your business can depend on its digital environment. Information architecture can help determine the kind of digital place you want to build.
Read moreConfident in Our Information Architecture Value Proposition
Kaarin Hoff gave a talk at World IA Day-Ann Arbor on the value of the information architect's worldview. Although the talk was given in 2016, her explanation of information architecture is very personable and ever-green. She uses designing a backyard swing set, determining childcare needs, and the building of children’s forts to communicate the importance of the IA approach to problem solving. This article was written subsequent to the talk and edited for clarity.
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