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Quoted from Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morvile’s book entitled “Information Architecture for the World Wide Web” (O’Reilly, 2nd edition, 2002): [...]be aware of the challenges of organizing information on the Web. Language is ambiguous, content is heterogeneous, people have different perspectives, and politics can rearits ugly head. (Chapter 5: Organization Systems, p. 74) Of all [...]

I was reading Christina Wodtke’s book titled “Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web” and caught the following excerpt: [...] thoughtful planning and well-designed Information Architecture improves Findability – Allowing customers to easily access those items they need, be they spatulas or term papers. Usability – Allwowing customers to wend their way to those items and [...]

This is a smart way to understand what this web 2.0 trend is all about. Credits go to Information Architects Inc., Japan.

… but do people know that? I remember when I was building my first websites. I did everything from A to Z, from the graphic elements to the HTML coding. Usually, these sites had a very easy structure: one “home page”, one “contacts” page, one “about us” page and several content pages. But web design [...]

I was asking myself this question the other day: “Should all web projects start with research?”. In other words, whenever you start creating a new website, should you always analyze your target audiences and create personas for example? I always thought the answer to this question was yes. In fact, it depends.