From austin at grafofini.com Fri Nov 5 09:58:17 2004 From: austin at grafofini.com (Austin Govella) Date: Fri Nov 5 10:00:14 2004 Subject: AIfIA Newsletter for 03-November 2004 Message-ID: <418B9509.3020908@grafofini.com> The AIfIA newsletter features news about AIfIA and our partner sites: Boxes and Arrows, IAslash, and IAwiki. We?ve also added a list of conferences and workshops at the end, so scroll down! ---- AIFIA NEWS - http://www.aifia.org ---- 1. IA Summit Proposals Due November 6: The call for papers for the 2005 IA summit in Montreal will close Saturday, November 6. Poster proposals are accepted through December 5. Visit the IA Summit website for instructions and to submit your proposal online. - http://iasummit.org 2. IA Best Sourcing vs. Outsourcing: Victor Lombardi writes on outsourcing, offshoring, and opportunities for IAs and designers. You can read the editorial on the AIfIA website. - http://aifia.org/news/000391.php 3. Sponsored event - Online Information 2004: Lou Rosenfeld leads a track dedicated to IA at this years Online Information 2004, a conference for information content and information management solutions. AIfIA members recieve a 15% discount for the conference that runs 30 November through 2 December in London, UK. Conference chair and AIfIA member Martin White is organizing a F2F for AIfIA attendees. - http://www.online-information.co.uk ---- WHAT'S NEW WITH OUR PARTNERS IAslash, IAwiki, and Boxes and Arrows ---- ---- IASLASH: http://www.iaslash.org ---- Daily news for IAs, operated by AIfIA. A few good links posted recently: 1. Some thoughts and works on taxonomy, search and "folksonomy" - http://iaslash.org/node/view/7624 2. Open source Rich Internet App server - http://iaslash.org/node/view/7622 3. Collection of IA related research - http://iaslash.org/node/view/7619 ---- IAWIKI: http://www.IAwiki.net ---- A collaborative discussion space for IA. Anyone can contribute; no registration required. Interesting topics from the past month: 1. How can I integrate website indexes? - http://www.iawiki.net/WebSiteIndexes 2. What?s a page block diagram? - http://www.iawiki.net/PageBlockDiagram Looking for Recent Changes to the IAwiki? - http://www.IAwiki.net/RecentChanges ---- BOXES AND ARROWS: http://www.boxesandarrows.com ---- The definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape. Articles from the past month: 1. All watched over by machines of loving grace: Some ethical guidelines for user experience in ubiquitous-computing settings (by Adam Greenfield ) The threat and promise of ubicomp: Ubicomp represents a substantial raising of stakes; its field of operation is by definition total; and its potential for harm is such that the user experience is too important to leave to chance. - http://tinyurl.com/6s87p 2. Use of Narrative in Interactive Design (by Nancy Broden, Marisa Gallagher, Jonathan Woytek) There will, and should always be, a tension between order and chaos, between standardization and creativity. So how do we invest creativity in our process? How do we reinvest ourselves into our work without starting from scratch every time? - http://tinyurl.com/5gsyo 3. Wireframe Annotations in Visio: Special Deliverable #11 (by Dan Brown ) Few information architects tap the full power of Visio. For the IA, Visio is a means to an end?a mechanism for capturing some ideas on paper before they are transformed into graphics, HTML, and code. - http://tinyurl.com/3zwlx Read other recent Boxes and Arrows articles: - http://boxesandarrows.com/archives/2004_10.php ---- UPCOMING CONFERENCES & EVENTS -- arranged chronologically ---- Happy Hour w/ Peter Morville (cosponsored by DCIA) A post-seminar happy hour for Peter Morville?s IA and Findability workshop. Everyone is welcome (even if you don?t attend the seminar) 18 Nov 2004 in Washington DC, USA 5:30-6:30 PM at the Dubliner, 520 N. Capitol St. - The Dubliner: http://www.dublinerdc.com - DCIA: http://www.dc-ia.com - Peter?s seminar: http://semanticstudios.com/presentations/iaf/ Online Information 2004 (sponsored event) 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2004 in London, UK AIfIA members recieve a 15% discount. - http://www.online-information.co.uk/ IA Summit 2005 - Crossing Boundaries 4-7 Mar 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada AIfIA members register at the member rate. - http://iasummit.org/ ---- UPCOMING WORKSHOPS -- arranged chronologically ---- Enterprise Information Architecture (workshop by Lou Rosenfeld) 8 Nov 2004 in San Jose, CA, USA - http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/seminars/eia/ Redesigning Blogger (workshop by Adaptive Path) 8 Nov 2004 in San Francisco, CA, USA AIfIA members receive a 15% discount with promotion code AFT3. - http://adaptivepath.com/events/2004/sfo/ Information Architecture and Findability (workshop by Peter Morville) 18 Nov 2004 in Washington DC, USA AIfIA members receive a 10% discount. - http://semanticstudios.com/presentations/iaf/ Elements of User Experience (workshop by Adaptive Path) 6 Dec 2004 in Chicago, IL, USA AIfIA members receive a 15% discount with promotion code AFT3. - http://adaptivepath.com/events/2004/dec/ ---- Comments about this newsletter? 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