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[AIfIA-announce] AIfIA Newsletter for Dec 07, 2002
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- Subject: [AIfIA-announce] AIfIA Newsletter for Dec 07, 2002
- Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 22:02:08 -0600
Welcome to the premier issue of the AIfIA-announce newsletter, a publication
of the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture ( http://aifia.org )!
AIfIA-announce will be published every other week (pretty much) and feature
news about what's new with AIfIA and with our partner sites.
So let's get to the news!
---- WHAT'S NEW WITH AIFIA -- http://www.aifia.org ----
1) Want to see who's linking to AIfIA and what they're saying about us?
--> CHECK IT OUT! -- http://www.aifia.org/refer/
2) Information Architecture Leadership Seminar, sponsored by AIfIA
March 20, 2003 in Portland, Oregon at the ASIS&T IA Summit.
This advanced, full-day seminar is designed for information architecture and
user experience leaders who wish to engage the most important and
intractable problems faced by the architects of today¹s information systems.
Proceeds from the seminar will go to support AIfIA.
--> LEARN MORE! -- http://www.aifia.org/calendar/000053.php
3) The AIfIA Curriculum Initiative
The Institute plans to develop a recommended curriculum framework to assist
instructors in planning IA classes. It will include an outline of
educational topics and a process for applying the framework.
--> GET INVOLVED! -- http://www.aifia.org/pg/curriculum.php
Become a member of AIfIA. Your membership and donation will provide
necessary support for our initiatives. When you join before January 1, 2003
you become a charter member and pay a reduced fee.
--> SIGN UP NOW! -- http://www.aifia.org/signup/
---- WHAT'S NEW WITH OUR PARTNERS ----
-- BOXES AND ARROWS -- http://www.boxesandarrows.com
Two good recent Boxes and Arrows articles:
1) Three Lessons From Tufte: Special Deliverable #6
AIfIA's own Dan Brown presents the sixth in his series of articles about
Special Deliverables. Here he shows three principles that IAs can learn from
Information Designer and author Edward Tufte
--> http://tinyurl.com/30ub
2) Information Architecture: From Craft to Profession
Earl Morrogh presents an excerpt of his new book, "Information Architecture:
An Emerging 21st Century Profession."
--> http://tinyurl.com/37c1
Read other recent Boxes and Arrows articles:
--> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/2002_11.php
Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the complex task of bringing
architecture and design to the digital landscape.
--> http://www.boxesandarrows.com
-- IASLASH -- http://www.iaslash.org
Some good links that have been posted to iaslash in the past few weeks:
Navigate on the right? The jury is still out
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7116
An interview with Maryam Mohit of Amazon.com
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7115
A two-part interview with Nathan Shedroff
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7125
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7111
Join in the discussion: Should "click here" be used as link text?
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7121#comment
iaslash is daily news for information architects
--> http://www.iaslash.org/
-- IAWIKI -- http://www.IAwiki.net
First off, what is a wiki?
--> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OneMinuteWiki
Not sure where to start on the IAwiki?
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/StartingPoints
Get a random IAwiki page
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=random
Get a list of all the pages on the IAwiki
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=index
Recent Changes to the IAwiki
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/RecentChanges
Add yourself to the Professionals Directory
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/ProfessionalsDirectory
Interested in a Degree in Information Architecture?
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/DegreeInIA
What is distributed metadata?
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/DistributedMetadata
IAwiki is a collaborative discussion space for the topic of Information
Architecture. Anyone can contribute, and there are no pre-registration hoops
to jump thru.
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/
-- ARGUS CENTER FOR INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE -- http://argus-acia.com/
An oldie-but-goodie from the ACIA:
Information Architecture and Personalization
by (AIfIA's own) Keith Instone
This white paper demonstrates the use of information architecture components
as a foundation for thinking about personalization. After defining the
information architecture components, it describes a model that combines the
components into a complete personalization system.
--> http://argus-acia.com/white_papers/personalization.html
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Thanks for reading and we'll be back with another newsletter in about two
weeks!
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