IA Institute announcements.

[Jeff Lash <jeff AT jefflash.com>]

Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture
--> http://www.aifia.org

The AIfIA newsletter is published every other week
(pretty much) and features 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) AIFIA LAUNCHES EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
AIFIA¹s event sponsorship program will sponsor two
events dedicated to IA each year, providing financial,
promotional, and logistical support to IA conferences,
seminars and other events. The sponsorship program will
help promote and grow the IA community.
--> APPLY FOR SPONSORSHIP:
http://aifia.org/pg/ia_events_sponsorship.php

2) SURVEY RESULTS: SUPPORTING LOCAL IA GROUPS
Early this month, AIfIA concluded a survey of the IA
community to learn how local groups of information
architects could be supported. The survey results are
now available on the AIfIA website.
--> SEE THE SURVEY RESULTS: http://aifia.org/news/000249.php



---- WHAT'S NEW WITH OUR PARTNERS ----


-- IASLASH -- http://www.iaslash.org

Some good links that have been posted to iaslash in the
past few weeks:

GraphViz Site Map script now offered under GPL
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7478

Nathan Shedroff interviewed re: experience design
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7473

Information Architecture: Designing Environments for
Purpose 
(includes Peter Morville¹s preface to the book,
"Official history (and future) of information
architecture")
--> http://iaslash.org/node.php?id=7475

iaslash is daily news for information architects,
operated by AIfIA
--> http://iaslash.org/


-- BOXES AND ARROWS -- http://www.boxesandarrows.com/

Three good recent Boxes and Arrows articles:

1) Examining the Role of De Facto Standards on the Web
Just what are the design practices on the web that have
the highest frequency? And are there design practices
that all (or nearly all) sites employ?
--> http://tinyurl.com/qvdo

2) Learning to Love the Pixel: Exploring the Craft of
Icon Design 
Designing web-based enterprise software involves
creating complex artifacts like architecture
wireframes, object models, screen flows, and clickable
prototypes in order to articulate aspects of the online
experience for product stakeholders. But what does
"craft" mean for interaction designers?
--> http://tinyurl.com/qv0y

3) The Devil's in the Wireframes
Wireframes: At once a singular composition and a
collaborative expression, communicating the vision of
both an individual and a team. As a result, they can be
stacked with an enormous amount of detail. Are we
becoming victims of information pollution in our own
wireframes? 
--> http://tinyurl.com/qvde

Read other recent Boxes and Arrows articles:
--> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/2003_10.php

All previous articles by categories
--> http://boxesandarrows.com/archives/cat_index.php

Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the
complex task of bringing architecture and design to the
digital landscape.
--> http://boxesandarrows.com/


-- IAWIKI -- http://www.IAwiki.net/

How should you approach free-listing?
--> http://www.iawiki.net/FreeListing

Where can I find other IAs?
--> http://www.iawiki.net/ProfessionalsDirectory

Looking for Recent Changes to the IAwiki?
--> http://www.IAwiki.net/RecentChanges

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/



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