The Archives
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03.19.08Real commitment or lipstick on a pig?I've discussed Web 2.0 at length in its various forms on this site, but it looks like, with awareness of the phenomenon growing in business, many of our (by which I mean you and me) clients are interested in having "a Web 2.0 site". Trouble is, I don't think many of them understand just what that means, and I also think that from a consulting perspective, some of us are failing to transfer that knowledge to them. Let's start by not laying blame. Web 2.0 is hard to explain. Here's what I'm seeing. Many sites out there are getting makeovers that ...
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02.11.08TransitionsSome of you already know, but this is the official announcement. As of the end of February (maybe a week earlier), I will no longer be doing long, onsite contracts for a single client. I will be moving to doing shorter and more varied work for clients that are closer to sharing my vision of how the work I do and the services I provide should be done. I've already signed one contract and have a couple of possibilities on the boil. Fingers crossed. My decision is based on a number of factors: working long, onsite contracts isn't too different to ...
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08.25.07Taxonomy != IA != Navigation… But they are relatedThere's a fairly new thread over on SIGIA-L at the moment with respect to differentiating complex taxonomies from navigation on a website. Alongside that, how the information architecture of a site doesn't necessarily conform immediately to either the taxonomy or the navigation. It's an interesting thought, and one that I find clients particularly and junior IAs often have difficulty in differentiating. Me too frankly, as very often each of taxonomy, information architecture and navigation bear significant superficial similarity to each other. As an IA, I think it's very important when doing client work for sites that the difference be very clearly ...
