Comments on: Survey: IA for agencies http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/08/09/survey-ia-for-agencies the personal website of Patrick Kennedy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: IA4A survey results: respondents by geography at Pat’s Point of View http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/08/09/survey-ia-for-agencies/comment-page-1#comment-82171 IA4A survey results: respondents by geography at Pat’s Point of View Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:23:24 +0000 http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/?p=356#comment-82171 [...] struggled to find the time to conduct an in-depth analysis of my IA for Agencies survey results, I have decided to do it in pieces. This instalment, of which many more will follow, [...] [...] struggled to find the time to conduct an in-depth analysis of my IA for Agencies survey results, I have decided to do it in pieces. This instalment, of which many more will follow, [...]

]]> By: IA for Agencies survey now closed at Pat’s Point of View http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/08/09/survey-ia-for-agencies/comment-page-1#comment-82137 IA for Agencies survey now closed at Pat’s Point of View Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:28:38 +0000 http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/?p=356#comment-82137 [...] IA for Agencies survey is now closed. Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill in the survey, all 206 of you from [...] [...] IA for Agencies survey is now closed. Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill in the survey, all 206 of you from [...]

]]> By: Pat http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/08/09/survey-ia-for-agencies/comment-page-1#comment-82067 Pat Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:42:25 +0000 http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/?p=356#comment-82067 That's a fair comment. But I think that a large part of the problem with defining IA is that practitioners get so hung up on terminology and titles. The fact of the matter is that there is much overlap between the disciplines I listed in that paragraph, and from the perspective of non-IAs they are all pretty much the same. My target audience was agency staff, who are typically unfamiliar with IA or any of its related fields. So that's why I essentially equated what can be very different beasts (for example IxD and core IA). I obviously could have communicated this more clearly. Thanks for the feedback. That’s a fair comment. But I think that a large part of the problem with defining IA is that practitioners get so hung up on terminology and titles. The fact of the matter is that there is much overlap between the disciplines I listed in that paragraph, and from the perspective of non-IAs they are all pretty much the same.

My target audience was agency staff, who are typically unfamiliar with IA or any of its related fields. So that’s why I essentially equated what can be very different beasts (for example IxD and core IA). I obviously could have communicated this more clearly.

Thanks for the feedback.

]]> By: michelangelo http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/08/09/survey-ia-for-agencies/comment-page-1#comment-82064 michelangelo Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:11:13 +0000 http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/?p=356#comment-82064 <blockquote>Best practice design of websites, and other digital media, involves a set of skills known broadly as Information Architecture (IA) which generally means making designs user friendly. IA is also known to people doing this work, by such terms as User Experience (UX), User Centred Design (UCD), Interaction Design (IxD) or simply “usability”.</blockquote> Our field is plagued by the vagueness and ambiguity of its terminology. Your paragraph quoted above certainly does not do much to improve that.

Best practice design of websites, and other digital media, involves a set of skills known broadly as Information Architecture (IA) which generally means making designs user friendly. IA is also known to people doing this work, by such terms as User Experience (UX), User Centred Design (UCD), Interaction Design (IxD) or simply “usability”.

Our field is plagued by the vagueness and ambiguity of its terminology. Your paragraph quoted above certainly does not do much to improve that.

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