Finally! a place to go and talk about nerdy books that IAs love in safe, non-eyerolling company!
Yay to David Carruthers for kicking off the IA Bookclub which will meet for the first time in February to talk about BJ Fogg’s Persuasive Technology.
I read this book in the first year I was doing my Masters when [...]

Just for the record, if Kevin ever sends you an email out of the blue and asks you to participate in 20×2. You must say yes.
20×2 is an ongoing project that exists to showcase the creativity that lurks in each of us. Writers, musicians, filmmakers, web geeks and other bon vivants are asked to take [...]

I like this idea. It’s like a short, sharp, Friday evening version of BarCamp with beer.
Well, actually it’s nothing much like BarCamp at all except I imagine a bunch of the same people turn up and more who aren’t so interested to invest a weekend in it. Oh, and who like free beer
Here’s [...]

OK. So I’m finally almost brave enough to send you in the direction of my very first ever podcast that I did for the Office 2.0 Podcast Jam. (Assuming you haven’t wandered over there and had a listen already.
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about this ‘cult of less‘ that 37 Signals seems to be [...]

While I was at the recent EuroIA conference I wrote a few notes on what I’d ask people to do if they wanted to ‘present’.
I was partly inspired by my recent experience of BarCamp London, and the fact that I was surrounded by smart and creative people at EuroIA, but that it didn’t feel like [...]

So, as you know, I’ve been trying to recruit design and user experience types to participate in the Podcast Jam for Office 2.0. (hello! are you out there!). Something I’ve noticed is that your average designer on the street doesn’t necessarily know what Office 2.0 means, and what’s included.
If this sounds like you, can I [...]

The Office 2.0 Podcast Jam kicks off tomorrow - so be sure to go check it out and get involved. There’s some really interesting stuff happening from kick off including podcasts from Richard MacManus, Rosemary Stasek (talking about her experiences in Afghanistan, now that’s a perspective you don’t get at your average conference), and Eric [...]

Last weekend in Berlin I attended the 2nd EuroIA Conference themed ‘Building Our Practice’. In retrospect, it was a valuable experience, although there are a lot of opportunities for this conference to improve.
Around 200 people attended, most of whom practiced Information Architecture as a part of their work. Attendees were from all over Europe, and [...]

Yay! I just found out I’m going to Euro IA this weekend! The line up looks great, and I’ve not been to Berlin before, so there is much excitement at the moment. (It will help me come to terms with missing the OZ IA Retreat, at any rate). Hoorah!
Now, who else is going to be [...]

I’ve been really interested to see the way that conversations around conferences are being collated online. The recent D.Construct conference had a BackNetwork that I thought was really great - even though I wasn’t able to attend the conference. The upcoming Web Directions conference in Sydney has a similar Web Connections site set up. Even [...]