From: Gleanings
To: architects
Subject: Gleanings: IAlicious
IA MATTERS
starting with this excellent article on information architecture from the Wurman POV.
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l38613dw/readings/InfoArchitecture.html
http://www.ludvigsen.hiof.no/webdoc/mediaseminar/ai.html
my god this is bad… I cannot believe they are ia’s!
http://www.infoarchgroup.com/
this is a pretty good description of IA, form the architecture metaphor POV
http://www.designtexas.org/ia.html
Excellent article, but I almost discounted it because of the extremely small type. getting old.
(at least it’s relative font sized, and I can re-size it. god bless)
http://acg.media.mit.edu/projects/glom/
definitions
http://www.munimall.net/newsletter/991020/information_architect.cfm
DESIGN MATTERS
Type Fundamentals for Nondesigners
–> http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/01/desi/
“You know all about the font tag. You’ve tried CSS on for style. And
naturally, you can create a good-looking, well-optimized Web graphic. But
how much do you know about the fundamentals of typography?” from xblog.com
I still recommend this book to anyone who isn’t a desinger but still has to make things that aren’t ugly
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1566091594/eleganthack/105-3179524-0829518
ETC
Irish Times: Web’s words.
Brian Friel’s play, Translations is a harsh reminder of the perils a country
can face as a result of losing its language. If we think that Ireland has had
such an identity crisis, what about the prospect of the entire planet tuning
in to a non-stop diet of English, specifically US English, via the
Internet?
http://scripts.ireland.com/technology/showall.cfm?ID=1227
Feed Magazine: From July 7, 1999; How 19th-Century Politics Determined The
21st-Century. Clay Shirky.
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy070799_master.html
NEWS
hey, looks like my friends won’t end up with huge tumors–
Cell Phone Studies See No Link to Brain Cancer
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/20/science/20PHON.html
(Registration required.)
Mobile Phone Cancer Fears ‘Unfounded’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1078000/1078464.stm
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