Lou Rosenfeld requests less adolescent pondering the meaning of our existance, and more planning (plotting?) for the future)
“Here are some areas that I think information architects can and should take on. Some are orphans that may have gone unnoticed and therefore unowned. Some are simply not well understood by most people working on web sites today, including most IAs. Each of these areas presents us with difficult and interesting challenges that will increasingly demand our attention over time. And they fit squarely within the scope of information architecture: ”
he goes on to list and describe
- Distinguishing users’ information needs
- Determining content granularity
- Developing hybrid architectures
- Presenting search results better
- Understanding and using metadata
- Rolling out enterprise-wide architectures
which range from the granular to the super….
and what do you think (I’m still mulling)