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  • Information Architecture for Navigation

    A simple guide to designing the information architecture part of navigation systems

  • Sitemaps for Beginners

    Sitemaps are a core deliverable often associated with the practice of information architecture (IA). This article covers the basics.

  • Video Book Forward by Stephen Anderson

    A video book forward (perhaps the first of its kind) from Stephen Anderson about his take-aways from Stuck? Diagrams Help. by Abby Covert.

  • Dr. Brené Brown is an information architect (and so are her interns)

    A digital message in a bottle to convince a hero of mine that they are an information architect.

  • 101 Diagrams: My Test Kitchen Results

    A recap of the high level feedback from my diagrammatic test kitchen.

  • Five Superpowers of Diagrams

    When are diagrams and diagramming our most helpful tool? And what superpowers do diagrams hold to help when we feel stuck?

  • Researching Diagrams

    An interview with taxonomist and librarian, Jenny Benevento, about the historical and cultural context of diagrams and diagramming.

  • Vertical Labeling for Diagrams

    I went down a rabbit hole about which way to rotate vertical labels on diagrams so you didn’t have to.

  • Diagram Critique BINGO

    The one in which I create a game to get my students to critique each other’s diagrams

  • The Making of the IA Summit 2014

    As a committee chair for the 2014 IA Summit, I decided to give the conference a 15-year birthday present. A bunch of data about it’s growth!

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Agency IA (11) Collaboration in IA (12) Content and Meaning (17) Controlled Vocabulary (6) IA Community (19) Intention and Goal Setting (18) Language (10) Life Update (6) Mapping and Diagramming (12) Navigation and Taxonomy (2) New to IA (18) SVA (18) Teaching IA (37) Worksheet (5) World IA Day Keynotes (4)

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