[Sigia-l] Everything is Miscellaneous

[Stew Dean]

Peter,

I have to say that as an information architect my day to day job is
about function first, not information.  The function of what ever
project you are creating informs the form the information needs to
take.

Information architects are not librarians in the same way people who
keep tropical fish are not fishermen.

In short Information architects are really interaction designers in a
way that separates us from specialisms such as visual design.

Had to get that off my chest.

Stewart Dean






On 03/05/07, Peter Morville <morville at semanticstudios.com> wrote:
> I've written up a brief book review...
>
> http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000167.php
>
> ...of David Weinberger's new book:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Miscellaneous-Power-Digital-Disorder/dp/080
> 5080430
>
> I don't agree with everything, but I'd still say it's a must read for
> information architects.
>
> Special Bonus: Everything has IA definitions :-)
>
> "Information architecture - the art and science of organizing electronic
> information." (47)
>
> "Information architects - the professionals who design the organization of
> and human interface with information." (165)
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> Peter Morville
> President, Semantic Studios
> http://semanticstudios.com/
> http://findability.org/
>
>
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Stewart Dean