Archive | Web Dev/IA

15 April 2005 ~ 6 Comments

What is Information Architecture?

(or Architects Don’t Design Tents) I’m an Information Architect, but explaining what I do in a way people can easily understand is difficult. Luckily (for you) I’ve had to answer the question of “So, what does an Information Architect do?” a number of times. Like a stand-up comedian on the circuit who can see first [...]

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25 January 2005 ~ 0 Comments

First Blog of the Year – Progress Report

I’ve been working on the redesign I mentioned eons ago. I only started concentrating solely on it since about a week ago. Quite a considerable amount of work and I haven’t even typed my first

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20 November 2004 ~ 3 Comments

First Day of School

I’m at home looking after Michelle today while Rie is at school. Today’s the first day of her Web Designing course and I hope she finds it fun. I am sure she’ll be able to handle it no problem, I worry more about the quality and the content of the course more than her ability. [...]

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06 November 2004 ~ 0 Comments

No Instant Gratification

Some people are asking me why my blog (this part you are reading) looks different to the other parts of my site. Maybe it is a kind way of saying “your site sucks” The reason is that I am redesigning my site using Information Architecture principles. It makes sense that I should practice what I [...]

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15 July 2004 ~ 0 Comments

Moving over to WordPress

I’m moving the blog over to a different program. I was using blosxom which was great but I wanted something that I could use to update the blogs easier. I tried blogger but while very easy to use and update I found the lack of the calendar function a deal-breaker. So now I’m using WordPress, [...]

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