Information Architecture

Blueprints for the Web

Christina Wodtke

364 pages, parution le 11/12/2002

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Résumé

All web sites have an architecture, whether you design one or not-just as every building has an architecture, from the lowly shanty by the railroad track to Chicago s tallest skyscraper. Unfortunately, most web sites are shanties, not skyscrapers. Companies that hastily threw up a web site in the dot-com boom days were visited by building inspector Jakob Neilsen, who told them their site should be condemned. But now we are entering a time of rebuilding, and we've got a chance to get it right.

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web introduces the core concepts of information architecture: organizing web site content so that it can be found, designing web site interaction so that it's pleasant to use, and creating an interface that is easy to understand. This book will help designers, project managers, programmers, and other information architecture practitioners avoid the costly mistakes of the past by teaching the skills of information architecture swiftly and clearly. Use this book and you will pass the usability inspection with flying colors!

Contents

Introduction. Why Blueprint a Web Site?
Gurus and Rules
First Principles
Balancing Acts-Users, Technology, and Business
Those People
Sock Drawers and CD Racks-Everything Must Be Organized
A Bricklayer's View of Information Architecture
From A to C by Way of B
Eat Me, Drink Me, Push Me
Making It All Up, Writing It All Down
All Together Now
Being Effective
And in the End...

L'auteur - Christina Wodtke

Christina Wodtke has been an information architect since the dawn of the dotcom era and is a leader in the growing field of information architecture.
She founded Boxes and Arrows, an online magazine of information architecture; is president of the Asilomar Institute of Information Architecture, is chairing the fourth annual ASIS&T summit on information architecture; and has spoken on the topic of information architecture at conferences ranging from Seybold to Web World.
Christina is currently leading the design team working on Yahoo! search and Directory. Formally a partner at the renowned user experience agency Carbon IQ, she has worked with clients such as Shockwave.com, Wells Fargo, Sprite, and Houghton Mifflin, as well as nonprofits such as BraveKids.org and UrbanSchool.org. She can also bake bread.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Christina Wodtke
Parution	11/12/2002
Nb. de pages	364
Format	17,8 x 22,7
Couverture	Broché
Poids	570g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780735712508