What is good?
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What is good?
To start with why, ask yourself: Why does this work need to be done? Why is change needed? Why do those changes matter? Why should other people care? Why hasn't this been tackled correctly? Why will this time be different?
Abby Covert • How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody
Things I'm thinking about
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We are living in a world exploding with information, but how do we find what is relevant to us at the time that we need it? I believe that good information architecture is key to helping us navigate through the mountains of data and information we have created for ourselves.
Carrie Webster • Information And Information Architecture: The BIG Picture — Smashing Magazine
Simple organizational schemes have clear boundaries—hard edges—so that users know exactly where to find what they’re looking for.
Giles Colborne • Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design
In some cases, the right interface idea is obvious. For example, when you’re Google trying to make the entire web accessible, you can’t expect people to learn some monstrous cataloging system of folders to find what they need. There probably exists no tagging system comprehensive enough to cover the entire web, either. So the natural choice is the
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