Some of you may know that I’ve been working on a new initiative focused on whether information architecture can affect policy. This initiative is based on research with the goal of delivering reports that may be used by our governing bodies in reviewing how policy affects human life or human systems.
A very big THANKS to all those who have already participated in video interviews. This work will be published soon!
As many of you know, I’ve held the position of Austin Govella, asked that UXnet look into the current needs of IA employers to see if we could help IA professionals draft good resumes and portfolios. I authored an article for Boxes and Arrows that you can find here: Getting Hired.
For a long time User Experience design professionals (UXers) have been working with the notion that our “persona”, the individual representative user we’re designing for is a consumer of content. While this is true for a typical website, it is not true for an online community where User-Generated Content (UGC) is key to the community’s growth. Users who consume content are quite different from users who create content. UXers need to work through the user value proposition with their clients so that the coveted content creators keep coming back, adding content, and building a healthy, growing community.
