At a project kick-off for an enterprise information architecture project we started this summer for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) we used a useful technique to determine enterprise priorities for classification and taxonomy projects. I call the exercise “Metadata Dot-Mocracy.”
This April I had the pleasure of speaking at the annual Information Architecture Summit in Baltimore, Washington. My talk was called ‘Metadata in the Cross-Channel Ecosystem’, and these are the slides.
In April 2013 I had the pleasure of speaking on User Experience at the for the WordPress Geneva group. The presentation covers some universal principles and design patterns of User Experience (UX) Design, and provides information on how to implement them using the WordPress platform. I received really positive feedback on the presentation, and would like to thank everyone […]
Slides from my talk for UX Romandie at the Hotel Bristol in Geneva, Switzerland March 26 2013 are on slideshare – please see below! Thank you to UX Romandie for being fantastic hosts for the eveing and providing a great venue. And thank you also to everyone that came to the talk – I had a […]
I’m very pleased to be speaking for the UX Romandie group in Geneva, Switzerland this coming Tuesday March 26th. The talk is free. Details are: 19:00 – 23:00 Tuesday March 26th 2013 Hôtel Bristol, Rue du Mont-Blanc 10, 1201 Genève Sign up on TechUp.ch Learn more about UX Romandie Metadata in the Cross-Channel Ecosystem Metadata enables consistency, […]
I’m delighted to be speaking at the Information Architecture Summit in Baltimore, Washington this year. The talk I’m giving is is a follow up to my session at the summit last year and is called Metadata in the Cross-Channel Ecosystem: Consistency, Context and Interoperability. Visit the Session Description on the IA Summit website, or read the original session […]
Working as a Senior Information Architect with the Office of the Chief Information Officer for the Province of British Columbia I developed enterprise data standards for Mailing, Delivery and Residential Addresses. From a data modelling perspective addresses are a challenging entity – they are fundamental to many business activities, yet most systems capture them in […]
The problem with the category “Related Articles” is that it is a synonym for “Miscellaneous.” To be more effective the term should state how the other articles are related – such as “More Sushi Cook Books” or “More General Electric Stoves Under $1000.” Stating the relationship of something with suggested items makes the suggestions more […]
Today I had the pleasure of visiting the University of Laussane, Switzerland to see an exhibit on Hungarian architect Yona Friedman, called the Genesis of a Vision. I’m certainly no expert on Mr. Friedman’s work, but I found the exhibit interesting coming from the perspective of someone who designs space with information. There were a […]
This poster is a follow up to “Better Cross-Channel Experiences with Metadata,” a presentation delivered by Adam Ungstad to the IA Summit in New Orleans 2012. It was Adam Ungstad’s submission to Euro IA 2012 poster night. Here’s the original description: To date, the Information Architecture and User Experience fields have focused largely on how information should […]