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IA Summit 10 - Day 1

Boxes and Arrows

Using examples from tools like Twitter and Google Wave, Tanya Rabourn looks at these questions and discusses how conversation analysis gives us a way to examine social actions online. In this session Colleen walks us through content analysis, offering practical tips and examples along the way.

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Information Architecture for Audio: Doing It Right - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design

Boxes and Arrows

Figure 1: Part of the “Web Trend Map by Information Architects, Japan For example, Figure 1 shows part of the famous Web Trend Map by Information Architects Japan. It’s an excellent example of how information can be displayed in a two-dimensional space. Try to create pictures in the listener’s mind.

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Your New Excuse to Get an Xbox

Boxes and Arrows

For websites, the modifiable controls should encourage more effective interaction with the site. For example if, on a banking site, a customer wants to be alerted to all transactions over $100, enable them to red flag these line items in online statements. The state of flow is supported because there is no need to translate the result.

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