New Resources Page, Podcast, and I’m Engaged!

New Resources Page I have created a new resources page that will contain interface design resources and tutorials as well as SharePoint-specific resources. http://www.siolon.com/resources The Tech Gang Show I have signed on for my first podcast! I am with a small gang that covers current tech news, reviews, and I do the “Free File” segment which covers a freeware product. http://www.techgangshow.com I’m Engaged! An absolutely fanastic woman named Gwen Robinson has agreed to marry me! I’m so lucky! Here is the ring! (read more...)

The Wireframe Audiences

Information Architecture is a difficult field. Not only do we continually have to sell the importance of our field, but we also serve a role that most IT people do not. We walk the thin line between business analysts and designers; we also have the difficult job of translating functional business requirements into something our developers can understand and our customers can buy off on. Because we often don’t fit well into a nice category we are responsible for a much larger part of designing information systems. Nothing makes this more evident than the process of creating wireframes, (read more...)

The Wikipedia Manual of Style: A Study in Governance

Governance is a fantastic idea. In fact, it is absolutely critical to the continued success of an application. There are times that governance, to me, seems to be a great idea on paper, but in practice it’s very difficult to implement. I was talking to someone the other day on the topic of governance, and I used the example of Wikipedia as a successful governance plan and execution. I thought it would be worthwhile to dig deeper into the topic as a great example to look to. Of all places Wikipedia has a great outline of governance goals as applied to (read more...)