IAC: Information Architecture conference
IAC: Information Architecture conference
You found a profession that you love. Maybe love is too strong for you, maybe you just enjoy it. You've learned, you've grown, you've arrived. And then, CHANGE. You get a new boss, and they don't like the way things are done. Or you find out from a peer that the best practices have changed in light of new regulations. Perhaps a global pandemic suddenly changes the way the world…
One primary tension in taxonomy construction is between best practices (as defined by various taxonomy standards) and practical (business) requirements. That is: the tension is between categorization according to *what things are* versus *where people will look for them*. How can we balance or reconcile these priorities? Can we model our way out of them? And what are the options? This issue is paramount in Topic taxonomies; Topic or Subject…
Enterprise software systems create and store massive amounts of data created by the processes carried out within them. But, that data isn't automatically useful information for assessing those processes. System data represents the translation of the reality of the processes as understood and enacted by people into the structure of the system. What data is captured and how it's structured represents what happened in the system, but the relationship of…
Companies, governments and humanitarian entities are capturing, storing and sharing an ever increasing volume of identity data, much of it pertaining to "third party" individuals who may never interact directly with the databases where their data is stored. While many countries have enacted legislation to establish baseline safety protocols for protecting personal data, and online privacy and security standards like GDPR are becoming more ubiquitous, the reality is that protecting…
We gain resilience from each other! In just 20 minutes, you'll learn how to facilitate strong collaboration between CS and UX leaders on your teams. Goodwin brings over 15 years of experience in UX and is passionate about CS as a critical part of the UX practice. By learning each other's "side of the story”, UX and CS can see how they're really both sides of the same coin and…
