Information Architecture for Designers. “Information Architecture For Designers is low on theory, high on practice. It contains practical examples, how-to's, do's and don'ts and ready-to-use templates, illustrating concepts, tools and deliverables that can be used immediately in real-life by anyone responsible for designing web sites. Practical explanations and tips are illustrated with case studies from… Continue reading Information Architecture for Designers

Windows APIs. Raymond Chen has been running a series of interesting articles about the history of Windows and its API. Ever wonder why the time zone map no longer highlights the zone you're in? Or what the BEAR35, BUNNY73, and PIGLET12 functions are named after? Or why you turn off your computer by clicking “start”?… Continue reading Windows APIs

First Impression. “It's when your best-laid plans go awry that you make the first, best steps toward the life that you want to lead — and the work that lights you up.” –Po Bronson, Author  [Fast Company]

Help Me Understand!. I'm supposed to be the marketing guru, but I'm clueless. I lost my cell phone. One year after I bought it. My contract is over. I need a new phone. I call up T-Mobile. I share my tale of woe…. [Fast Company Now]

No Surveillance Tech for Tampa. Police in Tampa, Florida, are removing facial recognition software from the Ybor City entertainment district after the 2-year-old deployment of the software failed to produce arrests. Civil rights groups hailed the move. [Wired News]

TIF: Thesaurus Interchange Format. Semantic Blogging Demonstrator is pointing to Alistair Miles' and Brian Matthews' Thesaurus Interchange Format RDF schema, which is designed to link thesauri. [ia/ – information architecture news]

Article on XML.com: 'The Semantic Web is Closer Than You Think'. Kendall Grant Clark gives an overview of what's to come on the Web. [ia/ – information architecture news]

A Church at a Crossroad and Its Future at Stake. Peter Steinfels, a columnist for The Times, says in a new book that the Roman Catholic Church in America must change in order to survive. By Garry Wills. [New York Times: Books]

A new law firm model?. Dennis Kennedy is asking a provocative question: has technology enabled a better law firm model than the ones that are currently in place? Read Dennis' post about the Virtual Law Firm and let him know what you think about his… [Ernie The Attorney]

Book Review: The Death of Common Sense. Philip K. Howard is a lawyer, and he has written a wonderful account of how screwed up our current legal system is entitled: The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America. The book chronicles how the legal system,… [Ernie The Attorney]