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Back before I discovered the joys of user experience, I wanted to work in TV. I loved to watch TV, and so I naturally assumed that I’d also love to work on it. I soon discovered that knowing how much effort goes into making TV actually sucks the joy out of watching it. But not before I put in some time at, ahem, Fox News Channel. Yes. I know. Please forgive me. I comfort myself with the thought that this was way back when the channel first launched and before it achieved its astoundingly evil successes — back when the only commercial spend it could drum up was ads selling products to protect you in the event of an intruder or a nasty fall.

Recently I had a chance to talk with someone who still works in TV — really good TV — and gets to think about user experience, too!

Audrey Chen is the senior information architect at Comedy Central, where she leads IA for the web sites behind some of the funniest shows on the air. Audrey shared how she came by her awesome job, and then managed to grow an IA practice where one hadn’t existed before. She also touched upon emerging challenges for IAs, including designing for community and tagging for video. Audrey will be speaking at UX Week about information architecture in TV Land. I’ll be taking notes.

In the meantime, you can read the entire interview with Audrey here.

If you’re interested in seeing Audrey (and others) at UX Week, you can register using the code BLOG for 10% off the price.

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