- The Adaptive Path Partners’ 2004 New Year’s Resolutions
- The Visual Vocabulary Three Years Later: Jesse in Boxes and Arrows
- Meet Us in Austin at the 2004 IA Summit
Seven Resolutions for 2004 By the Adaptive Path Partners
1) Fewer email attachments, more personal ones. By Lane Becker
Nobody likes to open impersonal documents, because documentation isn’t how people communicate most effectively. Documentation is how people record communication that has already happened. It’s a useful artifact of corporate life, but no substitute for collaboration, conversation, or meaningful input.
So in 2004, instead of sharing files, I resolve to share ideas. I’ll collaborate more often with my team, get input from individuals throughout my organization, communicate personally with the people who matter about the ideas that matter. When we’ve come to an agreement—and only then—I’ll document it.
Read the rest of Adaptive Path’s resolutions »
The Visual Vocabulary Three Years Later: Jesse in Boxes and Arrows
Our good friend Dan Brown had some questions for Jesse about the site architecture documentation standard he developed in 2000. Since then, Jesse’s Visual Vocabulary has become widely adopted among user experience professionals and has been included as a template in several software packages, such as OmniGraffle.
Jesse and Dan talked about how documentation has had to adapt, the value of good deliverables, and the future of Visual Vocabulary. The interview can be found here.
Adaptive Path at the 2004 IA Summit
Come join the Adaptive Path partners for the 2004 IA Summit in Austin, TX. We’ll be speaking at and attending the world’s largest meeting for information architecture professionals. And we’re putting together an Adaptive Path party…stay tuned for more information.
The sessions Adaptive Path folks will be teaching include:
- February 27, 2004: “Managing Design Politics,” Lane Becker and Janice Fraser
- February 27, 2004: “User Experience and ROI,” Janice Fraser and Scott Hirsch
- February 29, 2004: “Brand Driven Information Architecture,” Jesse James Garrett
- February 29, 2004: “Then A Miracle Occurs…,” Peter Merholz
More information about the summit can be found on their Web site.
And for more information on our party, check the next Adaptive Path newsletter!
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