Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 12, 2009

The role of the information architect (IA), interaction designer, or user experience (UX) designer is to help create architecture and interactions which will impact the user in constructive, meaningful ways. Sometimes the design choices are strategic and affect a broad interaction environment; other times they may be tactical and detailed, affecting few.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 30, 2009

iTunes Download Del.icio.us IA Summit theme music created and provided by BumperTunes™ IA Summit 2009 Podcasts The IA Summit was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the main conference sessions (“see schedule&# :[link]. | Preview | Keynote | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Closing | The Opening Keynote and Closing Plenary will be published this coming week, with the Summit sessions to follow during the next two weeks.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 12, 2009

iTunes Download Del.icio.us Pod-safe music generously provided by Sonic Blue. I had the opportunity to speak with Afshan Kirmani on her article, Getting a Form’s Structure Right: Designing Usable Online Email Applications Part 1. We talk about the design of an online web based application. Part 1 of the series focuses on the web based form where the user experience is critical before the user enters the application.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 12, 2009

No current software supports the full process of collaboration. That’s a bold claim, and I hope that someone can prove me wrong. This article is more of a “Working Towards …” position paper than the final word; written in the hope that the ensuing discussion will either bring to light some software of which I’m not aware, or motivate the right people to develop what’s needed.

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Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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