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5 Ideas for "Appifying" Your Site

Submitted by Jason Cranford ... on 12 February 2011
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It used to be the axiom on the Web that "content is king," but the king has a new rival.

 It used to be the axiom on the Web that "content is king," but the king has a new rival. The best sites do not just placidly provide content to a passive audience, but engage that audience to help create and explore content through online tools or "apps." Applications are not just for the desktop anymore; in fact, with the rise of the Web, it is increasingly becoming easier and even necessary to create applications that hook into the internet or even run completely within a browser window.

Planning Your Website: An Introduction to Online Card Sorting

Submitted by Courtney Clark on 4 December 2010
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Penguins in Antarctica 

How to Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration on Wireframes

Submitted by Brian Verhoeven on 3 August 2010
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On a recent project, the internal project team found success in documenting functional specifications in a Google Document, as show below:

The benefits of this process included:

Design Principles: Proximity

Submitted by Matt Humphrey on 26 May 2010
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I love my Subaru. I've driven it with no issues for about seven years. (BRB - going to knock on wood.) Despite my love, there are two design flaws that have driven me nuts throughout the duration of those seven years. (Disclaimer: I drive a 2004 Subaru. These features may have been updated on newer models.)

How to Prioritize Features on Social Web Sites

Submitted by Brian Verhoeven on 10 May 2010
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designing for the social web

I attended the Information Architecture Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, back in April 2010.

What We Learned at UXCampDC 2010

Submitted by Sophie Burns on 16 February 2010
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On January 23, Forum One sponsored UXCampDC, an unconference focused on all things user experience-related attracting close to 100 practitioners from the DC metro area.  From Forum One, we had Suzanne Rainey, Brian Verhoeven, Courtney Clark, Matt Humphrey, Kate Bogh and

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    • User Experience Inspiration: Starting with a Blank Slate

    Submitted by Matt Humphrey on 4 February 2010
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    In a session entitled "Tabula Rasa - Methods for jumping into UI Design" at the recently held User Experience Camp in Washington (#uxcampdc), Brian Talbot lead us in a discussion on starting with a blank slate. A number of great ideas came out of that discussion.

    How to Keep Users Coming Back for More

    Submitted by Courtney Clark on 25 November 2009
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    How to keep users coming back

    On November 5, a group of web executives around the DC area joined us to hear 4 speakers share their stories and strategies to get return visitors. And boy did we learn a lot! 
     

    NPR's API and Open Data (Public Media Camp DC 2009)

    Submitted by Sophie Burns on 17 October 2009
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    Educating the Client on Information Architecture

    Submitted by Sophie Burns on 2 December 2008
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    Keith LaFerriere published an interesting article today on A List Apart about communicating the value of Information Architecture (IA) to clients, and outlining deliverables by phases.

    Keith does a thorough job of outlining the various deliverables that are produced in sequence, and incorporates a brief description of each one. This is a particularly useful overview of artifacts for someone who is unfamiliar with what an information architect produces.

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