http://www.keypointe.ca Information Architecture Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:16:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=802 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=802#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:15:16 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=802 Travis Bolander of Twisted Lime Media, I thought I'd share these entertaining resources: How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell, The Process (a.k.a. Designing The Stop Sign Video), Make My Logo Bigger Cream.]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=802 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=796 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=796#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:49:32 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=796 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=796 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=794 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=794#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:06:13 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=794 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=794 2 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=790 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=790#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:01:13 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=790 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=790 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=725 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=725#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:58:26 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=725 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=725 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=684 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=684#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:30:36 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=684 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=684 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=680 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=680#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:27:28 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=680 LinkedIn as a resource for contacting people. I thought I'd share this idea with you since it took me, oh, about six years to figure this out. Since I've always struggled with how to market my services - "information architecture" and "information architect" aren't phrases that everyone understands and when they do, they usually don't find it relevant - I thought I might save you some pain and misery and share the idea.]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=680 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=674 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=674#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:39:06 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=674 Information Seeking in Electronic Environments (1995). In his chapter on "Browsing Strategies," he has a section on navigation as a metaphor. In previous usability and user centred design research and readings, others have emphasized how the "desktop" metaphor only goes so far. In Marchionini's text, he discusses how the navigation metaphor breaks down.]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=674 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=668 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=668#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:54:08 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=668 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=668 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=600 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=600#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:32:50 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=600 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=600 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=535 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=535#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:26:48 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=535 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=535 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=542 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=542#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:50:29 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=542 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=542 7 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=538 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=538#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:38:34 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=538 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=538 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=530 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=530#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:42 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=530 Lois Patterson interviewed me on my thoughts about the future of Technical Writing. When asked if I thought technical writing would survive, I said that any job in an organization needs to provide value. But perhaps more important than technical writers creating value is that users are starting to create content themselves. ]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=530 2 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=528 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=528#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:24:27 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=528 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=528 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=526 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=526#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:47:12 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=526 CanUX is taking on creating "...great experiences with less: less time, less money, or fewer people on the team." It's happening in Banff, Alberta from November 12-14. This year, they have a contest for a free admission and travel expenses. Naturally, I'm entering! So should you!]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=526 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=522 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=522#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:06:44 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=522 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=522 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=517 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=517#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:04:59 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=517 How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler. Wow. This is possibly the most helpful book I've ever read. ]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=517 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=514 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=514#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:27:41 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=514 Paper Sketches for Early Buy-In, I'd like to share the results of subsequent UI design review meetings. Once I had taken general feedback on the pages from the paper sketches, including the number of steps involved, the content for each page, and further business rules refinement, I created a slightly interactive prototype using Axure then held two more review meetings.]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=514 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=512 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=512#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:34:59 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=512 Usability in Context Sensitive Help: Re-imagining the Ordinary to Provide Business Value"]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=512 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=508 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=508#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 17:47:30 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=508 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=508 4 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=481 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=481#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:44:14 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=481 keynote from the IA Summit 2009. Working my way slowly through the podcast has given me time to reflect social media, the publication of information by the everyday, average Josephine, and what it means in our culture. ]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=481 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=477 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=477#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:29:34 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=477 spend their free time online.]]> http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=477 0 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=474 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=474#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:20:08 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=474 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=474 1 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=472 http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=472#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:27:53 +0000 Theresa Putkey http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=472 http://www.keypointe.ca/?feed=rss2&p=472 0