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May 06, 2007

What is information architecture? The slide show.

The always enjoyable Andrew Hinton has an insightful, witty, surprising set of slides 'n' text that tries to explain not only what Information Architecture is, but why it's been so hard to explain. Along the way he has things to say about communities vs. communities of practice, how to attract flies, and why Wikipedia is more like an AK-47 than like an M-16. Great stuff, elegantly and entertainingly communicated. [Tags: information_architecture andrew_hinton ]

Posted by D. Weinberger at May 6, 2007 11:31 AM

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Great slideshow. One of the most important features of the AK47 is missing: robustness

A top-down hierarchy breaks when a node breaks!
A net only becomes more permeable.

Posted by: Andreas Weinberger | May 7, 2007 07:05 AM

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