Wow, hiii! That was quite a break. Four years and four months! Most Half of that was pandemic time, so maybe it doesn’t count?
Seriously though, I never stopped thinking about this space. A combination of anxiety and fear—maybe a little laziness sprinkled in—it’s kept me away. But my head is getting too crowded with thoughts that I need to unload and share somewhere, so I guess I’m back–at least for a little while.
Like I said, my brain is crowded. In my time away from here, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, learning, and processing. And I want to try my best to articulate what I’ve been pondering. I’m working on a series of posts on the following ideas (tentative list):
Information architecture is (the most) important.
We designers need to understand what outcomes we’re aiming to achieve with our designs.
Use all the existing research to begin designing your object-oriented IA. I like to use the ORCA process.
We’re designing for humans. Bake inclusivity principles, accessibility, and harm reduction into the IA.
Design activism
So that’s what the one or two of you who come here can expect from me. Happy holidays, see you in January with some real talk about IA.