Archive for August, 2007

Why become an Information Architect?

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I can’t remember where I heard it, but I was surprised it came from someone in the field. The sarcastic tone surprised me even more than the chuckles of agreement. Hang on, I thought with astonishment, surely we’ve not reached the stage where we reduce ourselves to hackneyed self-criticism? In my experience, passion for their [...]

Transit(ory)

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Stuck on the Tube, I remembered I also had some cute transport-related links to share. So here they are. Incomprehensible intersections – road design gone horribly wrong. I know the Americans denigrate the fine British roundabout, but at least we don’t often end up with monstrosities of this scale. Airport – a neat little Flash [...]

August link roundup

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Draughts got solved – I do think AI is a ‘good thing’ but I think I liked the days where great mysteries were just that. I hope chess still has a few years left. The Helvetica film is finally on at the ICA this month. Now I just need to find another typography geek to [...]

Sonic Youth performance stats

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Would love to see these Sonic Youth gig stats turned into some explorable interface. Any budding information designers with plenty of time on their hands?

Field Day

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Had to pass comment on Field Day. The weather was gorgeous, the lineup was excellent, but the whole event was pretty much ruined by amateurish organisation. It’s received a comprehensive slating on Myspace, and with good cause. 14 bar staff for 10,000 people does not a good ratio make, and even our backup plan of [...]

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