2009-11-13T02:51:42+00:00 248 1789 It’s a given that Information Architecture (IA) should be applied to larger websites. Regardless if they are for information provisioning or just product sales do we really need to do an IA for these smaller sites. Starting with what is the heart of information architecture, Gary will look at the changing face of IA and user centred design and it’s relevancy in the design process. Is there still scope for IA and the new kid on the block User Experience (UX to his friends), maybe we should just be leaving it all to the designers and developers to get on with the real project and forget the IA and UX elements to their unrealistic fantasyland where they belong? http://www.slideshare.net/CannedTuna/ux-architecture-for-the-small-guy small-guy-091103224925-phpapp01 http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/13/ux-architecture-for-the-small-guy/ 2009-11-13T03:18:24+00:00 2009-11-04T11:00:00+00:00 Gary Barber is the principal user experience designer at [radharc][1] with a focus on UX design, usability and information architecture. He is a realistic standardista who is constantly mentoring and exercising his passion for creativity, usability, accessibility and minimal user experiences – be this from speaking engagements, consultations or over a few quiet ales. Gary’s formal educational background is in making weird substances and blowing things up, and this, as expected, has no relevancy for having been working within the web industry in various roles since the dark ages of the mid nineteen nineties. He has spent a fair amount of time consulting for the government, education, energy and private sectors while designed large intranets, social media sites, CMS and realigned sites back to their core business using the web industry’s best practices. Gary also contributes to the community by volunteering to various professional bodies. He has worked with the Australian Web Industry Association and is a founding member of the fledgling Perth chapter of the Usability Professionals Association. He has also written for Sitepoint.com; and looks at user experience and other web issues from time to time on [Man With No Blog][2]. [1]: http://radharc.com.au [2]: http://manwithnoblog.com Radharc http://radharc.com.au 3697 http://au.linkedin.com/in/garybarber Perth, Western Australia Gary Barber http://manwithnoblog.com tuna /avatars/3697/thumb/stream.21915.0 2009-11-11T12:22:12+00:00 Edge of the Web 2009 aims to expand upon the benchmark set in 2008. The conference program offers a diverse range of leading edge and highly topical content focusing on key areas of current web development best practise, such as usability and accessibility and current web trends such as social networking and open data exchange, in a two day conference format. Edge of the Web includes a two day, three track conference on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th November, and a day of technical workshops on Friday 6th November. AWIA have secured an outstanding line up of international and national speakers to present at the conference and like the Australian Web Awards, AWIA’s Edge of the Web Conference has established itself as a ‘must attend’ annual event. 2009-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.edgeoftheweb.org.au/ 248 Perth, Australia 2009-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-11T12:22:12+00:00