Who is Dex?
A user experience architect in the rainy Pacific northwest who can regularly be found in various coffee shops drinking (double grande non-fat) lattes, whipping Visio into a wireframing and flowcharting frenzy while debating, discussing, and pondering the triumphs and challenges of information architecture, user interface design, usabilty and user experience in an ever-changing technology driven marketplace.
Random Thoughts...
on convincing tech wonks that IA is valuable...IA is what happens between the database and the user interface. Before someone can create the data model, you must know how your users want to use the data, or risk creating a system the users won't accept.
on interaction...For information to be actionable, it must be simple, relevant, timely and in context.
on findability...You can’t use it if you can’t find it.