Category Archives: Information Architecture

UX Book Club: Designing the Obvious

We had a small but engaged book club tonight at Wilde Roast in Minneapolis. The book on the schedule was Designing the Obvious by Robert J. Hoekman, Jr. (@rhjr on Twitter) He has offered to have a call with the Minneapolis UX book club if we want to set one up, chime in on comments [...]

[JOB] Information Architect – Gage Marketing

Jay Morgan, over at Gage Marketing, is looking for an experienced information architect to add to his team. Stuff you’ll be doing:
“write scenarios, sketch mockups, spar w/ me and Bob Burns, prototype, test, play smart w/ technology, creative, pms” – Jay Morgan
Email jay_morgan at gage.com if this is you.

Twin Cities IA/UX Meetup: Oct 7, 2008 5-7pm Monte Carlo

The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet October 7 at the Monte Carlo. After September’s riveting discussion on personas (SUPER interesting), we’ll switch gears to discuss “what projects make you want to drink daily?”. Come get some help and support with your gripes and challenges.
Look for Lori Baker and the “UX [...]

The Unofficial Minneapolis Mobile User Experience Week

As coincidence would have it, next week we have two local events – both admission free – covering the ‘mobile’ internet.
First, on the advertising side is Space150’s Mobile Marketing Workshop, it’s all afternoon on Monday Aug 11th with presentations from lots-o-places including; Nokia, Weather.com, and Yahoo!.
Then, on Tues we’re having the regular MNteractive User Experience [...]

BrainTraffic Wants an Experienced Information Architect

Everything you need to know is in the headline.
In fact, because you’re such an awesome information architect – you know why you’d want to work there, who to contact, and how to contact them.

Twin Cities IA/UX Meetup: July 1, 2008 5-7pm Monte Carlo

Hello UX folks –
The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet July 1 at the Monte Carlo. The topic will be “What’s interesting to you about UX these days?”. Come enjoy some delicious Monte Carlo cocktails and chat it up with your local peers!
Look for Garrick, in the patio if the weather [...]

Jay Morgan new Director of User Experience @ Gage Marketing

Close on the heels of Kleckner’s move to Brain Traffic, Jay Morgan announces he’s leaving his post as Target’s Senior Information Architect to become Gage Marketing’s new Director of User Experience.
Congrats Jay.

Jason Kleckner Leaves Target to Lead BrainTraffic’s Information Architecture Practice

After 3 years as Target’s Information Architecture Manager, Jason Kleckner resigned on Monday. After building out the information architecture practice and an amazingly talented team, he’s leaving to do the same for Kristina Halvorson’s BrianTraffic.

Independent Information Architect Starter Kit

I’ve been “working for myself”1 for 5 years now. In all honesty, the past five years haven’t been that much different than the 5 before that where I was an employee. My professional employee experience was with tech start ups or small professional services firms. Frequently both.
I do the same work, the difference is I’m [...]

Information Architect Position at Best Buy

Best Buy is looking for an Information Architect that can effectively translate business needs into a sound user experience for BestBuy.com and affiliated companies. The ideal candidate must be a strong communicator and take an active role in understanding industry trends and usability research to aid in their analytical problem solving.
Core Responsibilities

Develop IA solutions that [...]