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So here we are in week 14 close to the end of the course. This is my last blog and I must say I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I am somewhat relieved as my head is so filled with technical jargon, theories, and differing perspectives on this topic that it feels about [...]

This week had us reading part 2 of our textbook Holding on to Reality which is comprised of chapters 6 through 10. Chapter 6 addresses the writing and structure of information in language. According to Borgmann (1999), “Structure, of course, is crucial to information, and the search for structure is the quest for the secret [...]

This week brought about the end of our examination of the Web Theory text and introduced us to our next textbook titled Holding on to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium by Albert Borgmann. For Web Theory, we had to read chapters 8 and 9, as well as the conclusion. [...]

For lesson 11, we read chapters 5, 6, and 7 of the Web Theory textbook. The subject of chapter 5 deals with the look of the Web. This chapter was fascinating as it breaks down and analyzes the content structure and design of the web. The chapter also reveals some history in regards to tools [...]

This week, we really got into the textbook “Web Theory: An Introduction” by Robert Burnett and P. David Marshall. We were asked to review chapters 2, 3, and 4. Chapter 2 deals with information and networks. According to the authors (2003), “This chapter unravels the way that theories of information and theories of the network [...]

We had several web sites to view this week. The first I looked at was InfoCamp located at http://infocamp.info/. InfoCamp is an open conference that allows people who are enthusiastic about information to congregate so that they can join forces compare ideas and form a community. InfoCamp welcomes people from a wide range of [...]

For this week, one of the things we were required to review was a PowerPoint presentation on IA selling strategies and conundrums by Karin McGrane &Louis Rosenfeld called “Selling IA.” When architects are selling IA, it is important to view it as a display of how vital IA can be for a business model. IA [...]

There were four web sites that were listed for our lesson this week. The first was Google Pack that is located at http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=free%20software. This site looked really interesting although I was not able to view all of it as Google Pack requires Windows XP or Vista and I don’t have either of those [...]

For our readings this week, we were required to read chapters 17 and 18 of the Morville & Rosenfeld text. These chapters were great to read because I do have some understanding of the topics that were discussed. Chapter 17 dealt with the importance of marketing Information Architecture to the world. I know how important [...]