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Argus Center for Information Architecture (ACIA)
URL: http://argus-acia.com/

Advanced
Comments: ACIA was created by Argus Associates, one of the first and perhaps the best known information architecture consulting firms. It has resources on events, a bibliography, profiles of practitioners, and feature articles. Since Argus went out of business, they have not put as much time into updating this resource.

Info.Design
URL: http://www.infodn.com/iares-ia.shtml

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Comments: InfoDesign is another information architecture consultancy that maintains a page of useful links.

Visual Vocabulary on jjg.net
URL: http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/

Advanced
Comments: "A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design." Jesse James Garrett is one of the leaders in the field of information architecture. His visual vocabulary for IA has won general acceptance among the professional community and is open source for everyone to use. His scheme is simple enough to be software independent and can even be drawn out easily by hand, but it is a power method of explaining a web site's navigation and interaction.

Boxes and Arrows
URL: http://www.boxesandarrows.com

Advanced
Comments: From their 'about' page:
"Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape. There are various titles and professions associated with this undertaking—information architecture, information design, interaction design, interface design—but when we looked at the work that we were actually doing, we found a “community of practice” with similarities in outlook and approach that far outweighed our differences.

Boxes and Arrows is a peer-written journal dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of this community, through the sharing of exemplary technique, innovation and informed opinion.

Boxes and Arrows strives to provoke thinking among our peers, to push the limits of the accepted boundaries of these practices and to challenge the status quo by teaching new or better techniques that translate into results for our companies, our clients and our comrades."

Jesse James Garrett - jjg.net
URL: http://www.jjg.net/

Intermediate
Comments: Jesse James Garrett is one of the leaders in the field of information architecture. His personal page features a number of good resources on information architecture and experience design. It is appropriate for people just learning IA or for people who are trying to keep up in the field.
 

GoodExperience.com
URL: http://www.goodexperience.com/

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Comments: A timely collection links to articles dealing with customer/user experience online. Best practices, case studies, and horror stories. Let Mark Hurst browse the web and find all these gems for you - all you need to do is read and learn.
 

searchenginewatch.com
URL: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

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Comments: Everything you every wanted to know about search engines. How they work; why they are different; and how they are changing. This site is always up to date with the latest news.
 

 


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