A Lens A Day - Conversations about Information Architecture

Jasmine Friedl joins Dan Brown to talk about the state of professional development and performance reviews in user experience. Dan asks Jasmine to talk about the assumption that every designer needs to be good at systems thinking and systems design.

Jonathan McFadden and Dan Brown talk about making space at the table for more voices in the practice of user experience. Dan asks Jonathan to help him unpack the assumption that information architecture can't easily be taught.

Katrina Alcorn talks with Dan brown about making teams more collaborative. They also discuss Dan's assumption that IA isn't for everyone.

Hareem Mannan joins Dan Brown to talk about personas and how recruiting in user research is crucial for getting them right. Dan asks Hareem to help him think about whether IA can be taught in UX boot camps or not.

Kaarin Hoff joins Dan Brown to talk about how teams need to be kinder to each other, and maybe pictures can help. Kaarin also helps Dan unpack the assumption that you always need to do a content audit.

Joe Sokohl joins Dan Brown to talk about how information architecture itself is no longer part of many user experience practices. Dan asks Joe to challenge the assumption that every digital product needs a main navigation.

Uday Gajendar joins Dan Brown to talk about the challenges with Education in user experience, and help Dan think through the assumption that navigation must prioritize user tasks.

Joe Natoli joins Dan Brown to talk about dogma in the user experience business, and that the biggest thing missing is... information architecture itself.

Laura joins Dan to take a closer look at hiring practices.

Dan and Ashleigh talk about recruiting diverse participants for user research

Dan talks to Grace Lau about how teams communicate with each other.

Dan talks to Cyd Harrell about framing users as customers.

Dan talks to Kevin Hawkins about tired testing techniques

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Jasmine Orange about the Lens of One Menu, One Purpose

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Karen McGrane about the Lens of Component vs. Page

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Andrew Hinton about the Lens of Context

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Sarah Rose about the Lens of Useful Overlap

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Jenny Benevento about the Lens of Heterogeneity vs. Homogeneity

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Mags Hanley about the Lens of Multiple Homes

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Torey Podmajersky about the Lens of Label/Concept Fit

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Imran Afzal about the Lens of Scannability

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Francis Rowland about the Lens of Seasonality

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Daniel Souza about the Lens of Slow Change

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Dorelle Rabinowitz about the Lens of Vulnerability

Alba Villamil joins Dan Brown to talk about looking at user experience, user research, and information architecture through a new lens. Some of the topics we discuss: - The role of ignorance in research - Consent in research - The shortcomings of mental models We also talked about the upcoming half-day conference Critical UX, from HmntyCntrd. At this important event, over the course of several panels, participants will discuss "working in environments that struggle to be truly human-centered in ways that acknowledge privilege, power, and injustice." I will be attending, and I hope you will, too! https://hmntycntrd.com/critical-ux

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Stephanie Walter about the Lens of Confidence

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Andreas Resmini about the Lens of Familial Relationships

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Bibiana Nunes about the Lens of Escape Hatch

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Ha Phan about the Lens of Wayfinding

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with David Dylan Thomas about the Lens of Participation

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Madonnalisa Chan about the Lens of Dynamic Categories

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Katherine Summers about the Lens of Plain Language

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Cordelia Yu about the Lens of Identity

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Ron Bronson about the Lens of Content Types

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Eduardo Ortiz about the Lens of Burden

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Jeff Eaton about the Lens of Content vs. Container

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Peter Merholz about the Lens of Corporate Mythology

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Sarah Barrett about the Lens of Rules

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Dalia Levine about the Lens of Comprehensiveness

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Chiara Ogan about the Lens of Apples to Apples

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Maxine Morris about the Lens of Precedence

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Jeremy Burton about the Lens of Meeting Expectations

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Jorge Arango about the Lens of Inverse Implication

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Cassini Nazir about the Lens of Distraction

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Margot Bloomstein about the Lens of Accountability

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Ren Pope about the Lens of Engineering Feasibility

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Rachel Price about the Lens of Metadata Feasibility

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Andy Vitale about the Lens of Who Benefits

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Andy Fitzgerald about the Lens of Browsability

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Adam Polansky about the Lens of Importance

Conversations about Information Architecture Dan Brown talks with Lisa Maria Marquis about the Lens of Trust