Kerry Surman - Combinations, compromises, and clean up - wiad2016

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1. Combinations, compromises, and clean up World IA Day 2016, Ottawa, Canada Kerry Surman, Algonquin College
2. Begin in the pantry. “The metaphors we use constantly in our everyday language profoundly influence what we do because they shape our understanding. “ - Earl Morrogh, Information Architecture: An Emerging 21st Century Profession, 2003.
3. Situate yourself. “a. the individual who organizes the patterns inherent in data, making the complex clear; b. a person who creates the structure or map of information which allows others to find their personal paths to knowledge.” - R. S. Wurman, Information Architects, 1997.
4. Conceive of the chaos. “Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.“ - John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity, 2006.
5. Organize the ingredients. “Doing a content audit within one area of an organization can realize significant returns and illustrate to other areas how, by including their content, the organization can realize even greater returns. “ - Ann Rockley and Charles Cooper, Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy, 2012.
6. Consider the needs. “... not in attaining some abstract goal of imposing order on disarray but in enabling the provisioning of the right information in the appropriate context to the stakeholders who need it. “ - Gene Leganza, Topic overview: Information Architecture, 2010.
7. Focus on its essential nature. “What works of design and architecture talk to us about is the kind of life that would most appropriately unfold within and around them. They tell us of certain moods that they seek to encourage and sustain. “ - Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness, 2006.
8. Construct a combination. “I mean architect as in the creating of systemic, structural, and orderly principles to make something work -- the thoughtful making of either artifact, or idea, or policy that informs because it is clear. “ - R. S. Wurman, Information Architects, 1997.
9. To leverage F. Duffy’s (1990) conception, a pantry properly conceived is several layers of longevity of built components.
10. Metaphors matter. Kerry Surman Coordinator and Professor Technical Writer Program Algonquin College Ottawa, Canada surmank@algonquincollege.com @KerrySurman