The principle of focused navigation, one of the eight principles of information architecture, or more commonly, the five hat racks principle was developed by Richard S. Wurman in his book “Information Anxiety” and further developed in the sequel “Information Anxiety 2.” This principle states that there are only five possible ways to organize information: Location, …
Canada is quickly transitioning into an information economy. More and more companies are launching sites and beginning to establish a web presence for themselves. Content is being created at such a rapid pace that keeping track of it is quickly becoming an essential task for web developers. One of the most useful tools to use …
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index the total amount of data transferred over global mobile networks in 2010 was 237 petabytes per month, which has tripled over the past decade. The same report goes on to speculate that this figure will climb to 6.3 exabytes by 2015, an increase of 92 percent. This is …
I’ve been swamped with midterms and family visitations for the past two weeks so I haven’t had much time to sit down and write something to post. I’m going to attempt to do a few catch-up posts this week, maybe talk about my midterm projects/exams. It’ll be fun, we’ll all enjoy it. Before I start …