2. We are in Crisis. What is an
appropriate response?
Tenshin Reb Anderson,
dharma talk at Green Gulch
Farm
http://sfzc.org/we-are-in-crises-what-is-an-
appropriate-response
8. Once upon a time there
was a girl in San Francisco
who painted and waited
tables…
9.
10.
11. I was hired to
manage a
catalog.
I became an
IA without
knowing.
12.
13. There is a tsunami of data that is
crashing onto the beaches of the
civilized world. This is a tidal wave
of unrelated, growing data
formed in bits and bytes, coming
in an unorganized, uncontrolled,
incoherent cacophony of foam.
~Richard Saul
Wurman in
Information
Architects
14. There is a new breed of graphic
designers, exhibition designers,
illustrators and
photographers, whose passion it is
to make the complex clear….
~Richard Saul
Wurman in
Information
Architects
43. I started Women
Talk Design to
prove Women
deserved to be on
the stage of
experts.
44.
45. But when I raised
money for interns to
research, I found it
was more
complicated.
46.
47.
48. IA is not enough alone.
Interaction design is not
enough, alone.
Online is nto enough,
alone.
Offline is not enough,
alone.
We need complete
solutions.
65. Small things
• Learn Information Architecture (it matters more than ever)
• Support journalism. Pay for it.
• Question categories. Our mental models aren’t always right.
• Learn to draw ideas. You’ll think better.
• Be kind every day. Even when it’s hard.