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Leonard Cohen Vs. Jesse James Garrett

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Dan Klyn

This blog entry is part two of an I’m-not-yet-sure-how-many-entries-long series examining eleven of the arguments and assertions Jesse James Garrett made approximately one year ago in his closing plenary address at the 10th annual IA Summit in Memphis, TN. In … Continue reading →

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There Is No Such Thing As Jesse James Garrett

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Dan Klyn

I was wrong. The discipline of information architecture and the role of the information architect will always be defined in conjunction with one another. As long as you have information architects, what they do will always be information architecture. Seems … Continue reading →

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No Such Thing As Information Architects: Responding To JJG 11 Months Later

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Dan Klyn

I’m about to embark on a point-by-point rebuttal to Jesse James Garrett’s provocative closing plenary at last year’s Information Architecture Summit. Before I get down to business I’d like your help. I’m an ALA-certified librarian, so perhaps it is not … Continue reading →

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Engineer’s Quote On What Constitutes “Design” And Who’s A “Designer”

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Dan Klyn

“Engineers are not the only professional designers. Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. The intellectual activity that produces material artefacts is no different fundamentally from the one that prescribes remedies for … Continue reading →

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