Websites are not living rooms and other lessons for information architecture An Essay by Sarah R. Barrett medium.com While there is a lot that IA can learn from actual architecture or city planning, websites aren’t buildings or cities, and they don’t have to work like them. Instead, they should be designed according to the same principles that people’s brains expect from physical experiences. informationsoftwaremetaphor
Do not propose solutions A Quote “Do not propose solutions until the problem has been discussed as thoroughly as possible without suggesting any. I have often used this edict with groups I have led—particularly when they face a very tough problem, which is when group members are most apt to propose solutions immediately.” — Norman R.F. Maier Rationality: From AI to ZombiesLet the goals suggest themselves problems