IA for the Personal InfoCloud (Thomas Vander Wal)

Session description

Raw notes to be polished:

prezo: http:/vanderwal.net/essays/pic/050305

personal infocloud
- how we store, manage, reuse info

INFO CLOUDS
- global: internet, not really organized, for everybody
- local: defined by location, membership (e.g., intranet, museum)
- external: info we don't know about, different language (dark internet?)
- personal

Properties of personal infocloud
- person-centered
- access (what device, method of connecting to content)
- organization (what group does the person belong to)
- tasks, actions, context-aware


*ATTRACTION MODEL
*Person attracts info

Receptors
- intellectual (think, vocab)
- perceptual (credibility
- physical (senses, constraints, e.g., walking, driving)
- mechanical

INFO LIFE CYCLE
- info need -> seeking -> recognizing -> retaining/storing following -> info reuse -> personal info cloud ... REPEAT.
*- don't think about just how user finds info but also about how they use, store, reuse
- how does info follow you around?

INFO REUSE
- intellectual property
- we publish info because we think others may benefit from it

SCENARIOS MAP
- Environment (Work, Mobile, Home) and contexts and their info uses
- Work: Desk, Meetings
- Mobile: Transit, Driving
- Home: Living Room, Office
- evaluate using receptors in Attraction Model to decide what is appropriate infocloud, interaction

IA USES
- use infocloud properties, receptors to build personas
- design for adaptability

Structuring information
- deep linking
- externally stored usage
- externally structured

Design and develop standards
- design for info reuse for different modes of access and contexts
- offer more than one option