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While information architecture is important, having a dedicated information architect leads to an "ivory tower" effect. This generates massive amounts of paperw
by tbrownaw 13y ago
While information architecture is important, having a dedicated information architect leads to an "ivory tower" effect. This generates massive amounts of paperwork and unnecessary design artifacts and also decouples the resulting architecture from the needs of the application. These effects more than negate the benefit of having a specialized resource fill the information architect role.
Don't support information architects... hire multi-skilled developers who can do the information architecture themselves.
- al2o3cr 13y agoWut. Try reading the article next time...
- beaumartinez 13y agoDid you even read the article? It's not about "information architects" in general, it's about the company Information Architects (iA).
- tbrownaw 13y agoYes I did (some nut want to patent syntax highlighting). And then I thought it would be amusing to try to see what would have led to the headline meaning what I had expected it to mean. Apparently you people have no sense of humor. :)
- shiven 13y agoAs you may have realized by now, this is HN, where you expect sense of humor at your own peril. In general, humor is not (much) appreciated here, except when used in an intensely witty context, as a left-handed compliment or couched in ten layers of pseudo-wisdom.
- ZachPruckowski 13y agoIt's not about people not having senses of humor. It's just that "successful impersonation of a dumb/annoying post" is still a dumb/annoying post.
- goshx 13y agoI don't blame you. The title is misleading. I didn't even know about this company until I read the article...