My guest today is Andrew Hinton. Andrew has worked in the digital design field for two decades. He’s one of the founders of the Information Architecture Institute and author of the book Understanding Context. In this conversation, you’ll learn about the foundations of information architecture and why Andrew thinks of himself as a “radical information architect.”

Listen to the full conversation

 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-informed-life-episode-26-andrew-hinton.mp3

Show notes

• Andrew Hinton
• Helix (database)
• Understanding Context: Environment, Language, and Information Architecture by Andrew Hinton
• The Information Architecture Institute
• The Information Architecture Conference
• The Informed Life Episode 21: Vanessa Foss on Event Planning
• Shared Information Environment: let’s unpack that, shall we? by Andrew Hinton
• MUD
• Interactive fiction (e.g. text adventure games)
• World of Warcraft
• O’Reilly Media
• Peter Morville
• Ecological psychology
• James J. Gibson & Eleanor J. Gibson
• Phlogiston
• The Copernican Revolution
• Cartesianism
• Play-Doh
• Contextual inquiry
• Service design
• Ecosystem Map
• Bodystorming
•  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• The Informed Life Episode 15: Jeff Sussna on Cybernetics
• Norbert Wiener
• Claude Shannon
• Due app
• Apple’s Reminders app
• Steve Jobs: “Computers are like a bicycle for our minds”
• The Mother of All Demos
• Doug Englebart