Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture
I just received a note from Jeff Lash about the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture, which is publicly launching tomorrow. From the press release:
AIfIA is a non-profit volunteer organization that serves as a resource for organizations and individuals seeking to learn more about information architecture and its benefits, and assists information architects who wish to promote the field. Information architecture, the art and science of structuring and classifying information on web sites and intranets, is a growing field that is becoming increasingly important in the modern information age.
Three great IA books in the past year, a wonderful and growing IA community and now the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture. These are exciting times for Information Architecture, and I’m very happy that I can be a part of it.
Comments
Thanks for the link. One little nitpicky thing — my name is Jeff Lash, not Jeff Flash. I know, it’d certainly be much cooler if my last name were Flash, and it also would let the AIfIA issue true-but-misleading press releases like “Flash supports AIfIA” and “Flash announces that Information Architecture is more important than graphics or animation.”
Don’t feel too bad — many have made the mistake before. Perhaps my penchant for unhyphenated domain names and all-lowercase has added to the confusion (unless you were making the change on purpose).
But, alas, my last name is f-less…
jefflash on 5 Nov 02
D’oh. I knew that! My apologies, Jeff.
I’m not sure, but I think the confusion stems from seeing your name signed as jefflash across the weblogs. Since the second “f” flows right into lash, I always think “Flash.” Still, I should have been more careful. Thanks for pointing it out.
Joshua on 5 Nov 02