Nick Finck

iStockPhoto’s new Information Architecture Jul 26th, 2010

The crew at iStockPhoto.com have published a new videocast series on the redesign of their website (codename: Project F5).  The first episode includes an interview with iStock’s User Experience Designer, Mikael Lindh, and details about the new information architecture.  I am happy to see that the company is finally taking the much needed step in overhauling the full site from the ground up.

How content strategy fits into the user experience Jul 15th, 2010

I just presented a talk to the Content Strategy Seattle group on how content strategy fits into the user experience.  Here are my slides and a videocast for the talk.

A good portion of my talk covers workflow, process, and deliverables which are covered at greater depth in Kristina Halvorson’s book Content Strategy for the Web and Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld. 

Watch and listen to the videocast as you flip through the slides. Note: Some of the slides are a little washed out in the video but more readable on Slideshare.

The Real Life Social Network Jul 12th, 2010

While I am following the theme of human experiences and psychology, here is a fascinating presentation by Paul Adams who works on the UX team at Google.  His presentation is entitled The Real Life Social Network v2 which explore human behavior in social circles, how we group those we know, and how we are influenced by those around us. It’s a really good presentation and I highly recommend you check it out. (via Nate Bolt)