Royal Caribbean’s search tool is useless. It’s broken. It’s bad. Do you remember the children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? After tooling around RC’s search feature, I’m about to write the follow-up entitled, Kevin and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Search Tool. There will most likely be a lot more cuss words in my edition.
Read MoreMy collection of vinyl records definitely needs a search system. I may not have a ton of records, but having the option of categorizing or searching my records by genre, release year, band member or even record color, sounds like a music nerd’s dream.
Read MoreESPN.com is the sports broadcasting giant's website that exists mainly to report the latest scores and breaking news. Their search function is displayed by the industry standard magnifying glass, and expands into a full search bar on click. The text within the search bar lets the user know that he can search in three main categories: sports, teams or players.
Read MoreDatabases are meant to help information architects battle the problem of decentralization. With the rise of the Internet age, one can get information from a myriad of digital sources, and architects need to keep pushing the envelope when it comes to organization practices just to stay moderately effective.
Read MoreThough they sound similar on paper, information management and information strategy are two completely different disciplines and processes. In my opinion, the word “creative” is the main thing separating the two. Information management involves rules, roles and resources, while information strategy is a creative process.
Read MoreWhether it’s a library or a mobile app, whether you’re a librarian or an information architect, the stakes are the same—if your user can’t find the information he or she is looking for, you stink at your job.
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