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RE: SIGIA-L: hifi deliverables/docs make changes harder?
From: Adam Polansky (adam.polansky_at_raremedium.com)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2001 - 11:47:03 EDT
I think Beki makes a good point. I was also jaded early thanks to a
background in advertising design. The likelihood of making changes is a
given in any document that I produce so it doesn't occur to me to ever get
that married to the appearance of it.
While IMHO I think that I produce rather handsome documents, the visual
apeal, to me, comes from the evolution that brought them to the point that
they communicate with their audience and are graphically engaging.
I main reason that I use Visio as my primary tool for both wireframes and
sitemaps has to do with my ability to make changes. My eariy work was done
in Canvas because it's what I was taught to use. But as I found that I
needed to create documents that could be easily edited and easily opened by
other people, I began to explore Visio's use and I'm pretty devoted to it.
That isn't to say that I would like to see something come along that is more
specifically suited to IA. Although people including myself have cobbled
together something like it, I would like to see a tool engineered toward
creating master documents that pull requirements, site-maps, wireframes and
design comps together more seamlessly. (Don't ask me how! I just think it
would be nice, OK!)
Adam Polansky : : Senior Information Architect
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-----Original Message-----
From: beki_at_gate.net [mailto:beki_at_gate.net]
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 11:41 PM
To: sigia-l_at_asis.org
Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: hifi deliverables/docs make changes harder?
jess questions:>ps - yes, I understand working out docs on whiteboard/paper
before pulling
>out Illustrator, etc. but what about the changes that come after a
beautiful
>version is created - since many good docs are living docs, changing
>throughout the life of a project....
Personally, after doing corrections to my graphic design work for 12 years,
I have no problems going into any document and making changes. I think that
is just the graphic designer in me...I like to do it!
Beki (layoff casuality, looking for interesting full-time or freelance
IA/UI Design/Usability/Graphic Design work in Florida or NYC)
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