[IxDA Discuss] Explain IA Winners

2010-02-21 Thread Peter Morville
The winner of the grand prize of $1,000 (co-sponsored by Endeca and the IA Institute) is: A Dinosaur Family Explains Information Architecture http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltron/4329185089/in/pool-explainia/ The winner of the best video award of $500 (sponsored by nForm) is:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Explain IA Winners

2010-02-21 Thread Scott Baldwin
Thanks everyone for the votes. My son is super excited that you all took the time to vote for his poster. He plans to put some of his winnings in his savings account and use the rest to buy Lego or Playmobil (that has lots of parts to organize). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] Explain IA

2010-02-12 Thread Peter Morville
It's official. The group pool for Explain IA is now closed. We received more than 100 entries, and I'm truly inspired by the creativity, talent, humor, and raw enthusiasm demonstrated by our amazing participants from all over the world. Thank you!

[IxDA Discuss] Explain IA Final Week

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Morville
Next week is the last week to enter Explain IA: http://www.flickr.com/groups/explainia/ We'll raffle off two virtual seminars from User Interface Engineering: http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/ And, on February 11th, we'll stop accepting entries, so we can start voting

[IxDA Discuss] Explain IA

2010-01-11 Thread Peter Morville
Hi Everyone, On behalf of the IA Institute (http://iainstitute.org/), I'm pleased to announce Explain IA. In this contest, you are invited to explain information architecture. What is it? Why is it important? What does it mean to you? Some folks may offer a definition in 140 characters or