I’ve been using Twilert to find others tweeting about Information Architecture and Interaction Design.

This morning one of the tweets was from Katrina Costedio (@katrinacostedio) who shared these two videos on the related topics of “Information” and “Architecture”.

Information is what allows us to confidentally make a selection from a set of given or implied alternatives…Information has no form. In fact we as humans spend our lives giving form to information.

Information from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

When people use the word architecture most times they are really referring to a building’s architecture. But the word architecture in its purest sense has a much broader connotation…

Architecture from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

Communicating clearly on the web is incredibly complex. The ability to understand how to architect data into useful information starts by understanding the people using your products and services.

Help those visiting your site find everything they need by removing the corporate vocabulary, acronyms, and other nonsensical terms. If you still feel the need to talk “in corporate code” be sure to keep that “stuff” on your Intranet where it has a better chance of being understood.