I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants.

My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do.

I’m not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants.

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they’re not just a handy way to address network resources. They’re also valuable communication tools.

At Adaptive Path, we’ve been doing our own work with Ajax over the last several months, and we’re realizing we’ve only scratched the surface of the rich interaction and responsiveness that Ajax applications can provide.

Giving something your time isn’t the same as giving it your attention.

A journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem – how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can’t imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.

My job involves a lot of different skills now – I’m as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days – but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do.

If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can’t get on your own.

Ajax isn’t a technology. It’s really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.