The document discusses notes and summaries from presentations at the EuroIA VII Information Architecture summit in Prague in September 2011. It focuses on two specific presentations: "Navigating the Digital Spice Route" which discusses design considerations for Chinese, Arabic, and other non-Latin language websites; and "Tablets and Kids" which discusses opportunities and design challenges for tablet applications for children. The notes provide insights into cultural and user factors that should be considered in information and interface design.

1. Research
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

2. Research
Heuristics
EuroIA VII
➡ Europe’s 7th Information Architecture Summit
➡ In Prague, September 2011
➡ Focuses on IA, but I have noticed several of the presentations
also provide more general design insight.
➡ http://www.euroia.org
➡ Organized by the European Chapter of The American Society for
Information Science & Technology (http://www.asis.org)
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

3. Research
Heuristics
EuroIA VII
➡ Europe’s 7th Information Architecture Summit
➡ In Prague, September 2011
➡ Focuses on IA, but I have noticed several of the presentations
also provide more general design insight.
➡ http://www.euroia.org
➡ Organized by the European Chapter of The American Society for
Information Science & Technology (http://www.asis.org)
‣ I will likely look through more presentations from this Summit,
as well as ID11 over the next weeks.
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

4. Research
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

5. Research
Heuristics
Digital Spice Route
➡ Chinese characters are easier to scan than to type for search.
Many sites are very dense for effective browsing.
EuroIA: Navigating the Digital Spice Route
Terry Hoi-yan Ma - Sep-2011
from notes by Luke Wroblewski - comments by me
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1410
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

6. Research
Heuristics
Digital Spice Route
➡ Chinese characters are easier to scan than to type for search.
Many sites are very dense for effective browsing.
‣ I had always wondered why Asian sites were so text dense.
EuroIA: Navigating the Digital Spice Route
Terry Hoi-yan Ma - Sep-2011
from notes by Luke Wroblewski - comments by me
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1410
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

7. Research
Heuristics
Digital Spice Route
➡ Chinese characters are easier to scan than to type for search.
Many sites are very dense for effective browsing.
‣ I had always wondered why Asian sites were so text dense.
➡ Language barrier: China has different dialects & traditional vs.
simplified characters. Typographic variations include line length,
sizing. Arabic fonts need CSS3 support to render well.
EuroIA: Navigating the Digital Spice Route
Terry Hoi-yan Ma - Sep-2011
from notes by Luke Wroblewski - comments by me
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1410
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

8. Research
Heuristics
Digital Spice Route
➡ Chinese characters are easier to scan than to type for search.
Many sites are very dense for effective browsing.
‣ I had always wondered why Asian sites were so text dense.
➡ Language barrier: China has different dialects & traditional vs.
simplified characters. Typographic variations include line length,
sizing. Arabic fonts need CSS3 support to render well.
‣ An important point on technology enabling communication.
EuroIA: Navigating the Digital Spice Route
Terry Hoi-yan Ma - Sep-2011
from notes by Luke Wroblewski - comments by me
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1410
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

9. Research
Heuristics
Digital Spice Route
➡ Chinese characters are easier to scan than to type for search.
Many sites are very dense for effective browsing.
‣ I had always wondered why Asian sites were so text dense.
➡ Language barrier: China has different dialects & traditional vs.
simplified characters. Typographic variations include line length,
sizing. Arabic fonts need CSS3 support to render well.
‣ An important point on technology enabling communication.
➡ Sense of prestige & status: pay attention to visual language.
Images, content, tone, & color influence how people perceive the
value of your service.
EuroIA: Navigating the Digital Spice Route
Terry Hoi-yan Ma - Sep-2011
from notes by Luke Wroblewski - comments by me
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1410
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

10. Research
Heuristics
Digital Spice Route
➡ Chinese characters are easier to scan than to type for search.
Many sites are very dense for effective browsing.
‣ I had always wondered why Asian sites were so text dense.
➡ Language barrier: China has different dialects & traditional vs.
simplified characters. Typographic variations include line length,
sizing. Arabic fonts need CSS3 support to render well.
‣ An important point on technology enabling communication.
➡ Sense of prestige & status: pay attention to visual language.
Images, content, tone, & color influence how people perceive the
value of your service.
‣ This I have heard again & again, for digital & analog design.
EuroIA: Navigating the Digital Spice Route
Terry Hoi-yan Ma - Sep-2011
from notes by Luke Wroblewski - comments by me Luke Wroblewski’s blog (http://www.lukew.com/ff/) is one of
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1410 several blogs on design that I have started to follow recently.
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

11. Research
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

12. Research
Heuristics
Tablets Opportunities with Apps Empowering Young Children
Creative
and Kids
➡ Tablet advantages for kids:
‣ Larger screens & controls
‣ Perception & action are colocated
EuroIA: Tablets and Kids
User Intelligence (Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer & Brian Pagán)
Sep-2011
http://goo.gl/AagwT (shortened)
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

13. Research
Heuristics
Tablets Opportunities with Apps Empowering Young Children
Creative
and Kids
➡ Tablet advantages for kids:
‣ Larger screens & controls
‣ Perception & action are colocated
➡ Pay more attention to Children’s needs.
‣ Text?
‣ Human factors - for kids
‣ Participatory design
EuroIA: Tablets and Kids
User Intelligence (Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer & Brian Pagán)
Sep-2011
http://goo.gl/AagwT (shortened)
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook

14. Research
Heuristics
Tablets Opportunities with Apps Empowering Young Children
Creative
and Kids
➡ Tablet advantages for kids:
‣ Larger screens & controls
‣ Perception & action are colocated
➡ Pay more attention to Children’s needs.
‣ Text?
‣ Human factors - for kids
‣ Participatory design
➡ The points made apply to any user group.
EuroIA: Tablets and Kids
User Intelligence (Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer & Brian Pagán)
Sep-2011
http://goo.gl/AagwT (shortened) I came upon this on SlideShare.
Advanced Design
ATEC 4347.001, Chip Wood Scott Cook