I was excited! I had just read about a new class for something I’ve wanted to learn about for the past year.
And a two-month free trial membership to take the class sounded perfect to me.
I selected the link, anxious to get signed up for my trial membership so I could start my class.
But when the page displayed, I was greeted with a form asking me for my credit card details.
Wait a minute. Continue reading Dark Patterns: Free Trial Doesn’t Mean I’m Giving You My Credit Card Details
The progress bar.
A common element on websites and applications.
You’ve seen all kinds of progress bars, from animated clocks to a vertical bar that fills up slowly from left to right.
And sometimes it feels like watching the progress bar is waiting for a pot of water to boil. Continue reading How the Progress Bar Keeps You Sane [TED Video]
Returning for its seventh year, World Information Architecture (IA) Day Ann Arbor is a free one-day conference featuring presentations, lightning talks, and afternoon workshop on Saturday, February 24, 2018.
Hosted by the Information Architecture Institute and organized by School of Information students at the University of Michigan, the Ann Arbor event is one of 56 World IA Day 2018 events being held around the world. Continue reading World Information Architecture Day Returns to Ann Arbor on February 24