Monthly Archives: February 2007

Mac vs. PC? Or should I say, “Mac and PC?”

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 – 11:58 AM

I’m a relatively new Habañero, having just joined the team in December as an information architect. Before I came on board, Ben asked me which platform I’d like to work on: Mac or PC. Now, I’m completely bi-platform; for the past 10 years of my professional life I’ve been using a PC while at home [...]

By Mallory | Posted in Information Architecture, User Experience | Comments (2)

Web Directions North: This Week!

Monday, February 5, 2007 – 11:10 AM

I’m excited to be attending the Web Directions North conference this week! There are a wide variety of topics, and the roster is top-notch. Of course, I’m also stoked about the two days of skiing in Whistler :)
Agile application development has been a big topic of discussion at Habañero lately, so I’m very interested to [...]

By Kathleen | Posted in Design, User Experience | Comments (0)

Learning from restaurant menus

Friday, February 2, 2007 – 10:59 AM

Restaurants have been around a long time and seem to have figured out a few things about information design.
I say this because just this week I’ve been involved in two projects in which restaurants set a good example.
The first was working on a comparison tool for financial products, such as credit cards and bank accounts.
I [...]

By Barbara | Posted in Financial Services, Information Architecture, Intranet, User Experience | Comments (0)