News & Updates

Thursday, March 30, 2006

In search of site maps and user flows

My last two chapters are on site maps and user flows (flowcharts). If you have examples and can give me permission to reprint them in the book, please get in touch with me via: brownorama [at] gmail [dot] com. If I use your work, you'll get a free copy of the book and a mention in the acknowledgements!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Two chapters to go!

I've written 8 of the 10 chapters in the book. Here's my to-do list before my deadline:
  • Write chapter on site maps
  • Write chapter on user flows
  • Edit chapter on content inventories
  • Edit chapter on usability test reports
  • Create illustrations for content inventories chapter
  • Create illustrations for usability test reports chapter
The illustrations are time-consuming, but not difficult after a little planning. The publisher gave me a choice: I could do the illustrations myself or use part of my advance to pay someone. Even though it's extra work, I'm glad I've done them myself. Ultimately, throwing another person into the mix would have made managing this project a little unwieldy.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Book Rank Breaks 100,000 Mark

For the briefest moment on Monday, Communicating Design reached about 64,000 on the Amazon Book Rankings!