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Louis Rosenfeld
Areas of Expertise:
  • information architecture
  • user experience
  • consulting

Biography

Louis Rosenfeld is an independent information architecture consultant and founder of Rosenfeld Media (http://rosenfeldmedia.com), a user experience publishing house. He has been instrumental in helping establish the field of information architecture, and in articulating the role and value of librarianship within the field. Lou has helped such organizations as Accenture, AT&T, Caterpillar, Ford, and Microsoft make their information easier to find. He has been a regular contributor to Web Review, Internet World, and CIO magazines, and played a leading role in organizing and programming the first three information architecture conferences (both ASIS&T Summits and IA 2000). Lou is co-founder of the Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org) and UXnet, the User Experience Network (http://uxnet.org). He blogs regularly at www.louisrosenfeld.com.

Blog

Louis's blog posts are hosted at:
http://louisrosenfeld.com

Come be happy

May 14 2008

Steve Krug and I are in Chicago this week to teach our day-long workshops (me on Thursday, and Steve on Friday). Roundarch has kindly agreed to sponsor and organize a happy hour in concert with our visit. It takes place... read more

Book testing: how we did it

May 08 2008

Joshua Kaufman of UXmatters interviewed Liz Danzico and me about Rosenfeld Media, specifically addressing how we determined book features and tested our designs. We describe a bit of the "show and tell" approach we used for identifying features, and a... read more

New Rosenfeld Media book: Luke Wroblewski's "Web Form Design"

May 05 2008

Whew! It'd finally available. Joy. Relief. Here's the info from the Rosenfeld Media site: We're excited to announce that Luke Wroblewski's long-awaited book, "Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks," is now available! And with hundreds of sales since our... read more

The Redesign Must Die talk

April 30 2008

Just on my way home from an enjoyable visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Tim Offenstein and friends put on a great event. Sick (again; WTF?), exhausted, but happy. And happy to report that I should have... read more

Tales from Redesignland

April 28 2008

On Wednesday I'll be keynoting the University of Illinois' 9th Annual Webmaster Forum. The theme of the event is redesign, and for me, redesign boils down to two four-letter words. Double trouble. Redesigns are counterproductive; not surprisingly, my talk will... read more

Updated workshop slides

April 25 2008

Just posted an updated set of the slides for my site search analytics workshop. Feel free to download them from SlideShare. I'll be teaching it once more this spring, in Chicago on May 15; come join us for the day.... read more

Bug tracking for government

April 24 2008

Just got back from a few days in the Bay Area. Incredibly packed trip, immensely enjoyable nonetheless. The coolest idea from the visit: Mike Kunavsky told me about ParkScan.org, a "...community-initiated, web-based reporting system that tracks maintenance conditions in San... read more

Chicago early bird registration is April 18

April 17 2008

The Steve and Lou tour's last spring stop is Chicago, May 15-16, and the early registration deadline is tomorrow. Register by then to receive a $100 discount off each day-long workshop. I'll be teaching my new workshop, Site Search Analytics... read more

I'm grateful

April 16 2008

Anyone who's followed my blog over the past seven (!) years knows that I'm always promoting the IA Summit. It was my baby at its inception, but it's gotten better every year. As a strapping nine year-old, it's clearly enjoyed... read more

Early and Earley

April 15 2008

The early registration for Steve Krug's and my May 15/16 Chicago workshops (site search analytics, do-it-yourself usability) is this Friday (April 18). Last chance to save $100 per workshop, last stop on our spring road trip; details here. And on... read more

Discount to attend An Event Apart

April 11 2008

After months of intense negotiation, Louis Rosenfeld LLC's legal department has just completed an agreement with the good folks at An Event Apart to provide you, loyal Bloug readers, with a very nice discount for this year's conferences. These are... read more

Who needs the government?

April 10 2008

I've always loved Kurt Vonnegut's take on social networks, as presented in Slapstick, published in 1976. I blogged about this five years ago: "...I was reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick for the umpteenth time recently. The protagonist runs for President with... read more

IA Summits past and present

April 10 2008

As so many of us head to Miami for the ninth (!) Information Architecture Summit, a couple of souvenirs from #8 showed up: video interviews of a whole mess of information architects by Jorge Arango in Boxes and Arrows magazine,... read more

Slides for my new workshop

March 27 2008

Lou's teaching a whole day on site search analytics? Is there really that much to it? Well, you be the judge; here are my 118 slides. | View | Upload your own During the workshop, I'll also be demoing and... read more

Beautiful patterns

March 26 2008

Peter's hit another home run with his collection of search patterns. Incredibly useful; all right there on Flickr. Very handy; enjoy!... read more
Louis Rosenfeld

"If you are interested in this important discipline, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web should be the first book you read on the subject."
--Eddie VanArsdall, Technical Communication