On Saturday Feb 12, 2012, I was fortunate enough to join a select few across North America and around the world in celebrating World IA Day here in Vancouver. 

Big thanks again to Lynne Polischuik for her great organization efforts and including me in the event.

I presented a talk about OpenRoad's work on the City of Vancouver website redesign project. In its entirety, here's the link to the presentation: 

The City is not a sitemap

Want to read more form Gordon Ross? View more of his presentations.

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2012 is just underway and we're confirmed to have a couple of great upcoming speaking appearances in February and March.

First up, Gordon Ross will be speaking at World IA Day, Vancouver on February 11, 2012. He'll be joining a talented and thoughtful line-up of IA and design experts including Samantha Starmer (REI), Jess McMullin (Centre for Citizen Experience), Karyn Zuidinga (Analtyic Design Group), and Kara Pecknold (Dossier).

From the World IA Day website:

Imagine if everybody, everywhere understood why Information Architecture is such a valuable and powerful way of approaching complex information challenges. And that everybody, everywhere had a once-a-year opportunity to participate in a local event dedicated to connecting the global IA and UX community, exploring the practice of Information Architecture. That’s World IA Day.

WIAD 2012’s theme, Designing Structures for Understanding, will focus global conversations on this subject and provide a local venue to connect with leaders and peers. On February 11th, 2012, participants will gather in fourteen cities around the world to share stories, experiences and new ideas about our community of practice.

Registration for World IA Day Vancouver is now open. Don't miss it!

And then next stop is Austin Texas for SXSW—the remarkable annual meetup of the best and brightest digital minds from across the world.
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Selma Zafar, Senior User Experience Designer, and Bryan Robertson, Senior Analyst, will be speaking at the upcoming Just a Click Away conference February 23 - 24, 2011. The Just a Click Away conference is focused on how technology can be used to deliver legal education and information to the public in Canada. We're happy to be joining Vancouver peers and friends David Eaves, Philip Djwa, Rob Cottingham and Alex Samuel on the agenda in sharing our experience in building websites and working with in the public legal education and information space.
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OpenRoad is pleased to sponsor and host Vancouver's dynamic theatre company Boca del Lupo in their production of La Marea for the 2011 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

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Our very own Selma Zafar, Senior User Experience Designer at OpenRoad was featured in the Georgia Straight's Geek Speak section.

by Stephen Hui, October 8, 2010

Selma Zafar sees her job as being an advocate for the end user. That’s because the 35-year-old West End resident is the senior user experience designer for OpenRoad Communications, a Vancouver-based technology consulting firm.

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