Just finished unboxing some book goodness from Amazon. Yes that’s right. A combined 607 pages of pure information architecture goodness.

Communicating Design by Dan Brown arrived today with great anticipation. If you’re a practicing IA or just getting started, this goodie has some great material that you’ll find yourself referring back to time and time again. I’ve cracked it open several times today, just to show people the goodness.

Secondly, designing the obvious by Robert Hoekman Jr, was the other goodie packaged along side it. This book is a perfect example of the simple things that are often overlooked and allows us to recognize how quickly things become overcomplicated.

My advice, buy them both. Read them both. Pass them along to your coworkers and practice what they preach. The world will be a better place.

If you were like me and managed to miss the IA Summit 2008, well, you’re in luck. Our great friends over at Boxes and Arrows have you covered.

There you’ll find most of the sessions covered from Days 1, 2 and 3.

If you’re like me, you’ll be taking a few moments today to play catch up and see just what you missed.

If you use Omnigraffle, or rely on it like I do, make use of Graffletopia. Graffletopia allows for anyone to share and discover new stencils for their designs.

The stencils on Graffletopia are smart, accurate and can save you a ton of time when caught in a pinch. Feel free to share any other stencil resources in the comments.

I’ve decided to release the new wireframe design to the live site. It’s a bit rough around the edges, but it’ll get there with time. I figured that since I went back to building wireframes most of the day, that this site should reflect a little of that. 

Weigh in and let me know what you like and don’t like. I know a few errors and rendering bugs exist for IE, but I’ll get around to fixing those soon enough.