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Stumbled across an article over at Palmer Web Marketing that can help you address issues with your website.

Some good things to keep in mind here as you make improvements to your web site. Feel free to share additional tips in the comments.

With devices like the iPhone changing the industry and the way users use mobile devices, one question remains, How do we improve the user experience?

Last month a group met to debate mobile user experience leading up to the MEX conference and Mobile Entertainment was there to cover it.

As an Information Architect, I’m often asked to put together presentations explaining exactly what it is I do. As you know, if you’re not familiar with IA or the Library Sciences associated with it, you may find it dull, boring, and generally tough to get excited about.

I recently finished reading Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds and I have to say, I’m more excited about creating presentations that I know people will be more engaged with. Being able to keep an audience engaged and leaving them excited about a presentation is key in todays overload of media consumption and time limitations we impose upon ourselves.

Since having the book on my desk, I’ve had a few folks from the office stop by and ask about it. Now, I’m beginning to see copies on their desks. This gets me excited that we’re shifting from dull, boring clip-art presentations to exciting, engaged, rich presentations. A win for all those having to sit through them.

If you want to learn from the best, and see some of the secrets great presenters like Steve Jobs, pick up a copy and incorporate those learnings into your next meeting. I’ll warn you now, the audience will enjoy it.

If you’re an Information Architect like me, then you probably love the idea of creating wireframes and designing forms. Lots of thought goes into designing forms. From usability of the layout to the labels on the form fields, seems not two forms end up the same.

Now there’s some help. Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski is now available. The book was published by Rosenfeld Media. The book contains 244 pages (softcopy) of fill in the form goodness.

So, if you plan on designing lots of forms, and hey who doesn’t, then pick up this handy guide. Your users will thank you.