About This Book

The book "How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody" emphasizes the importance of users being able to navigate, understand, and make sense of information. It highlights the need for users to know how to navigate and have a sense of what is possible based on their needs and expectations. The book also sheds light on the messes that people see but don't talk about, aiming to provide guidance on how to organize and structure information effectively. Overall, the book aims to help users make sense of any information mess they encounter.

Top Highlights

• Users need to: Know how to get around Have a sense of what's possible based on their needs and expectations Understand the intended
• Shed light on the messes that people see but don't talk about.
• The jars, the jam, the price tags, and the shelf are the content. The detailed observations each person makes about these things are data. What each person encountering that shelf believes to be true about the empty spot is the information.