The Information Architecture Summit 2008 will be this week (April 10-14) in Miami, Florida. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend but hopefully videos of some of the presentations will be posted on the web. I hope to go next year.

Bryce Glass developed a Flickr user model diagram showing the ecosystem and the full potential of the popular photo-sharing service.

The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) has just released about 30 video presentations at IxDA’s Interaction 08 that was held in early February at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Videos feature keynotes by Alan Cooper of Cooper and Bill Buxton of Microsoft, among other presentations on Practice and Skills, Thinking in Different Ways, Interaction Design and Cinema, Interaction Design and Organizations, Case Studies, and Interaction Design’s Place in the World.

These should keep me busy for quite some time.

I just came across UX Zeitgeist, a new tool to track the books, people, trends, and topics in the user experience community.

Think of it as a mix between User Experience, Web 2.0, social networking, and publishing. When buying UX books, a major factor in my decision is the ratings and comments of others on Amazon. UX Zeitgeist takes it one step further by asking 3 key questions to UX professionals:

• If you could have only one user experience book on your self, what would it be?
• What user experience book deserves more attention?
• What user experience book needs writing?

For a more in depth preview of UX Zeitgeist, check out the YouTube video:

At the time of this posting, UX Zeitgeist is still in beta mode.

Here is a nice article on Engineering the Firefox 3 User Experience. Some of the main points in the article:

• Usability is improved in the new version through visual consistency, with separate icons and themes depending on your operating system
• User feedback is a major factor during the beta tests
• Subtle usability enhancements, such as a new single-click bookmark system, improve the overall user experience

The Firefox 3 Beta can be downloaded here. I can’t wait to try it out.