I’ve just got my marks back from university for my final assignment in the Web and Intranet Content Management paper I took last trimester. This assignment gave me the opportunity to write a report evaluating our website at the Victoria library.

My report was significantly influenced by Jesse James Garrett’s book The Elements of User Experience. Garrett describes a five plane methodology to guide the development of websites and other interactive online applications. For my assessment of the library website I “reverse-engineered” Garrett’s strategy - using it as a guide to consider the success with which the library website met criteria drawn from four out of the five planes he describes. (more…)

I’ll be in Wellington this Monday (the 16th) for a job interview at the Architecture & Design Library.