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# Noreen Y. Whysel

Information Architect, UX Researcher, COO, CPO, Instructor, Facilitator

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- [Blog](https://whysel.com/blog/)
- [Ethics in Computer Programming: Move Fast, and Let Someone Else Break Things](https://whysel.com/2023/05/05/move-fast-ethics-in-computing/) - In a session yesterday of the NSF CyberAmbassadors leadership training program, my breakout group were tasked with discussing a case study of a potential ethics violation in research data privacy. The Code of Conduct that we were to use to determine if a violation occurred was the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM). The case study
- [UX-LX: Preventing Digital Harm Keynote and Searcher Behavior Workshop](https://whysel.com/2023/07/31/ux-lisbon-digital-harm-understanding-search-behavior/) - In May, I was invited to speak at UX Lisbon, on Preventing Digital Harm in Online Spaces. At the main event, I presented the Internet Safety Lab's framework for preventing digital harm in connected products. This included a discussion of the relationship technologies have with consumers. I demonstrated techniques designers should adopt to mitigate the
- [Consumer Attitudes Towards Product Safety](https://whysel.com/2024/03/06/consumer-attitudes-toward-internet-connected-product-safety/) - Just published: “Consumer Attitudes Towards Product Safety: Physical Consumer Goods vs. Internet Connected Products”. In my latest research with Lisa LeVasseur at Internet Safety Labs. we looked consumer perceptions and attitudes of safety of a variety of products. This research received financial support from the Internet Society Foundation. Yahoo! Finance picked it up! ...and if the 75 min read
- [Informed consent: vetting research software for privacy](https://whysel.com/2024/05/13/informed-consent-vetting-research-software-for-privacy/) - We’d like to be sure that the data about our research participants stays between us and the test participant, but are our participants fully aware of the data sharing agreements underlying their use of the testing tools? The confidentiality agreement they have with us is only part of the picture. In this article, I’ll discuss
- [ReOps+: Informed Consent: Vetting Research Software for Privacy](https://whysel.com/2024/05/13/informed-consent-vetting-research-software-for-privacy-2/) - Informed Consent: ReOps+ article on research participant data privacy to help user experience researchers protect their liability and improve trust among participants.
- [Losing Our Third Place](https://whysel.com/2022/08/20/losing-our-third-space/) - I have been working from home for a couple decades, so a number of things were new for me during the COVID pandemic, and the hardest was probably having everyone else at home with me. My husband and my eldest who was in college and studying remotely, and occasionally my youngest who was in off-campus
- [Thoughts on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) as a Design Framework](https://whysel.com/2022/12/11/thoughts-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-as-a-design-framework/) - I was on a call the other day where we were discussing identity services for underserved populations. Someone brought up Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a framework for ensuring accessible services for all. DEI, as applied to product and service design, is a three-pronged philosophy that asks if you are assuring that diverse perspectives
- [IAC23: Safe Tech Audits in New Orleans!](https://whysel.com/2023/01/02/join-me-at-iac23-in-new-orleans/) - March 28, 2023 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ETSafe Tech Audit: Applying IA Heuristics for Digital Product Safety Testing at IAC23: The Information Architecture Conference Register for IAC23 Are you creating products that respect the needs and autonomy of your users? Are you concerned about how GDPR, CPRA and the proposed ADPPA data privacy regulations
- [UX-LX: Designing Search Experiences in Lisbon!](https://whysel.com/2023/01/13/sense-making-and-search-at-ux-lx/) - May 24, 2023 9:00AM-12:30PM WETSensemaking, Search and SEO at UX-LX: UX Lisbon Register for UX-LX Designing Effective Search Experiences How do people locate and discover information online? Well, they type keywords into a search engine and then select items from the search results, right? This is the current mental model of how search/retrieval works for
- [Press Mentions: Beta Phi Mu Initiation Speech](https://whysel.com/2018/02/11/press-mentions-beta-phi-mu-initiation-speech/) - New Initiates and Guest Speaker Noreen Y. Whysel “A lovely Initiation Ceremony and Dessert Reception were hosted by the Beta Phi Mu Theta Chapter on May 17, 2017. “Guest Speaker Noreen Y. Whysel (SILS '14) gave a fantastic keynote speech, which she described below: Dreams, Resilience and Making a Difference Our goal as we embark
- [Portfolio: Me2B Alliance](https://whysel.com/2022/05/05/me2b-alliance/) - Background The Me2B Alliance is a standards development organization comprised of software engineers, policy analysts, UX experts, business and philanthropic leaders who are committed to giving individuals more say in how technology treats people. We are setting up a rigorous independent testing and certification program for websites, apps and connected devices. The Me2B Alliance is
- [Press Mentions: O'Reilly Radar: NYC’s PLAN to alert citizens to danger during Hurricane Sandy](https://whysel.com/2012/10/30/press-mentions-emergency-management/) - From "NYC’s PLAN to alert citizens to danger during Hurricane Sandy A mobile alert system put messages where and when they were needed: residents' palms." by Alex Howard |@digiphile October 30, 2012 As more consumers replace their devices in the years ahead, more people around the United States will also be able to receive these
- [Press Mentions: Marketing Land: Redesigning Or Creating A Website? Here’s Why Information Architecture Should Be Priority #1](https://whysel.com/2012/10/30/press-mentions-marketingland-com-why-ia/) - From "Redesigning Or Creating A Website? Here’s Why Information Architecture Should Be Priority #1: Columnist Shari Thurow explains information architecture, site navigation, and how they relate to one another." Shari Thurow on February 13, 2015 at 10:37 am http://marketingland.com/redesigning-creating-website-plan-information-architecture-117040?utm_campaign=feed-main&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner Of course, I am not saying to ignore the aesthetics of navigation design. Nor am I
- [West 104th Street Block Association Talks IA](https://whysel.com/2014/05/31/west-104th-street-block-association-talks-ia/) - The April 15 issue of the West 104th Street Block Association Newsletter featured the efforts of my design team in an article about the Association's pending website redesign. I also had the unexpected honor have my profile featured on their website. As part of the project, my design team conducted interviews, surveys and user testing
- [#BlackLifeMatters Wikipedia Editathon](https://whysel.com/2015/02/14/press-mention-blacklifematters-wikipedia-editathon/) - A news clip from the New York Public Library's February 7, 2015 Wikipedia Editathon, #BlackLifeMatters, where I am interviewed about the editing my daughter Jay and I were doing on the life and career of costume designer Judy Dearing, best known for her work on Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize winning drama A Soldier's Play, the
- [Press Mentions: Art Documentation, vol. 34, no. 2 (Fall 2015)](https://whysel.com/2015/12/02/press-mentions-art-documentation-vol-34-no-2-fall-2015/) - My feedback and contributions were acknowledged in Art Documentation, vol. 34, no. 2 (Fall 2015) "Transferable Skills and the Nontraditional Workplace: A Case Study of Internships with an Art and Design Theory-Focused Journal," by Rachel Isaac-Menard of Adelphi University. Abstract—The author outlines a librarian internship in the virtual, nontraditional context of an open-access scholarly journal and
- [New IDESG Service Empowers Organizations to Better Protect Digital Identities](https://whysel.com/2016/06/06/new-idesg-service-empowers-organizations-to-better-protect-digital-identities/) - Registry Is Key Step in Growing Healthy and Secure Online Identity Ecosystem Marketwired Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) Jun 6, 2016 8:00 AM WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Jun 6, 2016) - The Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) -- an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to creating the future of trusted digital identities -- today announced a new
- [Data Detox: A Journey into My Digital Past](https://whysel.com/2017/01/10/press-mentions-pinterest-as-digital-exhibition/) - What Strange Wonderful Things Lurk in Your Digital Footprint? While running a Data Detox, I came across a review of my 2016 DH Week Workshop, "Pinterest as Digital Exhibition" from Pratt student, Akaya Sato. This was interesting. I did the detox primarily in the hopes of reducing my data footprint. I knew I might find
- [Decision Fish Named Best for NYC by Mayor's Office](https://whysel.com/2017/09/26/decision-fish-named-best-for-nyc-by-mayors-office/) - On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, the New York City Mayor's Office of Workforce Development and B Lab recognized Decision Fish as one of 14 Best for NYC Changemakers. According to the awards committee, "Best for NYC Changemakers are redefining business success by creating quality jobs, building stronger communities, and supporting a more sustainable environment." Decision
- [CPPA Stakeholder Meeting Discusses “Dark Patterns”](https://whysel.com/2022/05/11/cppa-stakeholder-meeting-discusses-dark-patterns/) - On May 5, 2022, I participated in the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) stakeholder meeting, making a public statement about “dark patterns” which I urged them to redefine as “harmful patterns,” and suggested changes to their definitions of “Consent” and “Intentional Action.” As Jared Spool says, we should be looking at the UX outcome of
- [Resilient Identifiers for Underserved Populations WG Charter Approved](https://whysel.com/2022/09/02/resilient-identifiers-for-underserved-populations-wg-charter-approved/) - Earlier this week, the Kantara Initiative Leadership Council approved a new Charter for the Resilient Identifiers for Underserved Populations work group (RIUP WG). This work group combines two legacy work groups (WGs) from the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG). IDESG formed in 2011 to provide a trust registry under the White House's National Strategy for
- [Portfolio: IDEF Registry](https://whysel.com/2017/05/22/idef-registry/) - Client: OASIS/Identity Ecosystem Steering GroupVisit Website My Role I led user testing for the Identity Ecosystem Framework (IDEF) Registry as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identity in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a White House initiative. The IDEF Registry, a digital identity standard assessment tool, launched its alpha version on June 6, 2016. Because development of the alpha version
- [Impact Hub: Help Millennials Make Better Financial Decisions](https://whysel.com/2017/02/09/help-millennials-make-better-financial-decisions/) - On January 31st, Decision Fish led a lively session on how to Help Millennials Make Better Financial Decisions as part of Impact Hub NYC’s 100 Days of Impact program. 100 Days of Impact is intended to figure out what we can do as a community to address concerns and make an impact in an era
- [Crypto, NFTs and Dadaism](https://whysel.com/2022/08/17/crypto-nfts-and-dadaism/) - Those of you interested in artists’ collaborative spaces may find the Dada.art platform unique. I found it while pondering the connection between NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and Dadaism, an early 20th century, anti-capitalist art movement "expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works." (I wondered to myself, half seriously, whether anyone had made NFTs from
- [No Longer, Not Yet](https://whysel.com/2020/07/17/no-longer-not-yet/) - A walk down Broadway: counting closed—and yet to be opened—businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today I had a dentist appointment. There weren’t any open appointments until October, but they had a cancelation, so I took it. I had just been there two days ago with my grown children, each reporting wisdom tooth pain, lost fillings
- [The Occasional Mentor: On Data Science or UX and Getting Started](https://whysel.com/2018/09/05/on-data-science-or-ux-getting-started/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in August. Should I
- [NYC Emergency Management Timeline](https://whysel.com/2014/05/27/nyc-emergency-management-timeline/) - Client: NYC Office of Emergency Management Date: May 27, 2014 Visit Website In 2011, I participated in the NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021, which took a look at the advances and challenges of Geographic Information Systems in emergency response since 2001. I had been working with colleagues at GISMO for many years to draw attention to the important
- [Disruptive Technologists: Vint Cerf, the Metaverse and Me](https://whysel.com/2022/04/15/me-vint-and-the-metaverse/) - Watch me and Internet pioneer Vint Cerf discuss the future of the Metaverse at Disruptive Technologists NYC.
- [The Occasional Mentor: How to Ask a Speaker a Question — Zoom Edition](https://whysel.com/2022/07/29/how-to-ask-a-speaker-a-question-zoom-edition/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR is a semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on line in forums, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to add your experience or challenge me in the comments, if you have had a different experience. Asking a Question on Zoom A great way to engage
- [NYPL Open Book Hack 2015](https://whysel.com/2015/01/30/nypl-open-book-hack-2015/) - For the 2015 edition of the NYPL Open Book Hackathon, I participated with a team that was interested in pulling poetry out of Project Gutenberg and creating a user dialogue with a goal toward creating a custom book of poems, based on user preferences. We started out calling it "Pandora for Poetry," but settled on
- [Information Architecture Wikipedia Editathon at IAS15](https://whysel.com/2015/03/01/information-architecture-wikipedia-editathon-at-ias15/) - I am very happy to announce that I will be presenting an Information Architecture Wikipedia Editathon as an interactive session of the Information Architecture Summit, on April 22-26 in Minneapolis. As an amateur IA historian and keeper of many things IAI for several years, I have decided to go one step further and present my
- [State of the Map Bonus: Satellite Selfie](https://whysel.com/2015/06/15/state-of-the-map-bonus-satellite-selfie/) - June 6-8 was OpenStreetMap's State of the Map Conference at the United Nations. I volunteered at registration and during morning sessions and was able to attend interesting talks on OSM data in Wikipedia, the Red Cross presentation on OSM in disaster response and developing a GIS curriculum in higher education. One of the highlights was
- [Driving the Dome](https://whysel.com/2016/04/06/driving-the-dome/) - For eight weeks every Wednesday, Brett and I snuck away under darkness and rain to the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium to learn how to make a star show. We learned the ins and outs of the planetarium's computer controls and presented shows for our family and friends on March 30th in the dome.
- [Dreams, Resilience and Making a Difference](https://whysel.com/2017/05/18/dreams-resilience-and-making-a-difference/) - Noreen Whysel's address to the 2017 Initiate Class of the Beta Phi Mu Theta honor society at Pratt Institute School of Information given on May 17, 2017. Slides are available at Google Slides. Thanks to Dean Tula Giannini, Vinette Thomas, Beta Phi Mu initiates, graduates and guests. And especially to Karen Erani for inviting me
- [IA Conference in Quarantine: On-Site to Online in 30 Days](https://whysel.com/2020/07/10/ia-conference-in-quarantine-on-site-to-online-in-30-days/) - The IA Conference ended its four week run, which as some of you may recall was originally a five day event In New Orleans with 12 preconference workshops and 60 talks in three tracks. The format changed to all prerecorded talks released in three tracks daily over a period of three weeks. We put the
- [Map Mosaic: From Queens to the World](https://whysel.com/2016/11/01/map-mosaic-from-queens-to-the-world/) - Amy Jeu and I curated a weekend exhibit, Map Mosaic: From Queens to the World, on October 29-30, 2016 at the Queens Museum celebrating the map-making community. The event featured talks and demonstrations as well as a hall dedicated to paper and digital maps submitted from the private collections of members of the GISMO community.
- [Designing Respectful Technology](https://whysel.com/2022/03/01/designing-respectful-technology/) - Note: this article was originally published as Designing Respectful Tech: What is your relationship with technology? at Boxes and Arrows on February 24, 2022 You’ve been there before. You thought you could trust someone with a secret. You thought it would be safe, but found out later that they blabbed to everyone. Or, maybe they
- [Safe Tech Audit Sketchnotes from IAC22](https://whysel.com/2022/05/05/safe-tech-audit-sketchnotes-from-iac22/) - Zsofi Lang's Sketchnotes from my talk "Safe Tech Audit: IA as a Framework for Respectful Design" from The Information Architecture Conference 2022:
- [Blog migration in progress](https://whysel.com/2011/07/13/blog-migration-in-progress/) - Curiosities #1 (09/02/22): It seems that while updating my, by now back on WordPress, blog I discover and dust off this gem from eleven years ago. I am in the process of consolidating some of my writings into the new Blogger format. As much as I love the integration, flexibility and ownership of a self-hosted
- [Ethical Design: Evaluating Digital and IRL Experiences (and how one might support or hinder the other)](https://whysel.com/2022/03/31/ethical-design-evaluating-digital-and-irl-experiences-and-how-one-might-support-or-hinder-the-other/) - During the Winter 2022 intercession, I took part in the Living Lab General Education Seminar which is described on its website as follows: The seminar is designed to make General Education more visible in our classrooms and courses. We will build an engaging environment for learning through exploration, implementation, and assessment of a variety of proven teaching practices using Oral
- [Pervasive Information Architecture in Emergency Management](https://whysel.com/2019/06/12/pervasive-information-architecture-in-emergency-management/) - The floor plan of the NYC Emergency Operations Center is a great example of pervasive information architecture, where the structure of the physical space mimics the structure/hierarchy of the people and systems in the space. It shows what each watch commander monitors, how reporting agencies and government community services like Department of Homeless Services and
- [Summer School](https://whysel.com/2013/08/28/summer-school/) - My summer involved a full set of research courses, including Museums & Library Research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Researching Local Histories and the Summer Map Institute at NYPL. The workload was a bit heavy due to the fact that the MetMuseum course was not actually a two week course, as noted in the
- [Architecture_MPS Launches Pinterest Campaign](https://whysel.com/2014/09/10/architecture_mps-launches-pinterest-campaign/) - Architecture_media_politics_society is a a peer-reviewed academic journal and its website serves as a forum for the analysis of architecture, landscape and urbanism in the mediated, politicized environment of contemporary culture and society. I have been managing the social media campaign for Architecture_MPS. My goal is to drive traffic to the journal and its resource content and conference series. The
- [Lorem Ipsum, UX Portfolios, Thought Leaders and Designing for a Customer Niche](https://whysel.com/2017/09/01/lorem-ipsum-and-ux-portfolios/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in August. In a UX Portfolio, can I use lorem ipsum or do I have to use the real text from a
- [The Occasional Mentor: On UX Certificates vs Conferences](https://whysel.com/2018/05/31/on-ux-certificates-vs-conferences/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly-ish column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in May. Is it
- [The Occasional Mentor: On Data Science in UX, Content Strategy vs UX Writing and the Durability of Digital Humanities](https://whysel.com/2018/06/30/on-data-science-in-ux-content-strategy-vs-ux-writing-and-the-durability-of-digital-humanities/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly(ish) column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in June. How are
- [The Occasional Mentor: On Computing Resources in Digital Humanities](https://whysel.com/2018/08/04/computing-resources-in-digital-humanities/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly-ish column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in July. What Should
- [The Occasional Mentor: On UX and Journalism, Portfolios, Online Classes and ... Pie?](https://whysel.com/2018/10/01/on-ux-journalism-portfolios-online-classes-pie/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in September. Can a
- [The Occasional Mentor: Happy New Year! Resolutions and Bad UX](https://whysel.com/2019/01/27/happy-new-year-resolutions-and-bad-ux/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below is a question I answered in December (slow month) and an idea for
- [The Occasional Mentor: On Constraints in Service Design and Hiring Freelancers](https://whysel.com/2019/02/13/on-constraints-in-service-design/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in January. What Projects Did You Create in a
- [The Occasional Mentor: More on the UI/UX Controversy, Learning UX, Hiring Designers and Hackathons](https://whysel.com/2019/04/24/more-on-the-ui-ux-controversy/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in February. Why are UX advocates very picky about
- [The Occasional Mentor: On Minimal and Natural UI, Mid-Career Change and Hailing Taxis in NYC](https://whysel.com/2019/06/14/on-minimal-and-natural-ui-mid-career-change-and-hailing-taxis-in-nyc/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR:A monthly(ish) column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in May. This one has a fun one at the
- [The Occasional Mentor: Career Advice — College Degrees and the Long, Post-Interview Wait](https://whysel.com/2017/10/25/career-advice-college-degrees-and-the-long-post-interview-wait/) - I answer questions about Careers, Mentorship and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in October. Are you going to be an unsuccessful person without a college degree? Answered October 13, 2017 It depends, of course,
- [The Occasional Mentor - May 2018](https://whysel.com/2018/05/25/the-occasional-mentor-may-2018/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR I am rebranding my monthly column, The Occasional Mentor, based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions
- [The Occasional Mentor: On Making Decisions and Getting a Job During a Pandemic](https://whysel.com/2020/11/30/the-occasional-mentor-on-making-decisions-and-getting-a-job-during-a-pandemic/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR:A semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in November. Why do some people randomly do things to
- [The Occasional Mentor: Kill Your Darlings](https://whysel.com/2021/02/02/the-occasional-mentor-february-2021-kill-your-darlings/) - THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR is a semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Kill Your Darlings I am working on a project with a friend who
- [The Occasional Mentor: How to Advance as a UX Professional](https://whysel.com/2017/07/15/how-to-advance-as-a-ux-professional/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. One of the things that makes a very good UX designer is developing empathy not just for the user but also for your entire team. Knowing what
- [American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing North Atlantic Region Meeting](https://whysel.com/2008/12/01/american-society-for-photogrammetry-and-remote-sensing-north-atlantic-region-meeting/) - The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote SensingNorth Atlantic Region MeetingFEATURINGMike Umansky from Applied Imagery on
- [GreenMap Followup](https://whysel.com/2008/11/21/greenmap-followup/) - Wendy Brawer presented at GISMO's November meeting. If you missed it, you can peruse the new website-in-progress at http://OpenGreenMap.org. There are over 2250 sites and the first 30 Open Green Maps to explore today. Click Design Preview on the top bar for the Slideshow or a 5 minute video about the project and some of
- [GISMO November Meeting - Green Map System will be demonstrating the OpenGreenMap](https://whysel.com/2008/11/11/gismo-november-meeting-green-map-system-will-be-demonstrating-the-opengreenmap/) - Date: Wednesday November 12, 2008Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pmLocation:Fund for the City of New York121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th FloorGreen Map System will be demonstrating the OpenGreenMap.org participatory website-in-progress and sharing the potential of this new new tool for inclusive participation in sustainable community development. Presenters include Thomas Turnbull, lead developer (using Drupal,
- [Election 2008 Cartograms](https://whysel.com/2008/11/11/election-2008-cartograms/) - Jack Eichenbaum posted a link to interesting cartograms covering the 2008 Election results:Cartograms are maps where shape is rudimentarily maintained but traditional areas are distorted to represent another variable like population. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/
- [Districts and LION 08B Released](https://whysel.com/2008/10/22/districts-and-lion-08b-released/) - The NYC Department of City Planning is pleased to announce the releaseof LION and Districts 08B. The following files are available for freedownload from our website.1. The DCP LION single line street file (08B)- available in bothMapInfo Table and ESRI File GeoDatabase formats.data >> http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/dwnlion.shtmlmetatdata >> http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/meta_lion.shtml2. The Political and Administrative Districts (08B)- available only
- [Next GISMO Meeting on Wednesday 12 November 2008](https://whysel.com/2008/10/22/next-gismo-meeting-on-wednesday-12-november-2008/) - Green Map System will be demonstrating the OpenGreenMap.org participatory website-in-progress and sharing the potential of this new new tool for inclusive participation in sustainable community development. Presenters include Thomas Turnbull, lead developer (using Drupal, Google Map and more), Carlos Martinez, Latin America Coordinator (managing interface translations and social network outreach) and Wendy Brawer, founding director.
- [NYC OEM Position: GIS Intern](https://whysel.com/2008/10/07/nyc-oem-position-gis-intern/) - NYC Office of Emergency ManagementGeographic Information System (GIS) UnitPosition: GIS InternThe GIS unit seeks a self-motivated intern to carry out activitiesrelating to application and web map programming, map production, anddatabase design. Familiarity with programming language such as C# orJava is required. Also knowledge of GIS software packages such asArcMap is preferred.ResponsibilitiesGeneral:
- [Next GISMO Meeting on Wednesday 10 September](https://whysel.com/2008/09/04/next-gismo-meeting-on-wednesday-10-september/) - Thanks to GISMO member & project contributor John Emerson for bringing An Atlas of Radical Cartography to our attention. September
- [Next GISMO Meeting on Tues 20 May](https://whysel.com/2008/05/07/next-gismo-meeting-on-tues-20-may/) - Dom Elefante and Eric Yadlovski of the New Jersey Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) will present a functional overview of ERIS, a customized Emergency Response GIS Tool that integrates critical information from easily-queried, right-to-know databases, developed under a regional initiative to share GIS resources among local governments. ERIS data is displayed using available online mapping
- [NYC Dept of Finance Handheld Device Presentation Now Available](https://whysel.com/2007/11/26/nyc-dept-of-finance-handheld-device-presentation-now-available/) - Steve Romalewski (CUNY Mapping Service) Michael Ufer (dev408) and Herb Stratton's (NYC Dept of Finance) presentation on "Handheld mapping and data connectivity for NYC Dept of Finance" is now available for download:handheld_presentation_to_GISMO_11-14-07.pdfAnd for fun, David LaShell presented ESRI's very own robot, SARA. SARA was created for ESRI by Penobscot Bay Media. Their Robotic Solutions business
- [New Jersey GIS Groups](https://whysel.com/2007/11/20/new-jersey-gis-groups/) - Ken Reid recommends two New Jersey GIS resources:New Jersey Geospatial Forum (NJGF) and NJMunicipalGIS at yahoogroups as GIS resource for NJ. NJGF is an umbrella organization for NJ and NJMunicipalGIS has over 160 members.https://njgin.state.nj.us/OIT_NJGF/njgf_organization.jsphttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NJMunicipalGIS/?yguid=89749886
- [GIS Day Event Roundup and GISMO General Meeting](https://whysel.com/2007/11/05/gis-day-event-roundup-and-gismo-general-meeting/) - November 14 is GIS Day. GISMO will be holding its General Meeting on Nov 14 at the Fund for the City of New York.Some other events of note:The NYS Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene is offering a map gallery and workshop125 Worth Street(212) 788-2221New Jersey Institute of Technology plans panel discussions and demos by
- [GISMO General Meeting - Sept 19](https://whysel.com/2007/09/05/gismo-general-meeting-sept-19/) - The next GISMO General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2007 at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY. For details, please visit the GISMO website.
- [2007 NEMO Map Design Awards Announced](https://whysel.com/2007/08/10/2007-nemo-map-design-awards-announced/) - The 2007 North East Map Organization (NEMO) Map Design Awards have been annouced. The competition has been established both to honor mapmakers in the Northeast and to promote map making and best practices. Categories have been established to honor professional and amateur mapmakers and those in high school, undergraduate and graduate programs. Groups composed of
- [Map Usability](https://whysel.com/2007/07/25/map-usability/) - For a research project I am working on, I am interested in what your favorite usability issues are regarding using online and mobile maps.Some thoughts:Everyone is using Google mashups to add maps to their websites. It looks the same, works the same, returns the same kind of data, etc. Is this a good thing?You spend
- [How Did the Internet Change Networking?](https://whysel.com/2009/01/23/how-did-the-internet-change-networking/) - In response to a LinkedIn discussion thread about how the internet changed networking, I had the following to say:I'll state up front that I'm in a field (information architecture) that is heavy user of social media and I have been involved in internet technology since I was at the College in the 80s. I have
- [CCW Mentoring Kickoff](https://whysel.com/2008/02/02/ccw-mentoring-kickoff/) - From the January/February Columbia College Today alumni magazine:Columbia College Women held a Mentoring Program launch reception on November 27 in the President
- [New York Metro InfraGard Alliance Security Summit May Meeting](https://whysel.com/2008/04/30/new-york-metro-infragard-alliance-security-summit-may-meeting/) - Date: May 22, 2008Time: 9:00 AM
- [IDEA 2007 Conference - Call for Presentations](https://whysel.com/2007/05/25/idea-2007-conference-call-for-presentations/) - The Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org) is bringing IDEA to New York City on October 4-5 at Parsons School of Design's Tishman Auditorium. Our conference focuses on finding information in overlapping physical and virtual spaces. We are seeking local speakers to talk about the unique information design challenges of GIS, 311, urban planning, etc.Please review our
- [Mobile Workforce: NYC Council Committee on Technology in Government](https://whysel.com/2006/06/01/mobile-workforce-nyc-council-committee-on-technology-in-government/) - On June 12, 2006, at 10 A.M. at 250 Broadway in the 14th Floor hearing room, the Committee on Technology in Government, chaired by Council Member Brewer, will hold an oversight hearing on mobile workforce technology initiatives in New York City.
- [Call for GISMO Coordinators/Volunteers](https://whysel.com/2006/08/10/call-for-gismo-coordinatorsvolunteers/) - From Jack Eichenbaum:Dear GISMO colleagues, At the last GISMO Steering Committee Meeting (in July before the regular meeting) I spoke about withdrawing from much of my leadership role at GISMO. I've been doing this for 16 years. I have been retired (from NYC DOF) for more than a year now and I no longer have
- [NYS Subway Mashup](https://whysel.com/2006/10/01/nys-subway-mashup/) - This is a pretty cool NYC Subway/Google Maps mashup... http://www.onnyturf.com/subway/
- [First Reponders: NYC Council Committee on Technology in Government](https://whysel.com/2006/11/01/first-reponders-nyc-council-committee-on-technology-in-government/) - On November 16, 2006, the Committee on Public Safety, the Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services, and the Committee on Technology in Government, will hold a joint oversight hearing on improvements in communication technology among New York City first responders.This hearing will focus on the progress of radio communications for New York City first
- [InfraGard Annual Geospatial Meeting](https://whysel.com/2007/03/01/infragard-annual-geospatial-meeting/) - InfraGard Annual Geospatial MeetingWednesday March 14, 2007, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Great Hall at The Cooper Union, Foundation Building, 7 East 7th St, NYC
- [Network Neutrality: NYC Council Committee on Technology in Government](https://whysel.com/2007/04/15/network-neutrality-nyc-council-committee-on-technology-in-government/) - On April 30, 2007, the Committee on Technology in Government will hold an oversight hearing on establishing strong network neutrality principles in order to protect the Internet. The hearing will also examine the issues surrounding the network neutrality debate in the Federal Government and focus on Resolution No. 712, which calls on Congress to create
- [GISMO General Meeting - May 23](https://whysel.com/2007/05/01/gismo-general-meeting-may-23/) - Next GISMO Meeting: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:00Chris Goranson
- [Street Maps in Political Hues](https://whysel.com/2004/05/20/street-maps-in-political-hues/) - Excerpt from Street Maps in Political HuesBy TOM McNICHOLhttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/technology/circuits/20dona.html?thPublished: May 20, 2004The New York Times"FOR proof that all politics is local, look no further than Fundrace.org, which follows the political money to your front door. While records of campaign contributions have long been available online, Fundrace has a twist: plug in any address and retrieve
- [Newsweek features GIS](https://whysel.com/2004/06/08/newsweek-features-gis/) - Mainstream magazine, Newsweek, includes a piece on GIS in its June 7 cover feature on wireless technology:Newsweek, June 7, 2004Making the Ultimate Maphttp://www.keepmedia.com/ShowItemDetails.do?itemID=480037&extID=10032&oliID=213
- [GISMO blog](https://whysel.com/2004/05/20/gismo-blog/) - I am working on a new design for the GISMO (NYC area GIS user group) website and am experimenting with adding a blog.Please take a look:http://gismonyc.blogspot.comThis blog is hosted on blogspot.com. It is rather featureless at this point, but I think as an example of what a blog would look like for a group like
- [GISMO Meeting Tomorrow](https://whysel.com/2004/05/10/gismo-meeting-tomorrow/) - The next GISMO meeting is tomorrow, May 11th from 12:00pm-2:30pm at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY. Michael Schill of the NYU Furman (Real Estate) Center will discuss the NY Times 2/6 Exposure of New Web site www.nychanis.com. Anyone interested in geographic information systems software
- [GISMO Meeting July 15, 2006](https://whysel.com/2004/05/10/gismo-meeting-july-15-2006/) - The next GISMO meeting is tomorrow, May 11th from 12:00pm-2:30pm at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY. Michael Schill of the NYU Furman (Real Estate) Center will discuss the NY Times 2/6 Exposure of New Web site www.nychanis.com. Anyone interested in geographic information systems software
- [Survey for Third Edition of the Polar Bear Book](https://whysel.com/2006/09/21/120/) - The Information Architecture Survey for the third edition of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld has been released. View at http://findability.org/archives/000131.php
- [Accessibility Report](https://whysel.com/2004/04/15/accessibility-report/) - The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in Great Britain just released an in-depth study on the accessibility of 1000 websites, with recommendations to improve the W3C WAI guidelines on accessibility. Thanks to Jim on the SIGIA-L listserv for finding this.http://www.drc-gb.org/publicationsandreports/report.aspFor a response from the WAI read on:http://www.w3.org/2004/04/wai-drc-statement.html
- [Summer Vacation](https://whysel.com/2004/04/15/summer-vacation/) - I am planning a trip with the family to Lake George in August and getting sidetracked by dreams of Montreal, Quebec City, Montana, skiing. Why must we have to plan so far in advance? No availability. We are definitely available the week you want, except were fully booked on Tuesday night, but we can accommodate
- [Geographic Information Systems at the WTC](https://whysel.com/2004/04/15/geographic-information-systems-at-the-wtc/) - I recently wrote in my blog welcome message about a book project on the use of mapping technology in 9/11 rescue & recovery efforts. I'm moving this off the welcome message because I am going to start to write it. There are a lot of great resources on the mapping efforts at Pier 92 in
- [Costa Rica](https://whysel.com/2004/04/02/costa-rica/) - We just got back from Costa Rica late Sunday night. We left New York on a snowy March 18th and were briefly delayed to de-ice the wings. Four hours later we were in San Jose, met our San Jose guide, who gave us a brief tour orientation while being driven to and dropped at the
- [Community Information Technology Initiative](https://whysel.com/2003/11/20/community-information-technology-initiative/) - Here is a new initiative I am working on with the Municipal Art Society. The Community Information Technology Initiative at http://www.myciti.org/ is an online mapping program being used by five pilot New York City Community Boards to aid in community planning, development and emergency management. I am having a great time with this project! In
- [Some things I am looking for:](https://whysel.com/2003/10/03/some-things-i-am-looking-for/) - Program that takes XML tree data and displays them in a pretty tree diagram. It would be great if I could control what part of the tree it shows by collapsing/expanding nodes, allow me to color code the display of the lines, nodes & terminus labels to metadata coded for each node, etc. Is there
- [New Projects](https://whysel.com/2003/09/24/new-projects/) - Fall seems to be a peak time for business networking and new projects. I am starting new projects for the American Museum of Natural History and the Municipal Art Society, and I still have time for one more. A few neat possibilities have come up, as well as a whole slew of networking opportunities. Do
- [AMNH Ornithology Department Field Expedition Website Launched](https://whysel.com/2003/09/16/amnh-ornithology-department-field-expedition-website-launched/) - I just launched a new website for the America Museum of Natural History's Ornithology Department. The site describes a field expedition to Mt. Tay Con Linh to study biodiversity in a remote, mountainous region in the north with links to research papers and a slideshow of bird specimens that were collected in the region. Please
- [Another Beautiful Day in New York City](https://whysel.com/2003/09/11/another-beautiful-day-in-new-york-city/) - Walking the kids to school today, I realized what day it was and how much the weather resembles 9/11/2001. It was a bit warmer then, so that helps put things in perspective a bit. My sister in law called this morning at around 7am (our time) saying she just woke from a bad dream and
- [Blackout 2003](https://whysel.com/2003/08/18/blackout-2003/) - It was just after 4pm. I was on the M104 coming back with my girls from the JCC Day Camp. Everything was normal on our ride back, but when we got off the bus at 88th & Broadway, we realized the streetlights were out. I thought it was just on the one intersection and told
- [Knowledge Management and Social Networks](https://whysel.com/2003/07/11/knowledge-management-and-social-networks/) - While trolling the Social Networks board at Ryze I discovered a couple of interesting links to articles on Knowledge Management and Social Networks which was the topic I was pursuing and a side link on Weblogs as Filing Cabinets, both posted on Dave Pollard's How to Save the World blog.
- [Summer Memories](https://whysel.com/2003/07/11/summer-memories/) - (It's 100 degrees and I'm feeling nostalgic)Little League games Wyler's Italian Ices Big, white, puffy clouds Any song by Chicago Gazing up at the sky through the leaves of an apple tree Lake Michigan Kids' laughter and splashing sounds Chuck's pool & country music from the 50s Colorful, wet beach towels, draped over a fence
- [Mini Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems](https://whysel.com/2004/12/15/mini-conference-on-human-factors-in-complex-sociotechnical-systems/) - The South Jersey Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Societywill be hosting a mini-conference on April 28 & 29, 2005, entitled"Mini-Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems."This event will be held at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC), located near the AtlanticCity International Airport, New Jersey.The mini-conference is an
- [AIfIA sponsors metadata practices conference](https://whysel.com/2004/10/01/aifia-sponsors-metadata-practices-conference/) - From aifia.org:AIfIA sponsors conferences and events helping to build the practice ofinformation architecture. Learn more about AIfIA's sponsorship programat http://aifia.org/pg/ia_events_sponsorship.php#000247***********September 30, 2004 -- AIfIA will sponsor Metadata for Interoperabilityin the Global Corporate Environment, a pre-conference for the DC-2004International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.The one-day pre-conference program takes place on October 10, 2004 inShanghai,
- [Happy Birthday, STOP Sign](https://whysel.com/2004/07/08/happy-birthday-stop-sign/) - I love finding crossroads where my interests in usability and mapping meet. In Happy Birthday Stop Sign, Eric Reiss discusses the birth and standardization of the ubiquitous stop sign.
- [IA Deliverables](https://whysel.com/2004/06/25/ia-deliverables/) - From time to time, I will post some interesting resources and tools in the information architectecture field. Today, you will find a list of Deliverables related to the IA process that were discussed on the AIfIA listserv.Victor Lombardi's Blue wireframe (looks like a blueprint)http://aifia.org/tools/download/LombardiWireframe.pdf Clifton Evans' all-blue page... http://www.infostyling.com/examples/Blueprinting_Object1.gif Austin Govella's recent samples: 1. Very
- [What's up with Brinkster?](https://whysel.com/2004/05/17/whats-up-with-brinkster/) - My website is down. Brinkster launched a great new site with new pricing structure. Somehow my files got lost in the mix. Not just my little website but a great big one I was working on for AMNH. I had been having trouble with Brinkster for a while - there were ads on my supposedly
- [Rumsfeld prefers being in Iraq](https://whysel.com/2004/05/13/rumsfeld-prefers-being-in-iraq/) - from today's Top Stories - AP "Rumsfeld Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq "Rumsfeld was accompanied by Myers and several lawyers on a trip designed to reassure U.S. troops that the prisoner abuse scandal has not weakened public support for their mission and to get firsthand reports from the most senior commanders. Neither hid his feelings
- [Ontologies](https://whysel.com/2004/05/01/ontologies/) - Here's two introductions to ontologies:Ontologies Come of AgeSmarter Content Publishing: Creating a Semantic Content Management System(VLombardi)
- [IA Research](https://whysel.com/2004/04/30/ia-research/) - PMerholz says: I've found Kevin Crowston's work on genres of web communications to be essential in how I'm thinking about IA:http://crowston.syr.edu/papers/index.php
- [GIS: upcoming meetings](https://whysel.com/2004/04/29/gis-upcoming-meetings/) - I just posted a bunch of upcoming meetings to the GISMO website. Additional details are in the GISMO calendar.Events through May:Thursday, April 29, 5:00pm: GGSA Spring Lecture SeriesHunter College, North Building in room 1022, New York, NY"Lost Geographies and Failed Globalization: From Versailles to Iraq"Neil Smith, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate CenterWed, May 5,
- [More CMS Tutorials](https://whysel.com/2004/04/27/more-cms-tutorials/) - The new CMS Wiki has a definition of a Content Management System.http://www.cmswiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=ContentManagementSystem.It also has a discussion of the confusing term portal.http://www.cmswiki.com/tiki-editpage.php?page=PortalAnd something on Workflow.http://www.cmswiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=WorkFlowCMS Review has references to all the great books on Content Managemant. http://www.cmsreview.com/Resources/Books.html.
- [City Council Hearing on 311 and Community Boards](https://whysel.com/2004/04/27/city-council-hearing-on-311-and-community-boards/) - Today, I went to a NYC City Council Public Hearing of the Committee on Technology in Government, on the role of the City's 59 Community Boards in the 311 system. 311 is the new number that New Yorkers dial to ask questions about New York City services, make complaints and to get information, such as
- [Visio stencils](https://whysel.com/2004/04/24/visio-stencils/) - Visio stencils- Henrik Olsen's web prototyping stencils and templateuses: prototyping, wireframeshttp://www.guuui.com/issues/02_03_02.php- Michael Angeles's wireframe stencilsuses: prototyping, wireframeshttp://studioid.com/pg/visio_wireframe_stencil.php- Jesse James Garrett's stencilsuses: flowhttp://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/- Peter Van Dijk's stencils (four of them here)uses: sitemaps, isometric sitemaps, prototyping, wireframes, flowhttp://iabook.com/template.htm- Peter Van Dijck's older stencilsuses: prototyping, wireframeshttp://poorbuthappy.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$51
- [Personas and Roles](https://whysel.com/2004/04/19/personas-and-roles/) - Personas and RolesSome Persona URLS:http://www.cooper.com/content/insights/newsletters_personas.asphttp://iawiki.net/PersonaDesignhttp://foruse.com/newsletter/foruse15.htm#3Sometimes Personas is the right sentiment but not the right approach,because they assume you have quite distinguishably different userarchetypes. In this case it may be better to adopt a role-based approach, whereby you definedifferent 'hats' or roles that a user may take in order to fulfil a kind oftask or set
- [More on Site Maps & Indices](https://whysel.com/2004/04/15/more-on-site-maps-indices/) - All of the following resources came from a discussion list (not my compilation). Apologies to whomever compiled this listing - I've forgotten so I can't give credit.... :(Site Index examples:Good:http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/indices/site_index.jsphttp://www.w3.org/Help/siteindexhttp://www.montaguelab.com/Public/indexes.htmhttp://www.census.gov/main/www/subjects.htmlhttp://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp?CONTENTcnt_id=3171&FOLDERfolder_id=3167http://www.writersblock.ca/common/index.htmNot so good:http://www.asindexing.org/site/backndx.htmDifferent style / purpose:http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/index/index.htmlProduct Index examples:Good:http://www.ibm.com/products/az/http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/indices/prod_index.jspNot so good:http://www.3m.com/product/index.jhtmlSitemap examples:Good:http://www.apple.com/find/sitemap.htmlhttp://www.google.com/sitemap.htmlhttp://pages.ebay.com/sitemap.html?ssPageName=h:h:smap:UShttp://www.multimap.com/static/sitemap.htmhttp://www.latrobe.edu.au/sitemap/Not so good:http://www.novuspetroleum.com/cmsaxs/site/1/5.asp?secID=18http://www.miami.muohio.edu/sitemap/Bad:http://www.chaminade.edu/sitemap/content/sitemap.html (bad visualrepresentation)http://www.chaminade.edu/sitemap/index.php (not much better - text w/visuals once you click on a
- [Site Map vs Site Index](https://whysel.com/2004/04/15/site-map-vs-site-index/) - http://www.aussi.org/indexer.htmhttp://www.asindexing.org/site/backndx.htmhttp://www.sun.com/siteindex/http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/default.htmhttp://www.adobe.com/products/main.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/all-stores.html/104-3468701-8195133http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/508510/104-3468701-8195133
- [Questions for Prospective IAs](https://whysel.com/2007/01/04/questions-for-prospective-ias/) - Anders Ramsay, User Experience Designer and a long-time mentor in the IA Institute's mentoring program, wrote down some great questions to think about before you approach a prospective mentor. See his list here:Questions for Prospective IAs
- [Taxonomy at The Economist](https://whysel.com/2006/02/15/taxonomy-at-the-economist/) - I am always on the lookout for good articles on taxonomy, because of my interest in the taxonomies of Information Architecture and classic linnean classification of birds. Here are a couple of features from Feb 9 Economist:Names for saleFeb 9th 2006From The Economist print editionThe ancient science of taxonomy might benefit from a little modern
- [Biomechanics of Way Finding](https://whysel.com/2006/02/15/biomechanics-of-way-finding/) - The March 2006 issue of Natural History Magazine (the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History) has a cover feature called "Learning to Find Your Way," studying the biological pathways of spatial memory.Not yet available online, but available at newstands:http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/0306/0306_toc.html
- [IA/UX Salary Surveys](https://whysel.com/2005/06/29/iaux-salary-surveys/) - Based on a recent request on the IA Institute Job Board, I have compiled some IA/UX salary information resources. As soon as the IAI salary survey comes out, I'll post a link here.Very few of the postings I receive on the IA Institute Job Board have salary information, but a typical salary/rate conversion is:salary =
- [IA processes from Peter Jones](https://whysel.com/2005/05/12/ia-processes-from-peter-jones/) - From an online discussion group:Jones, P.H. (2002). Embedded values in process and practice: Interactions between disciplinary practice and formal innovation processes. 11th International Forum on Design Management Research. Boston, June 2002.This academic article discussed the problems with structured process, and the types of informal practices that were adopted by internal communities in spite of process
- [CMS Tutorials](https://whysel.com/2005/04/15/cms-tutorials/) - For an overview of CMS for a non-technical audience, try James Robertson's excellent site:http://www.steptwo.com.au/Also try:http://www.designit.com.au/articles/rebuilding_gradlink
- [CITI Advanced Training](https://whysel.com/2005/02/11/citi-advanced-training/) - We will be scheduling a CITI training for CBs and CBOs in Brooklyn this spring. The date is dependent upon the number of participants. Training will include basic GIS principles, GIS desktop software and tips for making your own maps. Contact us at citi@mas.org if you would like to participiate.Additional information about the CITI Youth
- [GoogleMaps](https://whysel.com/2005/02/10/googlemaps/) - Discussion of GoogleMaps has been lively on my User Interface design lists. Overall ratings for Google Maps are good, but I have problems with the way they locate places based on search.GoogleMapshttp://maps.google.com/Posters say they like that you can drag the map and that the directions appear to be more accurate than MapQuest or Yahoo! Maps.
- [Maps Aid Community Decision-Making](https://whysel.com/2005/02/10/maps-aid-community-decision-making/) - February 9, 2005, Municipal Art SocietyCITI map technicians Earl Dunn and Marcus Sheftall from Bushwick
- [IA/UX events listings](https://whysel.com/2004/12/15/iaux-events-listings/) - IA/UX events listingshttp://www.adaptivepath.com/events/http://www.nngroup.com/events/http://www.uie.com/events/http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/http://www.iasummit.org/2005/http://www.humanfactors.com/training/default.aspwww.usability.gov/events/index.htmlInformation
- [Appraisal Reviews and Their Importance](https://whysel.com/2007/07/30/appraisal-reviews-and-their-importance/) - An article on appraisal reviews that I wrote with Jim MacCrate is now available at ssrn.com:Appraisal Reviews and Their Importanceby James R. MacCrate, MacCrate Associates LLC and Noreen WhyselAbstract: Many articles have been written on the art of reviewing appraisal reports by professional real estate appraisers for bank lending and litigation purposes. This article explains
- [Be a GeoMentor!](https://whysel.com/2009/11/10/be-a-geomentor/) - Amy Jeu sent me this announcement. If you love mapping and love mentoring kids, don't miss this opportunity:The Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) software company ESRI has partnered with National Geographic to recruit GIS professionals to mentor students. In true GIS form, they present a map of who is mentoring where. So far, no one has
- [The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey Opens](https://whysel.com/2009/07/30/the-2009-ia-institute-salary-and-benefits-survey-opens/) - The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey is now open at:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rnk5PuDVMuIRC1QwwS9PtA_3d_3dThe survey takes only a minute or two to complete, so we hope you'll stop by and contribute.We have made slight edits from last year including a much simpler matrix of responses for IA related tasks, a more normalized breakdown of salary ranges and
- [Re: Mentors and Heroes](https://whysel.com/2009/05/18/re-mentors-and-heroes/) - (Originally posted in comments to Whitney Hess' blog, Pleasure & Pain) My favorite mentor story is about a psychology professor I worked for during my senior year at Columbia. He ran the Vision Science Laboratory with three or four graduate students. I showed up on my first day and he threw me a small red
- [GISMO Summer Meeting: Wed 28 July (3-5pm) @ FCNY](https://whysel.com/2010/07/12/gismo-summer-meeting-wed-28-july-3-5pm-fcny/) - GISMO Summer Session - Wed 28 July (3-5pm) Hi, Folks-Quick note to say GISMO is lined up for a summer meeting at FCNY on Wed 28 Julyfrom 3-5pm. I will also "reserve" space at Antartica for a post-meeting social.(details on program later this week)
- [Atlas of Global Conservation](https://whysel.com/2010/06/01/atlas-of-global-conservation/) - The Nature Conservancy has produced a lovely hardcover Atlas of Global Conservation. An interactive version is available at http://www.nature.org/atlas/.A Groundbreaking Look at ConservationWith The Atlas of Global Conservation, readers can take measure of their own place in the world, not only by longitude and latitude but also by the types of habitats surrounding them, by
- [NYCArc GIS User Symposium - June 18 at John Jay College](https://whysel.com/2010/05/28/nycarc-gis-user-symposium-june-18-at-john-jay-college/) - The NYCArc User Group is hosting a seminar on Friday 18 June. The full day session will take place at John Jay College - 899 Tenth Ave @ 59th Street.Doors open at 8:00 am. The symposium will run until approximately 4:30pm. Please note that seats are on a first come first serve basis: you must
- [GISMO Meeting - Wednesday 30 June (3-5pm)](https://whysel.com/2010/05/26/gismo-meeting-wednesday-30-june-3-5pm/) - GISMO is Back! Come Join Us for a Re-launch Meeting on Wednesday 6/30 from3-5pm at the Fund for the City of NYhttp://www.fcny.org/fcny/about/contact/Elisabetta (Lis) DeGironimo, GISP & Bruce Oswald are traveling downstate topresent the benefits of formal association between GISMO & the NYS GISAssociation http://nysgis.org.Steve Romalewski will provide an update on the CUNY Mapping Servicehttp://www.urbanresearch.org/about/cur-components/cuny-mapping-servicePay on
- [Check Out the New NYS GIS Association Web Site](https://whysel.com/2010/04/16/check-out-the-new-nys-gis-association-web-site/) - www.nysgis.orgThe new site will include improved organization, content and a members only that will provide members with reports on their participation in the organization to assist them in their GISP certification.Visit the site and send any quesitons or feedback to: info@nysgis.org.
- [GreenMap.org Goes Mobile](https://whysel.com/2010/02/17/greenmap-org-goes-mobile/) - (via Wendy Brawer)Dear friends at GISMOJoining the mobile revolution, Green Map System has two new resources for green living - a mobile website and the first Green Map iPhone App! Ideal for locals and tourists alike, both are free and feature the beta version of "What's Green Nearby?
- [Geospatial Summit](https://whysel.com/2010/02/17/geospatial-summit/) - *The Summit is BACK!* **On May 18-19th the 2010 NYS GeoSpatial Summit will be held at the historic Otesaga Hotel overlooking beautiful Otsego Lake in Cooperstown. Sponsored by the NYS GIS Association and the NYS Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination, the event will be kicked off with a reception on the evening
- [NYC BigApps Competition](https://whysel.com/2009/11/19/nyc-bigapps-competition/) - Check out the NYC BigApps Competition:$20,000 cash prizes including lunch with Mayor Bloomberg.http://www.nycbigapps.com/The City of New York is improving the way it provides information and transparency to citizens. But delivering great information requires great tools. The NYC BigApps Competition will reward the developers of the most useful, inventive, appealing, effective, and commercially viable applications for
- [Be a GeoMentor!](https://whysel.com/2009/11/10/be-a-geomentor-2/) - Amy Jeu sent me this announcement. If you love mapping and love mentoring kids, don't miss this opportunity:The Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) software company ESRI has partnered with National Geographic to recruit GIS professionals to mentor students. In true GIS form, they present a map of who is mentoring where. So far, no one has
- [Map Preservation Volunteer Opportunity - October 24](https://whysel.com/2009/10/09/map-preservation-volunteer-opportunity-october-24/) - Map Preservation (literally)Posted by: "Baruch" barry@droginconsult.com bdroginDate: Thu Oct 8, 2009 7:45 am ((PDT))Volunteers needed to help preserve 1964 World's Fair 130'x166' terrazzo replica of Texaco New York State Road Map designed by Philip Johnson. Please RSVP to Michelle Langlie (Michelle.Langlie@Parks.NYC.gov) if you wish to participate and forward to anyone you may think would be
- [Interesting Article on NYC as User Interface](https://whysel.com/2009/10/09/interesting-article-on-nyc-as-user-interface/) - Found via twitter:@redmolly23: Enjoying new Cooper Journal article on NYC as user interface: http://tinyurl.com/yjcljgo.Cool Ideas:* "Newbie" versus "Power User" Interfaces (maps for tourists vs residents)* High Line Park as example of vertically layering natural spaces and pauses into this interface.
- [ESRI User Conference Plenary Session Videos Now Available](https://whysel.com/2009/07/21/esri-user-conference-plenary-session-videos-now-available/) - Watch these videos of the ESRI UC Plenary Session held July 13. Hear from Jack Dangermond, keynote speakers Hernando de Soto and Willie Smits, and leaders who are applying GIS in ground breaking ways. Plus, see demonstrations of the latest ESRI software.http://www.esri.com/events/uc/agenda/plenary.htmlhttp://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html
- [NYCMap Update](https://whysel.com/2009/07/14/nycmap-update/) - GISMO members, DoITT has updated the NYCMap data and expanded the feature classes available for free download. The update is the most recent and is based on the 2006 aerial flyover. To download the data, you must first accept the license agreement. To do so follow the link below. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/eservices/eservices_gis.shtml This is the same basemap
- [Now Available: DCP's Bytes of the Big Apple and DoF's PLUTO files](https://whysel.com/2009/06/30/now-available-dcps-bytes-of-the-big-apple-and-dofs-pluto-files/) - Zoning data for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is now available on the Bytes of the Big Apple page of the DCP website (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml) The data is provided as a free download in ESRI Shapefile or file geodatabase format. The data set consists of 4 classes of zoning features: zoning districts, special purpose districts,
- [OASIS Beta Launched](https://whysel.com/2009/06/22/oasis-beta-launched/) - The Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center has released the beta version of a completely transformed OASIS (www.urbanresearchmaps.org/oasis/map.aspx) map site. The updated information system covers New York City open space, including block level detail of land use, parks, evironmental impact and cleanup zones, and community district and political district data. View video
- [NYS GIS Conference, Lake Placid, NY, Oct 25-29](https://whysel.com/2009/04/28/nys-gis-conference-lake-placid-ny-oct-25-29/) - CALL FOR PAPERSThe Silver Anniversary 25th Annual New York State Geographic Information Systems Conference will be held in Lake Placid, NY on October 25-29.Topics: Mobile technology, geospatial web, energy, community sustainability, collaboration and technology, climate change, land use change, asset management, data on the internet, and best practices in government, education and in the private
- [Arab Language GIS Software Launched](https://whysel.com/2009/04/20/arab-language-gis-software-launched/) - GISMO member Mohamed Elshayar launches first Arab Language GIS Software.Visit http://www.smartwebonline.com/Join Elshayal Smart GIS Users Group :http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ElshayalSmartGIS/
- [Finding IA at the Enterprise Search Summit](https://whysel.com/2011/06/25/finding-ia-at-the-enterprise-search-summit/) - (this article originally appeared at iainstitute.org on June 20, 2011)Last month in May, I had the pleasure of attending the Enterprise Search Summit East in New York City with IA Institute board member, Shari Thurow. Shari and I were on a quest to discover the role of information architecture in Enterprise Search. We didn't have
- [IA Institute - A New Framework](https://whysel.com/2011/04/26/ia-institute-a-new-framework/) - At the IA Institute Annual Members' Meeting held in Denver on April 2, the Board of Directors presented a new framework for characterizing the relationships that the Institute will mediate going forward. The framework came out of a board strategy meeting that I attended in Iceland back in February.Read more in the April newsletter and
- [NY Times: Japan Interactive Earthquake Map](https://whysel.com/2011/03/16/ny-times-japan-interactive-earthquake-map/) - The New York Times' Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan:http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hpI was able to locate the town where my friend Pia's brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter's camp friend's family lives (quite a bit
- [IA Institute 2010 Salary and Benefits Survey](https://whysel.com/2011/02/23/110/) - The IA Institute released its 2010 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey.Highlights of the 2010 Salary Survey include:Median Salary:The highest salary range was a tie between the USD$80,000-90,000 and USD$90,000-100,000 ranges, each representing 12.8% of the total responses.The average salary was estimated to be USD$95,252, up $5,252 from 2009.
- [Code of Conduct](https://whysel.com/2010/12/16/code-of-conduct/) - The IA Institute is discussing a Code of Conduct for members of the Board of Directors. Board member, Jeff Parks, suggested basing the document on Google's corporate Code of Conduct, which begins with the mantra, "Don't Be Evil." From the IA Institute Minutes blog:*
- [Notes on Geospatial Summit 2010](https://whysel.com/2010/07/19/notes-on-geospatial-summit-2010/) - Steve Romalewski posted notes on NYC GIS Summit 2010 at:http://spatialityblog.com/2010/05/24/notes-from-nysgissummit2010/Feel free to post any comments, different opinions, more detailed feedback if you attended.Also check out Steve's post about a new feature in Google Maps
- [2nd Annual NYCArc User Group Symposium](https://whysel.com/2011/05/14/2nd-annual-nycarc-user-group-symposium/) - pollacks@fdny.nyc.gov Please join us at the 2nd Annual NYC Arc User Symposium on Friday, June17th, 2011 at the 26 Federal Plaza Conference Center! There is no cost to attend but registration is required. Please register at: NYCArc User Group Symposium - ESRI Registrationhttp://events.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=14674Registration is filling rapidly so please register soon! Doors will open at 8am.
- [NYS GeoSpatial Summit website and online registration now open!](https://whysel.com/2011/04/27/nys-geospatial-summit-website-and-online-registration-now-open/) - From Michael Crino:Hi Folks,Details on the upcoming NYS GeoSpatial Summit, to be held June 16th, 2011 at the Welch-Allyn Lodge in Skaneateles, NY are now posted on the Summit website at www.nygeosummit.org. Register online today to reserve your attendance at this very special event. Registrations will be limited to the first 200 people. Thanks to
- [Mercator Society Lecture, April 26](https://whysel.com/2011/04/13/mercator-society-lecture-april-26/) - Matt Knudson invites you to attend an upcoming lecture of the Mercator Society.http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2011/04/26/toward-national-cartography-american-mapmaking-1782-1800For details and to RSVP, email Matt at or call him at 212-930-0562.Toward a National Cartography:American Mapmaking, 1782-1800Michael Buehler, of Boston Rare Maps, will address the development of mapmaking in the United States in the years immediately after the American Revolution. That period
- [By the City/For the City Map Application](https://whysel.com/2011/04/12/by-the-cityfor-the-city-map-application/) - http://urbandesignweek.org/by-the-city/reports/submitBy the City/For the City invites you to partipate in design for a better New York City. The Institute for Urban Design presents an application that maps ideas for the City submitted by individual website users. By the City/For the City is a "digital placemaking app" designed by PPS: Project for Public Spaces as part
- [Upcoming Events: GISMO meeting Wed March 23, 2-4:30pm](https://whysel.com/2011/03/16/upcoming-events-gismo-meeting-wed-march-23-2-430pm/) - Join us for the next GISMO Meeting at the Fund for the City of New York - 121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor (west side Avenue of the Americas/6th Avenue between Broome & Watts Streets)Mark Your Calendar for Wednesday 23 Mar from 2-4:30pmAlan Leidner - Information Broker, Northeast Region/US Department of Homeland Security -
- [NY Time's Japan Interactive Earthquake Map](https://whysel.com/2011/03/16/ny-times-japan-interactive-earthquake-map-2/) - The New York Times' Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan:http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hpI was able to locate the towns where my friend's brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter's camp friend's family lives (quite a bit south
- [WNYC story on GISMOer Jack Eichenbaum's work as the Queens Borough Historian](https://whysel.com/2010/07/19/wnyc-story-on-gismoer-jack-eichenbaums-work-as-the-queens-borough-historian/) - (via Lee Ilan)Was delighted to wake up to WNYC's interview with Jack this morning.Check out the story about the "new kid on the block", and ask him questions about Queens! http://beta.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2010/jul/19/passion-all-things-queens/Congratulations, Jack, and good luck!
- [House OKs bill to strengthen penalties for 'virtual map' crimes](https://whysel.com/2010/07/19/house-oks-bill-to-strengthen-penalties-for-virtual-map-crimes/) - ...and if they are texting while driving the bomb into the building maybe we can give them another ten....ooo, ooo, can we get them on tax evasion too?Despite some concern, I doubt that a map site would be charged for providing access to publicly available information. I haven't read the legislation though, but it would
- [Expand your Geo-Horizons! CUNY Exhibit on Experimental Geography](https://whysel.com/2010/07/19/expand-your-geo-horizons-cuny-exhibit-on-experimental-geography/) - (via Jack Eichenbaum)Experimental Geography debuts in New York this summer at a moment when human engagement with geographic phenomena -- from earthquakes to oil spills -- is markedly on our minds. The exhibition explores the distinctions between geographical study and artistic experience of the earth, as well as the junctures where the two realms collide.
- [Notes on Geospatial Summit](https://whysel.com/2010/07/15/notes-on-geospatial-summit/) - Steve Romalewski posted notes on NYC GIS Summit 2010 athttp://spatialityblog.com/2010/05/24/notes-from-nysgissummit2010/Feel free to post any comments, different opinions, more detailed feedback if you attended. Also check out Steve's post about a new feature in Google Maps
- [Conversations with Richard Saul Wurman](https://whysel.com/2011/07/14/conversations-with-richard-saul-wurman/) - I was having a nice conservation on Monday with my friend, journalist Amanda Robb, about topics that floated in interesting ways from pitching social awareness campaigns to women's magazines to the role of Twitter and other social media in reporting. The conversation got me thinking about the two different angles that we approach our respective
- [I Joined Google+ Today](https://whysel.com/2011/07/12/i-joined-google-today/) - I appear to be a late joiner to Google+, if the list of people in my contact's circles are any indication. It appears to have pulled my info from LinkedIn and has features of Facebook and a very interesting what if discussion among designers going on. I expect it will be a similar experience to
- [ESRI's Jack Dangermond to Host WWW.WWW](https://whysel.com/2011/07/14/esris-jack-dangermond-to-host-www-www/) - WWW.Wow. Where else could you find TED founder Richard Saul Wurman, Yo Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock and ESRI's Jack Dangermond all in one place? It's the WWW.WWW Conference, currently planned for September 18/20, 2012. The conference website describes it as:WWW.WWW will be a gathering of the greatest, most interesting & curious minds in the world
- [IA Summit Poster Session](https://whysel.com/2013/04/08/ia-summit-poster-session/) - My poster: Folksonomies and Social Tagging in Museums, created with Kathleen Dowling and Dana Hart was presented at the 2013 Information Architecture Summit in Baltimore on April 5. This poster was also nominated for the Pratt SILS Student Showcase on May 10: Folksonomies in Museums Poster Handout from Noreen Whysel The companion presentation, Folksonomies in
- [World IA Day: City Data](https://whysel.com/2013/02/13/world-ia-day-city-data/) - I had the chance to fill in for Andrew Nicklin, NYC Director of Research and Development at DoITT, at World IA Day on February 11, 2013. The event was held after Winter Storm Nemo hit the region. We had anticipated up to 330 attendees, but the storm knocked out commuter trains, and road conditions in
- [Digital Humanities and Archaeology](https://whysel.com/2013/01/30/digital-humanities-and-archaeology/) - Presentation to Digital Humanities class at Pratt Institute, covering the history of computing in the field of archaeology and current digital humanities projects.
- [Folksonomies in Museums](https://whysel.com/2012/12/13/folksonomies-in-museums/) - Kathleen Dowling, Dana Hart and I presented on Folksonomies in Museums, our final project for our Knowledge Organization class. Below are the presentation slides and poster. Folksonomies in Museums from Noreen Whysel Folksonomies in Museums Poster Handout from Noreen Whysel Download poster (.PPTX 699kb)
- [Archiving Digital Maps](https://whysel.com/2012/11/30/archiving-digital-maps/) - An excerpt and presentation from an academic paper on archiving digital maps: Archiving digital maps from Noreen Whysel My research examines the historical challenges faced by a local GIS community and its advocacy for improved access and availability of geographic data on local and national levels. I was primarily interested in the data access issues that
- [Presidential Libraries](https://whysel.com/2012/09/10/presidential-libraries/) - My presentation on Presidential Libraries, featuring the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. Presidential Libraries from Noreen Whysel
- [GeoSprocket Live Survey on GIS Tools](https://whysel.com/2012/07/23/geosprocket-live-survey-on-gis-tools/) - The first round of results of a recent GIS user poll from GeoSprocket, asking about GIS tool used and frequency of use, are available:Bill Morris surveyed GIS users via several feeds including a Vermont GIS listserv, ESRI and O'Reilly conference hashtags and the author's social media accounts. An interesting survey, but difficult to get a
- [Information Architecture of Emergency Response (for Designers)](https://whysel.com/2012/07/13/information-architecture-of-emergency-response-for-designers/) - My IxDA July 12 presentation on Information Architecture of Emergency Response (for Designers) is now available at: http://www.slideshare.net/nwhysel/information-architecture-of-emergency-response-for-designers. Thanks to IxDA and Pivotal Labs for hosting, Peter March for MCing and Jennifer Kilian at Hot Studio for bringing the pizza. Information Architecture of Emergency Response (for Designers) from Noreen Whysel
- [The Information Architecture of Emergency Response](https://whysel.com/2012/05/29/the-information-architecture-of-emergency-response/) - Now that I have been accepted into the Pratt Institute Masters of Library and Information Science program, I have started a journey to document the convergence between two of my favorite disciplines, Geographic Information Systems and Information Architecture. In the past few months, I've noticed an explosion of conferences and meetups addressing the geolocational aspects
- [Towards a 9/11 GeoArchive](https://whysel.com/2012/01/25/towards-a-911-geoarchive/) - Imagine if the most graphic and expressive artifacts from one of the most historic events in New York City lay rolled in tubes in a dusty corner. What if millions of bytes of geographic data, produced through an unprecedented, community collaboration, were dispersed, disconnected and hidden from public view? If you had the opportunity to
- [9/11 Geosymposium at Technology in Government 2011, New York](https://whysel.com/2011/12/22/911-geosymposium-at-technology-in-government-2011-new-york/) - The NYC GeoSymposium: 2001-2011-2021 held on November 16, 2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks by examining the response of the NYC GIS community regarding mobilization of geospatial resources after the event, evolution of procedures, data and technologies since the event, and exploring unmet needs for improved emergency planning and response, as
- [World IA Day Announces 14 Locations](https://whysel.com/2011/12/13/world-ia-day-announces-14-locations/) - World IA Day has just announced 14 locations for February 11, 2012 1 DAY. 14 CITIES. World IA Day 2012 is about bringing the Information Architecture community together. We
- [Disaster Planning at Woodstock 1969](https://whysel.com/2011/08/30/disaster-planning-at-woodstock-1969/) - Article updated on the event’s 50th Anniversary with images from Woodstock then and in 2011 when this piece was first published. August 30, 2011 This past weekend, while Irene was threatening the East Coast, my husband and I were in the Catskills for visiting day at our daughters' summer camp. We decided to extend our
- [IA Institute Newsletter #6.05 Released](https://whysel.com/2011/08/11/ia-institute-newsletter-6-05-released/) - I am almost finished with the NYC Digital Roadmap and will have a blog post coming soon. In the meantime, there is a lot of new publications on Information Architecture. Put this on your nightstand, bring it to the beach or carry it on the metro, cause we've got reading to do:IA Institute just released
- [Open Government Forum at Internet Week NYC](https://whysel.com/2011/07/14/open-government-forum-at-internet-week-nyc/) - Over the next couple of days I am going to post summaries of Internet Week sessions that I attended last month. Here is the first, a panel on open government in NYC: In June, I attended a panel on Open Goverment in NYC, hosted by Time Warner as part of Internet Week NYC. I joined
- [NYC Tech in Government conference to host Geosymposium](https://whysel.com/2011/08/23/nyc-tech-in-government-conference-to-host-geosymposium/) - We got the go-ahead to hold a 9/11 Geosymposium concurrently with New York City's Technology in Government conference, to be held in November. Stay tuned for details, but it looks like we will have a full day of presentations on Day Two of the conference, November 16. GovTech will be handling registrations and logistics for
- [This Roadmap Could Use a GPS](https://whysel.com/2011/08/11/this-roadmap-could-use-a-gps/) - I just finished reading Roadmap for the Digital City: Achieving New York City's Digital Future (PDF 2.17MB). A glaring economic concern struck me, which the report acknowledges but does not address adequately, despite devoting several pages to it, and that is the issue of access by underserved populations. Solutions offered by the plan include noble
- [Why I am Voting for Obama](https://whysel.com/2012/11/06/why-i-am-voting-for-obama/) - Choice. I have two daughters who I love dearly. I worry about their future and the opportunity they have for a good life. Choice to me goes well beyond healthcare decisions. It includes the right to decide: what and where to study, what job to pursue, what items to buy, who (and whether) to marry,
- [Map Literature Review](https://whysel.com/2013/07/25/map-literature-review/) - For this literature review I selected two sources, one practical and one fanciful. The practical source is “Digital Map Librarianship: A Working Syllabus” from the IFLA Section of Geography and Map Libraries. The fanciful one is You Are Here: Personal Geographies and other Maps of the Imagination by Katherine Harmon. “Digital Map Librarianship: A
- [Findings Report: Web Map Resources](https://whysel.com/2013/07/18/findings-report-web-map-resources/) - The following is a Findings Report on web map resources that I completed as part of a study of NYC Community Gardens for Pratt's Map Institute at the New York Public Library Map Division taught by Matt Knutzen. I reviewed the Library of Congress Geography and Map Reading Room website, GeoCommons and OASISNYC as potential
- [Exhibit Review -](https://whysel.com/2013/07/12/exhibit-review-the-abc-of-it-why-childrens-books-matter-at-the-nypl/)
- [SILS Student Showcase](https://whysel.com/2013/05/10/sils-student-showcase/) - I was nominated to present three projects at the Pratt SILS Student Showcase on May 10, 2013, including a review of technology platforms for a digital humanities skillshare application; a group project on linked open data at cultural heritage institutions in which I studied the Australian War Memorial, EU Screen and the Deutsche National Bibliotek;
- [Registration for the 2013 NYGeoCON is Now Open!](https://whysel.com/2013/08/30/registration-for-the-2013-nygeocon-is-now-open/) - Registration is now open for the 2013 NYGeoCON being held on November 12th-13th in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY!The early registration rate is $185 for the entire event and $120 for one day. You can register by going to: http://www.nysgis.net/nygeocon2013/register/. Also, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Saratoga Hilton at the government rate of $104/night. To
- [Stump and Moo](https://whysel.com/2014/02/26/stump-and-moo/) - …and for my first piece of post-MLIS magic, I started a project cataloging cows. Literally. It's a small cattle ranch management app and won't be public. Mostly coding and connecting to no-SQL database MongoDB, which is based in JSON and has interesting linked data possibilities. I have also started interning at Architecture_MPS, an online architecture
- [Fall Projects: User Research](https://whysel.com/2014/01/14/fall-projects-user-research/) - My Information Architecture class conducted a semester-long, group project to develop a website prototype for a small business or nonprofit group. My group, including Eleanor Meyer, Jan Diolola, Storey Radziunas and me, formed a group called Community Design and selected the West 104th Street Block Association as our client. Since I have a prior relationship
- [Fall Projects in Digital Archives](https://whysel.com/2013/12/13/fall-projects-in-digital-archives/) - This Fall I participated in two digital archives projects, where I served on the metadata team. The first was an oral history archive for dance journalist, Barbara Newman, who had a collection of interviews from the 1970s to this past year, in which she spoke with dancers, choreographers and others affiliated in the dance community.
- [E-Portfolio Completed](https://whysel.com/2013/11/01/e-portfolio-completed/) - An e-Portfolio is one of the degree requirements for the Pratt MSLIS program. I just sent mine in and a few minutes later, I got a note that I passed. Now I can focus on my class projects.My e-Portfolio
- [Folksonomies in Museums at Pratt Alumni Day](https://whysel.com/2013/09/17/folksonomies-in-museums-at-pratt-alumni-day/) - Honored once again to be nominated by the SILSSA officers to present our poster, Folksonomies in Museums at
- [Oct 25 - Harnessing the Spatial Data Explosion](https://whysel.com/2013/09/28/oct-25-harnessing-the-spatial-data-explosion/) - We live in a world where vast troves of new information are being captured every day: smartphones double as data collection devices; social media applications aggregate geographically encoded mood swings; collectively tagged photos lead to new spatial data; global volunteers charting unmapped cities in the face of disasters or create new historical climate models from
- [West 104th Street Block Association Moves Ahead with Student Design](https://whysel.com/2014/04/06/west-104th-street-block-association-moves-ahead-with-student-design/) - The West 104th Street Block Association voted to adopt the website design and strategy developed by my team at Pratt Institute. The new web design will update the association's site from the outdated world of frames and IE4 era optimization to a sleek, modern WordPress interface. Key improvements include an organized layout, legible fonts, searchable
- [Infovis Review: Fast Company World Leaders](https://whysel.com/2013/12/16/i-posted-this-today-at-infovis658-this/) - I posted this today on Tumblr at infovis658: This infographic is from Fast Company’s fastcocreate.com website and means to describe what each country on the planet leads the world in. At first glance the labels resemble a tag cloud in its informal font style, curved placement and color scheme. The dangling participle in the title also
- [Field Trip: Conde Nast Library](https://whysel.com/2013/11/07/field-trip-house-and-garden-volumes-from-1904-to/) - Field trip: House and Garden, volumes from 1904 to 19teens, Condé Nast Library. 1904 to 1906 contains stories on designs for the Manhattan Bridge and a new entrance to Central Park at 59th street. Also an article on estimating home improvement costs (the merits of a $48/dozen box of lighting globes versus an already shocking
- [New York Times Paywall: an Infovis Review](https://whysel.com/2013/11/07/my-post-today-to-infovis658-this-past-week/) - My Tumblr post today to infovis658: This past week, Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review published a series of articles examining the effect of The New York Times’s paywall on revenue. Accompanying the pieces are a series of graphs breaking out various categories of revenue. The first article exclaims that the paywall has overtaken digital
- [Nature Conservancy: An Infovis Review](https://whysel.com/2013/10/17/posted-on-9-20-2013-to-infovis658-the-nature/) - Posted on Tumblr 9/20/2013 to infovis658: The Nature Conservancy features a Carbon Footprint Calculator that asks the user a series of questions about their energy use with regard to home, travel, diet and waste. Each answer translates to an estimated carbon usage, which are added up and compared to the U.S. average. As I was answering
- [U.S. Historical Voting Patterns: An Infovis Review](https://whysel.com/2013/10/17/posted-on-10-4-2013-to-infovis658-this-series/) - Posted to Tumblr on 10/4/2013 to infovis658: This series of geographic representations of voting patterns in the U.S. by Elizabeth Anderson and Jeffrey Jones of the University of Michigan focuses on changes over time in the Southern states, particularly the early strength of the Democratic Party in the South and events that precipitated the dissipation of the
- [pLogo DNA Sequencing: An Infovis Review](https://whysel.com/2013/10/17/posted-today-on-infovis658-plogo-is-a/) - Posted on Tumblr today on infovis658: pLogo is a visualization method developed at the University of Connecticut and Harvard University Medical School to study DNA and protein sequences. The team published an interactive version at http://plogo.uconn.edu so scientists can analyze their own data. The pLogo methodology was published in Nature Methods on October 6 and reported
- [](https://whysel.com/2013/09/21/tugging/) - Tugging
- [Site Maps and Variations: A Real World Review](https://whysel.com/2014/04/20/site-maps-and-variations-a-real-world-review/) - A sitemap is a useful tool both for users and designers of a web interface. Designers use sitemaps to visualize website navigation, while users rely on them in combination with search and browsing to help them find what they are looking for. A third user, search engines, rely on sitemaps in part to index websites.
- [Better Experience is the Payoff in Education](https://whysel.com/2014/09/29/570/) - In Jon Kolko's article, "Why Investment in Design is the Only Way to 'Win' in Education" (UX Magazine, September 16, 2014), he discusses how the value proposition of educational technology should be better education, and that the design of that experience should not be simply a "forgivable attribute." "...for us to collectively realize the benefits
- [Upcoming Events: Agency GIS Forum and Brooklyn Technology Transfer](https://whysel.com/2015/02/04/upcoming-events-agency-gis-forum-and-brooklyn-technology-transfer/) - Two upcoming events brought to you by GISMO and OWASP Brooklyn. Agency GIS Forum GISMO Thursday, February 5, 2015 100 Church Street 2:30 – 4:30 PM Join us to hear a round of lightning talks given by GIS directors and managers of City agencies. This will be a great opportunity to learn about innovative
- [Semiotics in Mapping and Emergency Response](https://whysel.com/2014/11/14/semiotics-in-mapping-and-emergency-response/) - On November 1, 2014 I participated in a Semiotics Web and Information Architecture meetup at New York Public Library. Mypresentation, "Semiotics in Mapping and Emergency Response," discusses symbology in mapping as an aspect of semiotics and presents an example of emergency response map symbology and a discussion of applications for first responders and broader uses.
- [ID Ecosystem Framework Draft Published](https://whysel.com/2015/06/12/id-ecosystem-framework-draft-published/) - Pleased to see the DRAFT IDEF Baseline Functional Requirements v1.0 have been released. I am proud to serve as the Vice Chair of the User Experience Committee and would love to hear comments on the Usability guidelines.
- [Introducing Decision Fish](https://whysel.com/2015/11/09/introducing-decision-fish/) - Decision Fish: The Art & Science of Decision-Making is a blog with observations and applications from decision science, behavioral economics, finance, cognitive psychology and philosophy, written by my husband, Brett Whysel. The purpose of this blog is to explore applications of these realms to real world decisions. I have been working with Brett to refine the
- [Noreen Whysel for President](https://whysel.com/2015/12/17/noreen-whysel-for-president/) - I am honored to be nominated for President of the IA Institute. It is my wish and my promise that if you elect me I will do my best to promote what former IAI President Eric Reiss once described as the “concept, community, and craft of Information Architecture.” I have been a member of the
- [IA Institute Election Results](https://whysel.com/2015/12/29/ia-institute-election-results/) - The IA Institute released their election results. Congratulations to Dan Klyn on winning the Information Architecture Institute President seat, and good election, Lara Federoff. Special congrats to my classmate Samantha Raddatz, the IAI's new programming and events director! I was glad to see broader participation this year. It looks like we have a great team
- [Calm Down. Wikipedia is Not Planning to Compete with Google.](https://whysel.com/2016/02/16/calm-down-wikipedia-is-not-planning-to-compete-with-google/) - I am reading and rereading the discussion/controversy/hype/reporting on Wikipedia's knowledge engine and wondering exactly what about it should be construed as a direct competitor to Google. Yes. An unbiased, independent, not tied to corporate interests search engine, but of what content? Wikipedia's, most likely. Surely not all of the internet, since their own data and
- [Information Architecture in Wikipedia](https://whysel.com/2015/07/30/information-architecture-in-wikipedia/) - This article was featured in the ASIS&T Bulletin special edition on Information Architecture, published in July 2015. Information architecture (IA) is a mess on Wikipedia. We all know the coverage is inadequate, to say the least. In fact when Ted Nelson gave his keynote at the Information Architecture Summit this year, he mentioned looking up
- [IA in Wikipedia](https://whysel.com/2015/06/13/ia-in-wikipedia/) - I am currently working on developing a WikiProject for Information Architecture at Wikipedia. I welcome participation from interested Wikipedians, with or without editing experience. Please view my IA Wikipedia Editathon tutorial and resource guide which I presented as an interactive session of the Information Architecture Summit, on April 22-26 in Minneapolis. ASIS&T Bulletin published my
- [Wikipedia at IA Summit 2016](https://whysel.com/2016/05/22/wikipedia-at-ia-summit-2016/) - As a Wikipedian who has been increasingly involved with editathons in New York City since completing my MLIS degree at Pratt Institute School of Information, I have been interested in creating bridges between the Wikipedia and IA communities. Thanks to a Wikimedia Foundation TPS grant, I was able to represent Wikipedia at the 2016 IA
- [Is 38 Too Old to Start a Career as a UX Designer?](https://whysel.com/2016/08/24/is-38-too-old-to-start-a-career-as-a-ux-designer/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. A lot of what makes a good UX designer/researcher/architect are the soft skills that you only really develop having been in the working world for a while,
- [Hackathons: Prizes, Waitlists and Making Introductions](https://whysel.com/2016/09/17/hackathons-prizes/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. The following questions about hackathons appeared in my inbox in August and September of 2016. If I win a prize at a hackathon, should I put it
- [Short Bursts: Noreen Whysel](https://whysel.com/2016/12/03/short-bursts-noreen-whysel/) - The Information Architecture Summit has a feature where they ask members of the community to answer the same ten questions. The feature editor, Marianne Sweeney, invited me to participate. "Short bursts is a head start on meeting some of the smart, talented, funny, thoughtful, creative and disruptive information architects, user experience professionals and content strategists
- [What to Ask? Contract to Permanent Salary](https://whysel.com/2017/01/17/what-to-ask-contract-to-permanent-salary/) - So you’ve been offered a job at a company where you are doing contract work. That’s great news! You’ve shown them your value and they trust you and want you on the team permanently. But you may be thinking, “Am I at a disadvantage in negotiating a salary? The client already knows what they are
- [Diversity and Inclusion in Wikipedia: Reflections on IA Summit 2017](https://whysel.com/2017/04/05/diversity-and-inclusion-in-wikipedia-reflections-on-ia-summit-2017/) - I was honored once again to represent Wikipedia at the 2017 Information Architecture Summit team is in Vancouver last month. The IA Summit is an annual conference of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). It was hosted at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver on March 22-26 where I led two Wikipedia sessions. On Saturday afternoon,
- [The Best User Experience Education Programs in NYC](https://whysel.com/2017/04/30/the-best-user-experience-education-programs-in-nyc/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. What are the best User Experience education programs based in New York? Are there any college accredited programs? Answered Apr 30 NYU has a degree in its Interactive
- [On UX Deliverables, Hardware and Being a UX Designer and a Fine Artist](https://whysel.com/2017/05/24/on-ux-deliverables-hardware-and-being-a-ux-designer-and-a-fine-artist/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I answered the following questions in May. What are the UX design deliverables? Answered May 24 Early in the history is ASIST’s Information Architecture Summit, there was
- [On UX Deliverables, Accessibility, Education and Portfolios](https://whysel.com/2017/07/18/on-ux-deliverables-accessibility-education-and-portfolios/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I answered the following questions in June. Is it worth learning UI or UX design? Do you actually use it to build a product? Answered Jun 30 UX
- [Exploring a 9/11 Geographic Archive](https://whysel.com/2017/06/11/exploring-a-9-11-geographic-archive/) - Oral history as a primary source is being revived through initiatives like Story Corps and World Pulse and through improved storage capacity to archive and exhibit personal stories, making it less expensive for even the smallest and least funded groups. We are moving toward an environment where alternative narratives can be both manipulative (alternative facts,
- [The Best Time to Bring in a UX Expert](https://whysel.com/2017/10/25/the-best-to-bring-in-a-ux-expert/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following is a question I answered in September. When is the best time to bring in a UX expert, when you are first building a product or
- [UX Portfolios, Awards, Priorities and Why Is the User Often "Female"](https://whysel.com/2017/11/25/ux-portfolios-awards-and-priorities/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in October. What is the most important thing in UX design? Answered October 31, 2017 The User. As an in-house UX
- [Happy New Health Plan: Choosing a Plan for an Uncertain 2018](https://whysel.com/2017/12/07/happy-new-health-plan-choosing-a-plan-for-an-uncertain-2018/) - It’s that time of year again: Open enrollment for marketplace health plans, and the choices are no less daunting this year. If you recall last year, Decision Fish published an article, Health Insurance Enrollment: A Superhuman Decision in which we noted that people tend to respond to the choice and information overload presented by this
- [On Accessibility Resources and PhD Salaries](https://whysel.com/2017/12/03/on-accessibility-resources-and-phd-salaries/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in November. What are the best, most credible, and reliable online resources for accessibility and UX/UI best practices? Answered November 26,
- [Where Should I Post My UI/UX Portfolio? and Is Wikipedia Failing?](https://whysel.com/2018/01/02/where-should-i-post-my-portfolio-and-is-wikipedia-failing/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in December. What are the best websites to put my UI/UX portfolio, both personally and professionally? Answered December 31, 2017 As
- [On Pricing Tables and Mysteriously Familiar Background Graphics](https://whysel.com/2018/03/03/on-pricing-tables-and-background-graphics/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I took a break in from posting in January. Following are selected questions I answered in February. Should website homepages have a pricing table? February 23, 2018
- [On MFAs and UX Certificates for Foreign Workers in the USA](https://whysel.com/2018/04/01/on-mfas-and-ux-certificas/) - I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I took a break in from posting in January. Following are selected questions I answered in March. Is it useful/worth getting an MFA in Communication Design to
- [Among the Information Architecture Luminaries](https://whysel.com/2019/03/20/among-the-information-architecture-luminaries/) - It was an honor and a joy to serve as the Experience Director and impromptu panelist at The 20th Information Architecture Conference this past week in Orlando. Jorge Arango in a blog post described members of the panel on the history and future of information architecture as “luminaries” and while I appreciate the recognition, I am
- [NYC Charter Revisions and GIS Oversight](https://whysel.com/2019/06/12/nyc-charter-revisions-and-gis-oversight/) - Since well before 9/11, GISMO, the NYC region's oldest GIS interest group, has been working on advocacy initiatives to improve the way New York City collects, stores, shares and manages Geospatial Data and the processes and strategies around the City's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related functions. Beginning in 1996, the City's first GIS Director,
- [Disaster Planning at Woodstock - 50 Years in Review](https://whysel.com/2019/08/23/disaster-planning-at-woodstock-50-years-in-review/) - Article updated on the event’s 50th Anniversary with images from Woodstock then and in 2011 when this piece was first published. August 30, 2011 This past weekend, while Irene was threatening the East Coast, my husband and I were in the Catskills for visiting day at our daughters' summer camp. We decided to extend our
- [Please Drive Slowly on Neutral Ground](https://whysel.com/2019/08/25/please-drive-slowly-on-neutral-ground/) - My son, Jay, is a sophomore at Loyola University in New Orleans, so the worrywart parent I am signed up for NOLA Ready alerts to track emergencies during hurricane season. The above flash flood alert caught my eye, particularly the reference to parking restrictions on sidewalks and neutral grounds. Flooding in New Orleans streets can
- [Checking In: Coronavirus Edition](https://whysel.com/2020/03/23/checking-in-coronavirus-edition/) - One of my startup groups suggested doing a check-in last week and one of the things I noticed In everyone’s worries was speculation about how markets might behave and comparisons to earlier periods of economic turmoil. I’ve been through 1987, 9/11 and 2008, so weighed in with my perspective. The full effect of the 87 crash hit
- [Downward Dot Voting](https://whysel.com/2020/09/29/downward-dot-voting/) - My friend Austin Govella wrote today on using a kind of whole-body dot voting to teach teams to "Vote With Your Feet". We are in a Liminal Thinking group on Facebook where he initially threw his ideas around. I was excited that he chose to add my comment about using negative dots to vote down
- [Keep On Trackin’](https://whysel.com/2021/01/27/keep-on-trackin/) - In the research I’ve been doing on respectful technology relationships at the Me2B Alliance, it’s a combination of “I’ve got nothing to hide” and “I’ve got no other option”. People are deeply entangled in their technology relationships. Even when presented with overwhelmingly bad scores on Terms of Service and Privacy Policies, they will continue to
- [Press Mentions: Broadway World](https://whysel.com/2017/07/04/press-mentions-broadway-world/) - Noreen Whysel was listed among featured artists at the CUNY Segal Center's Prelude 2016 announcement: The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Announces PRELUDE 2016 by BWW News Desk 9/22/16 The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY is pleased to announce the full lineup of its thirteenth annual PRELUDE Festival. Dedicated to

## Pages

- [Building Trusted, Accessible Digital Futures](https://whysel.com/) - Noreen Whysel provides user experience, consumer research and policy advisement for identity, security and privacy-oriented companies, startups and non-profits. My goal is to promote and facilitate the design of safe, trusted, accessible, and user-friendly information environments.
- [Research and Publications](https://whysel.com/published-articles/) - Technical StandardsInformation ScienceVision ScienceMarket Research All blog posts are published on this site and at at Medium.com. Technical Standards I collaborated with various working groups in the development of the following technical standards and specifications, providing key subject matter expertise (usability, accessibility, taxonomy, information architecture, subject use cases). Subject Delegation of Authority. (draft in Leadership
- [Talks and Presentations](https://whysel.com/talks/) - Talks and presentations by Noreen Whysel on a range of topics from online trust and safety to mentoring women and underserved populations in STEM.
- [Teaching and Academic Research](https://whysel.com/teaching/) - As an instructor and workshop facilitator, I have decades of teaching experience. The focus of my teaching and academic research has been in areas of online technologies, information architecture, search, accessibility and related communication design topics. I am available to teach workshops and tutorials for your team and at industry events. Contact me for information.
- [Workshops and Design Facilitation](https://whysel.com/workshops/) - Leading design collaboration workshops and team events with Noreen Y. Whysel, Information Architect, UX Researcher, COO, CPO, Instructor, Facilitator.
- [Portfolio: Research and Product Design](https://whysel.com/portfolio-research/) - Research projects include general research and UX research, including remote and moderated user testing, ethnographic research, stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthroughs, as well as customer development, product integrity testing, and business intelligence. UX Research and Expert Review Internet Safety LabsDark Patterns Audit Decision FishHomebuying Toolkit Internet Safety LabsApp Microscope Information Design Internet Safety LabsConsumer Research
- [Client List](https://whysel.com/client-list/) - Alaric Compliance Services American Jewish Historical Society American Museum of Natural History American Relief Charities (formerly American Indian Relief Charities)AMPS Research/Architecture_MPS JournalAnnette Kramer ConsultingThe Appraisal Institute Archive of Contemporary MusicAssociation for Computational LinguisticsBarbara Newman/Dance Dialogs Behind the Book Brooklyn SBDCBrainbench.com Center for Geospatial InnovationColumbia University Center for Digital Research and ScholarshipColumbia University LibrariesCommunication for Change The Counselors of Real Estate CUNY Graduate School New York
- [Business and Community Development](https://whysel.com/business-and-community-development/) - As a leader in the New York City Information Technology community, I have created business development and outreach programs with the goal toward elevating and connecting technology leaders and practitioners across industry and government. This experience includes group facilitation and coaching for individual, nonprofit and business clients as well as negotiating partnership agreements, sponsorships and
- [About Me](https://whysel.com/about-noreen-whysel/) - Noreen Whysel is a Brooklyn based researcher, information architect and teacher. She is COO of Decision Fish LLC and an Adjunct Lecturer at CUNY New York City College of Technology’s BFA program. She has facilitated workshops on mentoring, accessibility, search behavior and technology standards. Her recent research includes studies of the effect of climate change
- [Upcoming Events and Workshops](https://whysel.com/upcoming-events-and-workshops/) - October 28-30, 2025Make Your Science Gateway Discoverable: A Practical Tutorial on AI and Search Optimization (Accepted)Presented by Noreen Whysel and Shari ThurowGateways 2025, Science Gateways Community InstituteGreen Bay, WI, USAhttps://www.iaroundtable.org/2025-education Past Events
- [Thank You](https://whysel.com/thank-you/) - Thank you for your message. I will contact you shortly.
- [Startup Business Development](https://whysel.com/business-development/) - Columbia Venture Community: Project Two.Eight In 2022, I facilitated a workshop on Deriving Insights for Customer Development through effective user experience research for the inaugural cohort of Project Two.Eight, a startup incubator for female founders at Columbia University. I also serve as a design mentor on a continuing basis. Two.Eight, or 2.8%, is the share
- [Services](https://whysel.com/services/) - Research Research projects include general research and UX research, including remote and moderated user testing, ethnographic research, stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthroughs, as well as customer development, product integrity testing, and business intelligence. Information Architecture Information Architecture projects entail the design of structured information spaces with a goal to make the complex clear. This
- [Safe Tech Audit Sketchnotes - IAC22](https://whysel.com/safe-tech-audit-sketchnotes-iac22/) - Zsofi Lang's Sketchnotes from my talk "Safe Tech Audit: IA as a Framework for Respectful Design" from The Information Architecture Conference 2022:
- [Press Mentions](https://whysel.com/press-mentions/)
- [Portfolio: Metadata](https://whysel.com/portfolio-metadata/)
- [Portfolio: Local Communities](https://whysel.com/portfolio-local-communities/)
- [Portfolio: Information Architecture](https://whysel.com/portfolio-information-architecture/) - Information Architecture projects entail the design of structured information spaces with a goal to make the complex clear. This includes developing navigation schemes, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and creating optimal information flow and layout. ISL Safe Technology Specification Me2B Alliance Information Architecture Gateway Decision Fish OWASP Foundation Wiki Redesign Architecture_MPS Social Media Campaign West 104th Street Block
- [Portfolio: Hackathons and Design Competitions](https://whysel.com/portfolio-hackathons/) - Working within constraints is an important skill of any good product designer. At a hackathon or design competition, your constraints include time, of course, as well as available data, resources and the knowledge and skill of your team members. I try to join diverse groups that include at least one person who understands the underlying
- [Portfolio: GIS and Mapping](https://whysel.com/portfolio-gis-and-mapping/) - I have over 20 years of experience in GIS and Mapping, including both modern and historical mapping projects for urban planning and infrastructure, emergency response, and digital archiving of 9/11 geographic materials. I have been a board member of GISMO since 2013. Featured Interactive Maps Geodata Startup Business Development: I am working with GISMO and the New York
- [Portfolio: Digital Archives](https://whysel.com/portfolio-digital-archives/) - Pinterest as Exhibition Map Mosaic: From Queens to the World Gephi – The Marvel Universe Unite for Humanity Hackathon NYPL Open Audio Weekend Timeline JS – NYC Community Gardens Bloomingdale Walking Tour Musapaedia: NYPL Open Book Hackathon 2015 Fire and Light: Illumination in Religious Art Bloomingdale Neighborhood Timeline Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage Institutions
- [Portfolio: Data Visualizations](https://whysel.com/portfolio-data-visualizations/) - Data Visualizations and Data Science have represented a large part of my career, first in real estate research and advisory services and later in website development and content curation. Map Mosaic: From Queens to the World Bloomingdale Neighborhood Timeline Gephi – The Marvel Universe Tableau Software – Joseph Stiglitz’s Economic Research Google Refine: NYC Public Bathroom
- [Portfolio: Cultural Heritage](https://whysel.com/portfolio-cultural-heritage/)
- [NYC Community Garden Timelime](https://whysel.com/nyc-community-garden-timelime/) - [timeline src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oJVBK2QkT80IipCE93qhptzDbiCpOezxSTNMP6iOnHY/pubhtml" width="900" height="600" font="Bevan-PotanoSans" maptype="toner" lang="en" ]
- [Expert Testimony](https://whysel.com/expert-testimony/) - I have prepared and delivered expert testimony to California Privacy Protection Agency, NYC City Council and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on topics covering online software safety, dark patterns, accessible technology, higher education and government technology leadership. Contact me to discuss how I can help you with your expert witness/public testimony
- [Contact](https://whysel.com/contact/) - I would love to hear from you. Please contact me about my projects or services, the organizations I work with, or to chat about information architecture or anything else that interests you.
- [Emergency Management — NYC OEM Timeline](https://whysel.com/portfolio/oem-timeline/) - Client: NYC Office of Emergency Management Date: May 27, 2014 Visit Website In 2011, I participated in the NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021, which took a look at the advances and challenges of Geographic Information Systems in emergency response since 2001. I had been working with colleagues at GISMO for many years to draw attention to the
- [Resume](https://whysel.com/about-noreen-whysel/resume/) - SUMMARY Over 25 years of experience as a digital innovator, specializing in user experience research and the design of usable information spaces. Major projects in trusted identity, respectful technology, harmful UI patterns, cybersecurity, and digital archives. Special research projects in 9/11 geospatial technology, identity authentication and related specifications, architecture/infrastructure, and digital harms. Advisory services, mentoring
- [The Occasional Mentor - November 2018](https://whysel.com/the-occasional-mentor-november-2018/) - November 2018 On creating visibility and making a career change Generally the way I see people building visibility in any field is through actively participating in conference activities and interest groups. Do you go to conferences? Offer to write up what you learn for a group newsletter or lead a lunch and learn session with

## Portfolio

- [Internet Safety Labs](https://whysel.com/portfolio/internet-safety-labs/) - At Internet Safety Labs, l study how consumers interact with digital technology. I am developing an audit framework (UX and dark patterns) for mobile apps and websites.
- [Portfolio: IDEF Registry](https://whysel.com/portfolio/idef-registry/) - Background I led research and user testing for the Identity Ecosystem Framework (IDEF) Registry as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identity in Cyberspace (NSTIC), an Obama era, White House initiative. The IDEF Registry is a digital identity standard assessment tool created by the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG). The standard covers the privacy,
- [Information Architecture Gateway](https://whysel.com/portfolio/information-architecture-gateway/) - I have been working with Shari Thurow and Bev Corwin on developing information architecture services and research for the science gateways community. To date, we have presented two posters and two workshops for Science Gateways Community Institute’s (SGCI) annual Gateway conference and The Information Architecture Conference. We also provide consulting services to members of the
- [Association for Computational Linguistics](https://whysel.com/portfolio/association-for-computational-linguistics/) - Background The Association for Computational Linguistics’ daily operations have been led by a single Business Manager for over two decades. As she neared retirement, estimated in two to three years, the ACL required documentation of her businesses processes related to the day-to-day operations of the ACL so a new Business Manager will be able to
- [Tableau Software - Joseph Stiglitz's Economic Research](https://whysel.com/portfolio/tableau-software-joseph-stiglitz/) - Tableau Software, developed at Stanford University, allows users to import data and create a number of visualizations by dragging and dropping components onto a panel. Users can create any number of visualizations, develop interactive dashboards and publish them onto Tableau Public, a platform that allows you to share your visualizations or embed them into your
- [Gephi - The Marvel Universe](https://whysel.com/portfolio/gephi-the-marvel-universe/) - Gephi is free, open source visualization software that allows users to display data in network graphs. I had some prior experience with Gephi visualizations as a viewer, as opposed to user. The technical infrastructure team at the Information Architecture Institute was working with Gephi to create website maps and concept diagrams of the IA Library.
- [Workshop: Pinterest as Exhibition](https://whysel.com/portfolio/workshop-pinterest-as-exhibition/) - Date: February 10, 2016Facilitator: Noreen WhyselVenue: Metropolitan Library Council of New York, New York, NY.Event: NYC Digital Humanities WeekURL: https://nycdh.org/dhweek/event/pinterest-as-exhibition-gallery/ Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/nwhysel/dh-week-workshop-pinterest-as-exhibition Pinterest offers a unique way to display and interrelate digital assets with a wider world of interconnected materials and activity. Learn how UK-based research group, Architecture_MPS promotes its journal articles, conferences and online
- [Bronx High School of Science Parents Association Website](https://whysel.com/portfolio/bronx-high-school-of-science-parents-association-website/) - Information Architecture, WordPress integration, competitive analysis, content management, governance documentation The Bronx High School of Science Parents Association suffered from several familiar conditions of sites built by committees with varying priorities: mismatched branding between the website and other communication channels, including its weekly newsletter, Facebook page, auction materials, and other printed materials sent home in students'
- [Me2B Alliance](https://whysel.com/portfolio/me2b-alliance/) - Background The Me2B Alliance develops safety specifications for connected technology. It is comprised of software engineers, policy analysts, UX experts, business and philanthropic leaders who are committed to giving individuals more say in how technology treats people. We are setting up a rigorous independent testing and certification program for websites, apps and connected devices. The
- [GISMO](https://whysel.com/portfolio/gismo/) - Web site redesign, graphic design, navigation, HTML editing, interactivity, listserv/egroups administration. GISMO is a New York City geographic information systems users group, which sponsors monthly programs for new and experienced users. The web site is a combination of GIS resources and outreach. Projects I co-led, co-curated or otherwise participated in a special committee are listed
- [Decision Fish](https://whysel.com/portfolio/decision-fish/) - Background Decision Fish applies the latest research in decision science, behavioral economics, corporate finance and user experience design to build a suite of apps that help people save money and reduce risk when making high-stakes, decisions, that align with personal values and create happiness. We are addressing an urgent social mission: to help people make
- [OWASP Foundation MediaWiki](https://whysel.com/portfolio/owasp-foundation-mediawiki/) - Information architecture, user research, MediaWiki template design, internationalization, training. I developed an incremental plan to re-architect the OWASP Foundation's ten-year-old MediaWiki presence. The wiki, which has several thousand international users of which over 120 are currently active, is the primary platform for project and chapter information and archives. Background The OWASP Foundation member participants are
- [Map Mosaic: From Queens to the World](https://whysel.com/portfolio/map-mosaic-from-queens-to-the-world/) - Amy Jeu and I curated a weekend exhibit, Map Mosaic: From Queens to the World, on October 29-30, 2017 at the Queens Museum celebrating the map-making community. The event featured talks and demonstrations as well as a hall dedicated to paper and digital maps submitted from the private collections of members of the GISMO community.
- [MacCrate Associates Ltd.](https://whysel.com/portfolio/maccrate-associates-ltd/) - Website strategy, information design, graphic design, user interface, HTML editing, javascript, technical development, and site maintenance. I developed web design concept and implementation for MacCrate Associates, a real estate and advisory services firm. The project included a web hosting analysis as well as all design work and ongoing administration. James R. MacCrate and I also collaborated
- [PricewaterhouseCoopers](https://whysel.com/portfolio/pricewaterhousecoopers/) - Web site technical and content review and editing, operations support, site metrics reporting, webmaster mail processing, policies and procedures documentation, technical process documentation I created and tested web pages generated via Lotus Notes databases for the company's global web site. I documented the process, errors, etc. and made corrections as needed. I worked with designers,
- [Vietnam: Tay Con Linh 2000, American Museum of Natural History](https://whysel.com/portfolio/vietnam-tay-con-linh-2000-american-museum-of-natural-history/) - Web design, image optimization, html slide show. The Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History maintains a research website, including description and images from recent expeditions. I worked with Paul Sweet, Collections Manager, on developing a slide show of the 2000 expedition to Mount Tay Cohn Lihn in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam.
- [Community Information Technology Initiative](https://whysel.com/portfolio/community-information-technology-initiative/) - Usability analysis, functional requirements, user research, user interviews, page content, community outreach program facilitation. Noreen worked with the Municipal Art Society and the New York Public Interest Research Group to develop a mapping platform that was easy to use and powerful enough to provide community board members a visualization tool comparable to those used by
- [Avian Tree of Life, American Museum of Natural History](https://whysel.com/portfolio/avian-tree-of-life-american-museum-of-natural-history/) - Web design, information architecture, image maps, taxonomy, XML. The American Museum of Natural History's Department of Ornithology was a participant in the National Science Foundation's Assembling the Tree of Life Initiative, a comprehensive taxonomic study of life, in collaboration with the Field Museum in Chicago and other institutions. I developed a prototype for a website devoted
- [Behind the Book](https://whysel.com/portfolio/behind-the-book/) - Usability and strategy analysis, corrections to site architecture and design. Behind the Book is a non-profit youth literacy program that brings book authors, poets and illustrators into public schools. When I first approached the website, the front end design was poorly implemented. My first task was to recode the page template so that the graphic
- [Information Architecture Institute](https://whysel.com/portfolio/information-architecture-institute/) - Website redesign, operations management, community outreach program. I served as the Operations Manager of the Information Architecture Institute from 2005. For the 2006 and 2008 iainstitute.org website redesigns, I led a team of developers and content strategists. I also translated the site in several languages, including Bulgarian, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, French, Malaysian, German, Norwegian and
- [Social Media and Architecture Journal Archives](https://whysel.com/portfolio/social-media-and-architecture-journal-archives/) - http://www.slideshare.net/nwhysel/social-media-and-architecture-journal-archives Presented at the 2015 Archivists Round Table Symposium on October 21, 2015 at the Center for Jewish History. Symposium theme: Architecture Archives.
- [Digital Humanities Skillshare](https://whysel.com/portfolio/digital-humanities-skillshare/) - I developed a website for DH Skillshare, an online, open-access, knowledge resource for digital humanists for my final project for LIS 657: Digital Humanities. The goal of this website was to provide a set of written or recorded (video and audio) instructional posts covering tools that digital humanists might find of value, regardless of their
- [Columbia Secondary School: Community Service Drupal Module](https://whysel.com/portfolio/columbia-secondary-school-community-service-drupal-module/) - I worked with the Assistant Principal in developing a Community Service module for the student college preparation program. The school's Drupal database not only served as the content management system for the external website but also contained the student, faculty and parent directories, as well as student progress data that would be integrated into a
- [Social Tagging and Folksonomies in Museums](https://whysel.com/portfolio/folksonomies-in-museums/) - Folksonomies in Museums communicates how cultural institutions use public tagging to inform discovery of collection items. My co-authors on this project were Dana Hart and Kathleen Dowling. I presented our poster: Folksonomies and Social Tagging in Museums at the 2013 Information Architecture Summit in Baltimore on April 5, 2013. This poster was also nominated for
- [Dance Dialogues](https://whysel.com/portfolio/dance-dialogues/) - In Fall 2013, I participated in two digital archives projects, where I served on the metadata team. The first was an oral history archive for dance journalist, Barbara Newman, who had a collection of interviews from the 1970s to this past year, in which she spoke with dancers, choreographers and others affiliated in the dance
- [Jews in America - Charleston College](https://whysel.com/portfolio/jews-in-america-charleston-college/) - Background The American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History host the Jews in America project. The goal of the project is to create a gateway to Jewish heritage artifacts at institutions across the United States. Method Four teams were tasked with finding Jewish heritage collections whose data fits the goals of the
- [Brooklyn Navy Yard - Admiral's Row Evaluation](https://whysel.com/portfolio/brooklyn-navy-yard-admirals-row-evaluation/) - Collaborating with real estate appraisers, engineers and archaeologists, I created a market research report and map visualizations for a retail feasibility analysis of the historic Admiral's Row properties in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sadly, the existing structure, an historically unique, Civil War era timber house, was found to be structurally unsound and would need to be dismantled.
- [Timeline JS - NYC Community Gardens](https://whysel.com/portfolio/timeline-js-nyc-community-gardens/) - A timeline is a great way to display of a series of events and related information and tell a story around those events. Verite’s TimelineJS is a simple and useful tool for creating an attractive and easy to use timeline visualization. For my project, I created a timeline of events surrounding the history of farm
- [Google Refine: NYC Public Bathroom Map](https://whysel.com/portfolio/google-refine/) - Many data analytics projects start with a big mess, including nonstandard inputs, miscalculations, typos and other human errors. In addition, there are times when the way data is collected is not ideal for the way the analyst wishes to interpret it. An example might be when dollar amounts are entered in thousands when billions might
- [CartoDB - New York City Community Gardens](https://whysel.com/portfolio/cartodb-new-york-city-community-gardens/) - Interactive Maps New York City Community Gardens by County New York City Community Gardens and Subways I created two interactive maps showing the location of New York City Community Gardens and Subways. The first map shows the gardens within the borough polygon and the second one shows gardens and subway stations. When the user clicks
- [West 104th Street Block Association User Research Report](https://whysel.com/portfolio/west-104th-street-block-association-redesign/) - Background The goal of the user research evaluation was to provide an analysis of a specific user population to understand their needs and expectations for a redesigned block association website (bloomingdale.org). The team identified four target populations, including childless singles and couples living in the neighborhood, resident families, families seeking housing in the neighborhood and
- [Archiving Digital Maps](https://whysel.com/portfolio/archiving-digital-maps/) - My research examines the historical challenges faced by a local GIS community and its advocacy for improved access and availability of geographic data on local and national levels. I was primarily interested in the data access issues that led a group of geographers in New York City to develop a centralized data repository and basemap,
- [West 104th Street Block Association Web Redesign](https://whysel.com/portfolio/west-104th-street-block-association-web-redesign/) - Background The goal of the West 104th Street Block Association website redesign was to create a modern website that addresses the current needs and expectations for residents and those considering a move into the Bloomingdale neighborhood. The old site had not been updated since 2007, and even then, had retained the frame-based navigation that limited
- [Bloomingdale Neighborhood Timeline](https://whysel.com/portfolio/bloomingdale-neighborhood-timeline/) - A historical overview of the Bloomingdale neighborhood from Broadway to Riverside Park above 100th Street by historian Gil Tauber.
- [Fire and Light: Illumination in Religious Art](https://whysel.com/portfolio/fire-and-light-illumination-in-religious-art/) - Fire and Light is Noreen Whysel's final project for Ken Soehner's course, Museum and Library Research, at Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. The course took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and consisted of two weeks of full-time seminar and research training followed by a month spent
- [Semiotics and Emergency Management](https://whysel.com/portfolio/semiotics-and-emergency-management/) - On November 1, 2014 I participated in a Semiotics Web and Information Architecture meetup at New York Public Library. My presentation, "Semiotics in Mapping and Emergency Response," discusses symbology in mapping as an aspect of semiotics and presents an example of emergency response map symbology and a discussion of applications for first responders and broader
- [Musapaedia: NYPL Open Book Hackathon 2015](https://whysel.com/portfolio/musapaedia-nypl-open-book-hackathon-2015/) - Musapaedia performs a brief interview and creates a custom book of poems, based on user preferences.
- [Geodata Startup Business Development](https://whysel.com/portfolio/geodata-events-and-gis-startup-business-development/) - I am working with the New York Geospatial Catalysts (NYGeoCATS) on developing a series of public and private meetings to introduce companies and individuals involved in the geodata community in New York City. These meetings are being facilitated with a goal to promote open access and availability of geospatial data from providers to users. Highlights
- [Bloomingdale Walking Tour](https://whysel.com/portfolio/bloomingdale-walking-tour/) - Web development, Google map integration, local history research, photos. The Bloomingdale neighborhood (formerly the Dutch town of Bloemendael) is a historic location on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The Bloomingdale Walking tour is a WordPress site integrating a neighborhood walk with Google Maps, notes on the significance of each stop, and an annotated bibliography.
- [OWASP Foundation Chapter Maps](https://whysel.com/portfolio/owasp-foundation-chapter-maps/) - Chapter Activity, April to October 2015 I created a summary map of the activity of global chapters of the OWASP Foundation, including new chapters, student chapters and academic supporters, reported in the October 2015 Community News Flash: 18 New Chapters (red), 13 Leadership Transitions (pink), two New Student Chapters (blue) and six new Academic Supporters
- [NYPL Open Audio Weekend](https://whysel.com/portfolio/nypl-open-audio-weekend/) - Second Screen, aka P.I.T.C.H.Y. D.A.W.G., is a platform for sharing related media synced with audio.
- [Unite for Humanity Hackathon](https://whysel.com/portfolio/unite-for-humanity-hackathon/) - I co-produced the United Nations Hack for Humanity at OpenCamps over a week in July 2016.
- [Empathy Jam 2017 - JourneyApp](https://whysel.com/portfolio/empathy-jam-2017-journeyapp/) - Empathy Jam 2017 was a one-day UX Design hackathon, held on October 28 at Fordham University.
- [Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage Institutions](https://whysel.com/portfolio/linked-open-data-for-cultural-heritage-institutions/) - This group paper surveys the landscape of linked open data projects in cultural heritage. Traditionally, researchers evaluate linked open data projects using the five star method proposed by Tim Berners-Lee. We found this method to be lacking when evaluating how cultural heritage institutions develop linked, open datasets and ways to use linked data to enhance
- [Architecture_MPS Social Media Campaign](https://whysel.com/portfolio/architecture_mps-social-media-campaign/) - Architecture_MPS is a collaboration of Ravensbourne University College, UK and Adelphi University, New York. The journal hosts a number of conferences related to "The Mediated City" and "Housing - A Critical Perspective."Housing-A Critical Perspective is a multinational series taking place in Liverpool, Seville, Nicosia, Shanghai, Veracruz, New York and London from 2015-2108. Interested parties, students
- [Emergency Management: NYC OEM Timeline](https://whysel.com/portfolio/oem-timeline/) - In 2011, I participated in the NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021, which took a look at the advances and challenges of Geographic Information Systems in emergency response since 2001. I had been working with colleagues at GISMO for many years to draw attention to the important role geographers played in the 9/11 rescue and recovery. The GeoSymposium
- [NYC Garden Maps Blog](https://whysel.com/portfolio/nyc-garden-maps-blog/) - NYC Garden Maps is a pathfinder for information on starting and running a community garden in NYC and contains news and historical features.Community gardening in New York City has a long history, beginning with a school farm garden created at De Witt Clinton Park in 1902 through the modern community garden and food justice movements.
- [Open Book Hackathon: PDF to Reflowable ePUB Format](https://whysel.com/portfolio/open-book-hackathon-pdf-to-reflowable-epub-format/) - Let It Flow: converting PDF documents of Supreme Court slip opinions to reflowable EPUB format.
- [OWASP Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon](https://whysel.com/portfolio/owasp-wikipedia-edit-a-thon/) - A brief tutorial of Wikipedia editing at the OWASP NYC Hackathon and (mini)Project Summit.

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- [GIS](https://whysel.com/tag/gis/)
- [GISMO](https://whysel.com/tag/gismo/)
- [history](https://whysel.com/tag/history/)
- [information professions](https://whysel.com/tag/information-professions/)
- [library and information science](https://whysel.com/tag/library-and-information-science/)
- [Mapping](https://whysel.com/tag/mapping/)
- [awards](https://whysel.com/tag/awards/)
- [financial wellness](https://whysel.com/tag/financial-wellness/)
- [Best for NYC](https://whysel.com/tag/best-for-nyc/)
- [museums](https://whysel.com/tag/museums/)
- [social media](https://whysel.com/tag/social-media/)
- [press release](https://whysel.com/tag/press-release/)
- [architecture](https://whysel.com/tag/architecture/)
- [education](https://whysel.com/tag/education/)
- [dance](https://whysel.com/tag/dance/)
- [Wikipedia](https://whysel.com/tag/wikipedia/)
- [Local Communities](https://whysel.com/tag/local-communities/)
- [projects](https://whysel.com/tag/projects/)
- [usability](https://whysel.com/tag/usability/)
- [about](https://whysel.com/tag/about/)
- [Noreen Whysel](https://whysel.com/tag/noreen-whysel/)
- [featured](https://whysel.com/tag/featured/)
- [featttuurrrreed](https://whysel.com/tag/featttuurrrreed/)
- [market research](https://whysel.com/tag/market-research/)
- [vision science](https://whysel.com/tag/vision-science/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Research](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/research/) - Research projects include general research and UX research, including remote and moderated user testing, ethnographic research, stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthroughs, as well as customer development and business intelligence.
- [Information Architecture](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/ia/) - Information Architecture projects entail the design of structured information spaces with a goal to make the complex clear. This includes developing navigation schemes, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and creating optimal information flow and layout.
- [Business Development](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/business-development/) - Outreach programs with the goal toward connecting other technology leaders and practitioners across industry, government and the startup ecosystem.
- [GIS and Mapping](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/gis-and-mapping/) - 20+ years of experience in the GIS and Mapping, including projects for urban planning and infrastructure, emergency response, and digital archiving of 9/11 geographic materials.
- [Digital Archives](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/digital-archives/) - Digital Archives and Curation projects for museum and online exhibitions and walking tours. These primarily include projects with a cultural heritage focus.
- [Data Visualization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/data-visualization/) - Data visualization and data science have represented a large part of my career, first in real estate research and advisory services and later in website development and content curation.
- [Hackathons](https://whysel.com/portfolio_category/hackathons/) - As a side project favorite, I have been running and participating in Hackathons for years as an information architect and UX designer. My favorite Hackathons have a social impact theme.

## Portfolio Tags

- [financial wellness](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/financial-wellness/)
- [personal finance](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/personal-finance/)
- [behavioral economics](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/behavioral-economics/)
- [user research](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/user-research/)
- [startups](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/startups/)
- [app development](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/app-development/)
- [identity](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/identity/)
- [trust](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/trust/)
- [standards](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/standards/)
- [privacy](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/privacy/)
- [security](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/security/)
- [interoperability](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/interoperability/)
- [usability](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/usability/)
- [government](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/government/)
- [trustmark](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/trustmark/)
- [hackathon](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/hackathon/)
- [persona](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/persona/)
- [user journey](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/user-journey/)
- [affinity diagram](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/affinity-diagram/)
- [ai](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/ai/)
- [GIS](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/gis/)
- [mapping](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/mapping/)
- [curation](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/curation/)
- [museum](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/museum/)
- [event](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/event/)
- [open camps](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/open-camps/)
- [united nations](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/united-nations/)
- [sustainable development goals](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/sustainable-development-goals/)
- [sdg](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/sdg/)
- [pitch](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/pitch/)
- [research](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/research/)
- [content management](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/content-management/)
- [information architecture](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/information-architecture/)
- [NYPL](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/nypl/)
- [owasp](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/owasp/)
- [cybersecurity](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/cybersecurity/)
- [digital archives](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/digital-archives/)
- [architecture_mps](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/architecture_mps/)
- [architecture](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/architecture/)
- [pinterest](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/pinterest/)
- [online journals](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/online-journals/)
- [local history](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/local-history/)
- [cultural heritage](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/cultural-heritage/)
- [bloomingdale neighborhood](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/bloomingdale-neighborhood/)
- [new york city](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/new-york-city/)
- [upper west side](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/upper-west-side/)
- [walking tour](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/walking-tour/)
- [google maps](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/google-maps/)
- [IA](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/ia/)
- [mediawiki](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/mediawiki/)
- [wikis](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/wikis/)
- [business development](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/business-development/)
- [GISMO](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/gismo/)
- [NGA](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/nga/)
- [technology transfer](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/technology-transfer/)
- [book](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/book/)
- [poetry](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/poetry/)
- [digital humanities](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/digital-humanities/)
- [semiotics](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/semiotics/)
- [emergency response](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/emergency-response/)
- [map symbology](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/map-symbology/)
- [presentation](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/presentation/)
- [museums](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/museums/)
- [art](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/art/)
- [metmuseum](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/metmuseum/)
- [exhibition](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/exhibition/)
- [online exhibition](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/online-exhibition/)
- [timeline](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/timeline/)
- [user scenario](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/user-scenario/)
- [wireframes](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/wireframes/)
- [card sort](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/card-sort/)
- [web redesign](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/web-redesign/)
- [design deliverables](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/design-deliverables/)
- [sketches](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/sketches/)
- [cognitive walkthrough](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/cognitive-walkthrough/)
- [usability test plan](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/usability-test-plan/)
- [heuristic analysis](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/heuristic-analysis/)
- [diary study](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/diary-study/)
- [user test](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/user-test/)
- [data visualization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/data-visualization/)
- [gephi](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/gephi/)
- [marvel universe](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/marvel-universe/)
- [social graph](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/social-graph/)
- [tutorial](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/tutorial/)
- [demo](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/demo/)
- [CartoDB](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/cartodb/)
- [community gardens](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/community-gardens/)
- [Tableau](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/tableau/)
- [joseph stiglitz](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/joseph-stiglitz/)
- [public bathrooms](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/public-bathrooms/)
- [Google Refine](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/google-refine/)
- [Open Refine](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/open-refine/)
- [brooklyn navy yard](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/brooklyn-navy-yard/)
- [market research](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/market-research/)
- [jews in america](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/jews-in-america/)
- [charleston college](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/charleston-college/)
- [metadata](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/metadata/)
- [AJHS](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/ajhs/)
- [CJH](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/cjh/)
- [American Jewish Historical Society](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/american-jewish-historical-society/)
- [Center for Jewish History](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/center-for-jewish-history/)
- [Low Country Digital Library](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/low-country-digital-library/)
- [Charleston](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/charleston/)
- [metadata mapping](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/metadata-mapping/)
- [dance dialogues](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/dance-dialogues/)
- [Barbara Newman](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/barbara-newman/)
- [Grace Under Pressure](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/grace-under-pressure/)
- [audio archives](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/audio-archives/)
- [oral history](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/oral-history/)
- [dance](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/dance/)
- [choreographers](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/choreographers/)
- [Mark Morris](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/mark-morris/)
- [Kathryn Wade](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/kathryn-wade/)
- [Robert Denvers](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/robert-denvers/)
- [digitization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/digitization/)
- [social tagging](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/social-tagging/)
- [folksonomy](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/folksonomy/)
- [taxonomy](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/taxonomy/)
- [cultural history](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/cultural-history/)
- [academic poster](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/academic-poster/)
- [wordpress](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/wordpress/)
- [competitive review](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/competitive-review/)
- [governance](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/governance/)
- [documentation](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/documentation/)
- [bronx high school of science](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/bronx-high-school-of-science/)
- [bronx science](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/bronx-science/)
- [integration](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/integration/)
- [migration](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/migration/)
- [Drupal](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/drupal/)
- [Columbia Secondary School](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/columbia-secondary-school/)
- [form design](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/form-design/)
- [skillshare](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/skillshare/)
- [UX design](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/ux-design/)
- [design leadership](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/design-leadership/)
- [internationalization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/internationalization/)
- [localization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/localization/)
- [translation](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/translation/)
- [operations management](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/operations-management/)
- [community outreach](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/community-outreach/)
- [strategy](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/strategy/)
- [user testing](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/user-testing/)
- [XML](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/xml/)
- [image map](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/image-map/)
- [AMNH](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/amnh/)
- [American Museum of Natural History](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/american-museum-of-natural-history/)
- [site map](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/site-map/)
- [sige concept](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/sige-concept/)
- [quality assurance](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/quality-assurance/)
- [navigation](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/navigation/)
- [functional requirements](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/functional-requirements/)
- [user interviews](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/user-interviews/)
- [facilitation](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/facilitation/)
- [Municipal Art Society](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/municipal-art-society/)
- [functionality](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/functionality/)
- [needs assessment](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/needs-assessment/)
- [community boards](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/community-boards/)
- [image optimization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/image-optimization/)
- [birds](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/birds/)
- [Vietnam](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/vietnam/)
- [Mount Tay Con Linh](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/mount-tay-con-linh/)
- [graphic design](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/graphic-design/)
- [pricewaterhousecoopers](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/pricewaterhousecoopers/)
- [PwC](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/pwc/)
- [content analysis](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/content-analysis/)
- [web analytics](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/web-analytics/)
- [policies and procedures](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/policies-and-procedures/)
- [search engine optimization](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/search-engine-optimization/)
- [SEO](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/seo/)
- [UI design](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/ui-design/)
- [javascript](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/javascript/)
- [web hosting analysis](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/web-hosting-analysis/)
- [concept design](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/concept-design/)
- [MacCrate Associates](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/maccrate-associates/)
- [real estate](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/real-estate/)
- [focus groups](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/focus-groups/)
- [data privacy](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/data-privacy/)
- [internet safety](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/internet-safety/)
- [safe technology](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/safe-technology/)
- [specificiations](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/specificiations/)
- [workshops](https://whysel.com/portfolio_tag/workshops/)