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Web Architect was a column in Songline Studio's Web Review magazine from 1995 to 1999. It offered a humorous yet practical exploration of information architecture topics. These articles were resuscitated by the amazing Wayback Machine. Many links are broken, but hopefully the content isn't too moldy.

03/12/99
Information, Architecture, and Usability

01/01/99
Virtual Documents: The Challenges of Chunking

10/30/98
Building a Synonymous Search Index (Thesaurus)

03/06/98
Designing Your Search Interface (Book Excerpt)

02/20/98
Designing Navigation Systems (Book Excerpt)

08/08/97
Calculating the Cost of a Large-Scale Web Site

05/16/97
Dynamic Dueling: Grappling with Java-Based Site Maps

03/21/97
Intranet Architecture

02/07/97
Jumping Through Java

11/29/96
The Architect's Toolbox

10/25/96
Your Front Door to the Web

09/27/96
Mapping Your Site: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

05/10/96
Revenge of the Librarians: Organizing Information on the Internet

04/12/96
Design for Change: Looking Beyond Opening Day

03/15/96
A Double Edged Sword: Frames Give Bad Designers More Rope With Which to Hang Themselves

02/23/96
Fixing Netscape: How to Improve the World's Busiest Web Site