links for 2010-11-02

Mario Garcia is bullish about the role of information architecture in the delivery of news both digitally and in print: "The surprise, however, has more to do with information architecture — how papers structure headlines and sections — rather than color and typography. 'Pure design is just cosmetic,' Garcia told me last week. 'It’s not going to solve the problem.'"

After six years, the council has still been unable to find a viable partner to deliver any development at all on the biggest vacant bit of land in central Walthamstow. Yes, you read that right, six years with no replacement for housing and shops that the council itself demolished.

Interesting article about shifting IT provision from providing devices, to effectively providing "corporate partitions" of apps and data on an employee's personal smartphone

"You may argue that hover states save space, and you can use hover panels to display supplementary information that helps the user know whether to click. It’s a feeble excuse. If the information is important, it should be on the screen already; if not, it should be omitted. The hover compromise shows only that you were too timid to make this decision".

"For me, the word 'mobile' is as redundant as the word 'electronic' or 'digital'. We’re all mobile now."

New local blog in Waltham Forest putting some scrutiny on the councillors and would-be councillors in the borough