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IA Summit Podcasts - Posting on B&A has started
Hi folks,
We've started posting the podcasts on B&A. There is one from the first day and two each from days 2 and 3. We'll be posting them over the next week or two.
Day 1 - http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/ia-summit-2008-day-1
Day 2 - ...
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Photo of Conference Roooms
Does anyone have a picture of the conference rooms we were in with the 70s ceilings? I'm trying to spice up my slides presenting on the conference here at work and want to show the basementness.
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Things Overheard at the IA Summit
At the last couple of IA Summits I've attended, I've used the Five Minute Madness session to deliver anonymous quotes overheard at the conference. This year, I've stashed them on my blog. See this year's quotes on UX Crank (http://www.uxcrank.com)...
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things change
Anyone who got my business card- I'm no longer with that company. You can reach me at charlene [dot] mcbride [at] gmail [dot] com
yeah life's amusing that way
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I'm your fan
Now that I've met you all I've become such a groupie. Thanks IA Summit. I had a great time.
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A WOW Experience (a few thanks)
I had been reticent to attend the summit. I've attended seven, spent last year facing all sorts of life challenges, asking "Am I finding personal satisfaction in IA?" "Does this environment support me in being the contribution I hope to be?" Th...
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Wall of Deliverables Survey
While it's still fresh in your mind, please take a moment to fill out our survey for the Wall of Deliverables:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=h6qQh3bKFYWd01zE4cJDxQ_3d_3d
We want to do it again next year and your input can help make i...
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photos from the IA Slam?
Well, I can't seem to do it all, and one of the things I didn't do was get any official photos of the IA Slam team in full pirate drag. If you got any good ones, I'd be happy to see them. You can put them up on flickr and point me at them, or yo...
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PowerPoint, Keynote, and PDF files?
There was so much wonderful information shared at the conference that I am still trying to digest it all. Specially those presentations that I could not attend because I was in another one.
Please let us know where the files are for download. I...
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On the whole...
This was a really great experience and a wonderful way for me to spend my weekend, though I admit that the Monday blues have now infected my Tuesday return to work.
I should start saving now to make sure that I make it back for next year.
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Tired but inspired
Great conference. It was great meeting so many wonderful people and not having to explain what an IA is. Good job organizers.
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My Slides are now available on Slideshare
My preso - Why Markets Love the Internet (or The 1 Hour MBA for User Experience Designers and Other Layabouts) - is now online. (http://www.slideshare.net/akirtland)
Please look for updates and more information at www.usablemarkets.com.
~...
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Poster: Personas of the Information Architect online
Hi all,
The poster and handouts for "Personas OF the Information Architect" are online at http://personasofia.karemaker.com Let me know how you use them! A more elaborate article using more data from the survey will follow.
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5-minute madness, for those who missed it
In honor of those comrades who could not catch the 5-minute madness (that's you @cind!!!), I twittered it for you:
* http://twitter.com/austingovella
The first madness was "unconf in seattle same weekend as euroia" (on page 2, currently)...
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Home!
Just got home. It was a blast. Can't wait to see what trouble awaits me back at the office. Looking forward to next year already!
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I love IAs
Yesterday I was asked what had been my favorite part of the summit so far. Although I always learn a great deal and I come away with solutions to problems, I said my favorite part is being around my IA peers. :)
Thank you to all who indulged my...
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Conference Notes via Blog
I've been scribbling down the link to give people my conference notes that I'm creating for coworkers and friends back home and I thought I might as well just throw it up here for the general public.
http://rebekahgolden.blogspot.com/
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Your Network Changes
I just put up a more functional version of the My Network page. The want-to-meet feature is now more prominent as it feeds into a to-meet list.
Also, now that the conference is winding down you should try the vcard export from that page. That ...
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My slides are posted on slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/dorelvis
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Huge thanks....
A big thank you to the person who found and returned my camera this morning to the registration table - I appreciate it!!
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UPA compared to IA Summit
How does UPA copare to IA Summit? I've never been to UPA before and am thinking of going. Is it worth it?
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slides
For those who may be interested in my presentation, the slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/floraslides
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Purpose of U.S. Plain Language Legislation
Additonal context: The goal of the Plain Language Legislation moving through congress is to establish plain language as the standard style of writing for any
Government document intended to communicate to the public.
This legislation is "more...
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Come back to the Mentoring booth, Sarah Rice
People are asking for your super excellent mentoring!
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Opportunity to Support Plain Language Legislation (U.S.)
H.R. 3548, the Plain Language in Government Communications Act, is coming up for a vote on the House floor MONDAY (tomorrow)
Please call your member of Congress TODAY and urge a vote for the bill on Monday!
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/...
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Photographer available?
Is someone available to take a picture at the IAI booth this afternoon and post to flickr? Come by if you can.
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Monday lunch table: financial services
I just put up a sign up sheet for a Monday lunch table for financial services industry (birds of a feather).
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Thanks!
I want to thank the boutique audience who attended my thing on Saturday and I want you to know that I love each and every one of you. I wish I would have brought milk and cookies for story time. Thanks for coming to and participating in my session!
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Island Queen Cruise Tonight (Sunday), Anyone?
Anybody interested in seeing millionaire's row via cruise tonight? http://www.islandqueencruises.com/
Looks like $22 will give you a 90 minute tour. Have to bet there 30 mins before, so perhaps a 7 pm tour?
Anybody interested?
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La Carreta Restaurant on Key Biscayne
It looks like there's a Cuban restaurant not far from Crandon beach on Key Biscayne called La Carreta that might be a good drop-off point after the cab ride out. http://www.lacarreta.com/
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Designing Reputation Systems, pt. II
Hi all — thanks for the encouragement and kind words yesterday! I'll be continuing my Reputation Systems talk today at 11:15 in the Flex room (Orchid C/D)
Hope to see you there!
I've also posted a (notes-impoverished) version of my slides on...
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More Topical Lunch Tables...
In case you haven't had a chance to check out the topical lunch table board near registration, we have some new topics and a couple of repeats up for today:
Topic: Question / Host
Enterprise 2.0: How is it different working "within" organiza...
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Librarians' Lunch on Sunday
I'm again up for the librarians' lunch. Today I'll get smart and use the sign-up sheets, but kudos to the creative librarians who Just Made It Happen yesterday by commandeering the Pink Signs and marching through the lunch room announcing our pres...
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Key Biscayne Sunday
Weather and time permitting I'm going to take a cab out to Key Biscayne Sunday. Anyone want to ride along? It's about a 15 minute drive from the conference.
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Going out on Sat. night
Hey i'm looking to get a group of people to go to blue martini tonight. I think a few of us gals might go.
http://www.bluemartinilounge.com/
AIM me: happeedeb or email me debkawamoto@gmail.com if your going to be there!
cheers
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Anybody else @ Airport Marriott?
I'm staying in a hotel near the airport [Courtyard Marriott Airport South]
Anybody else in this complex interested in sharing cabfare to the convention center?
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Discussion on Sunday: Help create a book you want to read
Tomorrow (Sunday April 13), 3:30PM, Lou Rosenfeld and I will be hosting a little session in the discussion lounge where we'd like to solicit feedback and ideas from anyone interested in a book on using comics for design and communicating concepts/...
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IA Institute Book Bag Missing
If you inadvertently took an IA Institute book bag with black accents from our booth this morning, can you please return it? It is for our raffle. Just drop it off with your business card and you can win a great book bag!
You can return to IAI ...
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IA Institute Book Bag Missing
If you inadvertently took an IA Institute book bag with black accents from our booth this morning, can you please return it? It is for our raffle. Just drop it off with your business card and you can win a great book bag!
You can return to IAI ...
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Blind ambition notes
Hi,
Please let me know if anybody can share your notes / videos of the Blind Ambition presentation. I missed and would like to know what was the content.
Do you know if Claude will share his presentation file?
Thanks
Rafael
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Discount codes for Rosenfeld Media books
Due to a grave (and embarrassing) error by our printer, those lovely bookmarks in your bags don't include the discount codes they should have. So here they are:
* Indi Young's "Mental Models": IAS08MM
* Luke Wroblewski's "Web Form Design...
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Photos online at Flickr
You can find the first summit photos online at
http://www.flickr.com/groups/iasummit2008/
Feel free to add your photos to the group.
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Can't choose - share & compare?
I can't choose between Taxonomy & Placemaking tomorrow morning at 9am. Anyone want to go to one while I go to the other and then share and compare experiences?
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IA Summit Book List
Is the Summit book list available anywhere online?
Thanks!
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Help: Need to borrow a BlackJack 2 Charger!
Does anyone out there have a BlackJack 2? I forgot my charger at home, and am about to die!!! (well not literally...but lack of verbal communication may cause some anxiety).
If you don't mind sharing i would love to borrow it and promise to retur...
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I'm hiring! (IA Manager for REI)
I'm looking for an IA Manager for a super great company in the Seattle area - Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI - www.rei.com)
If you are looking for a place where you can directly contribute to company strategy, build a new team, and make a b...
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Librarian Lunch Table
I see a lot of librarians at this conference. Want to get together today or tomorrow and talk about things like IA/UX jobs in and out of LibraryLand, championing the UX experience in library settings, death to Dewey, etc.? (If someone else has alr...
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Places to go in Miami
I spend some time today talking to locals and the big recommendation is to go to Mary Brickell village just south of us across the bridge & S miami ave. There are bars and dancing. I was thinking of heading there after the reception on Friday.
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When is the reception on Friday
does anyone know when the reception is on Friday and where? The Hyatt I assume?
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IA Knitting Circle -- Sat 6-8, During Poster Session
Remember to bring your knitting with you to the Summit! We'll be having an IA Knitting Circle gathering during the poster session on Saturday night.
Don't worry if you don't know how to knit. Bring anything crafty you are working or, just brin...
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BSG Frak Party after the Reception tonight?
I can't imagine a group I'd rather get my frak on with than a bunch of IAs. But where?
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Monitor IA Summit Hashtags for Twitter
Just playing around last night and I noticed that there were a few different hashtags for the conference on Twitter. I put all of them into a public Google Reader page if anybody is interested in monitoring all of them you can access that page he...
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Conference IRC chat channel!
I set up a channel on Freenode so that if anybody wants to get their chat on during sessions, we can do it there.
For those of you who just want to chat without much muss or fuss, go here: http://java.freenode.net//index.php?channel=iasummit200...
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WiFi
What is the wifi situation at the hotel? I know you can get it in your room for $10/day but are there free hotspots in the common areas of the hotel?
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And then, there's Sox-Yankees in Fenway
For all the baseball lunatics at the summit ... shall we get a group to enjoy the annual renewal of the rivalry?
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Austin Folks in the (Miami) House
Any people from Austin interested in meeting up during the summit? Seems like there's a number of us here, and I know that I don't know any of you. ... It would be nice to start a conversation and continue it when we get back.
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Anyone going to Groove Armada/Deep Dish?
Is anyone out there going to the Bacardi-sponsored show at Bayfront Park Saturday night? I have a pair of tickets and I'm looking to go if there's a group headed that way.
Some of the lineup is kinda weak, but Groove Armada and DD would be wort...
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1st timer / Seeing Rush on Sunday night
I'm attending my first IA Summit and looking very forward to it.
Anyone know good places to eat in Miami? How about places that specialize in either serving or brewing quality craft beer?
An added bonus to this trip is that Rush is playing ...
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We're here early!
Kristen and I arrived in Miami a few days early to relax and do some sightseeing. We've already explored Brickell Village, where there's an excellent French bistro (Provence Grill) and an organic gelateria. There's also a decent salad bar/buffet a...
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Kaleun
It seems that my previous portrait has triggered a viral ”captain comment campaign”. So to match that and to make newcomers understand what’s going on, I’ve decided to re-upload it.
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IA in Scrum process
Hey, if you are at the conference and interested in "the IA in scrum process" I'd like to talk with you... :)
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Time Confusion
I just made it in, 5 hours delayed thanks to American Airlines, 11pm PST and unsure what that means EST and exhausted. I can't seem to find any information about when I should be there in the morning for the first pre-conference workshop. I just...
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thanks american airlines!
So, I'm going to miss the Innovative Intranets workshop on Friday because I'll be traveling that day instead of Thursday since my flight got canceled. Guess I should have seen that coming. I'm totally bummed!
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remote attendance
Please point me to any coverage (livestreams, audiostreams, podcasts, blogposts, tweets, #hashtags, qik-streams) for those of us who had to stay home...
Thanks.
(I suggest using the tag/hashtag #ias08)
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What departament are you?
I'm interesting to discuss the localization of the IA departament into the process. Here we have a big dilemma about the process. Where we put the information Architect, in planner or creative departament?
I would love to hear you answers...
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How to get from South Miami Beach to Hayatt?
It was too late, and I haven't got a special price for the room... So I've got a room in nice hotel in South Miami Beach in front of ocean.
However how can I get to Hayatt? Is the cab the only one chance?
I was considering renting a bike - a...
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Any suggestion for Salsa Club in Miami Beach?
This will be my first time in Miami. Could you recommend any Salsa Club on Miami Beach?
Thanks,
Aga
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We have Topical Lunch Tables!
Hey everybody,
The survey results are in! Thanks to those who responded, we now have a “starter” list for the Topical Lunch Tables, this year’s answer to that time-worn conference-goer’s urge to extend the conversation beyond the confines of t...
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Mac's Club Deuce Friday night?
I'm staying near here Friday night only, let me know if you're interested in checking it out with me -- after the welcome reception, of course! :-)
Good description on their MySpace page, or hundreds more via Google... http://www.myspace.com/d...
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IA 3.0 workshop
Who else is attending Peter's all day seminar on Friday? I'm looking forward to this all day event (8:30 am – 5:30 pm).
I have never heard Peter speak in person. I read the Polar Bear way back in 1998 so this seems like a long time coming f...
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summit volunteer meetup
Any student volunteers out there want to get together for a lunch/dinner/drink? JungShan Lee (University of Pittsburgh) and I (UBC) are thinking Friday evening at/after the welcome reception, but we're flexible. Interested? Share your time/place i...
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the flu got me
Well I made it to six Summits in a row. Unfortunately I will miss this one - picked up a bad flu bug.
I will see you all next year!
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Flying tomorrow!
I'm flying out tomorrow from London (thankfully not Terminal 5) on Virgin Atlantic. I haven't been on a trip since January so am quite antsy to get going :)
Also - the weather in Miami looks much better than London.
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Anyone from London going to the Summit?
Hi all, would be interesting to know how many people from London is flying to the Summit. Would love to meet everyone.
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visited vivisimo last week
The vivisimo tour is wonderful experience. As a user, I get used to consider it as a search engine, as implemented in Clusty. Actually it is more than that by providing clustering solutions to the search in enterprise and government websites.
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Thursday meet ups
I'm interested in meet up Thursday night. Anyone have a location in mind?
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Kids and Spouses at the Conference
I'm bringing my husband and 2 year old daughter to the Summit - and am very excited about it! Who else is bringing kids? And who else is coming with spouses or partners?
Anyone interested in playdates?. BTW the concierge tells me childcare ca...
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Who's Coming in Thursday or Earlier?
I'm getting in around 8ish - anyone up for (tiny) drinks, decaf or ice cream?
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Will Miss Y'All!
My wife and I are expecting a baby very soon, so I won't be at the Summit this year. I'll be monitoring things online, and hope to see some of you at the Euro IA Summit in Amsterdam in September!
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IA for relgious organizations?
OK folks, here's one "industry" that I don't see well represented at these sort of events - the church segment.
I don't mean IA for individual church websites (although they desperate need it!). I'm talking about national and/or international...
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Book guy
If you see someone reading a book unrelated to our geeky professional world, that's probably me (in a corner). It's my version of punk rock I guess. Anyway, come up and say hi. I won't bite your head off, and I do like to drink.
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Unindo a Brasileirada
Looks like Brazilians are going to come to the summit en masse this year, which is very exciting to me as an expat who's forgetting Portuguese and what coxinha tastes like. :)
I saw some comments about a get together -- breakfast sounds like a...
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Printable Program Available
If you have a long flight to the summit ahead of you, what better way to pass the hours by reading the program and deciding what sessions to see? The conference program is available for download in PDF format (~ 6 MBytes) -
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IA Slam 2008
I have only participated in one slam and the teams were chosen at random.
Will this be true at this year's summit?
If not, then would anyone like to join my team or may I join yours?
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Sunny
I know it's early, but weather.com is predicting sunny weather for the summit.
Don't forget to pack your sunscreen/sunblock!
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Show us yours...
There have already been quite some responses to our call for participation for the Wall of Deliverables (http://www.iasummit.org/2008/wod.html). However, we can always use more deliverables. Maybe you are already planning to bring your wireframes ...
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