Peter Van Dijck.
I am a Belgian information architect.
You can hire me as a consultant. I seem to specialize in two things these days:
- Organizing global websites: 290s.com is my consulting company where I specialize in global information architecture and user experience.
- Startup companies and social websites: I've worked on a bunch startups and social network sites, and I enjoy it. Get in touch and we'll talk.
My LinkedIn profile includes a resume and some recommendations.
- Contact me at petervandijck at gmail dot com (best contact option.)
- US: (+1) 201 467-5511
- Belgium: (+32) 03/325 88 70
- Skype ID: peterkevandijck
Bio.
Peter Van Dijck is a renowned information architect and author of the book “Information architecture for designers”. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone Magazine, and is a regular speaker at industry conferences. He has written about information architecture and usability for O’Reilly and others.
Peter has worked in London and New York, and is now based in Belgium. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small internet startups. His special interests include global information architecture and social media.
Personal.
Projects.
- Mefeedia. I founded Mefeedia, a popular media feeds aggregator as a part of my involvement in the videoblogging world. It was sold in 2007.
- Colombia Migration Project. The Colombia Migration Project is a videoblogging/ethnography project about migration.
- Videoblogging list. I started the very popular videoblogging mailing list together with Jay Dedman in 2004.
- Book. I wrote the book "Information architecture for designers".
- XFML. I developed XFML, an XML specification to share faceted classification systems.
- Faceted classification. I started the faceted classification mailing list.
- IA translation. I started the translations group at the Information Architecture Institute.