Something I just realized: in the history of science, very little research has been done into research methods. What works, what doesn't and why. I actually met someone in London once who was starting up research into research methods as an academic discipline - can't find his name now though. Fascinating stuff.
The same applies to IA. Sure, we have cardsorts and such, but not a lot of insight, really, in what works, and especially why. Rashmi (academic with a superpractical bent) and Donna are two of our best thinkers in that field.
Related: my research agenda for IA post.
# Mar 22, 2005