Experiencing Information

James Kalbach
Bellealliancstr. 34
20259 Hamburg, Germany

james DOT kalbach AT gmail DOT com

I’m a human factors engineer with LexisNexis, a leading provider of legal and news information, where I develop interfaces for web-based search applications. I previously served as head of information architecture with Razorfish, Germany. I hold a degree in library and information science from Rutgers University, as well as a Master’s degree in music theory and composition.

I’ve been an assistant editor with Boxes and Arrows for a few years, a leading online journal for user experience information (www.boxesandarrows.com). For the past four years, I’ve been on the organizing committee for the European Information Architecture conferences (www.euroia.org). Previously, I served on the advisory board of the Information Architecture Institute in 2007, and

Music is a main creative outlet outside of work. I play bass in a local jazz combo in Hamburg Germany, where I live with my wife, Nathalie, and our cat, Niles. See the website for Helmut and the Lamp Shades.

I’m also a craft beer aficionado and regularly contribute ratings and stories to RateBeer.com, a leading online beer community, under the user name pivo (www.ratebeer.com).

I’ve just authored my first book: Designing Web Navigation (O’Reilly, 2007). See the link on the right for more information about the book.

Here are some links to more information about me:
- My personal homepage that I maintain on the SCILS server at Rutgers, including a list of things I’ve published elsewhere and a list of my music compositions.

- My profile page on LinkedIn.com

- My profile on OpenBC