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Louis Rosenfeld

Brooklyn, NY, USA

I specialize in the intersection of findability and organizational strategy. You could say I'm a strategic information architect. I cowrote Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (O'Reilly; 3rd edition, 2006), and other books, as well as publishing many of the user experience community's major titles via Rosenfeld Media (www.rosenfeldmedia.com).

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I have known Lou for many years, and I don't think I have ever met a man with more passion, energy, drive and determination. He is a luminary in his field (he defined it!) who pushes himself to do his best in everything he undertakes, and inspires everyone around him to excel.

He is a true leader, not just as an entrepreneur and founder of his own company, but as a person who leads an entire industry, connecting the dots and finding the patterns to blaze a trail for others to follow.

In person he is a kind, sincere and compassionate friend who never fails to share an encouraging word or a positive thought. A great guy!

Dave Gray Source: LinkedIn

I don't know if Lou is the father, uncle or guardian but I do know that IA would not be the field it is today without his dedication and contributions.

Challis Hodge Source: LinkedIn

I was Lou's first author, the proverbial guinea pig for his new publishing process. He was stellar! We kept in constant touch about every last detail, and I had more help and advice from him than I got from my editor! He is also willing to listen to my input on the process and strategy, which is incredibly validating. From the start, I trusted him completely, and that trust was not misplaced. His vision for a new publishing approach is still at the forefront of the industry. In addition, he's the nicest guy ever, fun to have coffee or lunch with.

Indi Young Source: LinkedIn

At the end of the day, the books tell the story, and Rosenfeld Media's books are lovely. They feel great in your hands, look good on the screen -- they're put together with the care and attention every author wants. Lou has surrounded himself with who know their stuff and care about the results. From the day you start writing, he's there. Finding touchpoints that connect to your work. Reminding you to stay in touch with colleagues (and reach out to new ones). Keeping you going through the long slog of writing a book. The result is books are are part of an ever-evolving community. Thanks, Lou, for encouraging me to be part of it.

Whitney Quesenbery Source: LinkedIn

Lou is one of the very few publishers that understand the future AND is actively building the publishing company of the 21st Century. Besides being an incredibly nice and ethical person to work with, he is smart and sharply focused on improving all aspects of publishing--for customers, authors, partners, retailers, etc. He uses technology adeptly but always in the service of creating new value as well as extraordinary experiences. He's a rare collaborator in a field certainly not know for such and, as a result, he's building a network and promoting and distributing valuable insight in new ways.

Nathan Shedroff Source: LinkedIn

I loved my experience writing for and working with Lou at Rosenfeld Media. The care and attention they put into the books they produce is unparalleled. Having written a book and many articles for other publishers I never felt as aligned on the quality of the end result as I did with Lou's firm. He really is as devoted to creating a great book as his authors! For an author that kind of collaboration is priceless.

Luke Wroblewski Source: LinkedIn

Lou's a great publisher.

In the co-authored book I wrote for him (my first book), Lou gave us the space to write how we wanted to write and in the way we wanted to write it. He constantly offered us help throughout the process, either personally or through hired editors, so we could get the project done. Lou is also great at seeing and pursuing new technological/social marketing opportunities, rightly placing some marketing responsibility back on the authors. Now, after having finished a book, I'm still now sure why anyone would willingly do such a thing. It's a crazy process. But in as much as it could be considered "fun" to engage in a two year writing project of blood, sweat and tears, having Lou as the publisher through that helped the labor be light hearted. We probably made him nervous as hell, but he didn't let those feelings show through to his authors.

Kevin Brooks Source: LinkedIn

Writing for Lou is an author's dream come true. He cares deeply about the experience of Rosenfeld Media customers and authors. From testing the book's format and design with potential readers to 1-1 interactions with authors before, during, and after the book writing process, Lou's attention to all the important details of publishing has resulted in a unique and wonderful set of user experience books! Thanks Lou~

Luke Wroblewski Source: LinkedIn

Lou is definately one of the most important people in Information Architecture, as a founder of Argus, the IA Institute, UX-Net, and co-author of the most valued book in our field, he's been critical to the development of IA.

I have had the pleasure of collaborating with him on several occasions: I helped editing a chapter in his book, he was my mentor at the IA Institute, we've worked on IA Summit committee several times, I've attended his seminar and recruited him as speaker. On every occasion, he's proven to be wise and strongly experienced. Lou is up to his reputation as a father of IA.

Javier Velasco Source: LinkedIn

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