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'''Jesse James Garrett''' is ana [[InformationUser architecture|informationExperience architect]]Designer based in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California ]] and co-founder of [http://www.adaptivepath.org Adaptive Path ] strategy and design consulting firm. <ref Hisname="ha2014">{{cite diagramweb|last=Ha|first=Anthony|date=2 titledOctober [http2014|website=TechCrunch|title=Design Firm Adaptive Path Acquired By Capital One|url=https:// wwwtechcrunch. jjg.netcom/ elements2014/ pdf10/ elements.pdf02/adaptive-path-acquired-by-capital-one/}}</ref> His diagram titled The Elements of User Experience ] launched his popularity in the web design community in early 2000, which was later published as a book .<ref>[http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf aThe coupleElements yearsof later.User Experience], Jesse James Garret, 30 March 2000</ref> In a 2005 paper,<ref name="garrett" /> Garrett coined the term [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]] to describe the [[asynchrony (computing)|asynchronous]] technology behind emerging services like [[Google Maps]] and Google Suggest, as well as the resulting user experience which made it possible to browse without interruption by eliminating the reloading of the whole page.<ref name="shower">{{cite news ▼| name = Jesse James Garrett
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▲'''Jesse James Garrett''' is an [[Information architecture|information architect]] based in San Francisco, California and co-founder of [http://www.adaptivepath.org Adaptive Path] strategy and design consulting firm. His diagram titled [http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf The Elements of User Experience] launched his popularity in the web design community in early 2000, which was later published as a book a couple years later. In a 2005 paper,<ref name="garrett" /> Garrett coined the term [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]] to describe the [[asynchrony (computing)|asynchronous]] technology behind emerging services like [[Google Maps]] and Google Suggest, as well as the resulting user experience which made it possible to browse without interruption by eliminating the reloading of the whole page.<ref name="shower">{{cite news
|url=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113098635587487074-3diFzslPm_iutdYLU2C5e4DinUA_20061103.html
|title=New Web-based Technology Draws Applications, Investors
|publisher=Wall Street Journal
}}</ref>
==CareerBiography==
Jesse James Garrett co-founded [http://www.adaptivepath.org Adaptive Path], a [[user experience]] strategy and design firm in 2001, and co-founded the [[Information Architecture Institute]].<ref name="ha2014" /><ref name="pwebio">{{cite web | title = Jesse James Garrett | website = The Progressive Web Experience | url = https://progressivewebexperience.io/conference/speaker/jesse_james_garrett | access-date = 16 June 2023}}</ref> His essays have appeared in ''New Architect'',<ref>[{{cite web | url = http://www.ddj.com/architect/184411634 | website = Dr. Dobb's | title = All Those Opposed | date = February 12, 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref> ''Boxes and Arrows'',<ref>[http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/yahoo_mail_simplicity_holds_up_over_time Yahoo! Mail: Simplicity Holds Up Over Time - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621062116/http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/yahoo_mail_simplicity_holds_up_over_time |date=2008-06-21 }}</ref> and ''Digital Web Magazine''.<ref>[http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_psychology_of_navigation/ Digital Web Magazine -– The Psychology of Navigation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Jesse attended the [[University of Florida]].
Garrett authored ''The Elements of User Experience'', a conceptual model of [[user-centered design]] first published as a diagram in 2000 and later as a book in 2002. A second edition of the book was published in 2010.<ref>{{cite book
|title= The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond (Voices That Matter)
|title=
|first=Jesse James
|last=Garrett
|authorlink=Jesse James Garrett
|publisher=New Riders Press
|date= October 21, 2002 |isbn=0 978-7357-1202-60321683687
|accessdate=2008-06-23
}}</ref> Although originally intended for use in [[ worldWorld wideWide webWeb|web]] design, the Elements model has since been adopted in other fields such as software development and industrial design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/186/Jesse-James-Garrett-The-Elements-page01.html#post3 |title=Jesse James Garrett, _The Elements of User Experience |publisher=The Well |date=2005-03-21 |accessdate=2014-02-26}}</ref> He also created the first<ref>[http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the_visual_vocabulary_three_years_later_an_interview_with_jesse_james_garrett The Visual Vocabulary Three Years Later: An Interview with Jesse James Garrett - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710044350/http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the_visual_vocabulary_three_years_later_an_interview_with_jesse_james_garrett |date=2010-07-10 }}</ref> standardized [[notation]] for interaction design, known as the Visual Vocabulary.<ref>[http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/ Jesse James Garrett: Visual Vocabulary for Information Architecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ▼▲}}</ref> Although originally intended for use in [[world wide web|web]] design, the Elements model has since been adopted in other fields such as software development and industrial design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/186/Jesse-James-Garrett-The-Elements-page01.html#post3 |title=Jesse James Garrett, _The Elements of User Experience |publisher=The Well |date=2005-03-21 |accessdate=2014-02-26}}</ref> He also created the first<ref>[http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the_visual_vocabulary_three_years_later_an_interview_with_jesse_james_garrett The Visual Vocabulary Three Years Later: An Interview with Jesse James Garrett - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design]</ref> standardized [[notation]] for interaction design, known as the Visual Vocabulary.<ref>[http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/ Jesse James Garrett: Visual Vocabulary for Information Architecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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Garrett's works include ''ia/recon'',<ref>[http://www.jjg.net/ia/recon/ Jesse James Garrett: ia/recon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> an essay on the evolution of the information architecture field, and ''The Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams'',<ref>[{{cite web | url = http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000242.php adaptive| pathtitle »= theThe nineNine pillarsPillars of successfulSuccessful webWeb teams<!Teams | date = 9 July 2003 | url-status = dead | archive-url Bot= generatedhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050924192622/http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000242.php title| archive-->]date = 24 September 2005 | website = Adaptive Path}}</ref> a conceptual model similar to Elements for team structures and processes. In his most well known endeavour, Garrett coined the term [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]] in February 2005 to describe the information behind [[asynchronous Javascript and XML]].<ref name="garrett">{{cite web
|url=http://www.adaptivepath.comorg/publicationsideas/essaysajax-new-approach-web-applications/archives/000385.php
|title=Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
|publisher=Adaptive Path
|date=2005-02-18
|accessdate=2010-04-24
|archive-date=2015-09-10
}}</ref> Although he was not the only one working on the development of this technology, Garrett thought of the term in the shower<ref name="shower"/> when he realized the need for a shorthand term to represent the suite of technologies he was proposing to a client. ▼ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072359/http://adaptivepath.org/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications/
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▲ }}</ref> Although he was not the only one working on the development of this technology, Garrett thought of the term in the shower<ref name="shower"/> when he realized the need for a shorthand term to represent the suite of technologies he was proposing to a client.
In 2008, Garrett designed the Aurora<ref>[http://www.adaptivepath.comorg/aurora/ adaptive path » aurora concept video]{{dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref> concept for a future [[Web browser]] for the [[Mozilla Corporation]]. Garrett's closing keynote at the 2009 Information Architecture Summit (IA Summit 2009), known as the "Memphis Plenary"<ref>[http://www.jjg.net/ia/memphis/ Jesse James Garrett: The Memphis Plenary]</ref> created controversy and debate <ref>[http://www.ixda.org/node/19533 JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote | IxDA] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120903184204/http://www.ixda.org/node/19533 |date=2012-09-03 }}</ref> within the user experience community.
Garrett's project "iWitness" was one of the winners of the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]]'s 2011 Knight News Challenge media innovation competition.<ref>[http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/knight-foundation-media-innovation-contest-announc/ Knight Foundation media innovation contest announces 2011 winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110801115036/http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/knight-foundation-media-innovation-contest-announc/ |date=2011-08-01 }}</ref>
==Awards==
In May, 2006 Garrett was awarded ''[httphttps://www.wired.com/2006/06/ajax/ Wired Magazine's Rave Award]''<ref>[httphttps://www.wired.com/2006/06/ajax/ Wired Rave Awards<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in the field of technology.
==Personal life==
Jesse James Garrett was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada,<ref>as he revealed in a talk at UXcamp Ottawa 2013</ref> and grew up in Florida. He lived in Los Angeles for 5 years before moving to San Francisco in 1999.<ref name="jjg">{{cite web|url=http://www.jjg.net/about/ |title=Jesse James Garrett: about |publisher=Jjg.net |date=2006-05-31 |accessdate=2014-02-26}}</ref> He was married to Rebecca Blood from 20042001 - 20152014 and they have one child together. <ref>{{Cite web|title name= Jesse James Garrett: about|url = http://www."jjg.net/about/|website" = www.jjg.net|accessdate = 2015-11-16}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*[http://www.jjg.net/ Personal homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041122090821/http://jjg.net/ |date=2004-11-22 }}
*[http://www.adaptivepath.comorg/ Adaptive Path]
*[http://www.iainstitute.org/ Information Architecture Institute] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050810011003/http://iainstitute.org/ |date=2005-08-10 }}
*[http://www.adaptivepath.comorg/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications/ ''Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210163748/http://www.adaptivepath.org/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications/ |date=2018-02-10 }}
*[http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/186/Jesse-James-Garrett-The-Elements-page01.html Interview discussion on The WELL]
*[http://workspiration.org/jesse-james-garrett Interview with Jesse James Garrett]
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