Site architecture 2.0, making site mapping fun

Bubbl.usDuring the Web development process, one of the most important phases of work is the information architecture. In laymen's terms, the outline of the site. Of course, this phase doesn't get the glory of the more glamorous work, like design mockups and development iterations.

One reason why this phase is often lower on organization's radars is that it's just not that much fun. It seems, however, that we might have a contender that could make this process a lot more, well, bubbly.

Bubbl.us is a new Web based mind-mapping tool that we think might have some traction in the Web development world. The goal is to make it easy to develop bubble-like outlines of systems, with an easy to use interface. The system is still a little buggy, but it's just in beta, as is everything else these days. Lots of Flash makes me worry a little bit about its extendability (would like it if you could export these mind-maps into text documents).

Example using Bubbl.us