Information
Information structures and flows
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The funky variability of meaning as a lesson in taxonomy
Taxonomy discussions might be boring according to some perspectives, but they are periodically necessary. Originally published on Medium.
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Nodes
The more tangible of the two most basic pieces in information structures.
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Connections
The two most basic pieces in information structures.
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Juxtaposition and placement of nodes
Using space to affecting meaning in models without connections
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Structures in information architecture
The true structure of information, in my opinion, is the connectome — the pattern of connections that form between nodes.
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Nodes as encapsulated rich data
The simplest additional dimension in information structures
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Levels
The mixed-bag dimensions in information architecture
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Strata
Dimensional ecology in information architecture
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Lenses
The point of view in information architecture
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Information structures ripen
Information gets modified all the time -- most often by being added to.
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Learning is hard work
We don't actually learn according to the dictats of schedule.
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Bottom-up approach to hierarchy
Start at many, keep consolidating to one.
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Issues with top-down built hierarchical information structures
When it comes to information, connections have meaning. The value of the connections can be made explicit, as in ontology; but even…
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Understanding system connectome
The way I’ve explained systems thinking was intended to help ground in a reasonably universal, physical medium that could be explored…
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Systems flow
I’ve mentioned before that the push/pull of information is an indicator that we’re dealing with a system rather than a network, but what…
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Systems expand and contract
Why does the push/pull of systems happen?
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Systems are elastic
How systems rebalance is through and because of elasticity, and that elasticity is most prevalent in the connectome.
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Variability and infrastructure
Done well, information architecture will live longer than the relevance of the raw data. As data shifts, as our data substrate and understanding grows, as ideologies are finally seen and sloughed: the information architecture needs to change with it.
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It’s a bet
Information architecture is not a singular state, even if only one state is the bet.
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Hierarchy as a lens, opening, or view
Hierarchical variation of organizing a subset of system for broader use.
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The user perspective
The finite lens of the average pass-through user.
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Perspective attention: quantum physics of the mind
Networks are huge, people's attention are finite; we move around with lenses to continually manage overwhelm.
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The problem solver or researcher perspective
Variability of lenses used in researching novel approaches to information.
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