riffpoints
I consider design architecture to be the suite of ready-set tools a designer can turn to in order to work in brand. To get the full spectrum of what's being designed, it takes multiple softwares with different focal points. Design systems and riffpoints architecture are hamstrung by design
social fractals
Acknowledging that cognition can be built to be steeped deeply in binaries helps me understand why our attempts to bridge with empathy fails. They literally cannot see other options. If we want something different, we have to shut down their access to think they can make decisions for us. This
abstractions
Current information technology hardware functions on a binary substrate of ones and zeros translated to electric gates (highly simplified!!), with lots of programming layers between that substrate and the code. That code controlling the hardware is something most of us don't understand. Over that, we're layering
Current information technology hardware functions on a binary substrate of ones and zeros translated to electric gates (highly simplified!!), with lots of programming layers between that substrate and the code. That code controlling the hardware is something most of us don't understand. Over that, we're layering
Basic mechanics of information literacy explained: transparency, traceability, replicability, accountability.
Information technology — internet, genAI, software, all of it — is stuck. I’ve heard more people in the past month want to walk away from using what they consider irredeemably broken tools than I had the three years previously. The first time I heard it was from a developer, complaining around
I wrangled with what to call this for years. Years. It is an extension of what we call accountability in information mechanics. I am rarely a fan of new taxonomy; I would much prefer a concerted effort to regain existing taxonomy that has had its meaning manipulated. In this instance,
If there were a way to elegantly and with robust coherency represent four dimensions in a two dimensional format, this is one of the spots where I would use it. Our entire environment is deeply intertwingled. Each of these quadrants are affected by countless systems, and each of those systems
Emotions are their own complexity. They are part autonomic response, part biofeedback, part microbiome, and part nervous system. They can react to both more than you're actively paying attention to, and key into a small fraction of the whole current situation. They are the first blushes of reaction.
The answer is NOT to give up and shove non-standard sight into an informational abyss, citing survival of the fittest and financial viability. That’s an asshole move. We are experts, not selfish idiots with a death wish for others.
This has not made it into a development cycle yet. It's been approached and then set aside for budget reasons. Note that there is a significant potential for updates on this particular piece.
At this moment in time, we are currently spending a good chunk of resources on producing light and dark modes for our interfaces.
In all of these, remember first and foremost: we are transferring information. If decisions in the riffpoints architecture at any point disrupt the potential transfer of information, we are failing. Information transfer affects society. Consider an art project if you found something interesting that disrupts information transfer and you can&
When I dare to dream, I build spaghetti-and-marshmallow towers of a browser that would have user settings that can be pre-set to automatically overwrite any site with riffpoint tokens to scale the entire surfing experience to that person’s sight.
Information architecture shifts The key shift is the addition of a complicated (but still relatively simplified) architecture to supplant what is explored as a network.
Each of these expand into a network in use.
Many designs won't need to go deeper than this. Seriously. I've spun out 6, with both light and dark modes, and two of them I didn't have to touch. Another 2 I wanted shifts in contrast. One I added color coding and extra artifacts
