movements
Information architecture is not set in stone. Done well, it will live longer than the raw data, which is moving and accumulating through time at the speed of time and the amassing of a quantity of information driven by the quantity of people. But as the data shifts, as our
social fractals
Our society is shifting, and patterns are evolving. There are behaviors and actions gaining steam on multiple fronts, and what the future looks like will ultimately be decided by lots of individuals either caving, or holding the line, or deciding that there's another option. This social fractal is
contextualization
It's the thread through this entire site, but just to be unequivocal: Humanity rocks. Yeah, we've got our problem children (some of them closer to centenarian than baby; age is a state of mind!). But overall, I like us. The problem children are the exception, not
environment
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
concepts
Visual design is a language, and it’s no less complex than our written/verbal language, and no less able to form traceable patterns than all our languages and ideas combined. Language works because of the underlying patterns. Words support it, and new words can be created to support new
concepts
This is not a design system. This is an architecture that can contribute to a well-formulated design system.
concepts
Riffpoints architecture is focused on deep information construction. All the concepts are/will-be to a degree, but this one barely gets out. There is very limited outward-facing effects, and even then it's only in the extended potentials. But: that's our information. Information is abstract. We have
concepts
Where we are is not where we will always be. The only way that the status quo remains is with intense energy and pressure to maintain it. Entropy is fundamental to our universe. That also means, we don’t have to wait for the big systems to change. We change
concepts
The short version: IT is broken. It’s not working, to the point where people are ready to give it up, just like they would a mangled…
concepts
The short version: IT is broken. It’s not working, to the point where people are ready to give it up, just like they would a mangled…
concepts
The way back into humanist IT is both incredible simple and incredibly complex, and it is almost the same phrase. Understand the domain. In other words, understand the context; reach for the yes-and that adds nodes to transform, not just a heightened expression of what’s already there. Make a
movements