abstractions
The funky variability of meaning as a lesson in taxonomy
Taxonomy discussions might be boring according to some perspectives, but they are periodically necessary. They can easily become fraught…
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Allowing data to breathe: the impermanence of governance
There is a balance to be found in data governance.
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Systems thinking overview
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 are elastic
How systems rebalance is through and because of elasticity, and that elasticity is most prevalent in the connectome.
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Systems expand and contract
Why does the push/pull of systems happen?
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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…
info structure
Big picture and details
Information architecture looks to simplify the complex, but nothing in what an IA does discounts data. Instead, if you are focusing on IA…
abstractions
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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Strata
Dimensional ecology in information architecture
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Lenses
The point of view in information architecture
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Levels
The mixed-bag dimensions in information architecture
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Nodes as encapsulated rich data
The simplest additional dimension in information structures