PinnedPublished inUX CollectiveThis is a story* of how people lost ownership of their data to corporations*That makes sense from an information architecture and cognitive behavior point of view, and triangulated against what I saw first handMar 19, 20241Mar 19, 20241
PinnedPublished inBootcampSystems thinking overviewThe way I’ve explained systems thinking was intended to help ground in a reasonably universal, physical medium that could be explored…Jul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023
PinnedPublished inBootcampThree restatements of “making sense of things”Information architects take pride in finding the simple way to explain a complex concept. The simple version puts nuance behind the scenes…Apr 13, 2023Apr 13, 2023
PinnedWhy learn the fundamentals of information architecture structures?Leading to a practical introductionMar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023
PinnedDeconstructing US healthcareThe brokenness of US healthcare is a complex, multifaceted system of prioritization, information, and decisions.Sep 8, 20221Sep 8, 20221
The US is at a crossroads of meaning-makingPeople are meaning-makers. We make sense of our information and experiences, and that sense becomes filled with meaning.Feb 13Feb 13
Simply complexSimplicity is only a way into a problem set. It’s like a broken clock: perfection in a timey context; otherwise, anywhere from a little to…Jan 26, 20241Jan 26, 20241
The funky variability of meaning as a lesson in taxonomyTaxonomy discussions might be boring according to some perspectives, but they are periodically necessary. They can easily become fraught…Jan 3, 2024Jan 3, 2024
Allowing data to breathe: the impermanence of governanceThere is a balance to be found in data governance.Oct 22, 2023Oct 22, 2023
The UN Sustainable Development Goals: a potential framework for alternative valuation?Published in 2015, I’ve been liminally aware of them. They, honestly, got shunted to the, “cool, other people are working on it” category…Aug 28, 2023Aug 28, 2023
Nominalism as a change point for climate?What if nominalism is the key inhibitor to changing our cultural footing to work on our global carbon dioxide problem?Aug 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023
Wrapping our heads around the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmospherePeople are complex, adaptable, and creative beings. We hold within us a sense of wonder and determination that can literally build things…Aug 6, 2023Aug 6, 2023
Thought experiment with information architecture #1How did we get here? Hiring with a preference for “looking right” rather than trying to have real conversations around skills and ethos? So…Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023
Published inBootcampTaxonomies of process: describing our thought work and a lens into why we do itWe do it every day. Every case study, every stakeholder talked to, every presentation designed and/or given is describing our work, why…Jul 28, 2023Jul 28, 2023
Published inBootcampSystems are elasticHow systems rebalance is through and because of elasticity, and that elasticity is most prevalent in the connectome.Jul 7, 2023Jul 7, 2023
Published inBootcampSystems expand and contractWhy does the push/pull of systems happen?Jul 5, 2023Jul 5, 2023
Published inBootcampSystems flowI’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…Jun 28, 2023Jun 28, 2023
Big picture and detailsInformation architecture looks to simplify the complex, but nothing in what an IA does discounts data. Instead, if you are focusing on IA…Jun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
It’s not a doom spiral, it’s a system rebalancing itselfI’ve read the articles too. San Fransisco is dying, in a doom spiral where there won’t be money to do diddly squat, and it’s all the fault…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023
