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Strictly (well, laxly) Business
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This issue is work-centric, but I'll be back to bloviating soon enough. I am really excited about The Nature of Software though, and a couple other items. |
2022-06-24T15:24:05Z |
2022-09-10T17:12:48Z
|
16963 |
2834 |
49 |
|
3.0 |
26.0 |
60.0 |
85.0 |
147.0 |
57.83673469387755 |
39.59197349019091 |
The Specificity Gradient
|
This is the definitive write-up of the conceptual framework I am calling the Specificity Gradient. |
2022-05-11T23:39:36Z |
2022-09-10T17:12:48Z
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-30T18:58:14Z
|
18016 |
2953 |
67 |
|
1.0 |
6.0 |
44.0 |
65.5 |
144.0 |
44.07462686567164 |
35.124645186644045 |
The Specificity Gradient, and Other Things
|
A conceptual framework I coined last year shows up again, and apparently I am a YouTuber now. Also: new newsletter. |
2022-05-11T23:39:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-30T18:58:14Z
|
7017 |
1178 |
27 |
|
2.0 |
5.0 |
23.0 |
79.5 |
142.0 |
43.629629629629626 |
41.921574175408864 |
Forget Passwords!
|
This is a case study of how I solved a business-slash-UX problem that had been nagging at me for years, by ultimately rolling up my sleeves and writing the code myself. |
2022-04-25T23:38:52Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-04-26T10:24:41Z
|
14499 |
2496 |
37 |
|
2.0 |
33.0 |
61.0 |
96.0 |
165.0 |
67.45945945945945 |
42.66753598152631 |
Well, That Was Unexpected
|
Not so much a hot take, as a catalyzing event for disgorging a long-chewed rumination about what happens when Twitter irrevocably starts to suck. |
2022-04-20T10:39:18Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-04-26T10:24:41Z
|
4302 |
749 |
11 |
|
9.0 |
36.5 |
56.0 |
99.5 |
145.0 |
68.0909090909091 |
42.080992352312364 |
A Very Special Episode
|
You know, I had been thinking I might be due for a clip show. With the recent spike in subscribers, let's have a recap to see what you've been missing. |
2022-04-09T11:34:34Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-04-26T10:24:41Z
|
14342 |
2388 |
63 |
|
3.0 |
21.5 |
33.0 |
54.0 |
141.0 |
37.904761904761905 |
24.60333845311544 |
At Any Given Moment in a Process
|
…we have a certain partially evolved state of a structure. This state is described by the wholeness: the system of centers, and their relative nesting and degrees of life. |
2022-03-23T03:11:01Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-04-26T10:24:41Z
2022-03-24T13:57:05Z
2022-03-23T21:50:41Z
2022-03-23T03:50:15Z
|
30333 |
4942 |
103 |
|
3.0 |
17.0 |
40.0 |
72.5 |
136.0 |
47.980582524271846 |
36.69871577407703 |
Radical Interoperability is a Political Agenda
|
Model the world you want to live in. |
2022-03-16T03:35:04Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-03-23T03:11:01Z
2022-03-16T03:44:39Z
|
14403 |
2470 |
50 |
|
1.0 |
12.0 |
47.5 |
76.0 |
142.0 |
49.4 |
38.380203230311324 |
Back Just In Time To Close Out the Year
|
In which I tell you what the heck I've been up to for the last six—well, at least the last three—months. |
2021-12-29T00:27:25Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-03-16T03:44:39Z
2021-12-29T08:06:54Z
2021-12-29T05:58:11Z
|
21933 |
3826 |
55 |
|
2.0 |
22.5 |
66.0 |
110.5 |
161.0 |
69.56363636363636 |
46.48705142739452 |
The Nerden of Dorking Paths
|
All the hot takes have been hotly taken, so this is a meditation about some stuff I've been working on. And I have a new phrase for you: Opportunistic Generativity. |
2021-05-12T05:49:02Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-06-11T14:47:30Z
2021-05-12T06:17:42Z
|
14282 |
2445 |
47 |
|
1.0 |
14.5 |
50.0 |
79.0 |
136.0 |
52.02127659574468 |
39.06649506505767 |
Le Petit Prince
|
Ways in which mythologies can have a real impact, and a working mythology for intelligence. |
2021-04-27T06:22:12Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-05-04T05:25:16Z
2021-04-27T06:40:46Z
|
11239 |
1949 |
26 |
|
5.0 |
51.25 |
80.5 |
99.75 |
136.0 |
74.96153846153847 |
33.87701826997036 |
Spreadsheet Rantifesto
|
I think I have finally identified what bugs me so much about spreadsheets: they come right up to the line of being useful for SO many other things, but stop short. I am almost mad enough to do something about it. |
2021-04-15T19:50:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-05-12T06:17:42Z
2021-05-04T05:25:16Z
2021-04-21T14:14:08Z
|
12539 |
2061 |
52 |
|
1.0 |
3.0 |
33.0 |
65.25 |
115.0 |
39.63461538461539 |
35.68938047512488 |
Coasean Inversion
|
Considering the conditions under which it's actually cheaper (easier, quicker, etc.) to pitch client projects than it is to apply for jobs. |
2021-04-13T18:18:03Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-04-21T14:14:08Z
|
11012 |
1860 |
29 |
|
3.0 |
22.0 |
62.0 |
95.0 |
164.0 |
64.13793103448276 |
46.93261797728889 |
A Short Meditation on Testing
|
Lots of people have opinions about testing software, so I get to have some too. |
2021-04-13T18:06:43Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2021-04-21T14:14:08Z
2021-04-13T18:18:03Z
|
3542 |
599 |
9 |
|
22.0 |
46.0 |
64.0 |
77.0 |
140.0 |
66.55555555555556 |
31.383332841604215 |
No Stuck Boat Content, I Promise
|
Toys for thinking (and arguing), NFT LOL, and Product™ |
2021-03-25T04:40:39Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-04-13T18:18:03Z
2021-03-28T20:04:16Z
|
15561 |
2683 |
41 |
|
1.0 |
28.0 |
63.0 |
90.0 |
173.0 |
65.4390243902439 |
45.98942019399563 |
Schrödinger's Cloud
|
In which I bloviate about some more about the Cloud, compare AI and cryptocurrency to cigarettes, and flirt with the idea of getting a nine-to-five. |
2021-03-17T02:53:29Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-03-17T03:00:30Z
|
13397 |
2218 |
45 |
|
1.0 |
9.0 |
40.0 |
76.0 |
141.0 |
49.28888888888889 |
41.256715128689976 |
Around Paying for (and Charging for) Content
|
No, this is not a signal of impending monetization of this newsletter; rather I want to talk about commerce around content in general. |
2021-03-02T23:46:14Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-03-02T23:50:05Z
|
14862 |
2553 |
41 |
|
2.0 |
22.0 |
56.0 |
98.0 |
164.0 |
62.26829268292683 |
46.459016500118025 |
Programming Languages I Have Known and Loved/Loathed/Lulzed
|
À propos of nothing, I decided to do a roundup of all the programming languages I have used more than zero. |
2021-02-19T00:26:18Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2021-05-12T06:17:42Z
2021-05-04T05:25:16Z
2021-03-25T04:40:39Z
2021-03-17T03:00:30Z
2021-02-23T06:15:51Z
|
6826 |
1187 |
46 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
17.0 |
41.75 |
117.0 |
25.804347826086957 |
29.010957124340475 |
Place, Space, Time
|
This week I am thinking about situated-ness, the relationships we make with others, and our expectations. This newsletter was originally twice as long but I mercifully chopped it in half; I suspect waiting two weeks might have been a mistake. |
2021-02-18T02:22:59Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-02-18T02:24:00Z
|
8682 |
1432 |
31 |
|
4.0 |
14.5 |
40.0 |
63.0 |
148.0 |
46.193548387096776 |
37.012133455028234 |
What A Difference A Week Makes
|
The orange menace has finally been silenced, and it is actually uncanny just how …normal… everything feels. |
2021-01-29T17:17:25Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-02-18T02:24:00Z
2021-01-29T17:26:33Z
|
9319 |
1505 |
26 |
|
5.0 |
17.0 |
53.5 |
77.5 |
141.0 |
57.88461538461539 |
40.968399569834425 |
Networked Follysystem
|
Last Friday I tempted fate by changing my work setup. Let's just say I learned a lot about the state of the art of networked file systems. |
2021-01-27T20:00:44Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-01-29T17:26:33Z
2021-01-27T20:00:56Z
|
15824 |
2721 |
67 |
|
2.0 |
8.5 |
38.0 |
61.0 |
138.0 |
40.61194029850746 |
32.71037775161198 |
How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
|
In which our protagonist discovers live-streaming everyday activities. |
2021-01-20T07:50:16Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-01-26T17:25:17Z
|
10931 |
1835 |
41 |
|
1.0 |
16.0 |
42.0 |
68.0 |
124.0 |
44.75609756097561 |
33.474985555511466 |
Fact-Checking is Table Stakes
|
Facts and figures will never beat stories on persuasiveness. Bullshit will always be cheaper than reality. That said… (⚠ These claims are disputed.) |
2021-01-12T04:33:31Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-01-26T17:25:17Z
|
11555 |
1917 |
58 |
|
2.0 |
10.0 |
23.0 |
46.5 |
113.0 |
33.05172413793103 |
27.701874960689814 |
Setting the Tone for an Anti-Platform
|
In which I discuss a rationale for, and introduce my work on, “permeable” information systems. |
2021-01-03T18:21:13Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-01-12T04:33:31Z
|
12554 |
2093 |
44 |
|
1.0 |
13.0 |
45.5 |
73.25 |
124.0 |
47.56818181818182 |
34.754592716302014 |
Confluence: Ethics and Attention
|
An event I participated in, a book I read, and an event in the news came together for a meditation on ethics in artificial intelligence, software, and systematization in general. |
2020-12-17T20:31:02Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2021-01-03T18:21:13Z
|
7427 |
1203 |
15 |
|
11.0 |
42.0 |
71.0 |
94.0 |
195.0 |
80.2 |
48.29106197493141 |
Eye of Newt and Stack of Sub
|
Here is the article in which I announce that I am grudgingly getting on the newsletter bandwagon. I am annoyed that I have to do this, but it’s like arguing with the tides. |
2020-11-26T17:38:20Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-01-03T18:21:13Z
2020-11-27T14:35:18Z
|
13883 |
2402 |
49 |
|
1.0 |
17.0 |
44.0 |
76.0 |
121.0 |
49.02040816326531 |
34.621268558042416 |
Agile as Trauma
|
What if the Agile software movement was the manifestation of an entire industry that was, just, like, dealing with some stuff right now? |
2020-02-08T20:37:50Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-02-23T06:15:51Z
2020-03-01T20:18:49Z
|
17321 |
2783 |
66 |
|
2.0 |
7.25 |
37.0 |
75.25 |
121.0 |
42.166666666666664 |
36.256486706282345 |
There Is No SQLite for RDF
|
The lack of a lightweight, efficient, directly-attached persistent storage mechanism, that can be readily shared between programming languages and frameworks, has frustrated Semantic Web development. I intend to do something about it. |
2019-11-28T02:12:11Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-01-29T17:26:33Z
2019-11-28T02:12:32Z
|
6708 |
1104 |
49 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
28.0 |
101.0 |
22.53061224489796 |
32.83359531421756 |
The Symbol Management Problem
|
Or: Why I (still) use Semantic Web technology. |
2019-11-04T22:33:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-11-28T02:12:32Z
|
28819 |
4789 |
102 |
|
1.0 |
6.0 |
40.5 |
76.75 |
151.0 |
46.950980392156865 |
41.15665372813556 |
Cool URIs Don't Change
|
Motto: How much value gets lost to broken links? |
2019-06-27T05:04:06Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-06-27T09:30:49Z
2019-06-27T05:14:23Z
|
2391 |
380 |
25 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
16.0 |
69.0 |
15.2 |
17.78988476634967 |
Documents Make Lousy Documentation
|
Motto: Disencumbering organizational reference material. |
2019-06-27T05:04:06Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-06-27T09:30:49Z
2019-06-27T05:14:23Z
|
2647 |
418 |
19 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
16.0 |
113.0 |
22.0 |
31.863194408199828 |
The ABCs of Content-Driven Systems
|
Motto: Decoupling Access Control from Branding and Content. |
2019-06-27T05:04:06Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-06-27T09:30:49Z
2019-06-27T05:14:23Z
|
4610 |
750 |
22 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
71.5 |
119.0 |
34.09090909090909 |
44.57874451809873 |
Annual Program: 2019
|
Flying my independent research program up the flagpole and seeing what sticks. Or something. |
2019-06-25T21:00:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-07-07T03:44:44Z
2019-06-27T09:30:49Z
2019-06-27T05:04:06Z
|
796 |
127 |
10 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
7.0 |
82.0 |
12.7 |
23.16484405300411 |
Data Sovereignty
|
Motto: Possession is nine tenths of the law. |
2019-06-25T21:00:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-06-27T09:30:49Z
2019-06-27T05:14:23Z
2019-06-27T05:04:06Z
|
3439 |
532 |
23 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
9.0 |
38.0 |
106.0 |
23.130434782608695 |
25.96536882217993 |
A Theory of Information Resources
|
I find this matrix to be extremely useful when considering Resources, as understood by, e.g., Roy Fielding's REST dissertation. |
2019-06-15T15:36:57Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-06-25T21:00:19Z
|
4162 |
631 |
30 |
|
1.0 |
1.5 |
10.0 |
31.75 |
71.0 |
21.033333333333335 |
24.18330461748812 |
Design System as Style Manual With Web Characteristics
|
Humour me as I continue to defrost all my ideas from ten years ago. |
2019-05-10T00:35:13Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-05-15T22:57:30Z
|
6537 |
1121 |
19 |
|
5.0 |
24.5 |
64.0 |
90.0 |
115.0 |
59.0 |
36.53693156822358 |
Website Change Diary
|
Here is where I will be chronicling changes to my website as I make them. |
2019-05-08T21:56:27Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-06-15T15:36:57Z
2019-05-19T00:47:14Z
2019-05-17T05:08:42Z
|
12138 |
2075 |
70 |
|
1.0 |
6.25 |
14.0 |
46.25 |
127.0 |
29.642857142857142 |
32.22024018456443 |
Annual Program, 2019
|
|
2019-04-18T01:04:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-06-25T21:00:19Z
2019-06-15T15:36:57Z
2019-05-15T22:57:30Z
|
8136 |
1293 |
37 |
|
2.0 |
6.0 |
21.0 |
59.0 |
119.0 |
34.945945945945944 |
32.81557470202381 |
Content Management Meta-System
|
A chronicle of a decade-long odyssey into content management, which seems to have finally gotten somewhere. |
2019-04-18T01:04:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-03-17T03:00:30Z
2021-02-18T02:24:00Z
2019-04-20T14:56:55Z
2019-04-18T01:24:29Z
2019-04-18T01:23:06Z
|
20988 |
3521 |
70 |
|
1.0 |
12.0 |
47.0 |
76.5 |
156.0 |
50.3 |
38.683828293339474 |
Hello, Internet
|
Yet another slapdash about-me page. |
2019-03-11T08:14:10Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-05-17T18:37:37Z
2019-05-17T05:08:42Z
|
2083 |
321 |
11 |
|
3.0 |
5.5 |
8.0 |
50.0 |
105.0 |
29.181818181818183 |
34.116959743634254 |
Google's Long March
|
A thought experiment in walling off the open Web. This article picks on Google (Alphabet, whatever), but I could probably write one of these for each of them. |
2019-02-10T21:57:11Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-03-11T08:14:10Z
|
9097 |
1511 |
25 |
|
2.0 |
27.0 |
61.0 |
84.0 |
124.0 |
60.44 |
37.21298698035405 |
Gas Station in the Desert
|
The problem I've been tackling for many years, in the form of a parable. |
2018-09-24T03:45:46Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2018-10-25T05:47:37Z
2018-09-24T04:08:41Z
|
5307 |
894 |
20 |
|
1.0 |
13.75 |
33.0 |
67.5 |
127.0 |
44.7 |
34.83259967329455 |
Betamaxed
|
After 11 years as a staunch Mercurial user, I am finally capitulating to Git. |
2018-06-04T16:13:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2018-07-01T05:18:15Z
|
14268 |
2370 |
51 |
|
1.0 |
9.5 |
33.0 |
72.5 |
166.0 |
46.470588235294116 |
41.4900663476974 |
The Only Argument You Will Ever Need Against PHP
|
It doesn't even involve aesthetics. |
2018-04-18T22:52:05Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2018-05-29T18:17:33Z
|
4107 |
719 |
13 |
|
9.0 |
33.0 |
59.0 |
77.0 |
90.0 |
55.30769230769231 |
24.882445512339743 |
Tenuously Connected Meditations on Innovation, et cetera
|
A thread runs through the symbol-generating industries, but I'm not exactly sure what it is yet. |
2018-02-28T05:11:42Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2018-03-08T20:40:36Z
|
6411 |
1110 |
26 |
|
7.0 |
35.25 |
40.0 |
50.75 |
80.0 |
42.69230769230769 |
18.469869914933245 |
Production Code
|
“I don't really see a difference between prototype and production code.” OK what the hell do I mean by that? |
2018-02-23T22:56:07Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2018-02-28T05:11:42Z
|
6550 |
1124 |
22 |
|
1.0 |
2.25 |
61.0 |
82.25 |
136.0 |
51.09090909090909 |
41.37402466953598 |
What I Did With My 2017
|
2017 was rough, but I'm still here, and ostensibly not nearly as lazy as I had imagined. |
2017-12-30T23:48:22Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2018-02-23T22:56:07Z
|
9311 |
1562 |
48 |
|
1.0 |
7.0 |
21.5 |
52.75 |
116.0 |
32.541666666666664 |
29.77342098621222 |
Verso
|
The Verso is the flipside; the place where the sausage is made. |
2017-11-14T22:28:06Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-11-19T21:35:38Z
2017-11-14T23:03:10Z
|
152 |
31 |
1 |
|
31.0 |
31.0 |
31.0 |
31.0 |
31.0 |
31.0 |
0.0 |
Like Bringing a Gantt Chart to a Casino
|
What does “productivity” even mean anymore, when it stops being something you can measure? |
2017-08-19T17:46:43Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2017-12-16T23:01:12Z
2017-11-19T21:35:38Z
2017-11-14T22:28:06Z
2017-09-10T05:43:57Z
|
19319 |
3233 |
74 |
|
1.0 |
8.25 |
40.0 |
67.0 |
160.0 |
43.689189189189186 |
37.85745871586822 |
“Adversary Experience” Design
|
In the wake of recent cyberattacks, consider an “insurance policy” of injecting some information security into your product design process. |
2016-10-23T00:03:22Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2016-12-28T05:28:51Z
|
5903 |
980 |
20 |
|
5.0 |
13.0 |
34.5 |
80.5 |
140.0 |
49.0 |
39.354796403996296 |
The HURRDURR Games
|
Or, “Hackathons” Considered Harmful. |
2016-09-19T16:38:08Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2016-09-22T03:50:22Z
|
14080 |
2244 |
51 |
|
1.0 |
4.0 |
22.0 |
60.0 |
673.0 |
44.0 |
94.06047283008739 |
Fifteen Properties Through an Information-Theoretic Lens
|
In which The Nature of Order is potentially ascribed even more order. |
2016-09-17T03:10:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2016-10-23T00:03:22Z
|
1864 |
293 |
27 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
15.0 |
55.0 |
10.851851851851851 |
15.010375926655987 |
Design is the Second Derivative of Just Plain Doing Stuff
|
The first derivative is engineering. The third derivative is philosophy. |
2016-07-23T19:26:47Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2020-02-08T20:37:50Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2017-08-19T17:46:43Z
2016-09-17T03:10:36Z
|
18709 |
2798 |
70 |
|
1.0 |
7.0 |
20.0 |
45.25 |
667.0 |
39.97142857142857 |
81.18391315465178 |
Interview With Lara Fedoroff for UX Radio
|
I gave this interview in April 2013 at the IA Summit in Baltimore, Maryland. It was lost and subsequently found on July 21, 2016. |
2016-07-23T19:26:47Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2016-09-17T03:10:36Z
|
24575 |
4563 |
118 |
|
4.0 |
21.0 |
36.0 |
52.0 |
113.0 |
38.66949152542373 |
22.689150354503145 |
The Setup Interview
|
This is an interview I did for Uses This, where I talk about my work setup and digress all over the place. |
2016-07-23T19:26:47Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2017-08-19T17:46:43Z
|
13683 |
2393 |
37 |
|
4.0 |
22.0 |
52.0 |
112.0 |
145.0 |
64.67567567567568 |
46.18473718521939 |
Software's Ailing Mythology
|
The computer is as old as the television. It's time to stop referring to it as “technology”. |
2015-09-26T22:29:42Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2016-04-11T21:28:32Z
|
17717 |
2894 |
60 |
|
3.0 |
17.75 |
43.5 |
70.75 |
126.0 |
48.233333333333334 |
33.41774312480655 |
The Value of Tailored Information Infrastructure
|
Smaller business entities, including non-profits: consider the upside of investing in your information infrastructure. |
2015-07-05T23:25:37Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2015-08-29T05:15:43Z
2015-08-11T04:00:52Z
2015-08-10T23:23:22Z
2015-08-09T18:09:20Z
2015-08-07T01:43:08Z
|
24042 |
3885 |
77 |
|
1.0 |
6.0 |
47.0 |
81.0 |
145.0 |
50.45454545454545 |
41.04275422220148 |
An Anatomy of Information Space
|
Information systems live in information space, and changes to those systems take place in distinct sub-regions of that space. This is an attempt to map out information space as it pertains to information systems. |
2015-02-22T23:15:53Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2015-07-05T23:25:37Z
2015-03-11T20:50:16Z
2015-03-01T20:22:55Z
2015-02-28T23:14:09Z
|
8398 |
1335 |
30 |
|
2.0 |
3.0 |
50.0 |
59.5 |
146.0 |
44.5 |
38.644318254218604 |
Reality Check
|
Hypothesis: The way user experience design is practiced prices it out of the markets that need it most. |
2014-11-20T20:37:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2016-04-11T21:28:32Z
2014-12-11T16:14:04Z
|
27533 |
4534 |
107 |
|
1.0 |
4.5 |
15.0 |
61.0 |
702.0 |
42.373831775700936 |
75.60454461003867 |
Life After Forecasting
|
I wrote this over a week in October of 2014 and then promptly forgot it existed for over three years. I'm not sure why. It explains everything. |
2014-10-22T19:27:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2017-12-16T23:01:12Z
2014-11-20T20:37:55Z
|
51128 |
8501 |
177 |
|
1.0 |
7.0 |
44.0 |
85.0 |
165.0 |
48.02824858757062 |
41.396993446675324 |
Profit as an Information Gap
|
What if we thought about profit as a reflection of a disparity of information? Could we tease apart legitimate profit from a genuine value-creating endeavour, from economic rent that finds its way onto a financial statement? |
2014-10-04T16:36:21Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-10-22T19:27:36Z
|
10640 |
1836 |
26 |
|
1.0 |
43.25 |
72.0 |
87.0 |
174.0 |
70.61538461538461 |
48.10651397046488 |
Usage Note: Stupid
|
In which I contemplate the applicable range of the painfully-overused word, “stupid”. |
2014-10-02T00:54:09Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-10-04T16:36:21Z
|
4121 |
728 |
17 |
|
1.0 |
3.0 |
28.0 |
66.0 |
128.0 |
42.8235294117647 |
46.98840319272487 |
GIANT Conf 2014: Dissolving the Redesign
|
This is the script of the talk I gave at GiantConf 2014, to a ballroom full of user experience designers. |
2014-06-25T11:53:08Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-07-15T00:49:59Z
|
32957 |
5816 |
268 |
|
1.0 |
9.0 |
20.0 |
30.25 |
101.0 |
21.70149253731343 |
16.03658589989064 |
On Exploitation
|
Exploitation is an important topic for the 21st century, because we're up to our necks in it. Alice and Bob take turns robbing each other, as well as taking turns robbing Charlie, who has nobody to rob. There are a number of reasons why this situation is unsustainable. |
2014-03-17T21:19:11Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-04-26T23:57:09Z
|
11896 |
1959 |
30 |
|
1.0 |
42.5 |
62.5 |
96.75 |
157.0 |
65.3 |
41.85701852736288 |
Am I a Technologist?
|
Stop calling yourself a “technologist” if you care at all about whose interests you facilitate through your efforts. |
2014-03-09T19:32:01Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-03-17T21:19:11Z
|
7004 |
1123 |
26 |
|
1.0 |
8.0 |
27.0 |
73.25 |
141.0 |
43.19230769230769 |
40.31893927058753 |
Toward a Theory of Design as Computation
|
I want to talk more about computation as more than something that is done by computers. |
2014-02-21T15:12:45Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2021-07-24T21:42:43Z
2019-07-07T03:44:44Z
2017-12-16T23:01:12Z
2014-07-31T06:31:25Z
2014-07-15T00:49:59Z
2014-03-09T04:00:58Z
2014-02-21T18:23:18Z
|
20775 |
3406 |
44 |
|
1.0 |
57.25 |
79.0 |
105.75 |
156.0 |
77.4090909090909 |
36.38950784212031 |
Lowering the Risk of Web Development
|
Herein I outline, hopefully for the definitive time, my project to make agency-based Web development less risky for both clients and practitioners, and yield better results. |
2014-02-01T08:43:27Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-02-21T15:12:45Z
|
8972 |
1463 |
18 |
|
3.0 |
59.0 |
93.0 |
120.75 |
147.0 |
81.27777777777777 |
47.076539988448076 |
What We Mean When We Say “Website”
|
I wrote a report. Part of it was too good to be filed away into the memory hole. |
2014-01-29T16:31:09Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-02-01T08:43:27Z
|
2350 |
399 |
9 |
|
7.0 |
23.0 |
48.0 |
68.0 |
73.0 |
44.333333333333336 |
22.949219304078007 |
The Fundamental Differentiating Process
|
This is an annotated excerpt of Christopher Alexander's Nature of Order, Volume 2: The Process of Creating Life. |
2014-01-17T04:18:54Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-03-09T04:00:58Z
|
3210 |
530 |
26 |
|
1.0 |
4.5 |
20.5 |
27.75 |
58.0 |
20.384615384615383 |
15.454839727603684 |
Skeleton, Organs, Circulation, Sinew, Skin
|
I don't need to keep my work a secret, because nobody understands it. |
2013-12-02T17:57:14Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-12-19T06:26:02Z
|
10148 |
1736 |
61 |
|
1.0 |
4.0 |
11.0 |
51.0 |
123.0 |
28.459016393442624 |
33.685417271238244 |
The Morality of “Tech”
|
“Tech”is not an industry, it is an aspect of every industry. Calling “tech” an industry divorces it from its purpose in society. |
2013-11-07T16:15:22Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-11-10T18:01:27Z
|
6878 |
1121 |
26 |
|
2.0 |
12.0 |
24.5 |
80.0 |
166.0 |
43.11538461538461 |
43.26157197175636 |
Demonstrate This
|
Instead of the regularly-scheduled internecine conflict, and timid, lawyerly defense of the UX-o-sphere to outsiders, let's team up and go on the offensive. |
2013-10-30T17:34:20Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-07-15T00:49:59Z
2013-11-07T16:15:22Z
|
11010 |
1822 |
41 |
|
4.0 |
14.0 |
39.0 |
61.0 |
110.0 |
44.4390243902439 |
32.61605827786017 |
No User-Serviceable Parts Inside
|
Our modernist obsession with concealing knowledge for petty selfish purposes has made it difficult to promulgate the concealment of knowledge in more important contexts. |
2013-10-20T23:57:57Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-10-30T17:34:20Z
|
12637 |
2178 |
34 |
|
2.0 |
28.25 |
59.5 |
91.0 |
162.0 |
64.05882352941177 |
43.073767898442064 |
Reluctant Management Consultant
|
I'm really starting to believe that “tech” is a typecast that some of us should shed. |
2013-09-29T06:35:48Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-10-08T19:31:38Z
|
9827 |
1702 |
31 |
|
2.0 |
21.0 |
52.0 |
88.0 |
129.0 |
54.903225806451616 |
38.10033852928062 |
RDF-KV
|
This is a draft of a protocol I designed for embedding RDF statements in plain HTML forms, enabling quick-and-dirty Semantic Web applications. |
2013-09-17T03:48:17Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-11-10T18:01:27Z
2013-11-07T16:15:22Z
2013-10-20T23:57:57Z
2013-10-18T03:01:10Z
2013-10-08T19:31:38Z
|
13954 |
2236 |
117 |
|
1.0 |
3.0 |
11.0 |
24.0 |
122.0 |
19.11111111111111 |
22.85845624363892 |
The ROI of a Solved Problem
|
Forecasting return on investment is the bane of all creative work. This is a model for showing first that it is overwhelmingly likely that a return will happen, and second that the return is so wild and speculative that forecasts are meaningless. |
2013-08-07T22:43:43Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-09-17T03:48:17Z
2013-08-07T23:06:31Z
2013-08-07T23:04:22Z
|
8950 |
1537 |
22 |
|
2.0 |
38.75 |
57.0 |
109.0 |
155.0 |
69.86363636363636 |
42.70224121704478 |
How I Handle Intellectual Property
|
IP is a huge issue in my line of work. This is how I deal with it. |
2013-07-24T04:04:40Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-07-29T04:29:32Z
|
6153 |
1010 |
29 |
|
1.0 |
2.0 |
29.0 |
56.0 |
149.0 |
34.827586206896555 |
37.80172315495615 |
The Redesign, Dissolved
|
It is no longer a theoretical postulate or academic curiosity. The linchpin, at least the technical one, to changing the website business, actually works. |
2013-06-15T20:13:45Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-06-17T12:47:18Z
|
8139 |
1422 |
38 |
|
2.0 |
3.25 |
40.0 |
57.0 |
143.0 |
37.421052631578945 |
32.10150970293697 |
User Experience Design: The Mirror Image of Marketing
|
What's a little chirality between enantiomers? |
2013-04-20T23:41:41Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-05-05T06:26:35Z
|
6207 |
1052 |
17 |
|
1.0 |
35.0 |
74.0 |
86.0 |
105.0 |
61.88235294117647 |
32.710642903641464 |
Shady Derivatives and the Business of Software
|
Financing software projects is like buying a bond. What if, instead, we thought about it like a credit default swap? |
2013-04-18T01:08:03Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-04-20T23:41:41Z
2013-04-18T01:16:49Z
|
5617 |
997 |
18 |
|
3.0 |
25.75 |
47.5 |
75.5 |
132.0 |
55.388888888888886 |
40.34041107167971 |
Teaching Timmy to Ride
|
This is a parable about the the difference between solving an engineering problem, versus solving a design problem. |
2013-03-27T00:24:13Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-04-07T13:00:31Z
|
1899 |
338 |
9 |
|
1.0 |
10.0 |
39.0 |
53.0 |
96.0 |
37.55555555555556 |
29.710122147589555 |
Intelligent Heterogeneity
|
A design principle I've been developing, for a good six or so years, finally gets a name. |
2013-03-11T23:10:09Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2018-04-18T22:52:05Z
2013-03-21T17:46:43Z
2013-03-12T16:47:51Z
|
8665 |
1416 |
27 |
|
2.0 |
18.5 |
49.0 |
76.0 |
146.0 |
52.44444444444444 |
40.455126794395504 |
IAI Web Committee Organizational Structure
|
|
2013-03-03T18:16:49Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2015-09-26T22:29:42Z
2013-04-12T06:59:56Z
2013-04-07T13:00:31Z
2013-03-11T23:10:09Z
|
10716 |
1720 |
114 |
|
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
19.0 |
91.0 |
15.087719298245615 |
22.319278663558045 |
Information Architecture Institute: Theory of the Business
|
|
2013-03-03T18:16:49Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-04-07T13:00:31Z
2013-03-27T00:24:13Z
2013-03-21T17:46:43Z
|
16943 |
2766 |
147 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
28.0 |
95.0 |
18.816326530612244 |
24.18776336724221 |
Paying it Forward
|
Instead of bickering over who came up with what idea, let's agree instead, in the service of good ideas, to help more people find their way to them. |
2013-02-07T23:10:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-03-03T18:16:49Z
2013-02-12T01:35:30Z
|
6166 |
1058 |
23 |
|
2.0 |
20.5 |
42.0 |
74.0 |
117.0 |
46.0 |
31.967374672910832 |
Generation Liminal
|
Or: A step-by-step guide to marketing to Dorian and just about everybody he knows. |
2012-11-30T00:39:17Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-11-19T21:35:38Z
2012-12-15T17:28:54Z
|
6495 |
1129 |
36 |
|
1.0 |
6.0 |
23.0 |
50.5 |
96.0 |
31.36111111111111 |
26.864012252844653 |
Math Whiz
|
“When am I ever going to use this” you ask? Probably never, because you were taught the wrong stuff, the wrong way, for the wrong purpose. |
2012-09-17T22:30:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-12-16T23:01:12Z
2012-10-02T15:57:12Z
|
9111 |
1505 |
32 |
|
1.0 |
4.5 |
56.5 |
74.25 |
111.0 |
47.03125 |
36.648230154231186 |
Post-Geek
|
“A geek is a person without a compass, and that isn't me.” |
2012-09-10T17:20:28Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2015-01-24T03:22:58Z
2012-09-17T22:30:19Z
|
6011 |
983 |
22 |
|
1.0 |
5.25 |
50.5 |
80.75 |
110.0 |
44.68181818181818 |
39.086601242551325 |
Transactions and Relationships
|
The transaction is an artificial social construct that enables people to interact without maintaining relationships. It is essential to the function of modern society, but exhibits limitations. |
2012-09-07T15:34:25Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-09-10T17:20:28Z
|
7096 |
1166 |
15 |
|
16.0 |
64.0 |
77.0 |
103.5 |
129.0 |
77.73333333333333 |
32.096659570048026 |
Pull Requests
|
A pull request ensures a happy ending. |
2012-09-06T04:59:09Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-09-07T15:34:25Z
2012-09-06T05:07:22Z
|
3513 |
600 |
24 |
|
1.0 |
4.0 |
13.0 |
26.5 |
121.0 |
25.0 |
31.187604375242845 |
La Forme de Flâner
|
Une enquête à propos d'un autre paradigme pour obtenir le logiciel, or something. |
2012-08-29T18:18:00Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-09-06T04:59:09Z
2012-08-29T18:54:10Z
|
3721 |
612 |
11 |
|
29.0 |
43.5 |
49.0 |
61.0 |
89.0 |
55.63636363636363 |
18.311808049714447 |
Dissolving the Redesign
|
The redesign, as a concept, is neither necessary nor desirable when applied to working with the Web. I would also like to make it the technically, organizationally and financially inferior decision. |
2012-08-01T16:22:51Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2019-03-11T08:14:10Z
2012-08-06T03:39:41Z
|
1960 |
355 |
8 |
|
20.0 |
38.25 |
43.5 |
52.0 |
65.0 |
44.375 |
13.600896110183328 |
Defining the Damn Thing (#formarketingpurposes)
|
This sentence was years in the making. Enjoy. |
2012-07-20T05:56:46Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-08-01T16:22:51Z
2012-07-20T06:00:01Z
|
4862 |
756 |
18 |
|
1.0 |
25.0 |
45.5 |
58.75 |
89.0 |
42.0 |
26.093847721041236 |
Deliverables, Simple and Complex
|
Or, why I won't give you an estimate on a complex deliverable. |
2012-07-12T20:35:40Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-07-18T19:53:54Z
|
5863 |
1024 |
15 |
|
1.0 |
23.0 |
70.0 |
117.5 |
137.0 |
68.26666666666667 |
46.17425930344982 |
No Longer No Sense of an Ending
|
This is my first feature piece on Contents Magazine, about harnessing the properties of hypertext and the Web for superior reader experiences and business results. |
2012-05-17T06:05:22Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-05-29T22:46:02Z
2012-05-24T00:59:15Z
2012-05-23T16:22:18Z
|
18550 |
3150 |
53 |
|
1.0 |
9.0 |
63.0 |
88.0 |
141.0 |
59.43396226415094 |
42.59662021935289 |
Something I'd Like to Do
|
My roots in information security have long given me the “no” feeling when it comes to the increasing dependency on JavaScript to get basic things done on the Web. This is an idea to fix it. |
2012-03-28T22:18:33Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-04-09T19:11:15Z
|
7024 |
1181 |
14 |
|
4.0 |
69.75 |
80.0 |
88.5 |
173.0 |
84.35714285714286 |
39.30940843916039 |
Content Management: A Case Study (Of Sorts)
|
This is part of my ongoing effort to bring to the surface more examples of what I do. |
2012-03-05T20:57:07Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-03-08T17:14:24Z
|
11801 |
1959 |
33 |
|
1.0 |
7.0 |
60.0 |
88.0 |
137.0 |
59.36363636363637 |
41.85821535657565 |
On the “Building” of Software and Websites
|
I have long believed that software the Web are a poor fit for the archetypal construction project, but I always imagined they could be brought into alignment. Now I'm pretty sure they can't. |
2012-02-03T18:05:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2021-07-24T21:42:43Z
2018-07-01T05:18:15Z
2015-09-26T22:29:42Z
2012-03-16T21:37:40Z
2012-02-19T07:30:20Z
2012-02-07T08:29:42Z
2012-02-06T19:41:43Z
|
15299 |
2543 |
42 |
|
3.0 |
35.75 |
66.5 |
79.5 |
153.0 |
60.54761904761905 |
35.0830323803079 |
Navigation by Shibboleth
|
I have been mulling for years over how to do the navigation for this site, such that it entices some people without turning away others (for all values thereof). I think I may have figured it out. |
2012-02-03T01:16:20Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-02-06T19:41:43Z
2012-02-03T18:05:36Z
|
10278 |
1772 |
41 |
|
3.0 |
7.0 |
41.0 |
71.0 |
129.0 |
43.21951219512195 |
36.01728053758393 |
UUID Vexillology
|
This is just an idea at this stage, and I'm confident I'm not the first to consider it: using flags and/or heraldry to make long, generated identifiers more memorable. (Disclaimer: no examples yet!) |
2012-01-12T23:13:33Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-01-19T21:18:28Z
|
3245 |
550 |
15 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
28.0 |
76.5 |
100.0 |
36.666666666666664 |
37.0920776207295 |
Principles of Information Systems
|
I have been working with information systems for over half my life, but never once had I assembled a fundamental set of principles for how I believe they should behave. |
2011-12-02T20:38:14Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-12-09T14:09:31Z
|
156 |
26 |
4 |
|
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
0.5 |
Shearing Layers Applied to the Web
|
It appears that the concept of shearing layers, popularized by Stewart Brand, isn't just applicable to buildings. |
2011-12-01T20:15:14Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2018-11-22T01:39:09Z
2014-07-31T06:31:25Z
2013-03-11T23:10:09Z
2011-12-09T14:09:31Z
2011-12-02T20:38:14Z
|
6903 |
1160 |
27 |
|
1.0 |
15.0 |
35.0 |
64.5 |
118.0 |
42.96296296296296 |
34.06690745890274 |
2-Up Content Audit
|
I made a tool to help me create and maintain editorial continuity on the Web. It is also an example of conceptual integrity in the design and implementation of a simple piece of software. |
2011-11-02T01:24:23Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-11-06T06:56:36Z
2011-11-02T14:45:48Z
|
3703 |
659 |
18 |
|
4.0 |
18.0 |
22.5 |
47.0 |
125.0 |
36.611111111111114 |
32.52202482573052 |
The Isomorphism Shuffle
|
If I believed Agile was the answer, I'd still be a programmer. |
2011-09-24T22:50:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-10-06T15:06:00Z
2011-09-24T22:52:31Z
|
8199 |
1386 |
22 |
|
3.0 |
29.0 |
65.0 |
86.0 |
149.0 |
63.0 |
41.72311328050894 |
Who I Am
|
C'est moi. |
2011-07-18T16:14:12Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2018-02-23T22:56:07Z
2015-08-07T01:43:08Z
2011-07-18T16:14:24Z
|
1837 |
332 |
13 |
|
3.0 |
5.0 |
14.0 |
51.0 |
65.0 |
25.53846153846154 |
22.632907915468113 |
Visualizing Paths Through the Web
|
Here is another installment on data-driven content strategy. This time I demonstrate a technique for looking at the paths readers take through a site, specifically this one. |
2011-07-17T18:07:30Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2019-04-18T01:04:55Z
2011-07-18T16:14:12Z
2011-07-17T18:09:15Z
|
4824 |
837 |
20 |
|
2.0 |
10.0 |
38.0 |
66.25 |
118.0 |
41.85 |
32.815049900921984 |
Content Robo-Inventory
|
Here is an update concerning my work doing automated semantic content inventories, using the IA Institute website as a guinea pig. |
2011-06-29T20:49:32Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-07-03T20:24:55Z
2011-06-29T20:49:55Z
|
5518 |
955 |
48 |
|
1.0 |
5.75 |
10.0 |
13.0 |
159.0 |
19.895833333333332 |
32.90911701396573 |
Information Infrastructure as a Process
|
This is the other thing I do for a living. |
2011-06-24T16:23:35Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-28T20:36:58Z
2011-06-24T16:26:28Z
|
8489 |
1389 |
36 |
|
2.0 |
15.75 |
22.5 |
63.25 |
143.0 |
38.583333333333336 |
34.47009573528916 |
Offering: Non-Interaction Design
|
In which I pitch to people who make software-driven products the glorious B2B product-yielding service of "non-interaction" design. |
2011-06-17T07:57:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-24T16:23:35Z
2011-06-17T08:01:42Z
|
4599 |
770 |
23 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
22.0 |
45.5 |
122.0 |
33.47826086956522 |
34.52015109697572 |
Money-for-Opus (and the Bits for Free)
|
This is my first attempt at gelling my position on the debate over what to do about the commerce of creative work, inspired by Douglas Rushkoff. |
2011-06-11T18:29:49Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-15T15:57:04Z
2011-06-11T19:21:18Z
2011-06-11T19:20:50Z
|
10900 |
1916 |
40 |
|
1.0 |
15.75 |
44.0 |
74.25 |
125.0 |
47.9 |
34.48390929114621 |
Beat
|
Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent. — Herbert A. Simon |
2011-06-03T07:51:31Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-11T18:29:49Z
|
10818 |
1863 |
37 |
|
1.0 |
13.0 |
42.0 |
73.0 |
201.0 |
50.351351351351354 |
44.793952424959386 |
Characterizing the Information Architecture Institute
|
This is a recap of the story behind the conceptual model I designed for the Information Architecture Institute, put somewhat more eloquently than I did on the microphone at the 2011 member's meeting on March 31 in Denver, Colorado. |
2011-04-15T19:55:10Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-04-24T15:53:37Z
|
4142 |
668 |
29 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
26.0 |
33.0 |
68.0 |
23.03448275862069 |
17.38703987937407 |
Iterate, Increment, Prescribe
|
Many of those who make a business out of innovation train on either iteration or incrementalism as the successor to prescriptive design and the key to productivity. I believe there is a time and place for each. |
2011-03-03T18:49:53Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-03-04T01:02:48Z
2011-03-03T19:11:57Z
2011-03-03T19:04:11Z
|
512 |
89 |
6 |
|
3.0 |
3.0 |
13.0 |
25.25 |
31.0 |
14.833333333333334 |
12.061186600920418 |
Stuff and Things
|
Abstraction is the lever. Concreteness is the fulcrum. |
2011-02-20T21:37:43Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-02-20T21:50:04Z
2011-02-20T21:41:37Z
2011-02-20T21:38:18Z
|
1021 |
184 |
5 |
|
3.0 |
19.0 |
39.0 |
55.0 |
68.0 |
36.8 |
23.532105728132365 |
Schadenfreude Bait
|
If you are blissfully unaware of the ins and outs of Linux system maintenance and its many failure modes, you can ignore this piece. Otherwise, put on your sanctimony hat. |
2011-01-25T18:37:15Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-01-25T20:45:32Z
2011-01-25T20:38:57Z
2011-01-25T20:00:39Z
2011-01-25T18:41:09Z
|
5671 |
1044 |
28 |
|
2.0 |
12.75 |
17.0 |
47.0 |
156.0 |
37.285714285714285 |
39.5716864354672 |
Wants and Needs
|
For a while I've been wanting to probe the distinction of needs and wants and how that relates to highly-synthetic work. I have just received my prompt. |
2010-09-15T08:43:28Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-09-16T00:36:07Z
2010-09-15T16:52:40Z
2010-09-15T16:51:51Z
2010-09-15T16:43:06Z
2010-09-15T09:00:25Z
2010-09-15T08:46:21Z
2010-09-15T08:45:12Z
|
7576 |
1324 |
23 |
|
3.0 |
38.5 |
54.0 |
81.5 |
117.0 |
57.56521739130435 |
31.998404969699898 |
Pot-Pourri
|
This pot-pourri began as a comment chez Umair Haque and went haywire. I go all over the place. Be warned. |
2010-09-13T05:09:36Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-09-13T13:41:52Z
2010-09-13T13:41:28Z
2010-09-13T13:41:03Z
2010-09-13T06:41:15Z
2010-09-13T05:50:34Z
2010-09-13T05:46:04Z
2010-09-13T05:45:10Z
2010-09-13T05:27:43Z
2010-09-13T05:15:45Z
2010-09-13T05:11:17Z
2010-09-13T05:09:54Z
|
9372 |
1648 |
39 |
|
2.0 |
13.5 |
40.0 |
66.5 |
103.0 |
42.256410256410255 |
30.88167488210439 |
Moving Society Past Information Hegemony
|
A political scientist considers how the way information is organized can be used to control people. I agree, though I am also optimistic about the future. |
2010-09-10T17:41:33Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-07-31T06:31:25Z
2010-09-10T20:16:43Z
2010-09-10T19:52:05Z
2010-09-10T19:51:05Z
|
13262 |
2177 |
37 |
|
3.0 |
27.0 |
64.0 |
93.0 |
130.0 |
58.83783783783784 |
38.86603012950715 |
Position Statement for My Nomination to the IAI Board
|
I have been nominated to the board of the Information Architecture Institute. This is my position statement. |
2010-09-09T04:56:11Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-09-09T04:56:29Z
|
2128 |
344 |
6 |
|
24.0 |
48.0 |
51.5 |
66.25 |
99.0 |
57.333333333333336 |
23.127665011602204 |
What Are We Paying Enterprise Software Vendors For?
|
I am quite convinced that the paradigm of software as a piece of equipment (or service, even) is in need of a tune-up. |
2010-07-15T23:13:46Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-09-24T22:50:36Z
2010-10-15T00:39:32Z
2010-07-16T10:42:38Z
2010-07-15T23:27:09Z
2010-07-15T23:14:03Z
|
3373 |
556 |
10 |
|
7.0 |
41.5 |
61.0 |
71.5 |
106.0 |
55.6 |
28.16451668323105 |
Is Your Intellectual Property More Important than My Personal Property?
|
My concern about DRM anti-circumvention legislation is that it appears to value ephemeral intellectual property over tangible personal property, and erodes the very concept of the latter. |
2010-06-23T20:01:35Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-06-25T03:53:09Z
2010-06-25T00:02:21Z
2010-06-24T22:23:54Z
2010-06-24T22:22:31Z
2010-06-24T22:21:39Z
2010-06-24T21:55:46Z
2010-06-24T21:28:52Z
2010-06-24T21:15:55Z
2010-06-23T20:01:57Z
|
5043 |
841 |
13 |
|
5.0 |
51.0 |
71.0 |
89.0 |
110.0 |
64.6923076923077 |
33.53158009854778 |
Response to Scantron Nation
|
Another runaway comment, this time at GOOD, about the significance creep of standardized testing. |
2010-06-12T22:31:25Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-06-23T20:01:35Z
2010-06-12T22:57:36Z
2010-06-12T22:39:58Z
|
5109 |
852 |
14 |
|
4.0 |
30.5 |
61.5 |
96.75 |
117.0 |
60.857142857142854 |
38.14044936220627 |
The Purpose of Business is Profit?
|
In order to perform in business, I needed to reconcile why I was doing it, the effect of my performance and how it compares to the behaviour and rhetoric I see around me. In order to do that, I went to the source. |
2010-06-03T21:11:53Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2010-08-27T03:40:18Z
2010-06-06T18:17:42Z
2010-06-06T17:59:58Z
2010-06-06T17:59:14Z
2010-06-06T09:02:00Z
2010-06-05T20:31:24Z
|
18099 |
3145 |
49 |
|
1.0 |
28.0 |
67.0 |
101.0 |
153.0 |
64.18367346938776 |
40.53100273153861 |
Idiot SEO Savant
|
I have a low tolerance for snake oil, and search engine optimization is near the top of my list. |
2010-05-27T09:04:04Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-03-03T18:16:49Z
2010-05-28T20:47:05Z
2010-05-28T20:46:42Z
2010-05-28T20:41:48Z
2010-05-27T16:51:13Z
2010-05-27T16:02:17Z
2010-05-27T15:36:15Z
2010-05-27T15:34:10Z
2010-05-27T09:25:55Z
2010-05-27T09:05:43Z
|
4525 |
818 |
11 |
|
9.0 |
55.5 |
68.0 |
100.0 |
133.0 |
74.36363636363636 |
34.08084699991191 |
A Brief and Fuzzy History of Web Application Development
|
This is an attempt to articulate my understanding of the state of Web development and how it came to be. It is not meant to be a completely accurate account. Plus, it wouldn't be right to post something on the Web without a healthy dose of editorial. It is the first of a two-part series, the second consisting of what I'm doing about it. |
2010-05-20T08:30:44Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-05-20T08:53:13Z
2010-05-20T08:34:29Z
2010-05-20T08:32:53Z
|
8643 |
1432 |
24 |
|
2.0 |
7.5 |
34.0 |
108.75 |
159.0 |
59.666666666666664 |
53.8606741716275 |
The State of Web Development, Continued
|
This is the second installment of my observation of the state of Web application development, along with my vision for the kind of system I would like to use. |
2010-05-20T08:30:44Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-05-20T09:07:13Z
2010-05-20T08:34:29Z
|
8572 |
1453 |
20 |
|
4.0 |
7.0 |
72.5 |
125.75 |
174.0 |
72.65 |
64.07829195601268 |
On Our Haste to Employ Design Metaphors
|
I am unapologetically inclement when it comes to the brain-dead casting of information management tools to pre-computer standards. I recently caught some heat about a comment I made regarding the commutation of grid calendars, adapted for paper, to a computer screen which does not obey the same constraints. This document explains my position. |
2010-05-12T21:04:23Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-05-13T01:59:45Z
2010-05-13T01:46:24Z
2010-05-12T21:19:30Z
2010-05-12T21:05:05Z
|
7224 |
1203 |
20 |
|
2.0 |
22.25 |
55.0 |
91.5 |
139.0 |
60.15 |
42.47031316107759 |
People, Rather than Features, are the Largest Common Factor
|
We create and market software with an emphasis on features, but I believe we should focus on people. I make this argument here, and look at four powerful and inexpensive artifacts that put people in the centre and define their experience around a piece of software with increasing precision: the ecosystem model, personas, scenarios and user experience sketches. |
2010-04-21T00:16:02Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-05-12T21:04:23Z
2010-04-26T19:54:24Z
2010-04-26T19:48:14Z
2010-04-21T00:16:22Z
|
8083 |
1352 |
23 |
|
1.0 |
5.5 |
71.0 |
95.5 |
145.0 |
58.78260869565217 |
44.395413513343854 |
Marketagogy
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of marketagogy, the intersection of marketing and pedagogy, within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2010-04-14T20:28:45Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-04-14T20:32:44Z
2010-04-14T20:31:51Z
|
677 |
110 |
2 |
|
17.0 |
36.0 |
55.0 |
74.0 |
93.0 |
55.0 |
38.0 |
Two Expedient, Desirable Products
|
In order to promote my principle of expedient desirable products, I figured it would make sense to begin providing some. |
2010-04-12T07:12:11Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-04-21T19:25:00Z
2010-04-12T09:37:41Z
2010-04-12T07:16:41Z
2010-04-12T07:14:52Z
|
7383 |
1308 |
25 |
|
4.0 |
11.0 |
53.0 |
91.0 |
136.0 |
52.32 |
40.328372146666176 |
Scientia Potentia Est
|
Too easily are we confused about the nature and value of private thought and activity, especially in an age when so many of these activities are recorded as a matter of course. Here I argue that our language distinguishing privacy and secrecy is poor, our expectations for disclosure are crude, and that privacy of information and communication are as essential to society as private property. |
2010-04-03T11:43:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2014-07-31T06:31:25Z
2010-05-27T01:32:07Z
2010-05-25T05:35:44Z
2010-05-23T18:55:31Z
2010-04-09T08:00:00Z
2010-04-03T19:46:30Z
2010-04-03T19:23:54Z
2010-04-03T19:14:25Z
2010-04-03T19:09:59Z
|
9406 |
1537 |
24 |
|
3.0 |
34.25 |
66.5 |
97.0 |
145.0 |
64.04166666666667 |
41.22648740662839 |
Rad Bromance
|
This piece is my mandatory weigh-in on the "rock star" designer/developer phenomenon. |
2010-03-29T20:41:09Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-03-30T16:55:15Z
2010-03-30T00:16:12Z
2010-03-29T22:46:52Z
2010-03-29T22:05:50Z
2010-03-29T21:24:35Z
2010-03-29T21:09:02Z
2010-03-29T20:42:16Z
|
4383 |
739 |
10 |
|
44.0 |
60.5 |
70.0 |
92.0 |
105.0 |
73.9 |
19.465096968677038 |
The Principle of One Degree
|
Though wildly unpredictable in character, the projects with which we concern ourselves in the 21st century reduce to actions that incur little if any capital or indeed any variable cost. Instead of betting on the successful engineering of an outcome to occur within a fixed envelope of cost and time, it may be beneficial to put immediately to work the results obtainable within a single conceptual degree. |
2010-03-11T07:22:35Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-08-27T03:40:18Z
2010-03-29T20:41:09Z
2010-03-12T02:22:46Z
2010-03-12T01:55:33Z
2010-03-12T01:21:06Z
2010-03-12T01:19:23Z
2010-03-12T01:12:49Z
2010-03-12T01:12:11Z
2010-03-12T01:09:31Z
2010-03-12T00:38:40Z
2010-03-12T00:36:19Z
2010-03-12T00:26:01Z
2010-03-12T00:23:46Z
2010-03-12T00:05:08Z
2010-03-12T00:04:51Z
2010-03-12T00:04:28Z
2010-03-12T00:02:47Z
2010-03-11T23:58:06Z
2010-03-11T23:53:11Z
2010-03-11T09:42:33Z
2010-03-11T08:52:58Z
2010-03-11T08:50:25Z
2010-03-11T08:44:37Z
2010-03-11T08:44:04Z
2010-03-11T08:42:12Z
|
10605 |
1819 |
26 |
|
2.0 |
40.5 |
71.0 |
99.75 |
151.0 |
69.96153846153847 |
43.61411272056749 |
Key Continuity for Kindergarteners
|
When it comes to information security, user experience is often an afterthought. The non-paranoid rarely understand for themselves the principles that keep them safe while simultaneously bringing their offspring online. What can we do to help them? |
2010-03-07T07:09:14Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-03-08T19:58:05Z
2010-03-08T19:49:48Z
2010-03-08T19:36:36Z
2010-03-08T19:26:14Z
2010-03-08T09:58:33Z
|
10194 |
1749 |
33 |
|
1.0 |
3.0 |
54.0 |
88.0 |
155.0 |
53.0 |
46.58130721457033 |
Expedient Desirable Product
|
Every business problem can be imagined having a corresponding minimum viable product, which represents the most bare-bones solution somebody will buy. But how much of our relative effort do we want to spend finding it? |
2010-02-25T11:11:41Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-03-29T20:41:09Z
2010-03-01T21:33:34Z
2010-03-01T21:33:23Z
2010-03-01T21:32:19Z
2010-02-27T17:01:34Z
2010-02-27T16:57:46Z
2010-02-27T16:54:44Z
2010-02-27T16:45:40Z
2010-02-27T15:21:42Z
2010-02-27T14:47:27Z
2010-02-27T00:37:48Z
2010-02-27T00:27:55Z
2010-02-27T00:04:22Z
2010-02-26T19:25:35Z
2010-02-26T18:54:19Z
2010-02-26T18:30:15Z
2010-02-26T09:55:59Z
2010-02-26T09:43:12Z
2010-02-25T22:23:07Z
|
14208 |
2484 |
47 |
|
1.0 |
23.0 |
56.0 |
74.5 |
139.0 |
52.851063829787236 |
34.49019516758427 |
Byproducts of Ambient Wealth
|
I have considered for some time — and I am confident that I am not the first — that it is difficult to think more sophisticated thoughts than our present duties will allow. That is, our very ability to cogitate relies not only on our own economic surplus, but the surplus surrounding us. |
2010-01-11T08:20:28Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-01-11T10:08:35Z
2010-01-11T09:57:35Z
2010-01-11T09:49:08Z
2010-01-11T09:27:50Z
|
4050 |
663 |
11 |
|
30.0 |
44.0 |
49.0 |
69.0 |
126.0 |
60.27272727272727 |
29.30122836112975 |
Why Don't You Just Get a Job?
|
Sometimes it is necessary to close some doors in order to open others. |
2009-12-30T08:39:30Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-03-08T09:58:33Z
2010-03-07T07:09:14Z
2010-01-04T19:11:20Z
2009-12-31T18:56:18Z
2009-12-31T18:33:34Z
2009-12-31T18:31:23Z
2009-12-31T17:25:14Z
2009-12-31T17:19:53Z
2009-12-31T17:11:21Z
2009-12-31T17:02:55Z
2009-12-31T16:47:31Z
2009-12-31T16:45:50Z
2009-12-31T16:38:56Z
2009-12-31T16:34:52Z
2009-12-31T16:26:09Z
2009-12-31T15:46:32Z
2009-12-31T07:02:55Z
2009-12-31T06:46:19Z
2009-12-31T06:41:59Z
2009-12-30T22:20:01Z
2009-12-30T22:17:04Z
2009-12-30T22:15:59Z
2009-12-30T22:13:04Z
2009-12-30T22:11:24Z
2009-12-30T22:06:23Z
2009-12-30T22:03:26Z
2009-12-30T21:37:06Z
2009-12-30T21:35:14Z
2009-12-30T21:27:45Z
2009-12-30T21:26:06Z
2009-12-30T21:18:59Z
2009-12-30T21:15:50Z
2009-12-30T21:08:08Z
2009-12-30T20:56:49Z
2009-12-30T20:51:47Z
2009-12-30T20:46:45Z
2009-12-30T13:43:28Z
2009-12-30T13:41:57Z
2009-12-30T13:13:24Z
2009-12-30T13:13:14Z
2009-12-30T13:04:29Z
2009-12-30T12:53:30Z
2009-12-30T12:53:21Z
2009-12-30T12:52:40Z
2009-12-30T12:40:19Z
2009-12-30T12:39:24Z
2009-12-30T12:38:34Z
2009-12-30T12:36:45Z
2009-12-30T12:35:56Z
2009-12-30T12:23:39Z
2009-12-30T12:17:15Z
2009-12-30T12:11:18Z
2009-12-30T12:07:56Z
2009-12-30T11:56:52Z
2009-12-30T11:55:03Z
2009-12-30T11:52:49Z
2009-12-30T10:27:59Z
2009-12-30T10:24:11Z
2009-12-30T10:15:48Z
2009-12-30T10:12:27Z
2009-12-30T10:05:51Z
2009-12-30T10:00:12Z
2009-12-30T09:58:37Z
2009-12-30T09:54:28Z
2009-12-30T09:52:47Z
2009-12-30T09:51:26Z
2009-12-30T09:46:34Z
|
16187 |
2758 |
52 |
|
2.0 |
24.25 |
58.5 |
77.75 |
150.0 |
53.03846153846154 |
36.918809849588314 |
Working Against the KLOC
|
Looking back on a particularly challenging episode of my career, I consider the value of conceptual integrity and how it affects the bang-to-buck ratio of writing code. |
2009-12-27T03:34:09Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-27T23:53:47Z
2009-12-27T23:51:56Z
2009-12-27T23:45:36Z
2009-12-27T23:44:27Z
2009-12-27T20:43:44Z
2009-12-27T20:35:57Z
2009-12-27T06:02:56Z
2009-12-27T06:01:38Z
2009-12-27T03:55:24Z
|
4363 |
760 |
8 |
|
60.0 |
67.25 |
100.0 |
119.5 |
127.0 |
95.0 |
26.296387584609413 |
Advice from an Old Statesman
|
As part of my ongoing assault on thought-terminating clichés, I treat Benjamin Franklin's oft-abused aphorism, "time is money". |
2009-12-23T17:08:40Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-27T03:34:09Z
2009-12-25T00:51:13Z
2009-12-25T00:42:09Z
2009-12-25T00:41:13Z
2009-12-23T17:08:57Z
|
4444 |
804 |
16 |
|
3.0 |
38.25 |
58.0 |
71.25 |
79.0 |
50.25 |
25.247524631139584 |
Reverse Polish Notation for People
|
Reverse Polish Notation is an extremely economical way to make sense to computers at the cost of making sense to people. But what about applying the same principle to arrange language in a way that is most useful to people? |
2009-12-17T09:19:14Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-18T09:20:29Z
2009-12-18T03:50:43Z
2009-12-18T03:49:58Z
2009-12-18T03:45:02Z
2009-12-18T03:39:09Z
2009-12-18T03:35:18Z
2009-12-18T00:19:13Z
|
2449 |
420 |
8 |
|
6.0 |
8.75 |
55.5 |
83.75 |
113.0 |
52.5 |
38.88765871070152 |
An Archimedean Bath
|
According to legend, the ancient Greek scholar Archimedes discovered the solution to a confounding problem, by accident, in one of the most unexpected of places. |
2009-12-10T01:30:27Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-29T20:14:56Z
2009-12-29T10:06:50Z
2009-12-29T09:50:08Z
2009-12-29T08:25:25Z
2009-12-29T08:16:16Z
2009-12-29T08:13:33Z
2009-12-25T00:41:13Z
2009-12-15T11:13:47Z
2009-12-14T06:07:40Z
2009-12-14T03:36:25Z
2009-12-10T10:33:00Z
2009-12-10T06:33:38Z
2009-12-10T04:32:29Z
|
10528 |
1803 |
31 |
|
3.0 |
27.5 |
60.0 |
85.0 |
130.0 |
58.16129032258065 |
37.402860658402076 |
From the Edges of the Universe to Neighbouring Nanometres
|
As a professional problem-solver, it is essential that I understand the character of my most important factor of production and key stock-in-trade: information. |
2009-11-21T09:12:41Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-09-10T05:43:57Z
2009-11-22T23:12:35Z
2009-11-22T07:53:05Z
|
8070 |
1315 |
29 |
|
1.0 |
25.0 |
41.0 |
74.0 |
103.0 |
45.3448275862069 |
31.296442303117182 |
Intension
|
|
2009-11-19T14:04:13Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-20T09:25:03Z
|
604 |
110 |
3 |
|
8.0 |
16.5 |
25.0 |
51.0 |
77.0 |
36.666666666666664 |
29.352266617001757 |
Considering the Spherical Cow
|
I unabashedly believe perfectionism has a time and place, and in this article I attempt to reconcile it with reality. |
2009-09-26T06:14:03Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-10-01T19:42:39Z
2009-09-27T01:45:30Z
2009-09-27T00:22:51Z
|
3476 |
611 |
14 |
|
11.0 |
18.5 |
41.5 |
63.25 |
93.0 |
43.642857142857146 |
26.23413028550279 |
MOAR FEECHARZ.
|
A conversation on Twitter this summer with a lead at an agency led to this screed about features as a metric for software projects. |
2009-09-24T00:59:39Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-09-25T05:27:21Z
2009-09-25T05:27:06Z
2009-09-24T01:48:49Z
2009-09-24T00:59:59Z
|
7762 |
1305 |
21 |
|
9.0 |
24.0 |
40.0 |
103.0 |
140.0 |
62.142857142857146 |
42.583571294780896 |
Notes from Pecha Kucha
|
On September 17, 02009, I spoke at Pecha Kucha Night. On this page is a link to the full script, a recording of the slide deck, and references. |
2009-09-17T21:50:07Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-09-10T05:43:57Z
2010-03-29T20:41:09Z
2009-09-21T21:16:24Z
2009-09-19T22:12:09Z
2009-09-19T00:58:36Z
2009-09-19T00:39:21Z
2009-09-19T00:22:35Z
2009-09-19T00:22:03Z
2009-09-19T00:19:12Z
2009-09-19T00:17:12Z
2009-09-19T00:16:13Z
2009-09-19T00:15:44Z
2009-09-19T00:13:27Z
2009-09-17T22:30:12Z
2009-09-17T22:29:42Z
|
1976 |
316 |
31 |
|
1.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
18.0 |
26.0 |
10.193548387096774 |
7.680807059571824 |
Stop Guessing and Get the Data
|
As a mnemonic to myself and an attempt to be helpful to others, I have sketched out a pattern for an effective precursor to solving problems, which begins with taking a deep breath and getting the data. |
2009-09-05T07:16:21Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-09-05T07:47:38Z
|
2994 |
539 |
20 |
|
3.0 |
3.75 |
25.0 |
38.75 |
81.0 |
26.95 |
22.10537265010477 |
Maintenance Work is Important Too
|
I drew inspiration from an annoying software misconfiguration left untouched for an age to pen a screed about the value of ancillary and maintenance-oriented knowledge work. |
2009-08-22T07:33:33Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-08-22T09:37:41Z
2009-08-22T07:48:33Z
|
6907 |
1178 |
28 |
|
4.0 |
10.0 |
31.0 |
64.0 |
117.0 |
42.07142857142857 |
32.71405177707997 |
The Web Doesn't Have Content, the Web IS Content
|
This was a comment I left in response to Christopher Detzi's post called The Content Conundrum on Boxes and Arrows. It got mangled by their CMS, so I reformatted it here. |
2009-08-04T20:03:54Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-09-01T19:57:07Z
2009-09-01T19:25:35Z
2009-08-04T20:26:52Z
2009-08-04T20:21:20Z
|
2732 |
453 |
6 |
|
19.0 |
65.75 |
76.0 |
84.75 |
132.0 |
75.5 |
33.360405672993046 |
The Distraction Account
|
In this article, I evaluate a means of mitigating the distractions that impede on the productivity of creative work, specifically that on computers by way of relegating network-originated distractions to a separate account. |
2009-06-19T09:40:06Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-06-19T09:44:40Z
|
6544 |
1100 |
17 |
|
3.0 |
41.0 |
62.0 |
83.0 |
144.0 |
64.70588235294117 |
46.7468334327167 |
Must Analogue and Digital Compete?
|
This essay is a short enquiry into the perceived dichotomy between 'analogue' and 'digital' behaviours, technologies and experiences. |
2009-04-19T03:17:32Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-06-19T20:04:23Z
2009-04-19T03:18:25Z
|
6750 |
1119 |
19 |
|
3.0 |
43.0 |
65.0 |
78.0 |
130.0 |
58.89473684210526 |
34.67274788624893 |
Sketching a Definition of Design
|
In this piece, I finally commit my definition of design to the annals of cyberspace. |
2009-04-09T00:09:15Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-07-07T16:59:24Z
2009-07-05T09:07:34Z
2009-07-05T09:04:09Z
2009-07-05T08:54:10Z
|
1952 |
337 |
12 |
|
1.0 |
15.25 |
26.0 |
42.5 |
53.0 |
28.083333333333332 |
17.206870397864016 |
The NetMap
|
A tour of the NetMap interface I designed to interact with the IP address space. |
2009-04-02T00:42:13Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-04-03T20:16:16Z
2009-04-02T01:15:06Z
|
1735 |
301 |
7 |
|
3.0 |
14.0 |
40.0 |
63.5 |
103.0 |
43.0 |
34.46323092390332 |
Idioms, Analogues and Metaphors in the Language of Design
|
This article explores certain components of a design vocabulary: idioms, analogues and metaphors. |
2009-03-31T03:28:37Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2016-07-23T19:26:47Z
2009-03-31T03:40:51Z
|
1383 |
233 |
6 |
|
13.0 |
16.0 |
18.5 |
57.0 |
98.0 |
38.833333333333336 |
32.75879864843778 |
Discernible Parts: A Hypothesis
|
This short article suggests that consistent idiosyncratic behaviour in a designed object can be more thoroughly understood than a metaphor. |
2009-03-31T00:26:28Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-31T07:39:12Z
2009-03-31T06:11:10Z
2009-03-31T06:10:18Z
|
907 |
148 |
3 |
|
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
54.0 |
68.0 |
49.333333333333336 |
13.199326582148887 |
Working Titles get Random Cryptonyms
|
This is a sketch of an idea for naming projects and other processes and properties within an organization by way of randomly-generated cryptonyms. These cryptonyms serve as intentionally meaningless handles to ultimately decouple projects from products and minimize the psychological implications that meaningful names may evoke. |
2009-03-28T15:32:56Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-01-23T07:58:39Z
2009-09-24T00:59:39Z
2009-09-23T17:51:34Z
2009-08-16T18:05:59Z
2009-08-15T19:24:09Z
2009-08-15T19:15:11Z
2009-08-14T20:18:21Z
2009-08-14T20:13:59Z
2009-08-14T20:12:48Z
2009-08-14T20:10:32Z
2009-08-14T20:07:32Z
2009-07-31T20:43:50Z
2009-04-03T20:16:16Z
2009-03-28T19:45:03Z
|
3515 |
551 |
32 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
8.5 |
22.5 |
64.0 |
17.21875 |
20.311225921580903 |
Where is the User in this Picture?
|
Interaction designers, information architects and other user experience professionals may wonder why I omitted the user from this doodle. |
2009-03-20T18:36:37Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-22T07:45:50Z
2009-03-20T19:03:18Z
|
1269 |
221 |
5 |
|
18.0 |
21.0 |
31.0 |
72.0 |
79.0 |
44.2 |
26.01076700137849 |
Defining Feeds
|
This document explores the relationship of Web syndication feeds to conventional hypertext documents. |
2009-03-19T18:20:58Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-19T19:05:12Z
|
2809 |
486 |
22 |
|
1.0 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
35.5 |
63.0 |
22.09090909090909 |
20.32667099450887 |
Ode to Code
|
Here I embarrass myself by writing a quatrain comparing software to other kinds of artifacts of information. |
2009-03-11T04:04:35Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-11T04:08:50Z
2009-03-11T04:07:56Z
|
136 |
21 |
4 |
|
4.0 |
4.75 |
5.5 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
5.25 |
0.82915619758885 |
Computational Feasibility for Interaction Designers
|
This is the first in a series of articles addressing the aspects of computational feasibility and computer and software engineering which pertain to interaction designers. |
2009-01-17T04:20:57Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-04-30T20:23:07Z
2009-04-11T23:38:04Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
2079 |
348 |
7 |
|
2.0 |
38.0 |
52.0 |
64.5 |
89.0 |
49.714285714285715 |
25.49349656965358 |
User
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a user within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-12-16T22:22:24Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
598 |
91 |
2 |
|
26.0 |
35.75 |
45.5 |
55.25 |
65.0 |
45.5 |
19.5 |
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
|
Notes on Notes on the Synthesis of Form. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-03-11T18:34:56Z
2015-08-07T01:43:08Z
2013-09-17T03:48:17Z
2012-02-03T01:16:20Z
2012-01-27T13:21:26Z
2011-06-24T16:23:35Z
2009-11-19T14:04:13Z
2009-09-25T05:27:06Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
6054 |
1035 |
69 |
|
2.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
12.0 |
233.0 |
15.0 |
31.588385317336524 |
The Programmer in Fallow: An Implementation
|
This note is a cursory, non-scientific inquiry into the application of the concept of crop-rotation, an ancient agricultural technique for preserving the fertility of land, into the implementation phase of a software project. No research as of yet has been performed to ascertain if this adaptation has been attempted in similar environments. This note is one of an upcoming series on software project management. |
2008-10-23T08:45:58Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-29T17:13:32Z
2008-10-23T17:14:50Z
|
3243 |
516 |
13 |
|
2.0 |
5.0 |
26.0 |
73.0 |
93.0 |
39.69230769230769 |
35.15325702249993 |
The Programmer in Fallow: Augmenting Productivity Through Selective Idleness
|
This note is a cursory, non-scientific inquiry into the application of the concept of crop-rotation, an ancient agricultural technique for preserving the fertility of land, into the implementation phase of a software project. No research as of yet has been performed to ascertain if this adaptation has been attempted in similar environments. This note is one of an upcoming series on software project management. |
2008-10-23T08:29:17Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-29T17:13:32Z
2008-10-24T17:54:11Z
2008-10-23T09:07:35Z
2008-10-23T09:06:58Z
2008-10-23T09:04:51Z
2008-10-23T08:45:58Z
|
3386 |
550 |
11 |
|
2.0 |
19.0 |
60.0 |
75.0 |
86.0 |
50.0 |
30.102853987318515 |
Colophon
|
The colophon of doriantaylor.com lists the tools and process used to realize the site. |
2008-10-20T09:38:00Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-19T18:20:58Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-22T02:40:08Z
2008-10-22T02:28:00Z
2008-10-21T19:17:31Z
|
4548 |
746 |
25 |
|
1.0 |
6.0 |
17.0 |
53.0 |
103.0 |
29.84 |
29.545463272725982 |
Feed
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a feed within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-20T09:38:00Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
986 |
166 |
3 |
|
33.0 |
49.5 |
66.0 |
66.5 |
67.0 |
55.333333333333336 |
15.797327481430381 |
Copyright and License
|
This document defines the copyright and licensing restrictions of original content on doriantaylor.com |
2008-10-20T07:56:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-20T19:03:18Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-20T08:05:12Z
|
1322 |
217 |
8 |
|
2.0 |
11.0 |
28.0 |
39.5 |
59.0 |
27.125 |
19.348368794293744 |
Post-Industrial
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of post-industrial within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-20T07:56:19Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-20T09:38:00Z
|
829 |
118 |
12 |
|
2.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
49.0 |
9.833333333333334 |
12.707172078091261 |
Semantic Opacity
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of semantic opacity within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-09-19T18:57:55Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-16T20:47:39Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-21T21:52:31Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-10-08T22:13:21Z
2008-10-04T02:08:59Z
|
681 |
119 |
2 |
|
58.0 |
58.75 |
59.5 |
60.25 |
61.0 |
59.5 |
1.5 |
Dynamic Faceted Taxonomies for Organizing Web Resources
|
This is a problem statement for some early work on going beyond strict hierarchies and making Web resources identifiable from more than one location. |
2008-09-19T07:05:20Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-20T03:23:49Z
2008-09-20T00:34:19Z
2008-09-19T18:57:55Z
|
1800 |
272 |
10 |
|
8.0 |
20.25 |
25.5 |
32.75 |
60.0 |
27.2 |
14.483093592185337 |
The URI Naming Conundrum
|
Making the case for a mechanism for preserving URI history to track renames and deletions. |
2008-09-01T04:29:32Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-20T03:23:49Z
2008-09-16T08:11:07Z
2008-09-16T07:50:01Z
2008-09-16T07:49:31Z
2008-09-15T21:28:15Z
2008-09-15T21:22:59Z
2008-09-15T19:58:52Z
2008-09-02T13:58:53Z
|
2254 |
386 |
8 |
|
6.0 |
10.5 |
51.5 |
74.0 |
107.0 |
48.25 |
34.694199803425356 |
Other Non-Alpha-Numeric Characters in HTTP URLs
|
TL;DR there are a lot more available than you'd expect. |
2008-07-30T23:58:57Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-03T10:29:11Z
2008-09-03T08:31:44Z
2008-07-31T02:16:54Z
|
2201 |
366 |
18 |
|
1.0 |
4.0 |
20.0 |
29.75 |
49.0 |
20.333333333333332 |
15.748015748023622 |
URI Path and Query Parameter Semantics
|
Policy guidelines for how URI parameters in both the path (underutilized) and query components ought to be interpreted. |
2008-07-24T20:51:04Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-03T07:51:31Z
2009-03-20T18:02:32Z
2009-03-20T16:49:22Z
2009-03-19T19:05:12Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-16T08:11:07Z
2008-09-01T04:29:32Z
|
2781 |
456 |
14 |
|
2.0 |
9.25 |
34.5 |
54.5 |
63.0 |
32.57142857142857 |
21.85247382437279 |
Distinguishing Resources from Files
|
Web resources are much richer objects than files, and this fact is rarely taken full advantage of. |
2008-06-17T08:07:31Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-01T04:29:32Z
2008-08-23T08:27:28Z
2008-07-18T19:23:41Z
2008-07-18T18:59:52Z
2008-06-17T17:08:35Z
|
685 |
106 |
18 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
6.0 |
9.75 |
16.0 |
5.888888888888889 |
4.700932400290262 |
HTTP URL Path Syntax Constraints
|
This is, by far, the most popular document on this entire website. |
2008-06-17T08:07:31Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-05T06:43:54Z
2008-09-03T22:15:59Z
2008-09-03T19:47:15Z
2008-07-31T02:16:54Z
2008-07-31T00:34:17Z
2008-07-30T23:12:27Z
2008-07-25T16:56:24Z
2008-07-24T20:51:04Z
|
391 |
64 |
5 |
|
1.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
45.0 |
12.8 |
16.228370220080635 |
Domain Name Recommendations
|
General guidelines for choosing a domain name. |
2008-06-15T06:52:34Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-02T13:58:53Z
2008-07-31T02:16:54Z
2008-07-30T23:12:27Z
2008-07-25T13:36:56Z
2008-07-25T06:40:45Z
|
1481 |
238 |
8 |
|
4.0 |
5.75 |
8.5 |
60.75 |
77.0 |
29.75 |
30.650244697228764 |
Adjacent and Alternate Domains
|
Yes, get as many alternate domain names as makes sense to, but pick a main one that all the others point to. |
2008-06-14T19:27:26Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-01T19:09:52Z
2008-08-10T20:35:49Z
2008-06-14T19:41:46Z
|
2036 |
339 |
9 |
|
2.0 |
6.0 |
32.0 |
50.0 |
104.0 |
37.666666666666664 |
32.30067078766838 |
Resource Handling and Representation
|
This manual for defining Web resources was my first major hypermedia writing project, which I ultimately postponed indefinitely for lack of satisfactory authoring tools. |
2008-06-13T19:07:24Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-10-10T06:44:35Z
2009-11-22T23:12:35Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T07:10:26Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-10-08T22:13:21Z
2008-09-01T04:29:32Z
2008-08-31T21:51:21Z
2008-07-11T19:41:53Z
2008-06-25T04:39:55Z
2008-06-17T17:08:35Z
2008-06-17T08:07:31Z
2008-06-16T22:55:41Z
2008-06-15T06:44:20Z
2008-06-15T05:06:56Z
2008-06-14T23:48:12Z
2008-06-14T19:43:18Z
2008-06-14T19:27:26Z
2008-06-14T19:06:33Z
2008-06-14T19:05:35Z
2008-06-14T04:30:27Z
2008-06-14T04:16:13Z
2008-06-14T04:06:19Z
2008-06-14T02:20:46Z
|
1181 |
185 |
12 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
11.5 |
18.0 |
63.0 |
15.416666666666666 |
16.509887609820026 |
Not a Blog, Not a Wiki and Certainly Not a Bliki
|
This was a very early attempt to frame expectations around the structural characteristics of this website. |
2008-06-11T21:49:16Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-10T13:21:53Z
2008-09-17T21:30:03Z
2008-09-02T18:04:19Z
2008-06-12T05:36:45Z
2008-06-12T01:34:19Z
2008-06-12T01:10:03Z
|
2556 |
445 |
11 |
|
5.0 |
12.0 |
33.0 |
58.0 |
92.0 |
40.45454545454545 |
30.091870349930474 |
Make Things. Make Sense.
|
This is the personal website of Dorian Taylor, a consulting designer based in Vancouver, Canada. |
2008-03-11T04:36:54Z |
2022-05-31T15:10:50Z
2021-06-11T14:47:30Z
2021-05-12T06:17:42Z
2021-03-17T03:00:30Z
2021-03-08T04:18:08Z
2020-03-01T20:18:49Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2017-11-19T21:35:38Z
2013-03-21T17:46:43Z
2012-07-12T20:35:40Z
2010-10-26T15:24:57Z
2010-03-12T08:24:44Z
2009-12-18T22:24:13Z
2009-12-18T00:19:13Z
2009-12-14T03:39:00Z
2009-11-22T23:12:35Z
2009-11-01T19:23:55Z
2009-09-27T01:45:30Z
2009-09-24T00:59:39Z
2009-09-06T09:37:39Z
2009-09-06T09:31:38Z
2009-09-05T07:47:38Z
2009-09-01T19:25:35Z
2009-08-27T22:04:31Z
2009-08-22T09:37:41Z
2009-08-14T20:18:21Z
2009-08-14T20:12:48Z
2009-07-31T21:07:18Z
2009-07-05T09:27:42Z
2009-07-05T09:07:34Z
2009-06-19T20:04:53Z
2009-06-19T20:04:23Z
2009-06-19T09:44:40Z
2009-04-30T22:28:39Z
2009-04-15T08:55:14Z
2009-04-15T07:35:09Z
2009-04-09T00:09:15Z
2009-04-03T20:16:16Z
2009-03-24T06:56:14Z
2009-03-21T03:49:20Z
2009-03-21T03:48:16Z
2009-03-21T03:41:14Z
2009-03-20T18:36:37Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2009-02-22T03:55:27Z
2008-11-27T18:52:42Z
2008-11-26T23:28:31Z
2008-11-26T20:07:22Z
2008-10-23T08:47:50Z
2008-10-21T19:17:31Z
2008-10-21T07:07:01Z
2008-10-20T08:05:12Z
2008-10-20T07:56:19Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-10-09T00:09:23Z
2008-10-08T23:55:44Z
2008-10-08T22:45:52Z
2008-10-08T22:36:54Z
2008-10-08T22:36:27Z
2008-06-25T04:37:28Z
2008-06-20T21:24:34Z
2008-06-20T21:04:26Z
2008-06-20T20:54:01Z
2008-06-20T20:50:45Z
2008-06-19T06:28:41Z
2008-06-18T05:47:27Z
2008-06-12T17:16:00Z
2008-06-12T05:36:45Z
2008-06-11T21:49:16Z
2008-06-09T18:14:08Z
2008-06-09T07:45:24Z
2008-06-06T15:45:54Z
|
4300 |
738 |
39 |
|
1.0 |
2.0 |
15.0 |
30.0 |
74.0 |
18.923076923076923 |
18.550533360753857 |
Toys
|
This is a first crack at collecting specimens of what others call model-driven debate, and what I am calling computational rhetoric. |
2019-08-15T21:03:20Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
|
2777 |
443 |
17 |
|
3.0 |
7.0 |
18.0 |
36.0 |
100.0 |
26.058823529411764 |
25.375927889694513 |
Simulation Time!
|
Here is an attempt to simulate the process of what I have come to term “highly-synthetic” work. |
2018-10-25T05:47:37Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2019-08-15T21:03:26Z
2019-03-11T08:14:10Z
2018-11-22T01:39:09Z
2018-11-03T01:20:46Z
2018-11-01T22:50:28Z
2018-11-01T18:40:49Z
2018-11-01T15:08:54Z
2018-10-29T02:31:12Z
2018-10-27T14:53:01Z
|
968 |
166 |
3 |
|
14.0 |
23.5 |
33.0 |
76.0 |
119.0 |
55.333333333333336 |
45.68247901426639 |
what you didn't think i was serious did you
|
|
2018-03-08T20:40:36Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2018-04-18T22:52:05Z
|
13 |
1 |
1 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Introducing Verso
|
I need a separate place to put my technical writing. As an homage to (French) LogoWriter, I am calling it the Verso. |
2017-11-14T22:28:06Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-11-14T23:03:10Z
|
2780 |
485 |
8 |
|
25.0 |
53.75 |
65.0 |
72.5 |
77.0 |
60.625 |
15.787158547376409 |
IA Summit 2017: Intentionally Intensional Information Architecture
|
Bibliography, slides and video from my talk at the Information Architecture Summit 2017. |
2017-05-23T16:39:17Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-12-16T23:01:12Z
2017-11-19T21:35:38Z
|
976 |
159 |
13 |
|
1.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
75.0 |
12.23076923076923 |
18.33514425339761 |
Database
|
This document defines the concept of a database, as it is used within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2017-03-11T18:34:56Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-05-23T16:39:17Z
|
486 |
72 |
6 |
|
6.0 |
7.25 |
8.5 |
13.5 |
27.0 |
12.0 |
7.302967433402215 |
The Hundred-Year Infrastructure
|
In a hundred years, the Web, or something like it, will still exist. If we accept this premise, we should design our infrastructure accordingly. |
2015-03-11T20:50:16Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-12-16T23:01:12Z
2016-04-11T21:28:32Z
2015-03-19T02:47:53Z
2015-03-11T20:50:31Z
|
8067 |
1291 |
21 |
|
1.0 |
3.0 |
65.0 |
105.0 |
162.0 |
61.476190476190474 |
59.01381520870794 |
I am in a Book
|
It's called Don't Go Back to School, by Kio Stark. |
2013-05-12T06:04:39Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2013-05-20T18:18:48Z
|
901 |
162 |
4 |
|
8.0 |
21.5 |
40.5 |
59.5 |
73.0 |
40.5 |
25.16445906432324 |
The Topological Thinness of Summer Daisies
|
While I was briefly experimenting with the IA Institute library, I stumbled across an interesting and valuable find. |
2012-07-18T19:53:54Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-07-20T05:56:46Z
|
2948 |
500 |
7 |
|
25.0 |
53.0 |
76.0 |
89.0 |
115.0 |
71.42857142857143 |
28.479853244290542 |
Serendipitous Questionnaire
|
A student from the University of Delaware contacted me with a questionnaire about information architecture. It was thought-provoking, so I figured I'd share it. |
2012-04-09T19:11:15Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-05-14T21:25:42Z
|
4934 |
790 |
29 |
|
4.0 |
9.0 |
16.0 |
44.0 |
80.0 |
27.24137931034483 |
23.395630556409152 |
My Work at the IA Institute: An Anthology
|
In the advent of my presentation at the IA Institute 2012 annual general meeting, I decided to round up all the work I had done so far. |
2012-03-16T21:37:40Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-03-28T22:18:33Z
|
4514 |
791 |
26 |
|
2.0 |
6.75 |
26.0 |
44.0 |
82.0 |
30.423076923076923 |
26.231474161518083 |
Toward a Coherent Appreciation of Authors and Artists
|
I want content creators to join me in saying that piracy is not stealing: it's something else. |
2012-01-31T00:38:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-02-03T01:16:20Z
|
7144 |
1220 |
11 |
|
48.0 |
92.0 |
105.0 |
132.5 |
187.0 |
110.9090909090909 |
36.78303597498703 |
Pronoun Policy
|
I am sick to death of writing "his or her". |
2012-01-22T08:45:07Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-01-27T13:21:26Z
|
2378 |
405 |
7 |
|
31.0 |
35.5 |
40.0 |
70.5 |
122.0 |
57.857142857142854 |
30.619454933230983 |
The Rubik's Cube Principle
|
Or, why I don't care about user experience (as a first-order objective). |
2011-11-17T21:21:14Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-12-01T20:15:14Z
|
3781 |
656 |
12 |
|
4.0 |
30.5 |
55.5 |
70.75 |
122.0 |
54.666666666666664 |
36.84954394410993 |
Something Happened in New York
|
Unexpected results in podcast form from a visit to Contact Conference. |
2011-11-06T06:56:36Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-11-11T04:23:28Z
|
300 |
46 |
1 |
|
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
0.0 |
Show and Tell
|
I was inspired to produce some long-overdue remarks on my process, as well as expose it. |
2011-10-06T15:06:00Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-11-02T01:24:23Z
2011-10-06T15:06:23Z
|
3937 |
676 |
10 |
|
2.0 |
15.25 |
91.5 |
103.5 |
123.0 |
67.6 |
46.18051537174526 |
Biconditionalism and Teratology
|
While we are illogical animals, logic is what enables us to be what we are. |
2011-07-03T20:24:55Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-07-14T00:47:34Z
|
4426 |
760 |
11 |
|
21.0 |
57.0 |
73.0 |
83.0 |
104.0 |
69.0909090909091 |
22.443685264779106 |
Pascal's Wager, After Gödel
|
Consider this as more of an argument for not arguing with people that, by the very nature of their position, you'll never be able to win an argument with. |
2011-06-15T15:57:04Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-16T02:50:45Z
|
1885 |
328 |
7 |
|
4.0 |
21.5 |
44.0 |
76.5 |
84.0 |
46.857142857142854 |
31.050321237945216 |
A Conversation with Lisa
|
This is why I have friends. |
2011-06-02T00:51:56Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-03T07:51:31Z
|
479 |
98 |
24 |
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
7.25 |
13.0 |
4.083333333333333 |
4.030267429781249 |
Basic Input-Output System
|
Many are calling for an update to our cultural operating system. I suggest we should start by replacing its firmware. |
2011-05-30T05:16:07Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-06-03T07:51:31Z
|
5132 |
869 |
11 |
|
37.0 |
62.5 |
71.0 |
95.5 |
139.0 |
79.0 |
28.800252524145435 |
Cell Calendar
|
I came up with the cell a few years ago as a strategy for time management as it pertains to creative work, and with some help from a friend, I finally put it into practice. |
2011-05-04T19:58:42Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-08-29T18:18:00Z
2011-05-04T19:59:11Z
|
4737 |
851 |
10 |
|
1.0 |
49.75 |
105.5 |
122.75 |
142.0 |
85.1 |
50.49841581673627 |
I Manufacture Language
|
Sometimes we just need new ways of talking about things. |
2011-02-21T05:05:49Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2011-07-15T15:31:48Z
2011-02-21T17:38:17Z
2011-02-21T05:24:45Z
2011-02-21T05:14:00Z
2011-02-21T05:12:51Z
2011-02-21T05:06:39Z
|
1462 |
236 |
4 |
|
17.0 |
44.75 |
66.0 |
80.25 |
87.0 |
59.0 |
27.08320512790168 |
Geek Rhetoric
|
If you are a nerd, there is scarcely a difference between a moral truth and a logical one. That's not going to help so much with buy-in, however. |
2010-12-02T00:04:54Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-12-02T00:11:09Z
2010-12-02T00:10:03Z
2010-12-02T00:07:13Z
|
2528 |
435 |
8 |
|
10.0 |
45.0 |
62.0 |
66.0 |
85.0 |
54.375 |
22.4774192246352 |
It's Only Fitting that the Cobbler's Children Get Shoes
|
Witness the result of my first mini-project as a board member of the Information Architecture Institute. |
2010-11-24T08:52:21Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-11-24T09:36:52Z
2010-11-24T09:22:22Z
2010-11-24T09:21:23Z
2010-11-24T09:17:56Z
2010-11-24T09:17:32Z
2010-11-24T09:15:24Z
2010-11-24T08:56:45Z
2010-11-24T08:54:54Z
|
888 |
152 |
3 |
|
31.0 |
40.0 |
49.0 |
60.5 |
72.0 |
50.666666666666664 |
16.779617264870957 |
Interview with Jeff Parks on the IA Podcast
|
This is 85 minutes of my scintillating conversation with Jeff Parks on his IA Podcast about a number of topics around user experience and the state of post-industrial business and work. |
2010-08-03T16:56:34Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-02-19T07:30:20Z
2010-08-03T16:57:10Z
|
582 |
95 |
2 |
|
46.0 |
46.75 |
47.5 |
48.25 |
49.0 |
47.5 |
1.5 |
Lofting the Project Triangle
|
It is perhaps time to consider adding a dimension to the calculus of project management. |
2010-07-30T18:19:35Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-07-30T18:23:36Z
|
138 |
20 |
2 |
|
8.0 |
9.0 |
10.0 |
11.0 |
12.0 |
10.0 |
2.0 |
On the Value of Information Systems and Design Research
|
Challenge: explain what you do and why it's useful to a group of sexagenarian building contractors. |
2010-06-05T20:31:24Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-06-06T00:48:37Z
2010-06-06T00:48:09Z
2010-06-06T00:45:25Z
2010-06-06T00:14:22Z
2010-06-05T22:09:29Z
2010-06-05T20:34:57Z
2010-06-05T20:32:22Z
|
4535 |
783 |
6 |
|
98.0 |
122.75 |
127.0 |
147.75 |
155.0 |
130.5 |
19.636275953788523 |
The Domains of Human Endeavour
|
This is about as concise as I can get on the subject of getting things done. |
2010-05-22T07:49:02Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-05-22T07:53:56Z
2010-05-22T07:49:17Z
|
147 |
24 |
6 |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
1.1547005383792515 |
A Game of Lift and Carry
|
Once upon a time it was a serious undertaking just to concentrate physical resources into one place and time. With that problem mostly solved, we devote much of our energy toward figuring out what to do with the resources we've concentrated. |
2010-01-07T03:22:51Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-01-07T06:11:07Z
2010-01-07T05:36:57Z
2010-01-07T04:33:01Z
2010-01-07T04:17:40Z
2010-01-07T04:11:55Z
2010-01-07T04:04:16Z
2010-01-07T04:00:18Z
|
1747 |
298 |
4 |
|
10.0 |
49.0 |
83.0 |
108.5 |
122.0 |
74.5 |
43.136411533645216 |
Frankenstein's Monster, Technological Artifact
|
In our neophilic fervour, we seem to have forgotten what "technology" actually means. |
2009-12-20T09:25:03Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-06-12T22:31:25Z
2010-06-12T01:58:22Z
2010-06-12T00:12:36Z
2010-06-11T20:39:40Z
2010-06-11T20:39:27Z
2010-06-11T20:07:06Z
2010-01-04T19:11:20Z
2009-12-27T03:34:09Z
|
1886 |
298 |
5 |
|
41.0 |
42.0 |
44.0 |
55.0 |
116.0 |
59.6 |
28.639832401744254 |
Two Birds, One Stone
|
This is what happens when you think in the shower. |
2009-12-18T22:24:13Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-19T02:00:16Z
2009-12-19T01:57:47Z
2009-12-18T22:32:11Z
2009-12-18T22:28:17Z
2009-12-18T22:27:54Z
|
1094 |
193 |
4 |
|
33.0 |
44.25 |
48.5 |
52.5 |
63.0 |
48.25 |
10.615436872781073 |
An Early Iteration on Iteration
|
With the advent of Agile process models and the increasing influence of user experience design, iterative development promises value early on — but does it deliver? |
2009-12-14T03:36:25Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-14T06:07:40Z
2009-12-14T03:41:41Z
2009-12-14T03:39:00Z
|
2402 |
411 |
5 |
|
41.0 |
54.0 |
74.0 |
113.0 |
129.0 |
82.2 |
33.760331751924475 |
Dee Hock's Hierarchy
|
|
2009-09-10T07:06:17Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2010-01-11T09:27:50Z
|
503 |
72 |
5 |
|
9.0 |
12.0 |
16.0 |
17.0 |
18.0 |
14.4 |
3.3823069050575527 |
Pecha-Kucha Night Vancouver, Volume 7
|
This is a quick note to announce my participation at Pecha-Kucha Night in Vancouver, September 17 02009. |
2009-08-27T22:04:31Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-08-27T22:05:54Z
2009-08-27T22:05:17Z
|
298 |
49 |
1 |
|
49.0 |
49.0 |
49.0 |
49.0 |
49.0 |
49.0 |
0.0 |
Introducing the Cell
|
In this piece, I introduce a basic unit of time accounting for knowledge workers which I call the cell. |
2009-04-15T06:42:33Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-04-15T19:09:35Z
2009-04-15T19:09:09Z
2009-04-15T18:32:55Z
2009-04-15T18:32:09Z
2009-04-15T07:30:23Z
2009-04-15T07:22:21Z
|
2937 |
494 |
7 |
|
10.0 |
54.5 |
81.0 |
89.5 |
115.0 |
70.57142857142857 |
32.884460693495356 |
Syndicating Links
|
What if, instead of (or in addition to) syndication feeds for new articles, we made feeds for new links? |
2009-04-01T18:38:26Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-04-01T19:53:03Z
2009-04-01T19:52:18Z
2009-04-01T19:42:47Z
|
2870 |
495 |
10 |
|
13.0 |
22.0 |
55.5 |
69.75 |
97.0 |
49.5 |
27.97230773461496 |
Whither the Mighty Newspaper?
|
A modest proposal for a business model that could restore the competitiveness and relevance of traditional newspapers. |
2009-03-03T23:35:13Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:52:52Z
2009-03-04T00:52:39Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2009-03-04T00:40:23Z
2009-03-03T23:43:33Z
|
2619 |
388 |
12 |
|
11.0 |
14.5 |
22.0 |
44.0 |
76.0 |
32.333333333333336 |
22.70217806486613 |
Client
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a client within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-12-19T02:38:23Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-11T04:04:35Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
68 |
11 |
1 |
|
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
0.0 |
Client
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a client within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-12-16T22:22:24Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
196 |
33 |
1 |
|
33.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
0.0 |
Developer
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a developer within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-12-16T22:22:24Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
184 |
29 |
2 |
|
10.0 |
12.25 |
14.5 |
16.75 |
19.0 |
14.5 |
4.5 |
Persona
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a persona within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-12-16T22:22:24Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
546 |
88 |
2 |
|
14.0 |
29.0 |
44.0 |
59.0 |
74.0 |
44.0 |
30.0 |
Scenario
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a scenario within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-12-16T22:22:24Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
709 |
111 |
2 |
|
50.0 |
52.75 |
55.5 |
58.25 |
61.0 |
55.5 |
5.5 |
Activity (Statement)
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of the activity within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
1410 |
231 |
8 |
|
2.0 |
2.75 |
25.0 |
50.5 |
68.0 |
28.875 |
25.12686560237866 |
Composition
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a composition within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
796 |
134 |
3 |
|
33.0 |
37.0 |
41.0 |
50.5 |
60.0 |
44.666666666666664 |
11.323525167642018 |
Composition
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a composition within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fitness Variable
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of context within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
278 |
46 |
1 |
|
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
0.0 |
Project Scaffold
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a project scaffold within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
|
1244 |
211 |
8 |
|
2.0 |
2.75 |
21.0 |
48.0 |
64.0 |
26.375 |
23.92142083990832 |
Reference
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a reference within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-11-19T07:08:04Z
|
334 |
56 |
1 |
|
56.0 |
56.0 |
56.0 |
56.0 |
56.0 |
56.0 |
0.0 |
The Programmer in Fallow: In Contrast with Incumbent Solutions
|
This note is a cursory, non-scientific inquiry into the application of the concept of crop-rotation, an ancient agricultural technique for preserving the fertility of land, into the implementation phase of a software project. No research as of yet has been performed to ascertain if this adaptation has been attempted in similar environments. This note is one of an upcoming series on software project management. |
2008-10-23T08:45:58Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-29T17:13:32Z
2008-10-23T08:55:29Z
|
2599 |
409 |
16 |
|
2.0 |
7.25 |
20.5 |
41.0 |
73.0 |
25.5625 |
21.716838944699113 |
Programmer
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a programmer within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-20T07:56:19Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-12-16T22:22:24Z
|
387 |
67 |
3 |
|
14.0 |
20.0 |
26.0 |
26.5 |
27.0 |
22.333333333333332 |
5.90668171555645 |
Architect
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of an architect within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-20T07:56:19Z
2008-10-13T07:42:46Z
2008-10-12T21:13:42Z
2008-10-12T17:50:32Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
|
1523 |
232 |
6 |
|
20.0 |
32.75 |
36.0 |
49.0 |
55.0 |
38.666666666666664 |
12.119772641798562 |
Context
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of the context within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
|
833 |
144 |
9 |
|
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
26.0 |
75.0 |
16.0 |
23.5419247773461 |
Designer
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a designer within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-12T17:50:32Z
2008-10-11T06:18:22Z
2008-10-11T05:29:30Z
2008-10-10T21:34:38Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
|
1074 |
173 |
4 |
|
16.0 |
37.75 |
47.5 |
53.0 |
62.0 |
43.25 |
16.90229274388537 |
Form
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of form within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-11-04T05:54:10Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
|
528 |
94 |
2 |
|
31.0 |
39.0 |
47.0 |
55.0 |
63.0 |
47.0 |
16.0 |
Dynamic Faceted Taxonomy
|
This was an old project to design a method of managing multiple addresses for a given Web resource. It has since been subsumed into a larger project. |
2008-09-20T00:34:19Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
|
3207 |
550 |
33 |
|
2.0 |
10.0 |
16.0 |
21.0 |
44.0 |
16.666666666666668 |
9.759740019720057 |
Affordance
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a (design) affordance within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-09-19T18:57:55Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2017-11-14T22:28:06Z
2011-12-02T20:38:14Z
2009-03-31T07:44:58Z
2009-03-31T07:39:12Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
|
226 |
42 |
1 |
|
42.0 |
42.0 |
42.0 |
42.0 |
42.0 |
42.0 |
0.0 |
Constraint
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of a (design) constraint within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-09-19T18:57:55Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-31T07:44:58Z
2009-03-31T07:39:12Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
|
511 |
84 |
3 |
|
9.0 |
19.0 |
29.0 |
37.5 |
46.0 |
28.0 |
15.121728296285006 |
Tongue-Twisters and Vocabulary Gaps in URIs
|
Avoid using characters in URIs your users don't know how to pronounce. |
2008-09-03T08:31:44Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
|
1151 |
190 |
3 |
|
21.0 |
51.5 |
82.0 |
84.5 |
87.0 |
63.333333333333336 |
30.00370347510824 |
HTTP URL Path Parameter Syntax
|
No, wait: THIS is by far the most popular page on this site. |
2008-09-01T19:13:11Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2012-02-19T07:30:20Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-03T10:29:11Z
2008-09-01T19:20:38Z
|
1637 |
258 |
8 |
|
14.0 |
22.5 |
29.0 |
40.0 |
64.0 |
32.25 |
15.335824073065002 |
Cookie
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of an HTTP cookie within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-09-01T19:09:52Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
|
14 |
3 |
1 |
|
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
Conceptual Integrity
|
This document defines and elaborates the concept of conceptual integrity within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-09-01T07:14:47Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-12-27T05:04:26Z
2009-12-27T04:48:32Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-21T07:07:01Z
2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
|
981 |
152 |
2 |
|
24.0 |
50.0 |
76.0 |
102.0 |
128.0 |
76.0 |
52.0 |
Distinguishing Persistence from Publication
|
In order to save a file you typically have to come up with a name for it. Here I advocate separating the naming part from saving part (from the publishing part). |
2008-09-01T04:29:32Z |
2022-05-31T04:18:52Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-10-08T22:13:21Z
2008-09-20T03:23:49Z
2008-09-17T21:30:03Z
2008-09-16T07:49:31Z
2008-09-02T13:58:53Z
|
1227 |
188 |
14 |
|
1.0 |
1.5 |
9.5 |
15.0 |
64.0 |
13.428571428571429 |
16.251216594960713 |
Other Opaque Data Objects
|
Some Web resources really are just files. |
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301 |
48 |
9 |
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1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
30.0 |
5.333333333333333 |
8.856886837057615 |
URIs, Resources and Representations
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Policy guidelines for Web resources proper. |
2008-08-31T21:51:21Z |
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2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
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2008-09-01T04:29:32Z
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934 |
146 |
9 |
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3.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
82.0 |
16.22222222222222 |
24.206416861732148 |
Knowledge Product
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This document defines and elaborates the concept of a knowledge product within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
2008-08-31T06:55:48Z |
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2008-10-10T21:28:23Z
2008-10-10T16:02:45Z
2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-08-31T21:51:21Z
2008-08-31T07:00:36Z
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851 |
129 |
10 |
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1.0 |
4.25 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
60.0 |
12.9 |
17.79578601804371 |
File Extensions in HTTP URL Paths
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TL;DR you don't need 'em. |
2008-07-25T16:56:24Z |
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2008-10-09T02:02:01Z
2008-09-02T13:58:53Z
2008-09-01T19:20:38Z
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900 |
145 |
2 |
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61.0 |
66.75 |
72.5 |
78.25 |
84.0 |
72.5 |
11.5 |
File
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This document defines and elaborates the concept of a (computer) file within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
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2008-09-01T04:55:33Z
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2008-07-19T02:49:48Z
2008-07-18T18:59:52Z
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1275 |
192 |
8 |
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1.0 |
2.0 |
17.5 |
33.75 |
79.0 |
24.0 |
25.0499500997507 |
This Whole Site is a Sketch
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Not only is this site an inexpensive way to explore ideas without committing to anything, it's also my guinea pig for broader structural experiments. |
2008-06-25T04:37:28Z |
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2008-06-25T17:06:46Z
2008-06-25T16:45:07Z
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726 |
126 |
6 |
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5.0 |
7.0 |
7.5 |
35.0 |
55.0 |
21.0 |
20.42057785666214 |
Elsewhere
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2009-03-21T03:41:14Z
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86 |
20 |
7 |
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2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.857142857142857 |
0.34992710611188266 |
This Site
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2019-11-04T22:33:36Z
2019-07-07T03:44:44Z
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2019-05-16T18:15:08Z
2019-03-11T08:14:10Z
2017-11-14T23:03:10Z
2014-07-31T06:31:25Z
2014-02-21T15:12:45Z
2014-01-28T05:12:35Z
2013-11-07T16:15:22Z
2011-06-24T16:23:35Z
2009-03-20T19:03:18Z
2009-03-11T04:04:35Z
2009-03-04T00:43:00Z
2009-03-04T00:40:23Z
2008-10-20T09:38:00Z
2008-10-20T08:05:12Z
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2008-08-04T19:28:39Z
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18 |
9 |
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1.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
0.816496580927726 |
Designing a Relative Layout
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Back in 2008, I was puzzling out how to do a relative page layout à la Robert Bringhurst, but didn't appear to return to write down what I came up with. |
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2008-09-01T19:09:52Z
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696 |
129 |
2 |
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51.0 |
57.75 |
64.5 |
71.25 |
78.0 |
64.5 |
13.5 |
Typesetting Best Practices
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Here I am back in 2008 trying to decide what the heck to do about the typesetting. |
2008-06-19T05:25:04Z |
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2008-09-03T00:08:22Z
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1657 |
281 |
8 |
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1.0 |
14.25 |
38.0 |
51.75 |
72.0 |
35.125 |
24.644662200971634 |
What's Up with the Layout?
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When I put this site up back in 2008, people were asking me why it looked the way it did. |
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2008-06-19T03:23:34Z
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905 |
172 |
7 |
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1.0 |
1.5 |
9.0 |
35.0 |
89.0 |
24.571428571428573 |
30.222305588787247 |
Hyphen vs. Underscore
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Hyphens-rule, underscores_drool. |
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308 |
4 |
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29.0 |
49.25 |
82.5 |
110.25 |
114.0 |
77.0 |
35.83992187491485 |
URI Syntax Constraints
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The standardized constraints on URI syntax are a lot looser than you would expect them to be, but it behoves us to come up with artificial constraints that create behaviour we can depend on. |
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10 |
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3.0 |
5.25 |
7.5 |
55.25 |
71.0 |
28.0 |
28.365471968574752 |
Case Mixing in Domain Names
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You cannot depend on the CaseMixing of your domain name to be preserved. |
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170 |
3 |
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15.0 |
44.0 |
73.0 |
77.5 |
82.0 |
56.666666666666664 |
29.69100125552447 |
Country Domains and New-School Generic TLDs
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This is less relevant now that the market for top-level domains has opened up, but getting a domain with a weird TLD without also getting the .com just makes it harder to find you. |
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2008-06-14T19:06:33Z
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737 |
124 |
6 |
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5.0 |
5.5 |
7.0 |
38.5 |
51.0 |
20.666666666666668 |
20.765890836230028 |
To www or Not to www
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TL;DR “doubleyou doubleyou doubleyou dot” is an artifact of the early Web. Normalize www-free addresses! |
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1378 |
228 |
7 |
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1.0 |
7.5 |
28.0 |
53.0 |
78.0 |
32.57142857142857 |
28.070610675107684 |
Representation
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This document defines and elaborates the concept of a representation (of a Web resource) within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
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68 |
1 |
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68.0 |
68.0 |
68.0 |
68.0 |
68.0 |
68.0 |
0.0 |
Resource
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This document defines and elaborates the concept of a (Web) resource within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
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2008-06-14T06:38:36Z
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1215 |
220 |
5 |
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1.0 |
28.0 |
59.0 |
62.0 |
70.0 |
44.0 |
25.80697580112788 |
Uniform Resource Identifier
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This document defines and elaborates the concept of a uniform resource identifier within the scope of doriantaylor.com. |
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220 |
4 |
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17.0 |
37.25 |
53.0 |
70.75 |
97.0 |
55.0 |
29.06028217344078 |
Commentary Policy
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84 |
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12.5 |
22.0 |
12.0 |
4.47213595499958 |
Why Build Software When You Can Define It?
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Using a construction metaphor for knowledge work invokes a feeling of labour — if you just work hard enough you'll eventually get the job done. But for software or other knowledge products, the job will never be done until it's sufficiently correct — and that isn't a function of labour. |
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206 |
4 |
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18.0 |
37.5 |
52.0 |
66.0 |
84.0 |
51.5 |
24.015619917045655 |
Nothing at This Address
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35 |
1 |
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35.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
0.0 |
Outlier
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What do I know about classifying things? I'm an information architect! |
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2012-11-29T18:32:19Z
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212 |
35 |
5 |
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7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
Retired
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2012-05-29T22:46:02Z
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31 |
5 |
1 |
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5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
A Skeleton of the Artificial
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Consider this a season-appropriate treatment on why the things that don't break, don't break. |
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2011-11-02T14:45:48Z
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498 |
79 |
9 |
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8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
15.0 |
8.777777777777779 |
2.199887763691481 |
On Being Weird
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A friend remarked that she was weird. I replied. |
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2010-11-16T23:18:02Z
2010-11-16T23:06:44Z
2010-11-16T22:39:30Z
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3656 |
609 |
8 |
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67.0 |
74.75 |
75.5 |
77.0 |
86.0 |
76.125 |
5.035809269620922 |
Open for Business
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Here's the plan: I assemble a group of awesome subscribers and regularly send them a curated stream of novel, semi-custom software, IA and UX technique. |
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2010-10-29T01:16:34Z
2010-10-29T01:16:10Z
2010-10-29T00:08:47Z
2010-10-28T22:55:15Z
2010-10-28T22:48:59Z
2010-10-14T21:19:41Z
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3012 |
485 |
13 |
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12.0 |
15.0 |
25.0 |
61.0 |
104.0 |
37.30769230769231 |
30.271552056432874 |