Pervasive Information Architecture http://pervasiveia.com Designing information space in ubiquitous ecologies Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Vertigo of Lists http://pervasiveia.com/blog/the-infinity-of-lists http://pervasiveia.com/blog/the-infinity-of-lists#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:02:00 +0000 Luca http://pervasiveia.tumblr.com/post/289091132 The Infinity of Lists:

Reflecting on this enormous trove of human achievements, in his lyrical intellectual style Eco has embarked on an investigation of the phenomenon of cataloging and collecting.

From Homer to Joyce to Borges, Eco explores the crucial issue of the coherence of a classification system at the crossroads of epistemology, semiology and information science.

A must-read for every information architects.

]]> The Vertigo of Lists: Reflecting on this enormous trove of human achievements, in his lyrical intellectual style Eco has embarked on an investigation of the phenomenon of cataloging and collecting. From Homer to Joyce to Borges, Eco explores the crucial issue of the coherence / consistency of a classification system at the crossroads of epistemology, semiology and information science. For our book purposes, this essay gives an important contribution to the topic / heuristic of consistency (see Table of contents).]]> http://pervasiveia.com/blog/the-infinity-of-lists/feed 0 Salience and Taxonomy Change http://pervasiveia.com/blog/salience-and-taxonomy-change http://pervasiveia.com/blog/salience-and-taxonomy-change#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:07 +0000 Luca http://pervasiveia.tumblr.com/post/274826425 Salience and Taxonomy Change:

Every now and then the principles on which a taxonomy is organised will change fundamentally, because there us a new way of working. This is happening at the moment with solid cancers, which are currently classified by the parts of the body in which they originate.

The salient organising principle is no longer location, but mechanism. It’s not that a classification by location is wrong, it’s just not especially useful any more.

]]> Salience and Taxonomy Change: Every now and then the principles on which a taxonomy is organised will change fundamentally, because there is a new way of working. This is happening at the moment with solid cancers, which are currently classified by the parts of the body in which they originate. The salient organising principle is no longer location, but mechanism. It’s not that a classification by location is wrong, it’s just not especially useful any more.]]> http://pervasiveia.com/blog/salience-and-taxonomy-change/feed 0 The removal of the Broad Street pump handle http://pervasiveia.com/blog/john-snow-and-the-removal-of-the-broad-street-pump-handle http://pervasiveia.com/blog/john-snow-and-the-removal-of-the-broad-street-pump-handle#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:40:11 +0000 Andrea http://pervasiveia.tumblr.com/post/270703198 removal of the Broad Street pump handle]]> http://pervasiveia.com/blog/john-snow-and-the-removal-of-the-broad-street-pump-handle/feed 0 “I had an interview with the Board of Guardians …” http://pervasiveia.com/blog/i-had-an-interview-with-the-board-of-guardians-of-st-james%e2%80%99s-parish-on-the-evening-of http://pervasiveia.com/blog/i-had-an-interview-with-the-board-of-guardians-of-st-james%e2%80%99s-parish-on-the-evening-of#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:07:41 +0000 Andrea http://pervasiveia.tumblr.com/post/270607237
- John Snow and the removal of the Broad Street pump handle]]> John Snow and the removal of the Broad Street pump handle]]> http://pervasiveia.com/blog/i-had-an-interview-with-the-board-of-guardians-of-st-james%e2%80%99s-parish-on-the-evening-of/feed 1 The Broad Street Pump Outbreak http://pervasiveia.com/blog/there-were-many-other-factors-that-led-snow-to-isolate-the-cause-of-the-cholera-to-the-broad-street http://pervasiveia.com/blog/there-were-many-other-factors-that-led-snow-to-isolate-the-cause-of-the-cholera-to-the-broad-street#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:00:19 +0000 Andrea http://pervasiveia.tumblr.com/post/270599589
- Broad Street Pump Outbreak]]> Broad Street Pump Outbreak]]> http://pervasiveia.com/blog/there-were-many-other-factors-that-led-snow-to-isolate-the-cause-of-the-cholera-to-the-broad-street/feed 0 Setting up the whole she-bang http://pervasiveia.com/blog/setting-up-the-whole-she-bang http://pervasiveia.com/blog/setting-up-the-whole-she-bang#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:02:51 +0000 Andrea http://pervasiveia.tumblr.com/post/266089244 Well, it seems we are finally there, book’s wheels rolling (metaphorically speaking), and we settled on Tumblr as our tool of choice for collecting sources, resources, and loose snippets while we go. So, that’s it: we hereby declare this blog/repository/thing the official companion web site for the Pervasive Information Architecture book. And welcome. More posts and more details to come.

]]> Well, it seems we are finally there, book’s wheels rolling (metaphorically speaking), and we settled on Tumblr as our tool of choice for collecting sources, resources, and loose snippets while we go. So, that’s it: we hereby declare this blog/repository/thing the official companion web site for the Pervasive Information Architecture book. And welcome. More posts and more details to come.

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