{"id":2104,"date":"2005-10-16T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-16T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ambientfindability"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:10:20","slug":"ambientfindability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/ambientfindability\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambient Findability"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was pleased as punch to discover the book Ambient Findability<\/a> by Peter Morville yesterday. In fact, I devoured most of the book last night, resulting in dreams about metadata! Maybe not the best bedtime reading.<\/p>\n

Peter is the author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web<\/em>, another excellent O\u2019Reilly book. This tome runs a surprising gamut of topics, from crime statistics to health care to folksonomies, and though it certainly meanders, it\u2019s the best treatment yet in a printed volume of the many factors swirling about today\u2019s Internet.<\/p>\n

For example, Peter actually goes so far as to diagram different information interactions, such as the difference between a taxonomy and a folksonomy. He illustrates the consumer decision-making process and buying process. He explains why sometimes worrying about the findability of your website (in a search engine, for example) might actually be of a greater concern than the organization of the site itself. And he shows how sites like del.icio.us and Flickr reveal the incredible power of tagging.<\/p>\n

As the Web becomes an ever-larger part of our everyday lives, we realize that the humble profession of web design is growing all the time, requiring ever-more understanding of the world around us, crossing discipline after discipline. This is the kind of book that makes us really excited about the future, and about our chosen profession!<\/p>\n

You can read an excerpt<\/a> online!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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