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 Ambient Findability - Peter Morville
Newest Review: ... short book, although containing a lot of academic concepts (Morville is a professionally trained librarian), should still ... more  ... prove to be interesting reading for anyone with an interest in web culture. But I have a feeling it is going to be very dated in a few years as making predictions about how technology will work in the future is a dolt’s profession.
So what is ambient findability?
To keep a long story short it means being able to find anything, anywhere or anytime. Ambient Findability means you don’t have to wait until you can park yourself in front of a computer connected to the Internet to be able to search for something. Your cell...more |
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Ambient Findability - Peter Morville: Too much Information, not enough Time (482 words)
by - written on 19/02/07 (Very useful, 180 readings)
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I picked this book up mostly on the basis that its writer Peter Morville co-authored one of the best books on web site design I've ever read, 'Information Architecture for the WWW'. However using terms like ‘information architecture’ immediately makes one sound like a prat so I’m pleased Morville has adopted the typically American trait of reducing a high falutin concept down to an easy to understand (and catchy) phrase. Making stuff easier to find = findability. I also quite like the other American trait of then going on to sell and market this concept via as many mediums as possible. This short book, although containing a lot of academic concepts (Morville ... Read the complete review
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