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A Social Networking Examination of Tagging On Gather by Will Evans views: 89 | rating: 8.9 | comments: 11

May 17, 2007 10:57 AM EDT -- (or how tagging transforms the solitary browsing experience into a community building social one)  ---------------------- In a previous article, I contemplated the cognitive science aspect of tagging . . . more

Conceptual Visualization of Decision Making by Will Evans views: 28 | rating: 8.5 | comments: 9

October 03, 2006 12:10 PM EDT -- What I should write is an article using my blend of Information Architecture and new Pre-Simulation formulations to explain to Gatherites how the Web 2.0 experience transforms the writing/reading experience . . . more

Deconstructing User Centered Design, or Building Usable Web Applications by Will Evans views: 31 | rating: 10 | comments: 10

March 26, 2007 03:58 PM EDT -- -w/e ----------------------------------------  So I was recently thinking that Web-based applications, like all software applications, are obviously intended for people to use to solve goals. Not . . . more

The Cognitive Science of Tagging on Web 2.0 Websites Like Gather by Will Evans views: 21 | rating: 10 | comments: 5

April 05, 2007 10:38 AM EDT -- [or how the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it so darn popular] Will Evans -------------------------------------------  At the start, let me confess that I struggled with this topic. From my . . . more

Social Networking websites & a theory of cumulative advantage by Will Evans views: 21 | rating: 10 | comments: 5

May 16, 2007 08:04 AM EDT -- (or the rich get richer effect) Duncan Watts (author of Six Degrees) wrote an article in the New York Times about the rich get richer effect. He reports on a series of experiments on the web where they . . . more

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Book Review by Will Evans views: 11 | rating: 10 | comments: 3

February 07, 2007 06:07 AM EST -- “The metaphors we use constantly in our everyday language profoundly influence what we do, because they shape our understanding. [It is said] that metaphors are pervasive because they reflect how . . . more

Ambient Findability: Book Review by Will Evans views: 19 | rating: 8.8 | comments: 6

February 08, 2007 11:01 PM EST -- Information Architecture (that is – what I do) – the words themselves are enough to cause the eyes of most executives and Gatherites to glaze over, and of course, my grandmother, who is still . . . more

Modeling Pattern Recognition: From Wetware* to Hardware. by Will Evans views: 18 | rating: 9 | comments: 4

February 12, 2007 06:40 AM EST -- Researchers at the MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research have used a biological model to train a computer model to recognize objects in busy street scenes, such as cars or people. Their very innovative . . . more

Praxis & Theory: Information Architecture & Cognitive Science by Will Evans views: 23 | rating: 10 | comments: 1

February 13, 2007 04:48 AM EST -- Why does it seem that so many Information Architects seem like they are running off and either co-opting the semantics of cognitive science or scared shitless when other IAs do? What do cognitive science . . . more