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The way we organize information in order to make sense of it.
- Meaning is subjective, demographic, socio-political,
- The act of choosing a language thats to be used, or not used, in a specific context
- Facebook, mcdonalds
- Words We Don't Say - NY Times
the language we use to describe the pieces, the way we talk about the things changes the interfaces that we eventually make
- uncontrolled vocabulary increases linguistic insecurity
- the way we connect the words we pick to the structure
there are only five ways to organize anything — Richard Saul Werman It takes knowledge to know that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom to know not to put it in a fruit salad
- understanding our world across context and channel
- instagram - can't upload on ig.com, medium - can't edit on mobile
- not a feature, its the backbone
- if you dont consider IA, it considers itself
- we are all, already doing this, with varying degrees of success
- let's get better