brandy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:50:13 GMT

“One has only to look at a detailed map to understand this concept: the detail and depth of information contained within a well-designed printed page greatly surpass what may be achieved using web graphics, which have low resolution and lack visual complexity. “

I don’t agree with that, paper and a computer monitor and the graphics they display are simply tools, it depends on the talent of the creator, as to how effective either one can be. Sometimes complexity is not the best route.

Though I thought the part about paper being something 3 dimensional though it’s presentation is flat and the web is vice versa, to be very interesting and insightful.

Shinya — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:50:13 GMT

Please bear with me if I’m going a bit off topic…

“it responds to your signals, either allowing you to do what you want…” made me think of parenting a newborn. I’m a coping new father and more than ever, I now understand what it takes to really establish bonding through interactions. When faced with a complex problem such as giving a newborn what he/she wants, it’s often easier to define what the boundaries are by defining what cannot be done and almost randomly work through the possibilities with a proper mindset until the newborn interacting is reasonably satisfied. Isn’t this mindset similar to the mindset you’re talking about? If so, isn’t this mindset a set of heuristics? What are they in the context of solving an information architecture problem? Are Parker’s and Mok’s observations heuristics? What are the hard boundaries then?

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