Abby is awesome and an old friend from NYC ux & information architecture scene in early 2010s.
Her book is great, and like others mention, the homepage is just the TOC. Go buy it!
Ultimately, the mess is yours to make it helpful for stakeholders.
Could you post the names of some influential books or articles from the Information Architecture scene?
I've never heard of it, but I'm impressed by OP's website and I'm interested in learning more.
edit: There's a whole list in the website.
edit (pt. 2): How would you compare the Information Architecture scene to the Effective Altruism scene? Are these scenes linked/overlapping in any particular way?
Or are they modern day oracles? The full title is inclusive and invites consideration. Besides, how many different types of models are there? How are they used? For freely available ones made accessible to the general public via interfaces, when were they last updated? Do the interface implementors even care or was it a simple project to make money via ads and microtransactions?
This is a new area of media literacy and requires critical thinking.
Nonetheless, I do acknowledge the value of RAG-based approaches that attempt to qualify their reasoning through provided sources.
Yup, American expat in Germany here just watched it with family.
I didn't understand the fascination but it's become funnier over the years, particularly with kids.
I don’t know about rashes and reactions. But in health circles, seed oils are generally considered safe and retain higher nutritional value if cold pressed. This makes them suitable at least for salads, but not frying.
All this reminds me of a much more minor spat years ago when Matt got upset Chris Pearson made a configurable premium theme (Thesis) which controversially went against the GPL license. Matt then purchased the domain thesis.com and tried unsuccessfully to revoke Chris’ 3 trademarks related to the name and ‘diy themes’.
In this current case, it looks like Matt is thankfully trying to ensure end customers don’t get unreasonably affected. But nonetheless, it certainly appears WP.org should at least be relationally more of an independent entity with a separate leadership, or at least appear to be so.
Or ... in 2022 when Mat called GoDaddy "Parasitic" and an "existential threat to [WordPress's] future." And then to argue at GoDaddy employees ... attempting to convince them they're working for a bad organization. All hovering around his presumption about the quantity and quality of GoDaddy's contribution back to WordPress, while GD simultaneously profits by being in the broader marketplace.
it looks like Matt is thankfully trying to ensure end customers don’t get unreasonably affected.
No, WordPress' lawyers almost certainly told Matt he was committing tortious interference of contract, and opening up WordPress, Automattic, and himself to tens of millions in damages claims from WP Engine and their affected customers.
Given his behavior in prior such tantrums, it's clear that the decision to be reasonable was not Matt's choice. It was an ultimatum given to him by others.
I'm not sure "We have given you 72 hours (starting on a Friday afternoon) to figure out how to mirror everything you need, and to have completed the mirroring process, and then the block is back. And updates? Sucks to be you." qualifies as "reasonable" in any sense of the word, though.
The page no longer includes that language. It now simply states "We have lifted the blocks of their servers from accessing ours, until October 1, UTC 00:00. Hopefully this helps them spin up their mirrors of all of WordPress.org’s resources that they were using for free while not paying, and making legal threats against us."
So, the original draft (which you saw/see?) clearly came from Matt; the reasonable version that's now on their website almost certainly came from Legal/the rest of the board.
>So, the original draft (which you saw/see?) clearly came from Matt; the reasonable version that's now on their website almost certainly came from Legal/the rest of the board.
I believe the person you're responding to was creatively summarizing Matt's sentiment, not providing a direct quote from the post.
I find Figma useful for quick ideation on small projects to see potential constraints and challenge assumptions. The lower-fi, the better. I only do mobile-design to focus on essentials, use grayscale colors to not be distracted, and don't make a mobile global navigation.
If it was a larger project though, I'd definitely consider sketching as the speed is so much faster. And then jump into code.
“wanting to impress people is the result of not knowing what you want”
That’s quite reductive unless you’re overloading “impress” with “awe”.
Because making strong impressions and influencing specific action is the whole point of sales, whether it be convincing your parents about something meaningful as a child. An employer the value you’ll bring. A bank or VC a safe or fantastic long term ROI.
A buddy of mine writes “Adventure Snack”, an interactive fiction blog. After each intro, the story begins using a static HTML/JS template that I adapted to use with the Inky story editor. Fun exercise!
The more interesting conversation is about outspoken individuals with wealth, sustaining power, massive communication reach, and what ethical behavior responsibilities they have.
