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Ambient Findability

September 2005

Intermediate to advanced

204 pages

6h 13m

English

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Organization of This BookSafari EnabledContacting the AuthorContacting O’ReillyAcknowledgments
1.1. Definition1.2. Information Literacy1.3. Business Value1.4. Paradise Lost
2.1. All Creatures Great and Small2.2. Human Wayfinding in Natural Habitats2.3. Maps and Charts2.4. The Built Environment2.5. Wayfinding in the Noosphere2.6. The Web2.7. The Baldwin Effect
3.1. Defining Information3.2. Information Retrieval3.3. Language and Representation3.4. The People Problem3.5. Information Interaction
4.1. Everyware4.2. Wayfinding 2.04.3. Findable Objects4.4. Imports4.5. Exports4.6. Convergence4.7. Asylum
5.1. Marketing5.2. Design5.3. Findability Hacks5.4. Personalization5.5. Ebb and Flow
6.1. Us and Them6.2. The Social Life of Metadata6.2.1. Taxonomies6.2.2. Ontologies6.2.3. Folksonomies6.2.4. Networks6.3. Documents6.3.1. The Shape of Information6.3.2. Antelopes as Boundary Objects6.3.3. The End of Data6.4. A Walk in the Park
7.1. Bounded Irrationality7.2. Informed Decisions7.3. Network Culture7.4. The Body Politic7.5. Information Overload7.6. Graffiti Theory7.7. Sources of Inspiration7.8. Ambient Findability