Thursday, November 21, 2002

Steve Johnson of the googleshare concept leads to - connectedland I've always had a desire to make the area where people, design and technology meet my playground, but I think I fell in love with the idea of a connected culture in 1996. What somewhat brought it all together, and pointed me in the direction I am still following professionally today, was one of Fritjof Capra's books, "The Web of Life". Coming from a slightly more philosophical and ecological angle Capra created a coherent scenario, coupling Chaos and Complexity Theory-derived concepts with intuitions driven by the emerging internet phenomenon. He envisioned that the western world and its underlying cultural matrix were shifting towards a new network model. Even though he was not the only one to do so, just like others, he was right. Needless to say I've been interested in understanding where that model would take us and our culture ever since. Emergent Architecture What is Emergence, and what are the implications for InformationArchitecture? 5:50:12 AM

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