How to Make Sense of Any Mess

Posted on 24 May 2018 by Abby Covert

Everything is getting complex It is easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of information we encounter each day Whether at work, at school, or in our personal endeavors, there s a deepening and inescapable need for people to work with and understand information Information architecture is the way that we arrange the parts of something to make it understandable as a whole When we make things for others to use, the architecture of information that we choose greatly affects our ability to deliver our intended message to our users We all face messes made of information and people I define the word mess the same way that most dictionaries do A situation where the interactions between people and information are confusing or full of difficulties Who doesn t bump up against messes made of information and people every day This book provides a seven step process for making sense of any mess Each chapter contains a set of lessons as well as workbook exercises architected to help you to work through your own mess. Free Read [ How to Make Sense of Any Mess ] author [ Abby Covert ] – kino-fada.fr This book is a brilliant introduction to information architecture It s short and easy to read but covers all the bases It will make sense and prove valuable to anyone who messes with information In other words, Abby really has written a book for everybody.I came to this book with very high expectations after I heard it called the Don t Make Me Think of Information Architecture Sadly, it didn t live up to that hype In the hands of a good teacher I have no doubt this would be an excellent textbook to accompany a course, but on its own it s only OK In trying to write a succinct and versatile primer on IA for anyone, Covert has gone too far in eschewing concrete examples Many of the self contained page l...I think this is a great book for getting started with information architecture I read it in about 100 minutes I have the great big polar bear book Information Architecture for the World Wide Web , but confess I have never gotten around to reading it I am not an Information Architect, but I am interested in understanding information architect Because it is not my job, I have made do with reading articles here and there over the years, but never reading that bigger book.I regard this book a I think this is a great book for getting started with information architecture I read it in about 100 minutes I have the great big polar bear book Information Architecture for the World Wide Web , but confess I have never gotten around to reading it I am not an Information Architect, but I am interested in understanding information architect Because it is not my job, I have made do with reading articles here and there over the years, but never reading that bigger book.I regard this book as an introduction or setting things straight book, and as such, I feel it was great Over the summer, I will read Andrew Hinton s Understanding Context That will be a muchsubstantial,in depth look at information architecture Reading Abby Covert s book is a nice preparation for that I can see me sh...This book is a mess It s not a book really I d call it a pamphlet.The text gives basic common sense level knowledge about sorting out messes Now this doesn t sound that bad The book explores some important points, such as Start with why , Who matters , What before how These considerations are indispensable for information architecture work and design related work of any kind Unfortunately the book is in a severe shortage of substance These points need to be really well understood, a This book is a mess It s not a book really I d call it a pamphlet.The text gives basic common sense level knowledge about sorting out messes Now this doesn t sound that bad The book explores some important points, such as Start with why , Who matters , What before how These considerations are indispensable for information architecture work and design related work of any kind Unfortunately the book is in a severe shortage of substance These points need to be really well understood, accepted, internalized If a book can help to get there, it s fantastic Not this book though It repeats overly generalized points in page long shallow chapters, but adds no substance and doesn t do anything to turn them into knowledge A header often says it all.One good thing is a list of 10 types of diagrams Then again, not that it s hard to find it elsewere.The language is extremely simplified on purpose, as it is a book about information architecture for everybody The simplifi...This is a deceptively thoughtful read, written as a short and snappy layman s guide to information architecture that belies its sophistication It serves well as a intuitive reminder of the effort and focus necessary to solve sense making problems effectively.Abby does a great job of reframing complex concepts in a straightforward manner and the book helps shine a light on the implicit assumptions, biases, shortcuts and oversights often inherent in the work we do when architecting information.Od This is a deceptively thoughtful read, written as a short and snappy layman s guide to information architecture that belies its sophistication It serves well as a intuitive reminder of the effort and focus necessary to solve sense making problems effectively.Abby does a great job of reframing complex concepts in a straightforward manner and the book helps shine a light on the implicit assumptions, biases, shortcuts and oversights often inherent in the work we do when architecting information.Oddly enough, I really didn t like this book at first Until about a third of the way through I felt it was trying too hard to be all things to all people Abby explicitly states the beginners guide as an aim , without necessarily succeeding in avoiding example scenarios and terminology that exposes the author as a digital web professional Judged by this criteria it may not be an absolute ...Meta ksi ka ywy przyk ad na stosowanie rekomendacji wymienionych w niej samej.Ka da strona to mikro felieton b d mikro definicja zwi zana ze sposobami na opanowanie chaosu przez stosowanie zasad architektury informacji Ca o jest przyjazn sekwencj id c od najwa niejszych, wr cz aksjomatycznych poj r nica mi dzy informacj , dan a wiedz i przechodzi p ynnie do struktur oraz taksonomii a ko czy na roli biznesowej architektury informacji.To nie jest ksi ka, kt r odk ada si na p k Meta ksi ka ywy przyk ad na stosowanie rekomendacji wymienionych w niej samej.Ka da strona to mikro felieton b d mikro definicja zwi zana ze sposobami na opanowanie chaosu przez stosowanie zasad architektury informacji Ca o jest przyjazn sekwencj id c od najwa niejszych, wr cz aksjomatycznych poj r nica mi dzy informacj , dan a wiedz i przechodzi p ynnie do struktur oraz taksonomii a ko czy na roli biznesowej a...While I enjoyed and appreciated this book for what it was, a high altitude overview of IA, I really hoped the author would get a bitinto the details as they pertain to specific industries such as website design Maybe a follow upThis book is awesome and super helpful Abby Covert, has done some great work explaining how to organize systems and information in a simple and precise way Best quote in the book Perfection isn t possible, but progress is I ll be repeating that one til I m dead.Una introducci n elegante y abierta sobre el concepto de arquitectura de informaci n El libro ofrece una metodolog a y una serie de lecciones aplicables a cualquier contexto en el que necesitemos organizar informaci n para que ot...Excellent introduction to Information Architecture.It s a very concise and straight forward book, focusing on a handful of core topics.Each topic s examples are were simple and yet were very powerful to summarise the underlying idea of the top...

24 May 2018

Abby Covert