NOTE: You need to view this in “Full Screen” mode, which you can do by clicking the little projector-screen icon on the bottom-right of the viewer. Otherwise, the narrative text isn’t readable. (Or download the 6 MB PDF version.)
(Thanks to David Fiorito for compressing it down from its formerly gigantic size!)
Giving this talk at the IA Summit was a blast; I’m so grateful for the positive response, and the patience with these still-forming ideas.
If you’re after some resources on Communities of Practice and the like, see the post about the previous year’s presentation which has lots of meaty links and references.
8 responses so far ↓
1 ks // Apr 16, 2008 at 11:40 am
Really, really good Andrew. Slides 98+ were most thought-provoking. The William Gibson quote hit home. I’ve been reading a lot lately about how younger generations (well, younger than me) blur the divide between digital and physical concept metaphors.
Nice job, wish I was there to see it.
2 links for 2008-04-17 (Leapfroglog) // Apr 17, 2008 at 2:33 am
[...] Linkosophy Hinton’s closing plenary for this year’s IA Summit. I thought he was the best speaker in ‘07 and it seems he might have been again this year (had I been there). Very necessary roundup of what IA should be focussing on. Less milkshake, more Chunky Monkey! (tags: IA informationarchitecture UX userexperience presentations andrewhinton iasummit 2008) [...]
3 tonyscott.org.uk - Linkosophy // Apr 29, 2008 at 12:21 am
[...] Fascinating slides by Andrew Hinton on connections and contexts in information architecture. [...]
4 A Model for Understanding Professional Identity and Practice // May 7, 2008 at 10:30 am
[...] the closing talk for this year’s IA Summit, I had a slide that explains the various layers that make up what we use the term [...]
5 Juxtaprose - Information architecture: structures defined by doors & windows // Jul 15, 2008 at 5:29 pm
[...] is maybe analogous to some the ideas best expressed in Andrew Hinton’s Linkosophy [...]
6 Running for the Board & the future of the IAI // Sep 5, 2008 at 4:46 pm
[...] systems, for users to create their own experiences. (For my kickoff of this line of thought, see my Linkosophy talk.) I don’t think everyone has to agree with me on this particular take on IA — but [...]
7 The UX Tribe // Feb 11, 2009 at 5:57 pm
[...] PS: a couple of presentations where I’ve gone into some of these issues, if you haven’t seen them before: UX As Communities of Practice; Linkosophy. [...]
8 Complete Beginner’s Guide to Information Architecture | UX Booth // Mar 10, 2009 at 9:31 am
[...] Andrew Hinton in Linkosophy [...]
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