[Design] Fwd: Tags, hierarchies et al.

[Mimi Yin]

I am forwarding a discussion with Rashmi Sinha, an information  
architecture specialist and one of the founding principals of Uzanto  
Consulting, a user research and interaction design consulting firm  
based in Mountain View, CA.
http://www.uzanto.com/

Katie and I worked with Rashmi at the first FLOSS Usability Sprint in  
February.
http://www.flossusability.org/wiki.pl?Chandler

Our collaboration at the sprint led me to rethink and remold a more  
nuanced approach to Information Architecture in Chandler, ultimately  
resulting in the virtuality presentation I posted to the list a few  
weeks ago.

Below, Rashmi is revisiting the distinction between tags and folders  
and their relative strengths and weaknesses...and I've posted a  
response on the OSAF Journal wiki:
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/TooManyWaysToOrganize

:o) Mimi

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> From: Rashmi Sinha <rashmi at uzanto.com>
> Date: August 29, 2005 10:47:36 AM PDT
> To: Mimi Yin <mimi at osafoundation.org>
> Subject: Tags, hierarchies et al.
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> I came across your Virtuality presentation slides: http:// 
> wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/VirtualityPresentationSlides
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> Very interesting, though I am not sure I got everything.  I am  
> fascinated by what Chandler is doing.
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> This thread on my blog might be of interest: http:// 
> www.rashmisinha.com/archives/05_07/oddpost-folders.html
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> I am really curious about Gmail tags are really being used. Are  
> people jerry-rigging folder systems (as the last comment suggests).  
> Wonder if there is any data out there about this.
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> -rashmi
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> Rashmi Sinha, Ph.D.
> Uzanto Consulting
> www.uzanto.com
> www.rashmisinha.com
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> Co Program Chair - BayCHI
> www.baychi.org
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