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Sociality and Search

Commentary

source: http://www.usit.com.au/2010/06/02/sociality-and...

In response to Scott Bryant's disappointment that I didn't mention social search in my April IA series.

“Excellent breakdown” — gee, thanks :-) Anyway, the reason why I didn’t mention social search and a whole host of other stuff is that, while “Findability and Exploration” tries to take a look at the future, it does so from the narrow viewpoint of what the search engine on a (news) website should look like, which is an entirely different question from what “search” in general should look like or will look like in the future. I think you’re right that we do need that broader perspective, but I have to confess that, as an IA, that’s not my forte.

Cheers!