groundhogs in the source code

GROUNDHOGSin THE SOURCE CODEnavigation as cross-channel sense-making

ANDREA RESMINI

IASUMMIT 2012

WE SAY NAVIGATEWE REALLY MEAN

UNDERSTAND

   MNSU.EDU

KEVIN LYNCH, SKETCHES

   MNSU.EDU

KEVIN LYNCH, SKETCHES

   MNSU.EDU

KEVIN LYNCH, SKETCHES

DISTINCTIONS WERE MADE AMONG THE DIFFERENT

PHYSICAL PARTS OF THE CITY

THESE PARTS WERE ORGANIZED IN A PERSONALLY

MEANINGFUL MESH

PEOPLE WERE RECONNECTING PERCEIVED FRAGMENTS IN

MEANINGFUL PATTERNS

THE ODYSSEY, 700 BC

MONKEY ISLAND, 1990

SUCKER PUNCH, 2011

THE ODYSSEY, 700 BC

MONKEY ISLAND, 1990

QUESTS CONNECT MAPSWITH PERSONAL SPACE

MP & THE HOLY GRAIL, 1975

QUESTS ARE A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN NARRATIVE AND

ACTIONABILITY

DRACULA, 1897

KHOONI DRACULA, 1992

   BRITANNICA.COM

BRAM STOKER, 1906

MONOLOGIC

DIALOGIC

POLYLOGIC

DICTATIONCYLINDERS

    SHORTHAND

    SHIPS' LOGS

DIARY ENTRIES

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   TYPEWRITTEN TEXT

   DRACULASCASTLE.EU

PHASE #1

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PHASE #2

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PHASE #3

    PHASE #4

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NOW.WAIT A SEC THERE.

THE HOBBIT, 2012

“PLACE IS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD”

YI FU TUAN

GROUNDHOG DAY, 1993

“HE'S TRAPPED IN SOME KIND OF TIME WARP.”

“A SUPERNATURAL FORCE IS SHOWING HIM HIS

WEAKNESSES.”ROGER EBERT

SOURCE CODE, 2011

“IT'S A F***ING VIDEOGAME!”

EVERYONE

DATABASE

3D NAVIGATION

WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE DATABASE

PLACE IS WHERE WE PAUSESPACE IS WHERE WE MOVE

NAVIGATION COREOGRAPHS THE BALLET OF CROSS-CHANNEL

USER EXPERIENCE

   DAN WILLIS, INTENT PATHS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/uxcrank/5730905682/in/photostream/)

THROUGH NAVIGATION WE BUILD SENSE AND WEAVE PLACES INTO A COHESIVE NARRATIVE ONCE AGAIN

THE LANGUAGE WE USE FOR THIS SENSE-MAKING

PROCESS IS THAT OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE

THANK YOU.

@resmini