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  by katie & 2 users

• Current

Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Authors: Chip Heath Dan Heath

Tags: metaphors information cognitive_science storytelling

Description: Following on from Gladwell's The Tipping Point, this book teaches and summaries (completeFollowing on from Gladwell's The Tipping Point, this book teaches and summaries (complete with "clinics" at the end of chapters and an "easy reference guide" of notes at the end of the book) what makes ideas sticky: SUCCESs = 1. Simple (find the core), 2. Unexpected (get attention), 3. Concrete (help people understand), 4. Credible (help people believe), 5. Emotional (make people care), and 6. Stories (get people to act)...

2007-12-27

  by katie & 3 users

• Current

Type: documentary

Status: now reading

Author: David Weinberger

Tags: internet information complexity information_literacy

Description: Re the history of the ordering of information (including Dewey, etc.) to the internet -- firstRe the history of the ordering of information (including Dewey, etc.) to the internet -- first order, second order, third order.... tagging and virtual organization of information... Nothing earth-shattering for anyone who accepts Web 2.0 and its future, but interesting to read....

2007-08-03

  by ian743

• Current

Type: documentary

Status: liked

Authors: Ann Brooks Bryan Haworth

Tags: nonfiction information

2007-03-20

  by ian743

• Current

Type: technical

Status: I recommend

Author: Thomas Mann

Tags: nonfiction information

2006-12-06

  by ian743

• Current

Type: technical

Status: liked

Author: Phil Bradley

Tags: information computing

2006-09-20