Thursday, March 17, 2011

From Filing Cabinets to Digital Thought - James Fallows - Technology - The Atlantic

(Note: I refer to an entry on James Fallows’ blog, but the entry was written by a guest blogger.)

Why strictly hierarchical meta-models will never suffice…

Simply put, our brains naturally extend beyond our filing cabinets. We think associatively. Ideas and documents rarely fit into just one folder. As a result critical information gets buried, duplicated, or lost. We end up searching through our rigid directories and, more importantly, fail to capture the connections and relationships that crystalize our knowledge and drive our businesses.

From Filing Cabinets to Digital Thought - James Fallows - Technology - The Atlantic

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