• Tiago Forte points out that navigating digital environments requires “wayfinding”, just like physical environments. We have to know certain things to get from one place to another. But, he says:
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the virtual worlds we’ve created lack the natural landmarks we rely on in the natural world. They lack trees, rivers, seashores, and paths. In the digital world, we have to create them ourselves, out of words.
  • He’s referring to the tag vs. folder debate, but he’s really pointing toward some of the principles of digital gardening. We don’t have those landmarks and we do need to create them — the signposts, etc
 Want to think about this more.
  • 2024-09-07 — In fact, I should have a note somewhere about Bernstein, Mark - 1998 - Hypertext Gardens having a metaphor for this. Might have even been landmarks.