- Tiago Forte points out that navigating digital environments requires âwayfindingâ, just like physical environments. We have to know certain things to get from one place to another. But, he says:
- âŠthe virtual worlds weâve 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.
- Heâs referring to the tag vs. folder debate, but heâs really pointing toward some of the principles of digital gardening. We donât have those landmarks and we do need to create them â the signposts, etc⊠Want to think about this more.
- 2024-09-07 â In fact, I should have a note somewhere about Bernstein, Mark - 1998 - Hypertext Gardens having a metaphor for this. Might have even been landmarks.