The Specificity Gradient

36 min · information architects

This talk at the Information Architecture Conference expounds on the thumbnail talk I did of the same name (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDE_y7Qri9w) during peak pandemic. Unfortunately the conference budget was such that proper AV wasn't available, and the Q&A after the talk, which was productive, was not saved. This same video is available here (https://vimeo.com/838169606 ), along with other talks from the conference. 00:00 - preamble 01:30 - desired outcome → specific method 02:40 - "business goals" 03:11 - "user goals" 03:42 - "user tasks" 03:55 - "system tasks" 04:12 - "system behaviours" 04:28 - CODE. 04:50 - it's like a coin sorter 06:17 - discussion: business goals 07:40 - discussion: user goals 08:29 - discussion: user tasks 09:34 - discussion: system tasks 10:25 - discussion: system behaviours 11:25 - precedent: shearing layers 13:25 - precedent: pace layers 15:07 - my contribution: perishability tracks with detail 15:38 - how I got here: behaviour sheets 17:53 - so what's the catch? 18:39 - still worth doing though! 22:04 - the specificity gradient makes the code much more disposable 23:24 - documents make lousy documentation 25:07 - information : documents :: ingredients : meals 27:36 - shout out to FAIR 28:10 - demonstration of IBIS tool

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