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information systems research: describe, critique or design?

At what level does IS research work best? This post argues for more direct involvement in design from the research community. (image flickr/talios)

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Preliminary report on analysis of the Bristol "twolar system"..

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• "Wells spoke of two types of mind. The majority of people, he said, are retropective in their habit of reasoning interpreting the things of the present solely in relation to the past. The other type of mind, much in the minority, is constructive in habit, interpreting the things of the present in relation to things designed or forseen" - Brian Aldiss, Super State (paraphrasing H G Wells) #
• A naysayer to the dumbing down discourse Cognitive Flexibilty Theory, Hypertext, and the Post-Gutenberg Mind: Rand Spiro's Home Page. #
• Interesting podcast from Mitchell Baker, talking about why people are motivated to take part in Firefox & other projects. Delegation of authority seen as a major factor, though group decision making also needs to be tight to meet release dates: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1683 #
• "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." - Pablo Picasso #
• Can the words of disgraced anthropologist Carlos Castaneda be a good metaphor for web interaction? "For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking breathlessly." - http://www.philosophy-books.com/authors/castaneda.cfm #