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  What Is Web 2.0
Subject:   Organic Design & Web 2.0
Date:   2006-01-01 19:06:38
From:   iangilman
Beautiful piece!


In one of your sidebars you mention Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language. I'd like to add that A Pattern Language was published almost 30 years ago, and Christopher Alexander has continued to do interesting work in that time. He has recently published a four-part series entitled The Nature of Order in which he argues for, and presents concepts relevant to, a more organic design process -- something very much in tune with Web 2.0.


A recent post of mine inspired by his and others' work in the area:


http://www.iangilman.com/blog/2005/12/organic-design.php

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