It may sound like I argue semantics. It’s very common for me to go into the differences between words and talk about their meaning. This has troubled me for a while because whenever I thought about it, I’d come to the conclusion I was doing something different, but I couldn’t explain it. Then it came […]
What’s the difference between knowledge and information? If you want to go by dictionaries, the difference is subtle. Information is what you can acquire by observation, reading, or hearsay, with no guarantee of their validity. On the other hand, knowledge is what you can acquire by study, observation, or experience, and any ideas inferred from […]
Tonight I’ve been toying with the idea of personal utility and aesthetic. The way I see it, like most systems, people can be viewed as having both function and form. The idea of usefulness and emotional experience. In a more general sense, these are very interrelated things that generally work together, but like most models, […]
Semantics! I’m not talking about the semantic web, but semantics in general. I’m sure you know, but the idea of semantics is the concern of meaning. For example, when I use language to communicate, I really want it to convey my meaning because that’s the reason I’m communicating. Hence, the importance of semantics and meaning.
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I’m still due for my post on general models to follow up my post on mental models. It’s mostly written, but I haven’t had any time to put into that kind of thought recently.
However, to keep things moving in the ongoing side discussion on this blog about models, and to foreshadow the eventual tie-in with […]
Mental models represent a very important way to view the way we think. More importantly, models in general represent a very useful way to represent known knowledge. The significance of models might not be obvious, but I’m going to try and paint a picture that will help you understand them as I do. First though, […]