Weinberger Chapter 8, 9

Chapter 8
Weinberger talks a lot about the use of metadata and more recently in the book the use of tagging and it’s importance in the world. In chapter 8 he talks about the uses of implicit and explicit data. Basically implicit data is there to help you understand the material better, whereas explicit data is a more generalization of the material.

So What? I believe as a DTC major I should care about this because the use of implicit and explicit data is becoming even more and more important in today’s world because the amount of data generated is expanding rapidly. In the future it will be very important to be able to distinguish different types of data and using implicit and explicit data is a very effective and basic way of doing so.

Chapter 9
In my understanding of chapter 9, Weinberger is talking about the organization of information mainly on the web. He talks about how different organization is on the web and how there really isn’t a set way of organizing a website. Different people have different tastes in organization and therefore different companies must tailor their organization of their material in a specific way in order to satisfy their target audience.

So What? Organization is becoming more and more important in the online world. I have seen many websites that are poorly organized and therefore very confusing. Companies today try to figure out their key demographic and tailor their organization skill to that and as a DTC major where web design is a huge part of our future careers, we need to know all of the different keys to organizing material.