Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything - Peter Morville [epub]

This is a book about everything. Or, to be precise, it explores how everything is connected from code to culture. We think we're designing software, services, and experiences, but we're not. We are intervening in ecosystems. Until we open our minds, we will forever repeat our mistakes. In this spirited tour of information architecture and systems thinking, Peter Morville connects the dots between authority, Buddhism, classification, synesthesia, quantum entanglement, and volleyball. In 1974 when Ted Nelson wrote "everything is deeply intertwingled," he hoped we might realize the true potential of hypertext and cognition. This book follows naturally from that.

"Intertwingled is a meditation on the connectedness of everything. From language and ontology to culture and strategy, Peter takes us on a journey that reveals how a simple change in what we take for granted can send ripples that reach far beyond our awareness."
Irene Au, Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures

"How does Peter Morville manage all the suffering and turbulence in modern information architecture? Having read this book, I now know. The guy has become a guru. He's achieved enlightenment."
Bruce Sterling, author, Shaping Things, co-founder, EFF

"Peter Morville gently leads us to a place we can be still in discomfort. The book appears to be about information architecture, but the true value of this narrative is its appeal to a general audience. Readers outside the industry will identify themselves in Morville's story. It will guide them into a better understanding of their relationship to information and perhaps incidentally into their own public library."
Josie Barnes Parker, Director, Ann Arbor District Library

"Intertwingled is exactly the book you'd expect from a volume with that fanciful title. Delightful. Full of unexpected connections. Panoramic. Practical. Wise. Anyone who makes the case that the Buddha was an information architect, as Peter Morville artfully does, is worth your attention. You won't find a better guide to surviving and succeeding in a world of hyper-abundant information."
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Research Center's Internet Project