[Sigia-l] Classification is an essential skill

[Derek R]

Christopher wrote:
>| I don't see why an IA needs to focus 
>| a whole bunch of her/his peace of mind
>| to understanding what every users wants

Again, I don't know why you are jumping to unfounded conclusions
concerning what I have said. If you let users 'understand themselves,'
then you can't lose (i.e. peer-to-peer, A=A=A)!


>| Understanding conventions requires 
>| you to categorize

Trying to 'make' the user believe is going to alienate people (and so it
is documented by the recent UCLA report on Web Usage). 

The wisdom here is that you don't have to 'understand' user-conventions
and then categorize -- you just have to allow users to exist, unharassed
(i.e. a 'structuring structure').


>| Ethnomethodology is the understanding 
>| of conventions

Nothing is 'conventional' in Ethnomethodology (EM) Christopher !!

Never mind the conventions -- Ethnomethodology ignores all that useless
information. It is only interested in the *how*
(constitution/processual) of interaction as 'ongoing accomplishment' (a
'structuring structure') and not in any truth/false ('orchestrating
action'/conventions) which one may use to convince (i.e. an 'end'). 


>| I'm just trying to understand 
>| your arguments better

Keep trying Christopher. You're ice-cold. Try approaching it without the
pre-determination that I'm dead-wrong -- then you might be open enough
to uncover (i.e. receptivity).