Architecture as a metaphor...
As a lapsed architecture student I’m thinking about the usefulness of architecture as an analogy for social / participation media. With its multiple users, use-cases, semiotic hierarchies and iterative incarnations I think architecture can be a bit more helpful than the two dimensional advertising or conversation metaphor that is currently in vogue. After all, conversations don’t sit around providing context, direction and access the way that hyper-links and content (and for that matter doors and walls) do. But that’s just tonight’s thought…
