Re: Text vs. Pictures? LO2438

Andrew Moreno (amoreno@cyberspace.org)
Wed, 16 Aug 1995 17:09:39 -0400

Replying to LO2411 --

Hi,

John Warfield wrote:

>"Use the amount of space needed to convey the issue--don't force the
>issue into the amount of space some business practice allocates to you."
> --Anonymous

Very deep. I used to want to organize EVERYTHING in my life onto this
notebook computer I have. What I realized is that my computer quickly
ran out of space. Now I only organize the 20% that I need to get 80% of
the results that I want. The rest, I keep in my head or forget till I
need it later. Tools, typography is one of them, are limited because
they were usually created before knowledge of other uses than what the
tools were designed for was available to the tool users.

I'm reminded of a story from "The Fifth Discipline" of Jay Forrester's
advice to the founders of Digital Computer on how much space they should
allocate to the business. Jay Forrester advised that they set aside a
whole floor of an office building, even though they were operating
presently at 5% or whatever, of that capacity. Jay came back a few months
later and found that they had grown to fill the entire floor.

Isn't it great that cyberspace or computer networks have virtually
unlimited space? One of the reasons the Internet is so useful to so
many people, in my opinion, is that the Internet has almost unlimited
bandwidth. I think George Gilder discusses this in his new book "Telecosm."

Thanks for a thoughtful letter. I'm more and more encouraged to look up
C.S. Pierce's works in the library.

--
Andrew Moreno
amoreno@cyberspace.org