Tinkering as a design metaphor

3/13/99

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Table of Contents

Tinkering as a design metaphor 

Outline 

Understanding emergence 

The emergent paradigm 

Metaphors of decentralization 

The virtual life 

First VS second-order effects 

Thinking about elevators 

Thinking about telephones 

Thinking about the Internet 

Seeking a great good place 

A mile deep and an inch wide 

Creating social capital 

The importance of choral societies 

A country of joinersÖ 

A country of joiners? 

A challenge for tinkering 

Human-centered tinkering 

Observe, Build, Test, Modify 

Observe, Build, Test, Modify 

Observe, Build, Test, Modify 

Observe, Build, Test, Modify 

What we know so far 

SIís response 

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Author: Tom Finholt

Email: finholt@umich.edu 

Home Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/Classes/505/SI505-syllabus.html  

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