Re: Information Mapping

[Richard Yanowitz <ryanowit -at- NYCT -dot- NET>]

At 08:53 AM 9/3/97 -0400, Jody LaFerriere wrote:
>Richard,
>
>Information Mapping is not a "Layout Approach".  (I'd be more than happy
>to discuss this with you offline at your convenience.) <snip>

I took the course and, yes, I know you folks stress all sorts of
methodological stuff; but in my eyes most of that offers little that is
new, and the real value centers around your particular and helpful (but not
magical) way of laying out material (which of course is connected to how
one thinks about/breaks down the material--doing so, however, doesn't, for
me at least, require such an elaborate methodology).  Your comment here is
part of what I mean about taking a good idea (which info mapping is) and
trying to beef it up with mystification.

I welcome the (limited but valuable) tools your company's approach has
given me, though I wich I'd gotten them in a much more condensed way (1 day
instead of 4 1/2-5).

In any event, I guess your pitch is really relevant to list member(s) who
are inquiring about it.

Best,

Richard



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