Ryan Singer on Christopher Alexander
- Christopher Alexander, A Primer
- Designing with Forces How to Apply Christopher Alexander in Everyday Work
- An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design
- Case Study: Shaping âIntroductionsâ for Basecamp 4 and Writing a Pattern Language
how do we productively frame a design problem so that we can make things better
what is the actual outcome that we are trying to reach
notes on the synthesis of form, first 2 chapters nature of order series, first 2 battle
form, context, fit
most requirements come in as ‘form’ how to get ppl to describe context in form-agnostic ways goodness of fit
quality without a name. life.
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centers
generative processes
pattern is a generic relationships of centers, a bundle of form and context together. e.g. 6 foot balcony
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pattern languages may be useful to pass on solved things
software has adopted this sort of. but misunderstanding. sw is about efficiency and reuse. PL is about a process for building one thing. PL is what we build for a project to specify the project at the right level of abstraction.
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reading order, NoSoF first two chapers, battle, nature of order
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JTBD is about defining context in such a way that you can have an empirical judge of fit to the form. way to understand demand that is supply agnostic. isomorphic to understand context in way that is form-agnostic.
patterns vs reusable components. it’s a pattern if it’t not just form but has context attached.