Information Architect Gifts

Information vs. confusion

Information about information about information about information.

'It's tough being a media exec. There's always the threat of good news breaking out.'

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

"When I grow up, I'm writing the Great American App."

Team Leader

"Once I connect with my server over there, I can turn my lamp on and off."

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

"After a long day at the office writing business software...Bob loves to relax writing game software."

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

'Everything is in the Cloud.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

Cloud Computing.

The Doorway to Ideas

Human Brain

Building a company.

'I store all my data in the cloud.'

'He's working on the great American requirements document.'

"What? More deliveries? Man, I never should have leased out my cloud for data storage."

'You see a bunny, I see an off-site system maintained by a 3rd party providing storage, processing power and computer applications.'

Bulb

What brings you to therapy, Rudy? Dr. Noodle. I've been feeling like my whole life is on pause. And I can't find the remote to unpause it. Meanwhile, everyone else's stories are proceeding apace. They're all into the second act already. They've all had plot twists, and hero's journeys, and epic love scenes, and thrilling reversals of fortune ... Meanwhile, I'm still paused on the opening credits because no remote. Why don't you get up off the couch and unpause it manually? You can do that?

Man sees Creative License Bureau

Dan tells me you're an architect. That is so cool! Thanks! Cloud architect, actually.

"I'm all for diversity. Let's get someone in here who knows what they're doing."

"This part we still need to iron out."

Egyptology Books form Pyramid

'Something that'll get me googled,'

'I guess this is what we get for going to a discount web-page designer.'

"My mental ink pen ran dry.

"Is there a dummy's guide for this book?"

"If it weren't for you, we'd have nothing in the cloud."

'Remember that code we couldn't decipher for seven years? We deciphered it - but do we want to know everything there is to know about rainfall in eastern Peru?'

"Remember that optimistic, slightly crazy, throw a dart at the wall forecast? We beat it."