Information Hunters
This is a brilliant synthesis of research on information foraging -- the finding that the human behaviour when searching for information was similar to that of the hunter-gatherers and animals in search for food. Here are some recommendations:- create representations of information with a strong information scent
- optimise the information architecture to produce short, direct, optimal paths and
- create informational regions where the information supply balances the consumption ratio (relevant information already acquired is no longer relevant, although it was still “there”).
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