Are you familiar with alphabetical order?

Imagine this.

William Caxton showing the first page from his printing press.
William Caxton and the printing press. Britannica

The printing press was making text abundant.

Chart comparing European manuscript and printed-book production by century.
European manuscript and printed-book production. OWID manuscripts OWID printed books

Robert Cawdrey published a Table Alphabeticall.

Title page of Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall.
A Table Alphabeticall title page. Internet Archive

His readers still needed instructions for how to use alphabetical order!

To wit, the order of the letters as they stand... as 'B' near the beginning, 'N' about the middest, and 'T' toward the end.
Instruction page from Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall.
Reader instructions from A Table Alphabeticall. Internet Archive

Every information explosion creates a navigation crisis.

Every navigation crisis inspires new infrastructure.

Cover of Information Anxiety by Richard Saul Wurman.
Richard Saul Wurman, Information Anxiety. Wurman

The Print Revolution benefitted from an alphabetical order.

What will help us overcome the AI content tsunami?

Carte Pisane portolan chart.
Carte Pisane portolan chart. Wikimedia Commons

Embedora is a software company exploring how we can make our modern information ecosystems easier to navigate.

Category Atlas is our first product.
Go to dev.categoryatlas.com

Category Atlas website landing page.
Category Atlas. dev.categoryatlas.com

Thomas Czerniawski PhD.

During my faculty orientation, I was invited to mingle with thousands of professors and professionals to "find collaborators".

Where do you even begin?

Search is for finding what you can name.

Feeds are for more of the same.

Lists are for people with time.

How do we find some speedy serendipity?

Thomas Czerniawski wearing a headset at a technology demo.

Contact

Based in Toronto 🇨🇦

thomas@embedora.com