Everything is MiscellaneousChapter Four September 08, 2015 DTC356-01

Would You Like To Play A Game?20 Questions • Groups of 6 • 15 minutes

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Game Debrief

What’s the point of playing 20 questions in class?

What’s the point of the Borges joke?

Rules for Categories• A well-constructed tree gives each thing a place. If too many items don’t have places and thus have to be shoved into the “miscellaneous” category, then the tree isn’t doing its job.

• Each thing gets only one place. Listing the cheese plate under appetizers, entrées, and desserts just confuses people.

• No one category should be too big or too small. If your clothing catalog has a separate section for every shoe in every size, its organization will be too “bushy” to be of much use.

• It should be obvious what the defining principle of each category is. A list of real estate offerings that has a category called “Places” isn’t very helpful.

Example

Sol

Earth

Western Hemisphere

North America

United States of America

Pacific Northwest

Washington

SW Washington

Clark County

Vancouver

FACETS(Or what’s wrong with my Steam library)

Facets

Players

Genre

Setting

Game Mechanic

Intensity & Immersion

Text

Digital Organization Project