Five ways to sort anything
Five ways to sort anything
Have you have ever had difficulties about categorising and sorting things?
Because I had!
Many thanks for some great information architectures whom laid down the 5 ultimate sorting principles. You should not be afraid dear reader if you have never heard about this. I think if you were using any kind of ordering principles ever, You might would use one of those I mentioned below.
Once I heard a quite wise postulate from Jordan Peterson, the Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto that I think is relevant to quote now.
He said that:
“Any coherent ordering principle is better than none!”
| LOCATION | ALPHABET | TIME | CATEGORY | HIERARCHY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maps | Dictionaries | Calendars | Places | Organisation structures |
| Assembly manuals (lego, IKEA) | Phone books | Statistical data | Clothes | Priority |
| Placing Interior facilities | Product magazines | Sheet music | Devices | Power relations |
| Underground stations | Registers | Recipes | Species | Social dynamics |