COMMUNITY
ENGINEERING
INFORMATION
MACHINES
Engineering is all about solving real-world problems by
assembling well-proven resources (technology).
 
mydigitalstructure can be considered another resource that an engineer can use to solve the information needs relating to real-world problems.
A STEP BACK
Traditionally when trying to understand the universe in engineering terms, it has been all about "matter & energy" - now "data" (information) is emerging as a first class citizen when trying to understand the world around us.

More reading on information & energy/matter

Everyday we use information to manage matter and energy - there is a deep inter-relation.

REST
We use information to represent the real world (its state) - the internet uses the commonality of the http protocol to transfer this representational state, using some basic verbs: GET, POST, DELETE to change the state of the representational information (data) - known as "RE.S.T"

With a common set of objects (nouns) i.e. contact, project, issues etc hosted by mydigitalstructure.com, you can represent the state of an organisation - being the combination of people, purpose, process & product.

MAKING IT REAL
By understanding the mydigitalstructure objects and the methods (functions), you can design and build "information machines/engines" - that can be used to solve real-world human problems - the nature of all technology.

The most modern architecture for constructing "RESTful" information machines is "model-view-controller", where:

  • model is the structure that defines the data
  • view is what the user sees and interacts with
  • controller is what joins the view to the model - ie what happens when the user interacts

In classical engineering terms the the model is the rules and the view is the outcome.

Getting started

 
MADE process
The nature of technology (book)