Dissertations are tricky

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I’ve spent the weekend with my brow furrowed (furrowed, I say!) rewriting the abstract of my dissertation. The new title, which I’m sure will change at least one more time, is:

The London Underground diagram is to London, as [blank] is to the World Wide Web.

As I tried to explain to the guys this morning, the dissertation is about interactions with ‘objects’ — digital or otherwise — and how our strategies for dealing with those objects affects our experience. Which is to say, it’s still about how awesome the London Underground diagram is.