documenting research

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+---
+categories:
+- documentation
+- research
+date: 21/03/2023
+description: station skill at the research station
+slug: documenting-research
+title: documenting research
+---
+
+### Tagging topics
+
+![pad lifecycle](https://git.xpub.nl/kamo/pad-bis/media/branch/master/lifecycle.jpg)
+
+lifecycle, software, diagram, stack, meme, metaphor, readme, process
+
+_i asked_
+
+- how to convey the structure of a complex system in an accessible way?
+- how to offer entry points for people not familiar with such a system?
+- what could it be a familiar metaphor?
+
+_i did_
+
+- figured out the structure of the system: found out that is a circular process
+- researched for metaphors: lifecycles, environmental cycles, water cycles
+- focused on images targetting kids like elementary school aesthethic, paint-it-yourself drawings, etc. in order to have a really really really accessible metaphor
+- that this is something that should be done during the research! not months later ah ah
+
+
+_i found_
+
+- that using an image let you be more precise and less scared of being precise
+- that this process can happen in different moments ! aha
+
+_i know_
+
+
+![Nassi-Shneiderman chart example](nschart.jpg)
+
+diagram, process, visualization, technical writing, metaphor, flow, branches
+
+![ping pong](https://git.xpub.nl/kamo/drw/media/branch/main/img/pingpong.jpg)
+
+meme, architecture, software design