Visual cacophony and first-order retrievability are just phrases I came up with to help me communicate what I believe to my collaborators, to my team members in The Cave, and in darker times, to myself. They are not gospel. Your beliefs will be and should be your own. Your answers to the big questions will be different. Maybe, like Nick Offerman, you work best when things flow along the natural continuum of whatever it is that you make. Or maybe, like Jamie, your mind is most creative and your hands are most productive when everything is compartmentalized and in its place. Or maybe you’re
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