- [[rigid navigation makes content feel smaller]] and discourages irregularity. everything in rigid design should be / work / behave exactly as expected. - but **irregularity can enhance human experience**. - [[digital gardens are collections of densely linked notes that evolve over time]] – they combine regularity and irregularity, just like physical gardens: - a garden might be full of flowers that are different in type, color, or fragrance; it might have a tree or pond or garden gnome. no two gardens will be identical, even if you try to make them so. - intentional irregularities help us expect the unexpected. allows serendipitous discovery. it’s a more fulfilling, interesting experience to walk through a garden than it is to walk through a cul-de-sac of uniform houses. - [[the internet has been suburbanized]] - reading [[Bernstein, Mark - 1998 - Hypertext Gardens|Hypertext Gardens]] reminded me of [[danielewski, mark z - house of leaves]] in that the way you navigate the material becomes part of the story. - hypertextual navigation is experiential – more tactile and more [[hypertext builds context|contextualized]].