How do you find your way in an age of information overload? How can you filter streams of complex information to pull out only what you want? Why does it matter how information is structured when Google seems to magically bring up the right answer to your questions? What does it mean to be 'findable' in this day and age? This eye-opening new book examines the convergence of information and connectivity. Written by Peter Morville, author of the groundbreaking "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web", the book defines our current age as a state of unlimited findability. In other words, anyone can find anything at any time. Complete navigability. Morville discusses the Internet, GIS, and other network technologies that are coming together to make unlimited findability possible. He explores how the melding of these innovations impacts society, since Web access is now a standard requirement for successful people and businesses. But before he does that, Morville looks back at the history of way finding and human evolution, suggesting that our fear of being lost has driven us to create maps, charts, and now, the mobile Internet. The book's central thesis is that information literacy, information architecture, and usability are all critical components of this new world order. Hand in hand with that is the contention that only by planning and designing the best possible software, devices, and Internet, will we be able to maintain this connectivity in the future. Morville's book is highlighted with full color illustrations and rich examples that bring his prose to life. "Ambient Findability" doesn't preach or pretend to know all the answers. Instead, it presents research, stories, and examples in support of its novel ideas. Are we truly at a critical point in our evolution where the quality of our digital networks will dictate how we behave as a species? Is findability indeed the primary key to a successful global marketplace in the 21st century and beyond? Peter Morville takes you on a thought-provoking tour of these themes and more - ideas that will not only fascinate but will stir your creativity in practical ways that you can apply to your work immediately.

Peter Morville是互聯網行業知名的信息架構專傢，被譽為“信息架構之父”，他還是Semantic Studios的總裁。Semantic Studio是一傢關於信息架構和可尋性的谘詢公司。他有近二十年的谘詢經驗，為AT&T、IBM、Microsoft、哈佛商學院、Internet2、Procter & Gamble、Vanguard、雅虎等公司提供建議。Peter被譽為信息架構學之父。此外，Peter還是《Web信息架構：設計大型網站》的作者之一（另一位是Louis Rosenfeld）。這本書是信息架構領域最暢銷的書籍。

Peter是密西根大學信息學院教職員，也是信息架構研究所的顧問董事。他在國際會議中發錶演說，文章被發錶在各大主流齣版物中，包括《商業周刊》《經濟學人》《華爾街日報》《MSNBC》和《財富》。