This remains a too overlooked aspect of software architecture. I think you'll find it provokes thought, if you can manage to listen through to the end; I was very nervous so my speech is shaky, and my slides doesn't quite help make things more clear. (Talk delivered at the Reboot 7.0 conference, June 11, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark.)

1. Peter Lindberg

2. Tesugen

3. Oops

4. Software architecture.

5. The Social/Psychological
Side of Software
Architecture

6. The Three Pillars of
Software Architecture

10. Everyone:
‘It’s important!’

11. ‘Without an
architecture…’

12. ‘…chaos will ensue.’

13. Everyone:
‘Technology!’

14. What is software
architecture?

15. What’s missing in
software architecture?

16. The definition:

17. ‘…the structure…’

18. ‘…software
elements…’

19. ‘…relationships…’

20. The interplay of things

21. The original definition

26. ‘…like other
architecture…’

27. ‘…the art of
determining the
needs…’

28. ‘…of the user of a
structure…’

31. Representing the user

36. Have we lost
something?

40. The social and
the psychological

41. Collaboration
and thinking

42. Groups and individuals

43. The social pillar

44. A software project

49. ‘The difference
between a good movie
and a bad movie…’

50. ‘…is getting everyone
involved in making the
same movie.’

51. Envisioning
the same system

52. Memorable systems

53. The psychological pillar

58. Memorable systems

59. Supporting the
creative process

60. Inspirations

62. Porches fill in by stages

63. Visualize the next stage

65. Imageability

66. ‘…a high probability
of evoking
a strong image…’

67. ‘…vividly identified,
powerfully structured,
highly useful
mental images…’

69. System metaphor

74. ‘…an ancient world,
devoid of printing,
without paper for note-
taking or on which to
type lectures.’

75. ‘…imprint on the
memory a series of loci
or places.’

76. Mnemonic place system

77. Forming a
memory system

78. Other interesting
books…

83. Final words

84. Questions?