Field Notes — Ali Safari — 258 notes

Field
Notes.

Honest reactions to IS research, AI, and the theory I'm studying for comps. No summaries.

258 Posts
10 Topics
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Same Tool, Different Department, Total Disaster
2026-05-14·IS Theory
6 min read
222
Supply Chain Digitization: What COVID-19 Revealed
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
223
Surveillance Capitalism and What Your Data Is Actually For
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
224
Survey Response Scales and Why Your Five Points Might Not Mean What You Think
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
225
Synthetic Data: Training AI Without Real People's Information
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
7 min read
226
Systematic Literature Reviews and the Discipline of Not Picking Favorites
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
227
The Tool Is Not Broken. It's Just Wrong for Your Job.
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
228
Technical Debt in Non-Tech Companies Is an IS Governance Problem
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
5 min read
229
Technical Skills Every IS Researcher Actually Needs
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
230
The System That Teaches Nothing
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
231
Platform Design Is Not Neutral. Democracy Pays the Price.
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
232
Some People Are Just Not Ready (And That Is Data, Not a Flaw)
2026-05-14·IS Theory
7 min read
233
Telehealth After COVID: What Stuck and What Didn't
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
234
The IT Artifact Is Not Optional
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
7 min read
235
The Productivity Paradox Is Still Alive
2026-05-14·IS Theory
6 min read
236
The S-Curve Does Not Care About Your Launch Date
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
237
Theory Testing vs. Theory Building: When Each Is Appropriate
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
7 min read
238
What TikTok Understands About User Behavior That Your Enterprise App Does Not
2026-05-14·IS Theory
7 min read
239
Why the Same CRM Thrives in One City and Dies in Another
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
7 min read
240
The Specification Error in Your Trust Variable
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
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