Field Notes — Ali Safari — 345 notes

Field
Notes.

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

345 Posts
10 Topics
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Longitudinal Research Design: Why Cross-Sectional Studies Miss Half the Story
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
242
Technology Neither Determines Nor Submits
2026-05-14·IS Theory
6 min read
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The $4.4 Trillion Number McKinsey Actually Published (And What It Does Not Say)
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
7 min read
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Measurement Invariance and the Assumption Nobody Checks
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
7 min read
245
Mental Health Apps: Good Intentions, Mixed Evidence
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
246
The Metaverse and What the Hype Cycle Actually Predicted
2026-05-14·Technology Adoption
6 min read
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Misinformation and What Platform Design Choices Actually Do
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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Mixed Methods Research: When One Approach Is Not Enough
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
249
MLOps: The Part of Machine Learning Nobody Wanted to Talk About
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
250
Model Collapse Is Path Dependence Hitting AI Training Data
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
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Move Fast and Break Things Is the Longwall Method for Software
2026-05-14·IS Theory
6 min read
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Multi-Cloud Strategy: Architecture or Accident?
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
7 min read
253
Multiagent Systems Are a Coordination Problem, Not an AI Problem
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
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Network Effects and Platform Theory: Why Platforms Are Different
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
7 min read
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No-Code and Low-Code: The Citizen Developer Myth
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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50% of Non-US CIOs Are Rethinking Vendor Relationships Over Geopolitics
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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Open Data and the Politics of Government Transparency
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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Open Source Software and the Governance Problem Nobody Talks About
2026-05-14·Trust & Security
6 min read
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Open-Weight AI Is Digital Commons Theory at Global Scale
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
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Big Companies Don't Fail at Innovation. They're Too Good at Not-Innovation.
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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