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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Why Your IS System Behaves in Ways Nobody Designed
2026-05-14·IS Theory
6 min read
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Three Hours on One Page of Orlikowski and Iacono (2001)
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
123
Why I Keep Rereading the Same 20 Papers
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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The Theory I Thought Was Pointless Until My Third Read
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
125
I Read DiMaggio and Powell While Watching Every Company Announce an AI Strategy
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
126
Markus and Robey 1988 Keep Showing Up
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
127
My Comps Study Notes Are a Disaster
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
128
The Practice Exam Question I Got Wrong That Changed Everything
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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My Study Partner Said I Was Wrong About Structuration Theory
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
130
The Theory Map That Keeps Growing
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
131
56% of IS Papers Do Not Theorize Technology
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
5 min read
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Confidential Computing Changes the Privacy Calculus
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
133
There Is No Best IT Strategy
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
134
Conway's Law and Why Your Software Architecture Looks Like Your Org Chart
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
135
The World Exists Whether You Measure It or Not
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
7 min read
136
The CrowdStrike Outage and Why Every 'Minor Update' Is a Structural Risk
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
137
Cybersecurity in Critical Infrastructure: When the Stakes Are Physical
2026-05-14·Trust & Security
6 min read
138
Cybersecurity Mesh: When the Perimeter Finally Stopped Making Sense
2026-05-14·Trust & Security
6 min read
139
4.8 Million Cybersecurity Jobs Are Unfilled. Budget Is Now the Bigger Problem Than Talent.
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
140
Why No One Reads Your Dashboard
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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