What is ZigZag?
ZigZag is a way of representing the structure of information. Compared with the previous ways, ZigZag is very different, for example the concepts of ‘file’, ‘folder’ and ‘application’ are abandoned. Because of this a bit of fantasy, creativity and an ability to forget previous knowledge is needed in order to understand ZigZag. A ZigZag structure consists of cells and dimensions. A cell is the basic unit of information of a ZigZag structure. Cells containing related information can be connected with each other along dimensions, the number of which is unlimited. A ZigZag structure is separate from its visualisation (= the way the data is presented on the screen), which means that a ZigZag structure can have many visualisations designed for different purposes. Even though a ZigZag structure is separate from its visualisation, a ZigZag structure is not separate from other ZigZag structures. Every piece of information stored in a digital device using based on ZigZag is in the same space: th
