Thank Ward Cunningham, nearly fifteen years ago, long before the appearance of Jimmy Wales and his ilk. Of course, the idea of a "Pattern Language" is due to Christopher Alexander, in the seventies. And as for where he got it...
http://www.patternlanguage.com/leveltwo/patternsframe.htm?/leveltwo/../history/ajustsostory6.htm -- max (BTW, the Pattern Language books are much better looking than the website... but also not cheap.) On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Casey Ransberger <[email protected] > wrote: > +1 > > For an example of how wonderful and also not-Wikipedia this can be, check > out: > > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PortlandPatternRepository > > If you haven't seen this yet, it's the best wiki ever, a sprawling > hyperlinked conversation that covers just about every concept in > programming, with lots of opinion and historical tidbits (i.e., it's not an > encyclopedia at all and isn't trying to be) and a focus on people, places, > and patterns. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Carl Gundel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Why not use a wiki to collaborate and organize thoughts and information?* >> *** >> >> ** ** >> >> -Carl**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf >> Of *CHM de Beer >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hello fonc members, >> >> Over the past year I have greatly enjoyed, and benefited from, threads on >> this mailing list, written by individuals with far greater understanding and >> insight than I will ever master. The diversity, and somewhat seasonal >> traffic, does make me wonder if we are maximising the impact of our efforts. >> >> Would there be value in a platform for us to; capture all the ideas and >> initiatives, distil them into groups, reduce them to a handful concepts to >> explore, and finally focus all our efforts on. Obviously that means I may >> have to relinquish a pet project, but I am surprisingly comfortable with it, >> if substantial progress on fundamentals of new computing results. >> >> Consider the typical mail from Dr. Kay. He would comment: "Back in 196x, >> we considered *this*, but elected to go with *that*, because of *some >> reason*," or "we did *this*, going forward you should consider *something >> else*." In my imagination I can see as many opinions as there were >> people in the room. Yet the language suggest the initiatives were reduced >> to a handful, and then pursued with vigour. Just think of what we can do by >> following the same pattern, and we have the added benefit of doing it as a >> virtual, distributed team. >> >> Significant action is needed, because I fear the odds are stacked against >> us. Invention receives no attention, and innovation (even when incorrectly >> understood) receives lip service in the press, but no current-day vehicle >> exists to to nurture it. The only hope I have, is that a number of talented >> individuals pool their energy and collaborate towards fundamentally changing >> computing. >> >> I am willing to start a database of ideas and initiatives if there are at >> least a few in the fonc group that agree in principle. >> >> Regards, >> >> Marius >> >> -- >> mobile: +1 604 369 1854 >> skype: chmdebeer >> twitter: twitter.com/chmdebeer**** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> >> > > > -- > Casey Ransberger > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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