That's why I recommend trying it by hand on a thread of interest. Basically this is a form of "storyboarding", look at the sequence of steps needed for the desired "correspondence".
The fine details emerge and help set the direction of the project more clearly. -- Owen On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > At the very minimum, nick wants to take an email exchange and render it as > a "correspondence", in the classic literary sense: i.e., *in the order in > which it was written*. Because all the messages would be on the page in > front of you, no quotation would be necessary, except possibly in the case > of larding. Because Nick is a lazy old coot, he wants the software to do > most of the work for him. He then intends to strip away all the > identifying material and fatten his purse by publishing your good ideas > under his own name. Now is that clear? > > > > Conceptually, this is easy as pied. In point of fact, because of all the > quotation, it is next to impossible. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven A Smith > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 4:11 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] THREAD BENDING ALERT: Was "Is Bezos a Bozo?" IS > NOW"Reading Email exchanges chronologically" > > > > Glen - > > > Just to help ensure my sanity, my email subject window looks like this: > > > > > > https://goo.gl/photos/thJWHVxy8cfPv3Qq7 > > > > > > I've always assumed everyone else's does too... So, when one looks at > > > the content of a mailing list like this, they can _see_ trees of > > > threads, right? If not, I highly recommend a modern client. 8^) It > > > helps a lot. > > I agree... but I think many/most don't see this view and I don't believe > many will obtain one soon nor easily. > > > > > Maybe you can tell me how "Nick is wanting" structures your thoughts > > > different from "Nick wants"? > > I think it is my perceived tentativeness of what I think Nick wants... > > meaning I'm not sure he knows what he wants or understands the > > implications of what he wants. I'm not sure about the grammatical or > > semantic roots of this (why I use "is wanting" over "wants") but it is > > interesting to me that you can call it out so clearly. Unfortunately I > > am probably conflating or convolving my own unsureness of what I *think* > Nicks wants into what I believe to be his own lack of clarity... > > > > For contrast, I think I would be MUCH less likely to use the same phrasing > to describe my understanding of what I *think* YOU want... or Marcus... or > many others here who have a crisper sense of confidence in > > what you are asking/suggesting. Our patron St. Stephen of Guerin, I am > > *much* more likely to use "he is wanting".... perhaps Renee's "I am > > wanting" vs "I want" reflects some of this same ambiguity of detail? > > If she were more precise in her own mind about what she wants, might she > be more likely to use the more assertive? > > > > Hey Nick! Don't you love it when people talk about you like you aren't > here? > > > > - Steve > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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