Hi SA, Not sure about "fall into place" .... the patterns emerge rather than lock onto some pre-existing pattern.
My reference to tabula, was not to imply that a simple 2D grid is in anyway fundamental, any more than the 3x5 index cards are fundamental - more to the point - laying things out in one structured organisation, allows one to "see" / "detect" the other patterns that lie beyond that particular organisation. For the kaleidescope, the 6 or 8 times angular reflection and the radomness of the "input" pattern (are all in thesame two dimensions ?), certainly creates new patterns, but with the total scope (field of view) being fixed, I doubt the new patterns are really on any new level .... but not a metaphor I've thought about before. Do you know any Doug Hofstader ? Ian On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian: > > ...using the index card approach (or similar modern > metaphors) for > > organising ideas... > > ...it's a fairly natural (phsyical) > > extension of the tabula / grid organisation of data > > > SA: This struck me, Ian. In other words, your saying > 'patterning'. Like a kaleidoscope, the pieces fall > into place. > > the swirling, spinning colors, > SA > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
