Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Frederick Grose wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: > >> {...} > > >> > I have enabled account creation. (IIRC it was disabled following the vpri >> wiki being hacked.) >> >> Regards, >> Ian >> > > The wiki software version is quite old.

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Alexis Read wrote: > I'd advocate that this is probably the most useful way of doing the wiki - > put your own project intros on the wiki, it invites discussion which can be > done on the wiki, and unlike forum threads, the page can be reworked to > display the mo

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 6/18/2011 1:05 PM, Casey Ransberger wrote: I'm asking myself how relevant the projects I hack on are in this context. Others probably are too. Of the stuff that didn't disappear into the commercial void, recently it's been mostly Smalltalk for me, and FONC is not about Smalltalk; Smalltalk i

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

I'm asking myself how relevant the projects I hack on are in this context. Others probably are too. Of the stuff that didn't disappear into the commercial void, recently it's been mostly Smalltalk for me, and FONC is not about Smalltalk; Smalltalk is almost a footnote here, I think. Without a doub

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

I'd advocate that this is probably the most useful way of doing the wiki - put your own project intros on the wiki, it invites discussion which can be done on the wiki, and unlike forum threads, the page can be reworked to display the most up to date text, rather than trawling through an entire thr

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 6/16/2011 8:43 AM, Frederick Grose wrote: On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:34 AM, BGB > wrote: On 6/15/2011 8:04 PM, BGB wrote: On 6/15/2011 3:22 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 14:09 , BGB wrote: http://vpri.or

Re: History's Forced-Perspective (was Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration)

On 6/17/2011 11:37 AM, Casey Ransberger wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote: 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. +360 +360! I love this e

History's Forced-Perspective (was Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration)

On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote: >>> 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. > > +360 +360! I love this expression, it doesn't just say "I

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 6/16/2011 8:43 AM, Frederick Grose wrote: On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:34 AM, BGB > wrote: On 6/15/2011 8:04 PM, BGB wrote: On 6/15/2011 3:22 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 14:09 , BGB wrote: http://vpri.or

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:34 AM, BGB wrote: > On 6/15/2011 8:04 PM, BGB wrote: > >> On 6/15/2011 3:22 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: >> >>> On Jun 15, 2011, at 14:09 , BGB wrote: >>> >>> http://vpri.org/fonc_wiki >> > description sounds like it is specific to the FoNC / VPRI projects... >>

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 6/15/2011 8:04 PM, BGB wrote: On 6/15/2011 3:22 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 14:09 , BGB wrote: http://vpri.org/fonc_wiki description sounds like it is specific to the FoNC / VPRI projects... Sorry about that. I left the original main page, figuring that people would just

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 6/15/2011 3:22 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 14:09 , BGB wrote: http://vpri.org/fonc_wiki description sounds like it is specific to the FoNC / VPRI projects... Sorry about that. I left the original main page, figuring that people would just start a new page and when some us

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On Jun 15, 2011, at 14:09 , BGB wrote: >>> http://vpri.org/fonc_wiki > > description sounds like it is specific to the FoNC / VPRI projects... Sorry about that. I left the original main page, figuring that people would just start a new page and when some useful content had been accumulated we'

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Ian Piumarta wrote: > Dethe, > > > When I go to Log in/ create account I don't see any way to actually > create an account. > > Sorry about that. I have enabled account creation. (IIRC it was disabled > following the vpri wiki being hacked.) > > Regards, > Ian >

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 6/15/2011 9:06 AM, Dethe Elza wrote: On 2011-06-15, at 8:55 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote: If a wiki is the kind of "database" you had in mind, please feel free to make use of: http://vpri.org/fonc_wiki Thanks for setting this up, Ian. When I go to Log in/ create account I don't see any way to

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

; From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of CHM > de Beer > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM > To: fonc@vpri.org > Subject: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration > > > > Hello fonc members, > > Over the past year I h

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

Dethe, > When I go to Log in/ create account I don't see any way to actually create an > account. Sorry about that. I have enabled account creation. (IIRC it was disabled following the vpri wiki being hacked.) Regards, Ian ___ fonc mailing list f

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

** ** >> >> -Carl >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] *On Behalf >> Of *CHM de Beer >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM >> *To:* fonc@vpri.org >> *Subject:* [fonc] Consolidation and collab

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

gt; ** > > ** ** > > -Carl > > ** ** > > *From:* fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] *On Behalf Of > *CHM de Beer > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM > *To:* fonc@vpri.org > *Subject:* [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration > > ** ** &

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

On 2011-06-15, at 8:55 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote: > If a wiki is the kind of "database" you had in mind, please feel free to make > use of: > > http://vpri.org/fonc_wiki Thanks for setting this up, Ian. When I go to Log in/ create account I don't see any way to actually create an account. I tried

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

>> 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. I believe so, for all definitions of "platform". >> "Back in 196x, we considered this, but e

Re: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

s and information? -Carl *From:* fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] *On Behalf Of *CHM de Beer *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM *To:* fonc@vpri.org *Subject:* [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration Hello fonc members, Over the past year I have greatly enjoyed, and bene

RE: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

Why not use a wiki to collaborate and organize thoughts and information? -Carl From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of CHM de Beer Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM To: fonc@vpri.org Subject: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration Hello fonc

[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 im