A- You think like me which is both a blessing and a curse. (Dilettantism is a gift or a disorder depending on how much money you have).
e-me if you want to dialog (sbmack7_at_comcast.net). Would love to trade ideas. Steve P.S. Thanks for the input. It's great. On Jan 10, 6:21 pm, "Alex Hough" <[email protected]> wrote: > SteveM. > > Re: "you increase exposure to risk in not taking a risk so it might > be worth taking the risk" - It could well be a Abbot and Costello > line, but the Mr Adams who gives the law in question it name is Denis > Adams, an ex-stats academic and cybernetics enthusiast. Apparently it > is systemic (and statistically verifiable) fact that not taking risk > is risk itself... something about the illusion of thinking you are not > taking a risk being born out of lack of a model of the future ... or > something like that (it makes me feel TagglyTagged just thinking about > it) > > I wonder what opportunities will open up when jQuery code are easy > enough for non software TwFans to use? I've been looking at some them > in anticipation. Their community is much bigger and documentation is > better resourced. While I have been spend too much time being > bewildered by javascript thanks to TW, jQuery makes a lot more sense. > The code uses accesses css class selectors, so for example, a list of > check boxes in a form can be converted to a slider by just giving them > a class and telling the slider to got and do its business with them. > > > So there's more of an opportunity cost (risk) if I developed > something in TW but could not capture revenue from it. Because I'd > have to set aside the quant stuff. > > Cut and paste some resource from your development budget to > incorporate some TW action. As an outward looking function, disclosing > some of your core skills to the TW community (or 'week ties'[1]) will > result in some new business contacts and some new ideas. The way the > TW (and jQuery) communities are organized seem to me to be under the > radar of the organization and innovation literature. The people seems > so happy! > > Alex > > [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter > > > > > > > I see what you are saying about a TiddlyStyle". I've been thinking > > about that too. Take for example Monkey Tiddly and Eric's plug-ins > > for themes, navigation, sliders, etc. Well their mods to the Shadow > > Tiddlers sometimes crash into each other. But there may be value in a > > mashup rather than in selecting a single design paradigm. That's the > > js tweak work that I think may be required to develop a slick end user > > app. > > > I'm sure other guys have thought of this already. But I think a new > > avenue of creative work lies in leveraging the great plug in libraries > > synergistically. > > > Or something like that... > > > Steve > > > On Jan 10, 2:42 pm, "Alex Hough" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> SteveM > > >> It would be interesting to hear about your niche applications. > > >> Developing one 'TiddlyStyle' might give some insight into some > >> innovative business practice. > > >> The Fractal Organization [1] mentions Adams law which states something > >> to the effect that there you increase exposure to risk in not taking a > >> risk so it might be worth taking the risk in disclosing your idea(s). > > >> Alex > > >> [1]http://tinyurl.com/9wruht > > -- > t: 0161 442 2202 > m: 0781 372 50 17 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
