Ciao Charlie Very interesting thread you started!
I don't have much useful to add other than that the issues you raise are not wholly to do with technical issues in net presentation of info. Here is a little thought. Got a bit long, though the thought remains pretty small. Might shorten it later ... The issues you raise bring up general issues of meaning-in-context and how to express them reasonably accurately. It is no mistake Ted Nelson refers to *"how to write" * NOT "how to code"*. *Briefly, the issue with tech is *IS IT A FIT TOOL* for the purpose? That is a self-recursive question. Meaning that for parlaying what a writer means, is it adequate? The back-and-forth between what TECH does and what that ALLOWS ME seems pretty central. Basically humans are sophisticated tool users who know (sooner or later) a tool works or doesn't or needs improvement etc. Nelson gave a name to something cognitive (ye olde "interwingle") that exists prior to any solution to tease it out. In Philosophy this is sometimes called "The Monad"--a kind of "undivided multiplicity". It is not a new idea. But it was good Nelson pointed out that IS a big issue in expression. BTW, both of those approaches are surrogate approximations of basic human cognition. We implicitly always every moment hold innumerable facets of experiencing (i.e. I could explain my experience of this thread through joy/horror/tears/blandness etc). But its the formation of a schemata of concepts that will decide what I can articulate in coherent WRITING. *How do you form the schema?* Okay. Back to Earth. TW architecture is very interesting in that its pretty agnostic in empty. Its a pretty good tool to use and develop TOOLS in. I think that RECURSIVE -- "use and CHANGE to better service winglement" indicates its an unusual tool. Whilst much software allows modest function change, TW is pretty radical in being able to bend (with work) to better service the person expressing into a machine is a quite tangible way. And sometimes effective too. Idle thoughts TT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/89f61c96-40cd-4241-9770-22151525479en%40googlegroups.com.
