Eric, You got me going ... a short reply kept growing.... and growing ....
TW Board ? ========= It might be an idea to get a community proposal together for the Unamesa board [1] and present it to them Coming from the community, such a proposal might be seen (legitimately I think) as an organizational achievement. With the backing of the board (or reference to one), it might be easier for TW evangelists to sell the big idea and get funding. Coop Year ======== It is the year of the cooperative [2]. It might not have been the same "cooperative" Jeremy means when he wrote "a cooperative commercial business, with the core contributors sharing income" but might be worth thinking about. * There could be a market within the cooperative movement, a business environment which may be more amenable to all things Tiddly, than traditional style capitalism for example. As a unique "end user" open source project, I could see TW being championed by small startup companies who might have in the past been drawn toward Drupal. In Manchester the poster child for all thing coops is Unicorn [3] , its all *very* fashionable, while the big daddy super-sucess story is from Spain -- Mondragon [4] Inspiration for Something New ??? ========================== There are people who think that a new organizational form is required for new times. The wiki in general seems to symbolise a new way of doing thinks -- think Wikipedia, Wikileeks -- and TiddlyWiki could be framed as "the" personal wiki ... a lifestyle choice -- like a artisan sourdough loaf -- as well as slick piece of cool-as-you-like technology. Recently I started to think in terms of contexts from which new ideas could emerge. I was interested to read Paul Mason's book [5] , which talks about a generation of unemployed graduates organizing themselves. Richard Sennett's essay [6] points to Micheal be Montainge who in 1570; "retired to his estate [...] to a tower within the south-east corner of the chateau, where he set up a room in which to think and to write [...] he began both to experiment with writing in a dialogical way – that is, emphasising dialogue – and to think through its application to everyday co-operation." The review of Sennett's book [7], "The view popularised by Malcolm Gladwell is that to get really good at something requiring skill takes at least 10 000 hours of practice, whether it's football or rocket science. Sennett thinks co-operation is no different, which means that only a few people are ever going to be really good at it. " The good news is that there are a fair few people in the TW community who have racked up getting on for 10 000 hours of practice Alex [1] http://unamesa.org/board.html [2] http://www.co-operative.coop/2012 [3] http://www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk/ [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation [5] Mason, P., 2012. Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions, Verso Books. Available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844678512 [Accessed January 7, 2012]. [6] http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/10/richard-sennett-montaigne-cooperation [7] http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780713998740 [8] http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/03/together-politics-cooperation-richard-sennett-review#start-of-comments ============= End ================= On 24 February 2012 14:51, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: >>This what's missing. The word about TW. The word about how to use TW. > > I think you are right and that a book should "tell the story" as well > as be a user manual. > > The marketing cliche goes :"sell the sizzle not the sausage" > > > ALex > > > > On 24 February 2012 14:45, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Feb 24, 2012, at 4:07 AM, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> >>> it all starts with building an utterly awesome product... >> >> Absolutely! And you've already got that. As I said, the limited knowledge >> and use is unfortunate. Without being too melodramatic, even tragic. >> >>> and then spreading the word. >> >> This what's missing. The word about TW. The word about how to use TW. >> >> Regards, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> >> "With an ounce of willingness, everything can change." >> >> - Kim >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> -- 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.
