That was also what I was thinking.
In fact the suggestion of Marius reminds me of the combination of ad-hoc
documentation and discussion that is happening on the c2.com wiki, see
for example this article about documenting Alan Kay's definition of OO:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AlanKaysDefinitionOfObjectOriented
I can imagine a c2.com like wiki that is specifically focused on
fundamentals of new computing, with a similar mixture of documentation
and discussion.
Regards,
Erik.
On 06/15/2011 04:30 PM, Carl Gundel wrote:
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 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 impact of our efforts.
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. Obviously
that means I may have to relinquish a pet project, but I am
surprisingly comfortable with it, if substantial progress on
fundamentals of new computing results.
Consider the typical mail from Dr. Kay. He would comment: "Back in
196x, we considered /this/, but elected to go with /that/, because of
/some reason/," or "we did /this/, going forward you should consider
/something else/." In my imagination I can see as many opinions as
there were people in the room. Yet the language suggest the
initiatives were reduced to a handful, and then pursued with vigour.
Just think of what we can do by following the same pattern, and we
have the added benefit of doing it as a virtual, distributed team.
Significant action is needed, because I fear the odds are stacked
against us. 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. The only hope I have, is
that a number of talented individuals pool their energy and
collaborate towards fundamentally changing computing.
I am willing to start a database of ideas and initiatives if there are
at least a few in the fonc group that agree in principle.
Regards,
Marius
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