WikiProcess - Revision history

MarkDilley: bold and italic didn't seem to work.. not sure if this even conveys what brandon wanted, but I didn't like the "scare" quotes - never like them :-)

2007-06-12T22:25:12Z

bold and italic didn't seem to work.. not sure if this even conveys what brandon wanted, but I didn't like the "scare" quotes - never like them :-)

MarkDilley at 22:23, 12 June 2007

2007-06-12T22:23:18Z

MarkDilley: tweak

2007-06-12T22:08:24Z

tweak

Brandon CS Sanders at 19:10, 11 June 2007

2007-06-11T19:10:23Z

Brandon CS Sanders at 19:09, 11 June 2007

2007-06-11T19:09:49Z

Brandon CS Sanders at 19:08, 11 June 2007

2007-06-11T19:08:46Z

Brandon CS Sanders: Trying to rewrite this so that '''I''' own it :-)

2007-06-11T19:08:00Z

Trying to rewrite this so that '''I''' own it :-)

MarkDilley: WikiLinks - nice Peter!

2007-05-31T03:26:41Z

WikiLinks - nice Peter!

PeterMerel at 12:04, 30 May 2007

2007-05-30T12:04:49Z

PeterMerel at 11:42, 30 May 2007

2007-05-30T11:42:24Z

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 Some say [[wiki]] is about a community of authors reading and writing for each other.  But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: the fusion of community into identity.
-[[wiki|Wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  ''But'', you ask, ''where is the community in all this talk of self?''
+[[wiki|Wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  ''But''', you ask, ''where is the community in all this talk of self?''
-When '''I''' type words on a page '''''I''''' read them back and '''''I''''' react to what '''''I''''' read, and '''''my''''' reaction leads '''''me''''' to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is '''''I'''''. You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
+When '''I''' type words on a page '''I''' read them back and '''I''' react to what '''I''' read, and '''my''' reaction leads '''me''' to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is '''I'''. You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
 Some inexperienced folk may not understand this - they reply rather than [[edit]] and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. [[ThreadMess]] is community as it is generally known on weblogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
 So [[wiki]] is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].

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 Some say [[wiki]] is about a community of authors reading and writing for each other.  But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: the fusion of community into identity.
-[[wiki|Wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  ''But''', you ask, ''where is the community in all this talk of self?''
+[[wiki|Wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  ''But'', you ask, ''where is the community in all this talk of self?''
-When '''I''' type words on a page '''I''' read them back and '''I''' react to what '''I''' read, and '''my''' reaction leads '''me''' to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is '''I'''. You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
+When '''I''' type words on a page '''''I''''' read them back and '''''I''''' react to what '''''I''''' read, and '''''my''''' reaction leads '''''me''''' to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is '''''I'''''. You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
 Some inexperienced folk may not understand this - they reply rather than [[edit]] and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. [[ThreadMess]] is community as it is generally known on weblogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
 So [[wiki]] is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].

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-Some say [[wiki]] is about a community of authors reading and writing for each other.  But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: [[wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  "But", you ask, "where is the community in all this talk of self?"
+Some say [[wiki]] is about a community of authors reading and writing for each other.  But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: the fusion of community into identity.
-When "I" type words on a page "I" read them back and "I" react to what "I" read, and "my" reaction leads "me" to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is "I". You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
+[[wiki|Wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  ''But''', you ask, ''where is the community in all this talk of self?''
 Some inexperienced folk may not understand this - they reply rather than [[edit]] and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. [[ThreadMess]] is community as it is generally known on weblogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
 So [[wiki]] is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].

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 Some say [[wiki]] is about a community of authors reading and writing for each other.  But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: [[wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  "But", you ask, "where is the community in all this talk of self?"
-When "I" type words on a page "I" read them back and "I" react to what "I" read, and my reaction leads me to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is "I". You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
+When "I" type words on a page "I" read them back and "I" react to what "I" read, and "my" reaction leads "me" to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is "I". You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
 Some inexperienced folk may not understand this - they reply rather than [[edit]] and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. [[ThreadMess]] is community as it is generally known on weblogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
 So [[wiki]] is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].

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 Some say [[wiki]] is about a community of authors reading and writing for each other.  But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: [[wiki]] is about reading and writing for myself.  "But", you ask, "where is the community in all this talk of self?"
-When ''I'' type words on a page ''I'' read them back and ''I'' react to what ''I'' read, and my reaction leads me to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is "I". You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
+When "I" type words on a page "I" read them back and "I" react to what "I" read, and my reaction leads me to write more words.  On a [[wiki]] like [[AboutUs]], everyone is "I". You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]" is part of the entity that is writing for itself.
 Some inexperienced folk may not understand this - they reply rather than [[edit]] and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. [[ThreadMess]] is community as it is generally known on weblogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
 So [[wiki]] is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].

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-Some say wiki is about community. But this misses the initial and central epiphany of wiki: the fusion of community into identity.
+Some say [[wiki]] is about community. But this misses the initial and central epiphany of [[wiki]]: the fusion of community into identity.
-When I type words on a page I read them back and I react to what I read, and my reaction leads to my writing more words. This is what authors do for readers - they control the reader's reactions by providing their own continuations. But here I'm not writing for readers ... I'm not targeting my words at an audience ... I don't provide the continuation of these words. I'm jotting down thoughts to [[Welcome]] everyone who reads them. Everyone is "I" for these words. You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "edit".
+When I type words on a page I read them back and I react to what I read, and my reaction leads to my writing more words. This is what authors do for readers - they control the reader's reactions by providing their own continuations. But here I'm not writing for readers ... I'm not targeting my words at an audience ... I don't provide the continuation of these words. I'm jotting down thoughts to [[welcome]] everyone who reads them. Everyone is "I" for these words. You, me, everybody, everybody who clicks "[[edit]]".
-Some newbies may not grok this - they reply rather than edit and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. ThreadMess is community as it is generally known on blogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
+Some inexperienced folk may not understand this - they reply rather than [[edit]] and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. [[ThreadMess]] is community as it is generally known on weblogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.
-So wiki is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].
+So [[wiki]] is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].

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	Some newbies don't grok this - they reply rather than edit and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. ThreadMess is community as it is generally known on blogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.		Some newbies don't grok this - they reply rather than edit and [[ThreadMess]] occurs. ThreadMess is community as it is generally known on blogs and groups, but that's really not the [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature WikiNature]. The WikiNature is when I accept that I am writing these words - not "I" the original author of these words but "I" the reader, the "I, yes I, me". I type with my fingers, and my fingers are different fingers every time I click the [[Save page]] button. All these "I"s are I, the fused identity of the page as it comes into existence.

−	So wiki is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity].	+	So wiki is not about community. It is about the [[WikiProcess]] of fusing all our identities into my [http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DramaticIdentity identity], the identity [[AboutUs]].