From: Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@eng.sun.com>
Session 6 was great for thinking about a META-NIC strategy.
This set of NICs is probably both necessary and sufficient
to form a functioning, viable, and growing META-NIC:
* Open Source Development NIC
* Management (Organization and Coordination) NIC
* Online Community Building NIC
* Education NIC
The identification of these four NICs stems from Doug's
"Capability Improvement Infrastructure" diagram, which
shows:
+------------------+ +-----------------+ +---------+
| Human Systems | | | | Techno- |
| aka | | C.I.I. | | logy |
| "Social Systems" |-->| |<--| |
| ---------------- | | | | |
| processes | +-----------------+ +---------+
| procedures | ^
| ... | |
+------------------+ +-------v---------+
| Education |-->| Basic |
| --------- | | Capabilities |
| Training | | aka |
| ... | | "Human Systems" |
+------------------+ +-----------------+
Explanation:
* Open Source Development NIC builds the *technology*
that comprise a Capability Improvement Infrastructure.
* Management NIC forges the *social systems* (what Doug
calls the "Human Systems") that comprise a Capability
Improvement Infrastructure -- the process and procedures
by which work gets done.
* Online Community Building NIC builds the communication
systems and strategies that allow remote collaboration.
Someday, a DKR may be a completely independent entity
that can be accessed without help from others. But that
will require *major* improvements in AI language processing,
so that the system can translate the user's stated problem
into a form that can be addressed from within the system.
In the meantime, it will be human interactions that give
people the pointers they need to access the repository.
To take a management example: "How do I start a project?"
may be answered by an email that gives a pointer into the
email repository for the document: "Initiating an Open
Source Development Effort". The email/forum interaction
takes advantage of Eric Raymond's observation: "Every
problem is shallow, given enough eyeballs". (Whatever the
question, someone is sure to have a DKR bookmark handy
that can be used to answer the question in moments.)
* Education NIC develops methods for teaching, training,
and improving the *human systems* (what Doug calls the
basic human capabilities) that comprise a Capability
Improvement Infrastructure. (For example: Teaching people
how to use the technology, how to organize for success,
and how to work together in a community.
--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ----------------------------
Get what you deserve with NextCard Visa. Rates as low as 2.9 percent
Intro or 9.9 percent Fixed APR, online balance transfers, Rewards
Points, no hidden fees, and much more! Get NextCard today and get the
credit you deserve! Apply now! Get your NextCard Visa at
<a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/NextcardCreative2CI ">Click Here</a>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Community email addresses:
Post message: unrev-II@onelist.com
Subscribe: unrev-II-subscribe@onelist.com
Unsubscribe: unrev-II-unsubscribe@onelist.com
List owner: unrev-II-owner@onelist.com
Shortcut URL to this page:
http://www.onelist.com/community/unrev-II
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0.0 : Tue Aug 21 2001 - 18:56:45 PDT