On 8/29/13 8:03 AM, Bill Kearney wrote:
> I mean, really, what's the POV being espoused here? What argument is
> being made, but being hidden behind a seemingly 'easy to digest' analogy?
Since I just expressed it in a form that you may find easier to digest:
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The "essence of the creativity", however, is about working with a
minimal set of standards and tools to include as much creativity from as
many different people as possible by valuing context over standardization.
That's not at all about breaking standards. It's about working with the
smallest set of standards that will support the conversation (with the
people actually having the conversation in their live contexts) and
building appropriately from there.
Markup syntax is a convenient minimal standard for supporting electronic
communication. There are useful tools for manipulating it. Standardize
and improve the tools for manipulating markup, rather than trying to
lock down what is said with markup.
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Thanks,
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Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/
