[FM Discuss] a crazy moment pondering a manifesto

[adam]

any other good ones?

FIBd is still doing it for me on the acronym level


adam

On 07/01/2012 02:52 PM, sam kleinman wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 03:08:43PM -0700, adam at flossmanuals.net wrote:
>>
>> Srbp isn't a very catchy acronym :)
>>
>> Aren't books developed? Develop is not a term only connected to the
>> domains of software and photography....
>
> But RSBP
>
> or "res-bip" (to mirror the common pronunciation of RSVP)
>
> might work.
>
>> Adam
>>
>>> Hi Adam,
>>>> how about a name for the process. i was thinking of FIBd
>>>>
>>>> Fast Iterative Book development
>>>
>>> Personally, that doesn't work for me. 'Iterative development' is a
>>> software term, it doesn't mean anything to authors, editors or
>>> publishers. (Even people who write Free Software manuals are not usually
>>> programmers, in my experience).
>>>
>>> Books are not really developed, which implies not yet being fully
>>> functional and never being completed. When you click the 'export' button
>>> you are producing something, which may or may not be the final version,
>>> but it will still function as a book. Books should not 'crash' like
>>> software :-)
>>>
>>> Also, not all iterative book production uses the FM or Booktype model.
>>> Most computer manuals are iterative (there is one revision per software
>>> release) but they are not necessarily fast or social.
>>>
>>> 'Social Rapid Book Production' might be closer to the mark.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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