[FM Discuss] a crazy moment pondering a manifesto

[Daniel James]

Hi Adam,
> FIBd is still doing it for me on the acronym level

'I fibbed' means 'I lied' though, that's not good...

The phrase describing the process should be accurate and meaningful.
Only geeks would start with the acronym, then find words to fit it ;-)

>>> Aren't books developed? Develop is not a term only connected to the
>>> domains of software and photography....

I think you can answer that question by searching for people who call
themselves 'book developers' - they don't really exist (except for ebook
developers, where there is a software aspect). 'Book producers' don't
really exist as a job title either; they are usually called the
(something) editor, but a book is clearly a product of a process.

'Development' implies that you're reaching towards something which may
never be a product, e.g. 'The movie was in development' means 'There is
no money to make this movie yet':

http://www.movieinsider.com/production-status/development/

What we're doing is the opposite of that, we aren't waiting for
resources to become available in order to produce a book. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIY_ethic

>> But RSBP
>>
>> or "res-bip" (to mirror the common pronunciation of RSVP)
>>
>> might work.

I did consider that ordering, but 'rapid social book' implies that the
book itself might be social, rather than the means of production. That
might not always be the case. It does trip off the tongue better though :-)

Cheers!

Daniel