[FM Discuss] a crazy moment pondering a manifesto

[adam]

the manifesto is not an FM manifesto. it is looking at what we have 
learned about iterative book production and looking to make this a 
generic method.

it is precisely the kind of thing that could be used in a sprint.

adam



On 06/29/2012 02:19 PM, Michael McAndrew wrote:
> Not being flippant / funny but what is the difference between a manifesto
> and a mission statement? they both seem to describe some aim / goal.
>
> it is just word count? or is it that manifesto sounds cooler than mission
> statement? or something else that i am not getting?
>
> feel free to ignore if this question is too tangential / academic.
>
> ps. i do like the manifesto.  i think it would be useful to stick up on the
> wall at the start of a book sprint - get a shared understanding, frame the
> sprint, etc.
>
> michael
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> On 29 June 2012 13:09, Anne Gentle<annegentle at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> You know, I do find a manifesto a way to ask and answer, "Are these
>> people my people?"
>>
>> I think this is a great start, and it's thought-provoking too.
>>
>> James, you did freak us out a little bit with your need for attributed
>> authorship on each chapter, so it's not that you should feel guilty,
>> but just recognize there was a bit of an oddity to some of your needs
>> and requests compared to most who come to FLOSS Manuals. :)
>>
>> I like the edits and don't really have much to add. It certainly
>> displays the shift we're seeing in tech comm overall, where
>> collaboration is practically the only way to get enough information,
>> complete chunks are highly valuable over volumes, and so on.
>>
>> Anne
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:51 AM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>  wrote:
>>> as i have said before, i dont think we need mission statements etc
>>>
>>> we work fine, lets not formulate who we are. its like a good party - if
>> you
>>> are having fun and things are working then just let it roll...making
>> rules
>>> for it kills the dynamic and the fun.
>>>
>>> we know what we are, thats good enough
>>>
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/28/2012 04:40 PM, Tomi Toivio wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2012/6/27 Andy Oram<andyo at oreilly.com>
>>>>
>>>>> I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I want to point out that most
>>>>> organizations have mission statements, and some also have value
>>>>> statements
>>>>> that work like the manifesto Adam is talking about.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, and to explain what FM is doing in terms that are commonly
>> understood
>>>> is actually very difficult, if you think about people who are not into
>>>> open
>>>> source yet, and who are actually the ones who need the manuals the most.
>>>>
>>>> You could start by explaining that FM is like a wiki, but actually it is
>>>> quite different from a normal wiki. Then you notice that many people
>>>> actually don't know how a wiki works.
>>>>
>>>> Then you can add the confusion about freeware vs. open source. The
>> concept
>>>> of open source is actually hard to understand unless you know something
>>>> about computer programming. So many people just think about freeware.
>>>>
>>>> I have also noticed that many people tend to get scared of the manuals
>>>> since they expect they have to learn something extremely complicated.
>>>>
>>>> There is a need for something like a video introduction into FM that can
>>>> be
>>>> easily translated into various languages.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Tomi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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