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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Interesting piece and question Chris –
thanks. Good morning from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What are the simple rules of making
visible, of harvesting, that when practiced (edited) by an undefined many
(randomness, chaos) produce pattern (harvest that serves – content for
specific circumstances AND process for use across circumstances)? Yup, sounds
familiar.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Simple example for me this week is using
flickr to make visible flipcharts from an event. I took pictures, uploaded them
to flickr, sent people the link. For them, this was new and added another
quality of making visible – energy of color, etc. For me, it is just
practice (editing) in an unrequested way (randomness) to produce a result
(content and process) that improves what was previously there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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guessing the weight of a prize bull at the county fair. Lots of uninformed
people basically accumulate to get in right on. Wonder where that weaves in
here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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in the group that otherwise isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Chris Corrigan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 09, 2007 11:34
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Interesting article about
Wikipedia</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I cam across this article today:<br>
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<a href="http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cs/pdf/0702/0702140.pdf">http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cs/pdf/0702/0702140.pdf</a><br>
<br>
It is a statistical analysis of <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com">Wikipedia</a>,
looking at whether one can acheive high levels of quality in a complex and
chaotic system. The conclusion is that wikipedia is demonstrating that it
is a successful collaborative effort, and that the more hands you have in
something, the better the chances of moving towards quality. <br>
<br>
What this tells me is that a few simple rules to bring visibility to ideas and
projects help direct attention in a collaborative way and produce resiliant
results. Using complex and chaotic systems are an deffective way of doing
that. Sounds familiar, eh? What can we learn about control from
wikipedia? <br>
<br>
Chris<br clear=all>
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