Comments on: Thoughts on Everything is Miscellaneous, Part 1

By: David Weinberger ja Everything is Miscellaneous « kirjastokone

David Weinberger ja Everything is Miscellaneous « kirjastokone — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:22:18 +0000

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By: Readins and findins « Information Musings

Readins and findins « Information Musings — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:50:43 +0000

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By: David Weinberger

David Weinberger — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:37:34 +0000

David, I wish my title rocked! (Technically, I’m too old to say that anything rocks.) I think it’s a little catchy, but it does lead people astray.

So, if it rocks, maybe it’s a soft sedimentary rock. Talc? Not the hard granite of, say, “The Tipping Point.”

By: David Weinberger

David Weinberger — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:37:00 +0000

David, I wish my title rocked! (Technically, I’m too old to say that anything rocks.) I think it’s a little catchy, but it does lead people astray.

So, if it rocks, maybe it’s a soft sedimentary rock. Talc? Not the hard granite of, say, “The Tipping Point.”

By: davidleeking

davidleeking — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:01:31 +0000

David W. – thanks for posting some clarification! No, you’re right – your title rocks… my example was merely to try to make the title match what I was reading into your book.

Thanks again!

By: davidleeking

davidleeking — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:01:00 +0000

David W. – thanks for posting some clarification! No, you’re right – your title rocks… my example was merely to try to make the title match what I was reading into your book.

Thanks again!

By: Thoughts on Everything is Miscellaneous, Part 2 : David Lee King

Thoughts on Everything is Miscellaneous, Part 2 : David Lee King — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:22:15 +0000

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By: David Weinberger

David Weinberger — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:07:38 +0000

David, thanks for the comments.

You’re right that I’m using miscellaneous in an extended sense. Normally, the miscellaneous collects things that have no one principle of similarity, and that’s now what I mean by calling digital collections miscellaneous. I mean something very very close to what you mean: The miscellaneous is supersaturated with likenesses among its pieces, so that users can organize the relevant pieces in ways that make sense to them (ways that are useful to them) at the time (which is why you think of it as ‘personal’).

I still prefer my title to yours, but I do get people who assume that I’m saying that there is NO order in the world, that everything is pure chaos, which is very far from what I mean (as you know).

Thanks again.

Best,

David W.

By: David Weinberger

David Weinberger — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:07:00 +0000

David, thanks for the comments.

Thanks again.

Best,

David W.