Editorial review #10

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opened 2015-05-24 16:08:55 +00:00 by nik · 4 comments
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a few notes from @alkan

Here are a few ideas in lieu of an editorial meeting about the FF so far. Hopefully barking in the general direction of a tree… So first of all it definitely needs a map of some kind like @nik's mogrification. I was often getting lost as to whether an entry was an aptitude, technique or method - not to mention where it sat under the sub-categories.

"Prehearsals / Pre-enactments" is clearly the tour de force of all the collection. It might serve as a blueprint for a good balance of structured steps with rich description, even if other entries are likely not to be as long.

The hands-on aspect of "Moodboards" is nice, the reframing of something as simple as collaging as a useful method to think with. The same with "Role Playing" and "Newspaper" - the steps add rather than restrict possibilities. "The Schwartz/Global Business Network Approach" looks quite balanced between recipe and elaboration/description. Of course the "Six Memos" is my favourite. Nice quotes and spin-off elaborations.

The "CLA" entry struck me as an example of a less comprehensible summary. Perhaps it jumps too fast from the general overview to the steps, which leave me floundering somewhat as to the "why?" Then it doesn't round things off as well as other entries do. "What was that all about?" Maybe it's just a matter of spending more time mining, refining and distilling.

Something like "STEEP Analysis" somehow needs something "value-added" to be more convincing: maybe with more about how you used it in practice or something? Thus "Closed Eye Visioning” is possibly a good exemplar of bringing in the concrete instance to supplement the step-by-step outline. And in "Mindful Presence" example and outline are one, which works well I thought. At the same time, something like "Improv Exercises" might work better with the steps more synthesised together as in the GBN entry.

a few notes from @alkan Here are a few ideas in lieu of an editorial meeting about the FF so far. Hopefully barking in the general direction of a tree… So first of all it definitely needs a map of some kind like @nik's mogrification. I was often getting lost as to whether an entry was an aptitude, technique or method - not to mention where it sat under the sub-categories. "Prehearsals / Pre-enactments" is clearly the tour de force of all the collection. It might serve as a blueprint for a good balance of structured steps with rich description, even if other entries are likely not to be as long. The hands-on aspect of "Moodboards" is nice, the reframing of something as simple as collaging as a useful method to think with. The same with "Role Playing" and "Newspaper" - the steps add rather than restrict possibilities. "The Schwartz/Global Business Network Approach" looks quite balanced between recipe and elaboration/description. Of course the "Six Memos" is my favourite. Nice quotes and spin-off elaborations. The "CLA" entry struck me as an example of a less comprehensible summary. Perhaps it jumps too fast from the general overview to the steps, which leave me floundering somewhat as to the "why?" Then it doesn't round things off as well as other entries do. "What was that all about?" Maybe it's just a matter of spending more time mining, refining and distilling. Something like "STEEP Analysis" somehow needs something "value-added" to be more convincing: maybe with more about how you used it in practice or something? Thus "Closed Eye Visioning” is possibly a good exemplar of bringing in the concrete instance to supplement the step-by-step outline. And in "Mindful Presence" example and outline are one, which works well I thought. At the same time, something like "Improv Exercises" might work better with the steps more synthesised together as in the GBN entry.
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(cc: @maja, @alkan and @nik)

(cc: @maja, @alkan and @nik)
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Intraoffice Memorandum - FF structure

Screen Shot 2015-05-26 at 13.49.46 GMT 2

cf. #7

![Intraoffice Memorandum - FF structure](https://repo.fo.am/uploads/foam/futurist-fieldguide/de6b77125b/Intraoffice_Memorandum_-_FF_structure.jpg) ![Screen Shot 2015-05-26 at 13.49.46 GMT 2](https://repo.fo.am/uploads/foam/futurist-fieldguide/fa704e01e0/Screen_Shot_2015-05-26_at_13.49.46_GMT_2.png) cf. #7
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Interesting...

I agree with most of it, particularly I like the definitions of techniques, methods and aptitudes. I'm not sure how the 'tag-based' flat hierarchy would work on the libarynth (and how much time it would take to implement). easier to be discussed in person i think... so i'll leave that up to the two of you mediated by a pizza...

Interesting... I agree with most of it, particularly I like the definitions of techniques, methods and aptitudes. I'm not sure how the 'tag-based' flat hierarchy would work on the libarynth (and how much time it would take to implement). easier to be discussed in person i think... so i'll leave that up to the two of you mediated by a pizza...
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True it would be pretty static transposed to the Libarynth. And would need further mogrifying for the print conversion. Pizza seems conducive to more diffuse meanderings than these matters though…

True it would be pretty static transposed to the Libarynth. And would need further mogrifying for the print conversion. Pizza seems conducive to more diffuse meanderings than these matters though…
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