On 28 April 2017 at 10:39, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Lights up" > ========== > > People reacted strongly to this. I'm not surprised — but, personally, I > still kinda like it. Sure, it's jargon, but I don't think the metaphor > is hard to understand. And, I didn't hear an alternative better than > "enables", which feels particularly weak to me. This isn't the hill I > plan to die on, though, if everyone hates it. I'd still love to hear > something more interesting than "enables". > I personally like enables. The reason being that we are going to use this phrase for 5 years.. every day and jargon rarely ages well. [As of 2 weeks ago "lights up" seemed to mean this meme when I asked some people http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/expanding-brain which was "old" by the time I asked it.] But in any case jargon that lights up the neurons usually becomes the "Oh my lord, that old chestnut?" {to use my edwardian jingoism} soon after. Using plain boring language of enables makes sure that if lights up goes from brains expanding to burning down projects in 6 months.. we aren't scrambling to say "no no we don't mean we want to kill all baby kittens because that is what you think it means today" > > Platform vs. Platforms / "Supports an Ecosystem" > ================================================ > > There was some discussion about whether we build _a_ platform or > multiple platforms. And, related, some of the earliest comments were > about an ecosystem emphasis. I think the above section actually > addresses this — a platform with an ecosystem is exactly the intent, > and I really think the draft as proposed carries that well. I'd very > much welcome help with additional supplemental and explanatory > material, though. > My love of platforms is no hill to die on either.. so I can go with that term :). Thank you for the counter-feedback. -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list -- council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to council-discuss-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
