[Sigia-l] Re: Wiki wiki

[Clifton Evans at Infostyling]

On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 01:53 PM, Derek R wrote:

> 'Emergent' is just a marketing-buzzed-up word for 'fast' -- so, with
> regards to publishing speed, yes -- but 'intelligence' doesn't come
> out-of-the-box, and never will.

Emergent means 'coming into view', at least over here in London. I 
think the traditional design communities would agree with you that the 
current usage of the emergent label is distasteful, though it does 
reflect the vast amount of time and effort that has been put into 
open-format or open-source models of information exchange, such as a 
blog or wiki.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=emergent

Hopefully, we will see the interaction processes within these 
technologies speed up enough to validate their new found emergence.

Faster interactions and slower evolutions..

Clifton Evans
IA with object1.com