http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/ah-i-shoulda-talked-about-incremental-infrastructure-in/ a gift to you and me accidently on purpose somewhere but mostly in the city Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/ah-i-shoulda-talked-about-incremental-infrastructure-in/#comment-395 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:51:28 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/ah-i-shoulda-talked-about-incremental-infrastructure-in/#comment-395 I was taught that lesson <a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003701.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> - in the comments - and it still smarts. ;-) I was taught that lesson here - in the comments - and it still smarts.

]]> http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/ah-i-shoulda-talked-about-incremental-infrastructure-in/#comment-394 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:49:49 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/ah-i-shoulda-talked-about-incremental-infrastructure-in/#comment-394 I hope you wouldn't talk about it as an actual thing. It's a descriptive term that - afaik - one person created and although Ethan's a wicked smart guy with loads of experience in ICT4D, people shouldn't confuse a neologism with an "accepted" word that has a tested currency. It's dangerous and confusing. If you refer to it, it should be clear to the reader that it's a new term worthy of it's own criticism - as are many of the other terms that we create and then throw around. I just mention this because changing discourse without referencing the change is a tool that the other side uses a lot, and we should seek to be aware of it as opposed to employing the tactic. I hope you wouldn’t talk about it as an actual thing. It’s a descriptive term that - afaik - one person created and although Ethan’s a wicked smart guy with loads of experience in ICT4D, people shouldn’t confuse a neologism with an “accepted” word that has a tested currency. It’s dangerous and confusing. If you refer to it, it should be clear to the reader that it’s a new term worthy of it’s own criticism - as are many of the other terms that we create and then throw around.
I just mention this because changing discourse without referencing the change is a tool that the other side uses a lot, and we should seek to be aware of it as opposed to employing the tactic.

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