[P2P-F] [P2P-URBANISM WA] pattern language of transition, interview with christopher alexander

Sun Jan 16 10:20:42 CET 2011

Dear Michael,

if you ever write something on your project, let me know,

Michel

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Michael Mehaffy
<michael.mehaffy at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> By coincidence I was visiting Chris a few weeks ago and the subject of this
> interview came up.  I read the proof and we discussed it.  There is one
> issue that I think is really important: the notion that a pattern language
> has to be project-specific.  I have been thinking about this and it is one
> of the keys for the success of PLs in the software world. A software coder
> does not construct an ideal PL for an ideal problem for all time - that
> would be a waste of time.  Instead they construct a PL for a given project,
> using other patterns from the repsitory, and adapting them.
>
> Based on this insight I have begun to work on a "Project Pattern Language"
> methodology (or PPL for short) that will greatly simplify this process.  A
> version of which I do use in my own work, but this kind of work needs to be
> greatly expanded, along with the number of patterns and their availability,
> if we are going to have the success of the software world.
>
> And also, to come back to the point in the interview, to get at the key
> thing that PLs are meant to do: to provide generative capability for a whole
> transformation, instead of a mechanical assemblage.  It was this insight
> that got the software programmers very excited in the first place -
> addressing the bugbear of their business, serial mechanism - and I think
> this is the exciting dimension ahead.
>
> And of course it's open-source by nature, and has a very strong core P2P
> component.
>
> The other parallel from the software world is that for the actual
> implementation process, no one sat around waiting for Chris to come up with
> it.  they ran with it themselves, checking back with Chris for new ideas. I
> think that model also has to be part of the new methodology, which is also
> P2P in that sense.  So I will welcome feedback and collaboration on this
> approach, and hope to have a draft "white paper" to share with you soon...
>
> Cheers, m
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
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