Renaming exploration for cards and or Wagn
Talking with Jair after recentchangescamp - deck, he objected to the metaphors implicit in "card" (and of course the mismatch with Wagn as a metaphor) and that got us going on naming possibilities for what we're now calling cards and decks. He suggested looking for a name that has space/place implicit in it. We also touched on the lack of a verb for wikiing (vs., say, blogging; there's refactoring, but that's only part of wikiing), and how cool it would be if the name we came up with lent itself to that. (later - we do have Wagneering for editing content vs. data structures) So the general pattern here is that these are names for cards, or something like:
card - deck (may also name the platform) - verb
Ethan & John:
spime (for deck)
particle
wave
tale/tail
spoke - Wagn
chip
bit
holon (implies rich interrelationships nicely)
element - set (would appeal to math/science geeks; use different names for different audiences?
cell - tissue (tishu?)
current
buck
elephant - turtle
atom - universe
wavicle
nugget
span/car - bridge/brij
plank
room/ward - clinic/hospital - rewarding
fract - fractal
bulb
patch - quilt - quilting (vs. patching! - two verbs for whether you're doing big picture or fine grain work)
(collage is another term with nice connotations)
plot - yard
brick
John & Tom:
stained glass
tile/tyle - mosaick/mosaic/tylescape - tyling/tesselating (what are the Latin roots of tesselating/tesseract?)
(Mosaic might have TM concerns with the web browser, but it's rich - Ecosaic, Knowsaic, Prosaic (the pay version :-), Flowsaic, Growsaic, Yosaic, Showsaic, Sewsaic)
leaf - tree
info/knowledge-montage (deck)
stream - tributary
bag - Wagn
taggling/wagging (verb)
slice - sandwich/loaf
Ecowiki (name for the system) (led to Wikiology; Is it wikilogical?)
Cowiki (taken)
Shrieki (with the obvious logo - at this point, it was clearly time for us to stop. :-)
Justin suggests WagnPanes. Does this lead to:
Panes - Windows (aaaaahh!) ?
More thoughts from John while typing this up:
braiding (verb)
tune - medley - composing
pastiche (deck)
mandala (deck)
Discussion
I'd explore the fractal metaphor further. (cards within cards within cards)
I don't know if there's much language for the space, patterns or components of fractals, but that's exactly where Ethan's playful creativity could be handy. Invent language where it's missing.
Oops... There's a already something called Fractal Wiki which could be confusing. Well, if not fractal, I think we should keep scheming. :)
--Arthur Brock.....Tue Mar 03 19:49:10 -0800 2009
If you mean this - https://wiki.objectweb.org/fractal/ - it's just a wiki (running JSPWiki) about a project called Fractal, so i think we're in the clear.
Yeah, Ethan thought of calling a card a "fract"; and wasn't even aware of the Battlestar Galactica connection :-).
--John Abbe.....Tue Mar 03 21:41:52 -0800 2009
I still don't fully get what Wagn is all about, but this sort of creativity inspires me to make some more effort. :-)
Have you considered doing an intro page where two or three metaphors are explained? (That would allow you to make what it even clearer to different people although you have to choose one main name for general usage. I often explain concepts with different word to different people).
-- Ariane (Not signed in).....Wed Mar 04 05:43:21 -0800 2009
Ethan: nest
--John Abbe.....Thu Mar 05 13:11:45 -0800 2009
GrassBeds? each card is a bed. each bed is retractable. each bed has a foot and a head.
--Ethan McCutchen.....Fri Mar 06 17:00:22 -0800 2009
CommonCards? Harmonizes 3 brands at once (gets rid of Wagn, connects GrassCommons to cards). Also hints at the "everything is a card" thing and at reusability. Not sexy, but not bad.
I will say that among the criteria we've explored, here are some of the ones that I want our brands to convey
1. No (or very few) mixed metaphors
2. reliable, professional tool (not a toy)
3. community tool (not corporate)
4. open software (not proprietary)
5. approachable (not scary)
6. typable (not too long)
7. order, organization, creativity
I'm much less worried about the verb thing (blogs are more verby anyway because they're one-offs) or sounding fun like "tweeting" (goes against #2).
--Ethan McCutchen.....Tue Feb 22 13:40:22 -0800 2011
Is 7 about a dynamic tension between order and openness/flexibility? That very much appeals to me. Jair's initial reaction (which I resonate with) against the "card" metaphor was about it only implying the order side of such a dynamic tension.
Alas, that clarity has not given me a term that I think would capture all this :-). More stream-of-mind:
Comingle
CoMondrian
FlexCards
Copen
OpenKards (I just read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12503686 )
Connexus
ConJoin
something about loom - weaving
--John Abbe.....Tue Feb 22 15:25:55 -0800 2011
ReCard, ReCards, ReCarder, ReCarding.
--Ethan McCutchen.....Thu Mar 17 17:50:22 -0700 2011
cardma
--Ethan McCutchen.....Mon May 09 23:48:35 -0700 2011
deckst
--Ethan McCutchen.....Tue May 10 09:37:55 -0700 2011
InPack
- harmonizes app name with the internals
- sounds like "impact"
- suggests hipness (the in group)
- still sounds professional
- suggests collaboration
- emphasizes centrality of modules
- vaguely suggests efficient data storage
- even vaguer vestigial connection (to "wagn" name)
--Ethan McCutchen.....Mon Jan 09 13:58:27 -0800 2012
CardInAll
cardnull
--Ethan McCutchen.....2012-09-27 20:50:25 +0000
I like this: Ecowiki (name for the system) (led to Wikiology; Is it wikilogical?), and CommonCards. We could just background the Wagn metaphor in favor or cards, decks, packs and the like. WagNet becomes CardNet, which is all about namespaces and connecting them. Naming and linking individual chunks of data is at the heart of wikilogic. CardLogic extends wikilogic with CardNameLogic, as Wagn uses the structure of the namespace for everything, Patterns and Setting, Templating, etc.
--Gerry Gleason.....2012-09-28 00:47:49 +0000
kindecks (kin, kind, deck, index)
nestdeck
cardagn. (cardigan / card again / card wagn / some sort of mutant automotive dragon thing)
cardre, cardbon
nestre.
Cardicle (Card + Particle)
derived from the email discussion - CardsAndConnections.com - .org - .net - I admit - very plain...
also - what about keeping the name and rebranding Wagn - get rid of the old west connotation...