Dear All,
Just checking in on the web to read this intersting thread.
No time to reply, but may add a few thoughts when home.
The cartoon version of my response is that I see interesting
approaches from different positions. While they don't dovetail,
neither do they contradict, but rather overlap in an intersecting
network of process descriptions. The word "problem" doesn't bother
me -- it is one kind of process, and the word has no negative meaning
if one sees problem as a stimulus to inquiry and action. The idea of
a "problem" in some vocabularies does not demand "solution" as its
paired term, but perhaps "challenge" or "multiplex" or "solution set" or
even "generation". The word has several meanings, and the word is
used in different ways that allow different responses. I'll respond
to elaborate this with some clear appreciations for Klaus's view and
and couple divergent ideas.
More later.
One request: reading on the web, I observe that many responses
incorporate all prior responses in a long string. The scroll-by is
immense when one passes by all that has gone before several times.
I take the liberty of reposting Keith Russell's earlier note
on formatting and replies.
Had a good dinner with Bo Christensen and Dorthe Berntsen.
Looking forward to Bo's lecture and defense tomorrow. Bo's
dissertation will be available from his web site as a .pdf
document. I'll ask him to post the information.
Best wishes from a warm Aarhus night.
Ken
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:14:53 +1000, Keith Russell
wrote:
>Dear PhD Design group
>
>Could people do a little more housekeeping in their replies. Sounds like
>a chore, but the reposting of the thread in each reply clogs up the
>mail, especially for Digest readers. I know it is quick and that it also
>helps with the flow - but it intrudes when the tail is longer than the
>body? Snipping relevant extracts is usually enough even for people who
>have just joined the topic.
>
>Also, could people look at how they are posting. While many users are
>HTML ready, it still can cause issues - TXT is to be preferred to ensure
>that we all can read and to stop the "double-dutch" of getting the
>message twice (as HTML and as TXT).
>
>Lots of great issues being covered!
>
>Keith Russell
>co-owner
>PhD Design list
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