{"id":923,"date":"2009-02-28T09:53:08","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=923"},"modified":"2009-02-28T09:53:08","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T13:53:08","slug":"unbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/923","title":{"rendered":"Unbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Adam Greenfield\u2019s Speedbird<\/a> comes a link to the unbook<\/a>.\u00a0 Big quote for folks who do not wish to click through:<\/p>\n

1. An <\/span>unbook<\/span> is never finished, but rather continually updated, based on feedback from users <\/span>andtheir<\/span> evolving needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. An <\/span>unbook<\/span> is released in versions. As in open source software, version 1.0 of an <\/span>unbook<\/span> is a significant milestone, indicating that it is stable and reliable enough for use by the general public. The significance of a new release is indicated by the size of the gap: For example, the difference between 1.1 and 1.1.3 is minor, while the difference between 1.1 and 2.0 is major.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. An <\/span>unbook<\/span> is supported by a community of users who share their experiences and best practices with each other, and help each other troubleshoot problems encountered in their practice areas. An <\/span>unbook\u2019s<\/span> community is a very real part of the <\/span>unbook\u2019s<\/span> development team. *<\/a>
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Implied by the unbook – though not necessary – is print on demand. The physical object is important, but fixed print runs aren’t and are likely counterproductive.<\/p>\n

How does an unbook differ<\/a> from a wiki?<\/span><\/p>\n

4) A wiki does not have a linear narrative while an unbook does: Before a physical book can be printed the order of its pages must be determined.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

An unbook is a narrative object: a developing narrative, a story that may change significantly over time, like a children\u2019s story that is told and retold with additions and changes by multiple authors. Like a story an unbook has a clear beginning and end, although those things might change over time.<\/p>\n

A wiki is a map object: a virtual space that can be searched, explored and navigated in various ways. A wiki, like a physical space, has many starting and ending points. You can enter a wiki many ways and there is no \u201cend\u201d to a wiki. *<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For some interesting discussion of the concept – pro and con – see the comment thread on Warren Ellis’ post<\/a>. [Web ‘better practice’ – checking the pingbacks from other blogs on posts like Mr. Gray’s can lead you to good stuff.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via Adam Greenfield\u2019s Speedbird comes a link to the unbook.\u00a0 Big quote for folks who do not wish to click through: 1. An unbook is never finished, but rather continually updated, based on feedback from users andtheir evolving needs. 2. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,10,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-information-sys","category-making-things"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sdqxx-unbooks","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}