i re-posted, but let me personally and emphatically re-post @kissane's new essay, because it cuts right into what i care about in some gorgeous ways, but also dares to set a high bar for imagining good things, which is my fave kind of essay. also i am a pattern language buff so love to see alexander's work drawn into the socials discourse #Systems #PatternLanguage

https://erinkissane.com/qualities-of-life

The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
https://www.amonle.com/what-makes-a-house-cosy/

"This is not a book about architecture, at least not in the sense that you might find in the architecture section of a bookstore … no, this is a book about faith.
It has more in common with religion, and perhaps philosophy, than with form-making and construction … 1/2

#patternlanguage

🌐 Pattern language design revolutionizes how we approach target domains - it's a massively parallel, abductive method for holistic design! But to truly harness its power, you need the right tools.💡 #PatternLanguage #DesignThinking #UnlockPotential https://intuitionmachine.gumroad.com/l/gpt4

Integration and Implementation Insights Blog

How can pattern language be used to share tips for knowledge co-creation in transdisciplinary research? What is pattern language?

By Yuko Oniship
https://i2insights.org/2023/03/28/patterns-for-co-creation/

#transdisciplinary #patternlanguage #cocreation #knowledge

The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in Madhya Pradesh, India has a mesmerizing fractal-like structure that reflects the natural world and also adds strength to the building. #PatternLanguage #PracticalArt

Still figuring out best video settings here...

Anyway, I made a little SwiftUI app to chat with AI about the book "A Pattern Language", using OpenAI embeddings.

Relevant passages of the book are fetched and used as part of the prompt when responding to me/user.

This allows for a natural conversation anchored in the actual book – so, theoretically less 'hallucinations' from AI (varying with 'temp').

#ai #openAI #architecture #ideas #design #swift #swifui #gpt3 #patternlanguage #app #yimby

Still figuring out best video settings here...

Anyway, I made a little SwiftUI app to chat with AI about the book "A Pattern Language", using OpenAI embeddings.

Relevant passages of the book are fetched and used as part of the prompt when responding to me/user.

This allows for a natural conversation anchored in the actual book – so, theoretically less 'hallucinations' from AI (varying with 'temp').

#ai #openAI #architecture #ideas #design #swift #swifui #gpt3 #patternlanguage #app

Currently reading Christopher Alexander's #PatternLanguage. A big influence on urban design and computer science, can't help but wonder about the crossover with transport modelling.

I've always been a fan of #TidalCycles' #pattern language. What I didn't know was that Andrew Sorensen's #Extempore #livecoding environment also has a kind of pattern language. Must investigate further.

#Scheme #Lisp #LiveCoding #Extempore #TidalCycles #PatternLanguage

Wondering how Christopher Alexander's notions of Wholeness and Centers, in the Phenonenon of Life, might apply to governance of cooperative or collective organizations? We typically think in terms of relations between discrete individuals, but what about the whole which is reciprocally created with the individual? Or the whole created by a group of individuals?

#PatternLanguage

While many outside of the field of architecture like the #ChristopherAlexander #PatternLanguage approach, it’s not so well accepted by his peers. A summary of criticisms by #MichaelJDawes and #MichaelJOstwald #UNSWBuiltEnv is helpful in appreciating when the use of pattern language might be appropriate or not appropriate.
https://ingbrief.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/christopher-alexanders-a-pattern-language-analysing-mapping-and-classifying-the-critical-response-dawes-and-ostwald-2017/

With the distinction made between #PatternLanguage and form language by #NikosSalingaros, a broader vision of the "life" sought by #ChristopherAlexander has led me through #GeneralSystemsTheory and #RobertRosen into the R-theory of #JohnJKineman.

http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/pattern-language-form-language-general-systems-theory-r-theory/

Wow -- this is really interesting. I wonder how it feels to people who are new to facilitation of participatory learning? As a practitioner, I really like the #PatternLanguage approach.

http://tree.tries.fed.wiki/view/welcome-visitors/view/categories/view/relationship

Thanks to @mike_hales !!

here is a thread with some exploratory thoughts about #patternlanguage...

I believe the best org structure is a local bespoke design

global abstractions are intoxicating and sense-killing

e.g. see how badly people implement #agile princples and miss the point by miles

Web video of Systems Changes: Learning from the Christopher Alexander Legacy, extending #patternlanguage especially Eishin School and Multi-Service Centers methods-in-practice. For #SystemsThinking Ontario, up the learning curve on ongoing research. http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/systems-changes-learning-from-the-christopher-alexander-legacy-st-on-2019-02-11/

Web video of presentation of Evolving Pattern language towards an Affordance Language, 2018, on week visiting#RaphaelArar and #JimSpohrer at Almaden. Insider's history of science and prospects http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/evolving-pattern-language-towards-an-affordance-language-almaden-2018-05-09/
#systemsthinking #patternlanguage

Web videos of lecture "Architecting for Wicked Messes: Towards an affordance language for service systems" #OCADU_SFI 2018, two sessions for @redesign and #JeremyBowes. One slide set, two slightly different talks on my research to that point. http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/architecting-for-wicked-messes/ #systemsthinking #patternlanguage

Wise democracy card deck - Use these cards to support your own process as a campaign designer, public servant, visionary or change agent: https://www.wd-pl.com/download/ #PatternLanguage

#Wiki was invented by Ward Cunningham in 1995, to support the Portland Pattern Repository http://c2.com/ppr/ .

#FederatedWiki was invented by Ward in 2011, enabling parallel editing in a community. Renaming a "wiki page"​ as a "card"​ may make it more intelligible to novices (even those who don't remember #hypercard).

Restarted #federatedwiki for sharing #patternlanguage .
https://ingbrief.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/federated-wiki-for-pattern-languages/

RT @Bortseb@twitter.com: "Wikis were an outgrowth of the development of what is known as #PatternLanguage in software" @WardCunningham@twitter.com @michaelwmehaffy@twitter.com
http://www.sustasis.net/wiki-as-pl.pdf

#FederatedWiki is a #P2P #Distributed evolution, and DEVs are at #darVOZweek @nwspk@twitter.com right now hacking it to run on @Holochain@twitter.com https://twitter.com/sheriherndon/status/958518582039732229

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Bortseb/status/958567554120933376