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#creation
Hamlet On The Holodeck
The four essential properties of digital environments
Digital environments are procedural, participatory, spatial, and encyclopedic. The first two properties make up most of what we mean by the vaguely used word 'interactive'; the remaining two properties help to make digital creations seem as explorable and extensive as the…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
All things are created twice
“Begin with the end in mind” is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.
Measure twice, cut once
The carpenter’s rule is “measure twice, cut once.” You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you’ve thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the…
Two creations and the circle of influence
To the extent to which we understand the principle of two creations and accept the responsibility for both, we act within and enlarge the borders of our Circle of Influence. To the extent to which we do not operate in harmony with this principle and take charge of the first…
Taking charge of our own first creation
Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people’s agendas, of circumstances, or of past…
Our own design or other people's agendas
We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people’s agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.
Towards An Ontology Of Software: A Requirements Engineering Perspective
Foundation for software evolution concepts: refactoring, reengineering etc..
Besides contributing to clarify concepts and terminologies in the software engineering community, our work could also be used as a foundation for software evolution. For instance, on the basis of our analysis, a refined terminology for different kinds of software change may be…