The Big Idea has a name! Thanks to my friend and neighbor Sydney Smith at http://www.coloriginalsmaui.com who emailed in a p.s.
ican. A learning benchmark. Ex: I can count to 100. I can demo the sales process in a retail store.
icanology. The study of, the knowledge of icans.
icanologist. Developer of icanology.
icanist, icanista, icanner, icanographer. Creator and/or user of icans.
icanography. The maps of icans.
icanogram. An announcement of achievement of an ican
icanism. ican belief or saying. Ex: Education is something done to you. Learning is what you do.
icanocracy. What forms up when people use icans.
icanary. A listing of icans.
icanograph. A graph of related icans.
icandoxy. ican philosophy or thinking.
icanic. ican style.
icanory/icannery. the ican creative office.
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icanopedia= a hot-linked icanary (listing of icans)
by the way, I love this big idea… and although I noticed you have a link to Seth, I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this recent post, as it seems to tie in:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/textbook-rant.html