CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Millie & Rod, 910807
Birthday

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0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up
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050639 -  ..
050640 - Amanda brought a Harry Potter book.  She spent a good deal time at the
050641 - party reading because she has to turn in a book report by Wednesday.
050642 - Millie is reading the same series of books, so she was able to discuss
050643 - implications and ideas for Amanda's report.
050645 -  ..
050646 - This led to a lively discussion by all on the value of developing
050647 - strong skills in reading and writing, per analysis on literacy as the
050648 - driving force of civilization which begins to wain about age 25 after
050649 - formal education, reported on 991108. ref SDS 4 7380
050651 -  ..
050652 - Millie said the Potter books reflect an element of "magic."
050654 -  ..
050655 - Driving home she explained Potter relates the adventures of 3 boys,
050656 - and evidently one girl, who continually outwits the boys.
050658 -  ..
050659 - Anne came with Ron, and they drove with Steve and Lilly.  It was a
050660 - delight to see Anne.  We missed her greatly at Christmas and
050661 - Thanksgiving.
050663 -  ..
050664 - Anne likes the Potter books because they are "magical."  Not sure, but
050665 - Ron Sr., may be reading the Potter books as well.
050667 -  ..
050668 - Lilly mentioned that Mathew has not taken up reading the Potter books.
050670 -  ..
050671 - Discussed Communication Metrics for strengthening literacy to
050672 - understand and apply reading Harry Potter, and other literature in the
050673 - context of daily life, as set out in POIMS. ref OF 1 1106  SDS enables
050674 - "intelligence" support, that fosters continual learning, which is part
050675 - of Knowledge Management.  Education is strengthened by enhancing
050676 - alphabet technology, explained on 991108, ref SDS 4 5628, which has
050677 - not been improved in over 2,000 years.  As a result, SDS may turn out
050678 - to be a very powerful, and rare occurrance in the march of
050679 - civilization, as related by Professor Ransdell on 000716. ref SDS 5
050680 - 7838  While that judgement will take decades and even centuries to
050681 - fully establish, progress begins with discussions at SRI on a
050682 - scholarship competition based on an essay about the future of
050683 - technology from reviewing the history of the PC, per the event on
050684 - 001220 honoring Doug Engelbart. ref SDS 10 KI6O
050686 -  ..
050687 - The key point is the opportunity for children to strengthen learning
050688 - capacity using SDS.  Ordinary writing by itself improves memory, and
050689 - this improves learning, as set out on 900319. ref SDS 1 0702
050691 -  ..
050692 - Steve concurred.
050694 -  ..
050695 - He related manually writing in a notebook important information he
050696 - needs at work, and has noticed that writing things out helps him
050697 - remember better, even without refering to his notes.  This aligns with
050698 - Andy Grove's explanation that writing copious notes removes the
050699 - ambiguity of mental maps, reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 3 3668
050701 -  ..
050702 - This practice of manually writing beginning in 1970, led to the
050703 - development of SDS in about 1985, which later became Communication
050704 - Metrics on 950327. ref SDS 2 0001
050706 -  ..
050707 - SDS seems to improve this capability by an order of magnitude for the
050708 - reasons in POIMS. ref OF 1 3742
050710 -  ..
050711 - People are reporting from around the world that the SDS environment is
050712 - "amazing" and "inspirational," for example on 001116. ref SDS 8 0001
050713 - The core issue is enhancing human competence by augmenting basic
050714 - "intelligence."  Over the past 15 years, evidence has accumulated that
050715 - SDS accomplishes this objective, per analysis on 900319. ref SDS 1
050716 - 0702, however, it has been difficult to test this by getting other
050717 - people to take up the use of SDS, because the process is
050718 - counterintuitive.
050720 -  ..
050721 - Kim asked if others have tried SDS to show that people other than Rod
050722 - can benefit?
050724 -  ..
050725 - Only two other people have done this so far.  Wayne Wetzel and Jeff
050726 - Ghilardi.
050728 -  ..
050729 - However, since the SDS record is now indexed on the web, people
050730 - everywhere are bumping into SDS records when they look for information
050731 - on "continual learning," "alphabet technology," "adding intelligence
050732 - to information," project management, knowledge management, even things
050733 - like fixing the computer, reported a few days ago. ref SDS 11 0001
050740 -  ..
050741 - Ron Sr. did not recall Doug Engelbart's name from Ron's time in the
050742 - computer industry during the 60s and 70s.
050744 -  ..
050745 - Explained that Doug was recently awarded the national medal of
050746 - technology for having invented the computer mouse, linking, and other
050747 - ground breaking methods that led to the PC industry, related in the
050748 - record on 001114. ref SDS 7 0001
050750 -  ..
050751 - Doug noted on 001029 that SDS provides a strong KM solution, further
050752 - indicating a breakthrough for knowledge technology. ref SDS 6 OH9N
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