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CONTACTS
0201 - Dynamic Alternatives 562 802 1639
020101 - Mr. Garold L. Johnson
020102 - dynalt@dynalt.com
SUBJECTS
Development Planning for Next Generation SDS
Functionality of New SDS
Functionality New SDS Essential Features
1st Published Record by Gary
Ws_ftp Not Configured for Immediate Access to Transfer Records
Publish 1st SDS Record on Internet
Publishing SDS Records on Internet Needs Ws_ftp Program Configured to
2109 - ..
2110 - Summary/Objective
2111 -
211101 - Follow up ref SDS 23 0000, ref SDS 20 0000.
211102 -
211103 - Gary has started publishing SDS records on the Internet. He is
211104 - working through the learning curve and experiencing frustrations with
211105 - complex procedures for receiving documents using poor editing features
211106 - in SDS compared to other tools people use for information technology.
211107 - After reviewing Gary's letter, I called and we invested time on
211108 - training and support, ref SDS 0 469I, so that receiving documents is
211109 - fast and easy for Knowledge Mangaement. There is still more to do on
211110 - simplifying using the computer, noted by Bill Gates announcing a new
211111 - project at Microsoft. ref SDS 0 GG6O
211112 -
211113 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Gary with a link to this record confirming
211114 - understandings, and extending congratulations on progress toward a key
211115 - goal of the project for Gary to publish SDS work product on the
211116 - Internet that demonstrates KM, as defined in POIMS, ref OF 1 HO4H, can
211117 - be done by people who invest time to learn, like Gary is doing.
211118 -
211119 - [On 021125 Gary proposes working on SDS development. ref SDS 24
211120 - 0001
211121 -
211122 -
211123 -
211124 -
211125 - ..
2112 -
2113 -
2114 - Progress
2115 -
211501 - Gary Demonstrates Anyone Can Publish SDS Records on the Internet
211502 -
211503 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary with links to SDS records and a
211504 - document he has published on the Internet for...
211505 -
211506 - ..
211507 - 1. SDS record on...
211508 -
211509 - Functionality of a new SDS............ 021122, ref DRT 1 0584
211510 -
211511 - ...which is on the Internet at...
211512 -
211513 - http://www.welchco.com/sd/08/GLJDY/02/02/11/22/124823.HTM
211514 -
211515 - ...and reflects the work he did on this subject, reported in
211516 - the record for 021120. ref SDS 23 VJ6N
211517 -
211518 - ..
211519 - 2. Letter on...
211520 -
211521 - Functionality of a new SDS............ 021122, ref DRT 1 0002
211522 -
211523 -
211524 - ..
211525 - This shows progress on accomplishing a major goal of the project for
211526 - Gary to learn and use SDS, and to begin communicating and
211527 - collaborating with SDS records.
211528 -
211529 - Gary reports there is an error in the HTML code for SDS records that
211530 - omits the closing anchor params for the mailto command. ref DRT 1 YI6F
211531 -
211532 - Work on this was recently performed in the record on 021111, so
211533 - made this fix in that record. ref SDS 19 BE3O
211534 -
211535 - ..
211536 - In our call today, he explained that several additional clicks are
211537 - needed to configure his ws_ftp program for transferring files from
211538 - the SDS transfer directory to the Internet.
211539 -
211540 - ..
211541 - Gary has several web sites where he posts files, and so has not
211542 - configured a ws_ftp session to handle SDS alone. If the SDS project
211543 - takes hold, Gary will be transferring records often during a day, and
211544 - so at that time it may be a time saver to have a call for ws_ftp that
211545 - opens with a configuration that is ready to transfer from the SDS
211546 - transfer directory to the Internet.
211547 -
211548 - ..
211549 - Gary can experiment to see if we can post web pages to any alternate
211550 - site he wants by changing line 1221 in file sd 03 070405 so that
211551 - www.welchco.com is another location. I think changing that one line
211552 - will handle everything, with the understanding that links between
211553 - records will only work if everything is on the same domain.
211554 -
211555 - ..
211556 - I think this can get complicated real quick, using different web
211557 - sites.
211558 -
211559 - For example, Gary can create links locally on his computer to my
211560 - records, but when he converts to HTML, 070405 will configure the links
211561 - to my records for the alternate web site, but it will not have any of
211562 - my records, only Gary's records.
211563 -
211564 -
211565 -
211566 -
211567 -
211568 -
2116 -
SUBJECTS
Writing a Letter Editing Functions G(et) Command Outlining rdwrap J
Editing G(et) Command Outlining Wordwrap Justify
Frustrated Editing Skills Needed to Write a Letter
Frustrated Learning Editing Skills Takes Time in Order to Write a Let
Learn New Way Working Difficult Augment Intelligence Thinking Through
Learning Frustrating Gain Skills for New Way of Working
Telephone Support Training on Writing and Receiving Letters
2910 -
291001 - ..
291002 - Learning KM Frustrating Combines Computer and Management Skills
291003 -
291004 - Gary points out difficulties learning a new way of working using
291005 - editing methods in SDS for writing and receiving documents into
291006 - Knowledge Space, which we reviewed on 021119. ref SDS 21 5G3K
291007 -
291008 - Gary reports...
291009 -
291010 - 1. I tried to get the email into Issued Documents for today
291011 - (forget trying to get it in for the actual day). What a pain!
291012 - The editor is a major nuisance. ref DRT 1 UN4L
291013 -
291014 - 2. If we are going to bring documents into the system, we need
291015 - *much* better tools to do so. Possibly even external to SDS.
291016 - ref DRT 1 MV7H
291017 -
291018 - ..
291019 - Note that the HTML conversion for the signature block in a
291020 - letter looks for 4 lines between the complementary close,
291021 - and the signature line. I adjusted this in your test letter
291022 - today. ref DRT 1 0287
291023 -
291024 - ..
291025 - SDS makes receiving documents fast and easy for organizing the record
291026 - into a flexible structure of Knowledge Management, explained in POIMS.
291027 - ref OF 1 M17I This takes a few seconds after people learn the system.
291028 - Gary feels better tools can save a few more seconds, and would be
291029 - easier, if Knowledge Management was supported by technology people
291030 - already know how to use, like Microsoft programs. A similar point was
291031 - made on 001126. ref SDS 3 QW8I On 020110 Morris suggested enhancing
291032 - Microsoft programs, so that people can improve productivity without
291033 - learning SDS. ref SDS 9 S97L It sounds like Gary is working through
291034 - the learning curve we discussed on 020813. ref SDS 10 PV5F Bill Gates
291035 - reported a few days ago on 021108 that Microsoft is planning a new
291036 - project to make using computers easier because people complain that it
291037 - is not fast and easy to remember all of the menus. This aligns with
291038 - studies showing most people only use about 5% of Microsoft commands,
291039 - cited previously by Morris on 020110. ref SDS 9 CK4K Bill expects
291040 - that Microsoft's new project will reduce frustrations of learning and
291041 - will improve productivity. ref SDS 16 EFBE
291042 -
291043 -
291044 -
291045 -
291046 - ..
2911 -
2912 -
2913 - 2705
2914 -
291401 - Training and Support for Organizing Received Documents
291402 -
291403 - Called Gary.
291404 -
291405 - He indicated that publishing SDS records and documents on the Internet
291406 - with one click is fast and easy. Sounds like learning procedures and
291407 - getting configured for publishing takes more time, per above.
291408 - ref SDS 0 VL6L
291409 -
291410 - Gary seemed to clarify his letter by explaining that handling issued
291411 - documents is okay, but he had difficulties bringing documents received
291412 - via email into the SDS record because this requires moving and
291413 - arranging text using unfamiliar editing tools, as we expected on
291414 - 020813. ref SDS 10 4N3G
291415 -
291416 - ..
291417 - This afternoon we reviewed issues that make handling received email
291418 - and other documents challenging because there are a lot of different
291419 - formats people can use that require varying degrees of configuration
291420 - for effective management. Conforming variability of received
291421 - documents to the flexible structure of SDS takes practice to build
291422 - skills so the tasks are fast and easy.
291423 -
291424 - Gary feels issued documents are easier because the user controls the
291425 - format.
291426 -
291427 - ..
291428 - We worked on using the get command, move command, target, cut and
291429 - paste, to configure received documents.
291430 -
291431 - ..
291432 - I sent a test letter to Gary and then we talked through the process of
291433 - configuring a received document, as we did the day on 021119.
291434 - ref SDS 21 5G3K
291435 -
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SUBJECTS
G(et) Command Outlining Wordwrap Justify
Outlining Wordwrap Justify
Wordwrap Justify
330501 - ..
330502 - Editing Using Get Command, Outlining, Wordwrap, Justify, Indented Text
330503 -
330504 -
330505 - Gary reports...
330506 -
330507 - 1. It took several tries to work out that the 'g' command places
330508 - the file at the first visible line on the screen rather than
330509 - the line where the cursor was positioned. ref DRT 1 PQQV
330510 -
330511 - ..
330512 - Sounds like Gary has the get command figured out. This is good
330513 - progress; a lot of people have trouble learning how the get command
330514 - works.
330515 -
330516 - ..
330517 - Gary continues...
330518 -
330519 - 2. Then lines that are wider than the screen are not handled well.
330520 - I think that Rod used the 'cut to file' command and then
330521 - reinserted the file indented. This didn't work for me because
330522 - the command uses a rectangle rather than lines. I would have
330523 - been ahead to use the paste from the DOS window. I would have
330524 - been even further ahead to format the entire file in MultiEdit
330525 - and then use the window paste, ref DRT 1 PU5M
330526 -
330527 - ..
330528 - Gary seems to understand the procedure for using cut and past to shift
330529 - text that should be indented, e.g., outlined and bulletted text where
330530 - people use an asterisk, or similar indicator of a list in email.
330531 -
330532 - Once the keyboard is configured for efficient use of the Ctrl, Alt
330533 - and Shift keys, cut and paste will get fast and easy with a little
330534 - practice.
330535 -
330536 - ..
330537 - It is frustrating to learn new procedures for moving text into
330538 - position, but once learned, it only takes a few seconds, as I did
330539 - today with Gary's letter. ref DRT 1 0001
330540 -
330541 - If it took more than a few seconds, I would never do it.
330542 -
330543 - ..
330544 - Key points on positioning text for received documents...
330545 -
330546 - a. Text that is off screen should be assembled within the
330547 - primary screen default margins 1 79 by using Alt F9 on a
330548 - block of text with a common left margin and separated by a
330549 - blank line. Do this for all para that run off the right
330550 - side of the screen.
330551 -
330552 - ..
330553 - b. Indented text, like this para, can be handled in several
330554 - ways...
330555 -
330556 - 1. Justify with Alt F9 so that all of the text is within
330557 - screen margins; then use cut and paste to shift
330558 - everything to the left margin, usually about column 8,
330559 - or the first indent level, and 3 or columns more for
330560 - subsequent indent levels, depending on the structure.
330561 -
330562 - 2. Alternatively, use cut and paste to shift everything to
330563 - the target left margin, then use Alt F9 to jump the
330564 - text into screen visible margins.
330565 -
330566 - A key difference in these methods is how the lr parm is
330567 - entered by F6 for cut and paste. Using method 2, the
330568 - file must be shifted left with F8 in order to observe
330569 - the end of the text and move the cursor to beyond the
330570 - end of the text with the End key and then use F6 so the
330571 - lr command is entered at a location that captures all
330572 - of the text at position 2, rather than position 1 in
330573 - the following example...
330574 -
330575 - 1 2
330576 - x---------------x
330577 - | |
330578 - |ul |
330579 - |Sample test that runs off screen to here
330580 - | | lr
330581 - | |
330582 - x---------------x
330583 - 1 2
330584 - ..
330585 - In the above example, start by using F5 in the cut and
330586 - paste profile to enter ul for the upper left corner.
330587 - The End key moves the cursor to position 1, so use F8
330588 - to shift the file left in the screen to display the end
330589 - of the text beyond "...to here," then use the End key
330590 - to move the cursor beyond the word "here" and use F6 to
330591 - set lr at position 2, so that the full width of the
330592 - text is captured in the the cut file to position on the
330593 - desired column for indenting the text.
330594 -
330595 - ..
330596 - Alternatively, justifying the text first eliminates the
330597 - need to use F8 for shifting the screen left to enter
330598 - the lr command, because Alt F9 assembles all of the
330599 - text within the primary screen columns, 1 79, so when
330600 - End positions the cursor at point 1, which is screen
330601 - column 80 the F6 key can enter lr to capture all of the
330602 - text.
330603 -
330604 - ..
330605 - 3. After indented text is assembled in the correct lift
330606 - margin, then manually enter item identification such as
330607 - 1, a, A, or a bullet. with 2 columns between the period
330608 - and the left margin of the text. This places the dot
330609 - or the bullet no further left than column 5.
330610 -
330611 -
330612 - ..
330613 - Gary continues...
330614 -
330615 - 3. Word wrap messes up when trying to indent lines. Characters
330616 - beyond the edge of the screen are lost using Alt F9. Wrapping
330617 - isn't to the list indent even when I used Ctrl D to enter a
330618 - bullet. I tried the F1 F1 F6 bullet, and that tried to do a
330619 - double underline (did Rod change that without telling me? It
330620 - looks like it.), ref DRT 1 PQRX
330621 -
330622 - ..
330623 - Wordwrap should be functional for indented lines, including use of a
330624 - bullet, as shown by this record and the letters I send daily.
330625 -
330626 - During the call to Gary after receiving his letter, per
330627 - above, ref SDS 0 469I, we did some training on using
330628 - procedures explained above. ref SDS 0 MT7H
330629 -
330630 - ..
330631 - Gary is correct that F1 F1 F6 has been eliminated as a
330632 - result of implementing Gary's request for an easier way to
330633 - enter a bullet, reported on 021109. ref SDS 17 0001 The
330634 - record on 021109 explains that the prior assignment was
330635 - unplugged. ref SDS 17 AG6N Gary was notified about this
330636 - change on 021110 that says "Bullet switched to Ctrl D",
330637 - ref SDS 18 MX9H, however, the notice was not very loud
330638 - and clear.
330639 -
330640 - ..
330641 - In our telephone discussion reviewed Alt F9 process that jumps all of
330642 - the text into current margins, rather than cause text to be lost.
330643 - Words beyond the end of the screen are lost if typing is stared before
330644 - using Alt F9 to assemble text into the specified margins within the
330645 - current screen, as Gary discusses above. ref SDS 0 K84O,
330646 -
330647 - ..
330648 - Gary continues...
330649 -
330650 - 4. The major headings were: (how can I copy them here? Use Window
330651 - paste, since there is no copy line(s) in the editor.
330652 - ref DRT 1 0639
330653 -
330654 - ..
330655 - Need explanation for Gary on this issue; not following the problem.
330656 -
330657 - During our call today, we did not specifically discuss this
330658 - problem; but may have been handled by discussion of other
330659 - issues. If not Gary can follow up to clarify this problem.
330660 -
330661 - ..
330662 - Gary explains
330663 -
330664 - 5. The edited document closes when I use F5 to start a link, Ctrl
330665 - F6 to get to the document, and <enter> to set the link
330666 - position. When I try to do it for the next one, the document is
330667 - not available using Ctrl F6. It turns out that using a previous
330668 - reference to open the document work, but this is yucky.
330669 - ref DRT 1 JW8F
330670 -
330671 - ..
330672 - Edited document should not close.
330673 -
330674 - During our call today, per above, ref SDS 0 469I, Gary seemed to
330675 - clarify that the linked records and documents were closing rather than
330676 - the document where a link is entered.
330677 -
330678 - This is the way the program is designed, so it sounds like correct
330679 - performance.
330680 -
330681 - ..
330682 - Clarify rules for linking....
330683 -
330684 - SDS records are a place where planning and design of a
330685 - document occur, because it provides a low level of control,
330686 - as explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 0859
330687 -
330688 - ..
330689 - All of the links in a document are replicated in the SDS
330690 - record of origin under the plan, perform, report process
330691 - that provides fast and easy access to sources for creating a
330692 - documents, and maintains context and reasoning that is not
330693 - in the document. Here are examples of how to write a letter
330694 - and identify sources for links in an SDS record that make it
330695 - fast and easy to create and manage links in the letter...
330696 -
330697 - ..
330698 - To CSI on innovation in
330699 - service for communication...... 021011, ref SDS 12 FG3K
330700 -
330701 - To OHS/DKR on advantage of
330702 - accountability derived from
330703 - intelligence to information.... 010828, ref SDS 6 R04L
330704 -
330705 - ..
330706 - Thus, the SDS record where a document is prepared is primary
330707 - control for the document. This enables knowledge management
330708 - by connecting documents in a larger context of history and
330709 - consequence, and by providing many paths to find information
330710 - when needed, under the rule Morris cited...
330711 -
330712 - everything in the right place at the right time
330713 -
330714 - ...reported in the record on 010425, ref SDS 5 EP7F, and
330715 - noticed in a letter by Eric Armstrong on 010916. ref SDS 7
330716 - 0001
330717 -
330718 - ..
330719 - Therefore, when a link is created from the document being
330720 - issued to the control SDS record, the control SDS record
330721 - will remain open in order to manage document creation. All
330722 - other linked documents are closed when a link is created,
330723 - because it is fast and easy to open them if needed from the
330724 - control SDS record.
330725 -
330726 -
330727 -
330728 -
330729 -
330730 -
3308 -
SUBJECTS
Zip Update SDS Program and My SDS Records for Training Purposes on Ga
340301 - ..
340302 - Program Update to Synchronize Data Sets on Gary's Computer
340303 -
340304 - Follow up ref SDS 22 W29K, ref SDS 14 X16G.
340305 -
340306 - Gary did some research to improve our procedures for transferring data
340307 - sets to his computer so that training and support is based on a common
340308 - set of SDS program code and my SDS records.
340309 -
340310 - ..
340311 - One idea that emerged was to use the zu command without the -n
340312 - parameter that restores only new files. This makes the receive
340313 - commands...
340314 -
340315 - zu -d cs c:\ *.*
340316 - zu -d ds d:\ *.*
340317 - zu -d fd f:\ *.*
340318 - zu -d gd g:\ *.*
340319 - zu -d hs h:\ *.*
340320 -
340321 - It will force an overwrite of everything included in the transfer.
340322 -
340323 - ..
340324 - To solve past problems, Gary suggested sending another update today
340325 - that backdated some period to recover any gaps in transferring records
340326 - that may occurred on prior transfers.
340327 -
340328 - ..
340329 - Today, assembled the following and transferred to the web....
340330 -
340331 -
340332 - http://www.welchco.com/09
340333 -
340334 - ..
340335 - ...so, Gary can download....
340336 -
340337 - z -P -a -r -t10012002 cs d:\sd\08\00101\*.*
340338 -
340339 - ...except, cs.zip includes all of the files for...
340340 -
340341 - c: 01 02 *.*
340342 - c: SD 01 *.*
340343 - c: SD 03 *.*
340344 -
340345 - z -P -a -r -t10012002 ds d:\sd\08\00101\*.*
340346 - z -P -a -r -t10012002 fd d:\sd\08\00101\*.*
340347 - z -P -a -r -t10012002 gd d:\sd\08\00101\*.*
340348 - z -P -a -r -t10012002 hs d:\sd\08\00101\*.*
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