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2311 -    ..
2312 - Summary/Objective
2313 -
231301 - Follow up ref SDS 24 0000, ref SDS 22 0000.
231302 -
231303 - Gary reviewed the challenge explaining added value lifting capacity to
231304 - think, remember, and communicate, beginning with an editor platform
231305 - for augmenting intelligence. ref SDS 0 3K6J  POIMS explains technology
231306 - can be configured to help people think, remember, and communicate; SDS
231307 - foundational documents help people grasp this opportunity, but we are
231308 - a long way from convincing most people who lack experience with SDS
231309 - work product. ref SDS 0 XS8V  Gary wants to add features from Maxthink
231310 - into the SDS program. ref SDS 0 3K5N  He feels understanding how
231311 - learning and thinking are aided by mechanical operations using
231312 - computers is difficult. ref SDS 0 XS8V
231314 -  ..
231315 - Submitted an email linked to this record to address issues Gary raised
231316 - in his letter. ref SDS 0 3K5N
231317 -
231318 -        [On 041112 Gary explains Maxthink features do not support ASCII
231319 -        files like SDS, and has powerful functions to manipulate
231320 -        outlines. ref SDS 27 OR5S
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2315 -
2316 - Progress
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231701 - Editor Platform Provides Structure to Augment Intelligence
231702 - Maxthink Support for Outlining Aids Thinking Preparing Documents
231703 - SDS DOS Text Editor Increases Productivity Thinking Management
231704 -
231705 - Received several letters today from Gary on Maxthink.  The first
231706 - letter cites an article that reports wordprocessing technology has not
231707 - improved productivity, ref DRT 1 5F6G, which supports prior research
231708 - on 970919. ref SDS 6 4739  Gary further quotes the article listing
231709 - Maxthink support for semantics, taxonomy, and knowledge. ref DRT 1
231710 - 8E9O
231712 -          ..
231713 -         http://www.maxthink.biz/09_newletter_june_89.htm
231715 -  ..
231716 - Gary mentioned in a second letter this morning that experience using
231717 - Maxthink, after converting the program from a DOS editor platform into
231718 - a Windows GUI platform, indicates that editor technology works better
231719 - in some respects than wordprocessing for flexible structure that aids
231720 - thinking and management support. ref DRT 2 DH6I
231721 -
231722 -    [On 060412 outline software represents two (2) worlds of using
231723 -    structure to create good ideas, essential for production; and
231724 -    wordprocessing for making ideas look good, essential for sales.
231725 -    ref SDS 28 3H5G
231727 -  ..
231728 - Advantages of editor technology for management support were reviewed
231729 - previously by Morris on 951228. ref SDS 5 S47O
231731 -  ..
231732 - POIMS explains wordprocessing empowers people to publish documents
231733 - that make information look good. ref OF 5 0959  SDS is designed for
231734 - intelligence support that converts information into a spreadsheet for
231735 - knowledge. ref OF 6 4N3O  On 001130 Jack Park reported to the OHS/DKR
231736 - people meeting at SRI that SDS has the right structure for knowledge
231737 - and the interface that makes the structure useful to people.
231738 - ref SDS 10 H17O
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231740 -
231742 -  ..
231743 - Maxthink Organizes Information Outlining Aids Thinking Operations
231744 - Flexible Structure Outlining Organizes Information Like 3x5 Cards
231745 - Outlining 3x5 Cards Aid Organization Improve Productivity Thinking
231746 -
231747 - Follow up ref SDS 24 BG8H.
231748 -
231749 - This afternoon Gary submitted ref DRT 3 0001 explaining advantages of
231750 - Maxthink, previously reviewed on 011222 when Gary cited support for
231751 - organizing and finding information. ref SDS 13 J75H
231753 -  ..
231754 - Gary commends....
231755 -
231756 -    1.  Maxthink support for "thinking" operations to organize
231757 -        information with outlining structure that is very helpful for
231758 -        preparing documents.
231759 -
231760 - ...and feels this can contribute to SDS records. ref DRT 3 7K6L
231762 -  ..
231763 - A few days ago on 041108 Gary requested simple ways to explain how SDS
231764 - augments intelligence, aids thinking, etc. ref SDS 24 BG8H
231766 -  ..
231767 - Outlining is part of SDS support for flexible structure, reviewed on
231768 - 890523. ref SDS 1 P13O  Line numbers provide an overarching outline
231769 - structure for all SDS records. ref SDS 1 T1VQ  Within the line number
231770 - outline framework, users can create analysis with conventional
231771 - narrative, like this paragraph, which is structured with Control
231772 - Fields and headlines to summarize meaning in Knowledge Space, defined
231773 - in NWO. ref OF 12 PX6J
231775 -  ..
231776 - Users can, also, apply common outline structure with indented and
231777 - nested lines marked with numbers and letters to convey hierarchical
231778 - structure, also, shown in this record. ref SDS 0 XT4U   Support for
231779 - common outlining methods is managed with the overarching outline
231780 - structure of line numbering and Control Fields, and headlines can be
231781 - constructed at will to summarize the meaning of sections.  Narrative
231782 - can interrupt outline structure to permit analysis of elements as
231783 - objects with multiple elements.  These outline methods have proven
231784 - helpful for understanding the complexity of daily affairs using the
231785 - eight (8) steps reported on 001219, ref SDS 11 FO5M, and listed in
231786 - POIMS. ref OF 6 685K
231788 -  ..
231789 - Common outlining was improved on 030118 to automatically update the
231790 - structure when the order is changed. ref SDS 14 0001  This is
231791 - discussed in the outline for defining the scope of intelligence
231792 - support, shown in NWO. ref OF 12 074X  Flexible structure benefits
231793 - people who are empowered to decide when outlining will be used, rather
231794 - than imposed as a rigid requirement, reviewed on 000510. ref SDS 9
231795 - LQ4Q
231797 -  ..
231798 - Maxthink support for organizing information, ref SDS 0 XR6I, fits the
231799 - model of "intelligence" called out in POIMS.  Organization is an
231800 - important aspect of human thinking. ref OF 3 0561  SDS support for
231801 - outlining to construct the record has been related to 3x5 cards which
231802 - people sometimes use for organizing work. ref SDS 16 GL7L  Morris
231803 - described SDS as a 3x5 card system on 950223. ref SDS 3 9933
231804 - Outlining fits the model of cognition posed by George Miller's notion
231805 - that human thinking manipulates "chunks of memory, reported on 990303.
231806 - ref SDS 7 2838
231808 -  ..
231809 - Review on 041104 showed Gary's research on 041025 cites Boyd's
231810 - "Trinity" for organizing information based on people first, ideas, and
231811 - things. ref SDS 22 OG6L
231812 -
231813 -     [On 041107 planning to transition SDS beginning with Contacts that
231814 -     supports concept of organizing work based on people and
231815 -     organizations. ref SDS 23 PE90
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231819 -  ..
231820 - GUI Productivity Ease of Learning for Thinking Tools Maxthink
231821 -
231822 - Gary reports in a second letter today that experience converting
231823 - Maxthink into a Windows application with a GUI did not convince the
231824 - developer that this change improved the tools and application for
231825 - organizing information to support innate thinking, per the discussion
231826 - above, ref SDS 0 XR6I, nor was learning to use Maxthink appreciably
231827 - easier with a Windows implementation. ref DRT 2 0001
231829 -  ..
231830 - Gary comments further about Maxthink...
231831 -
231832 -    2.  Thinking tasks.
231833 -
231834 -        You have done quite a bit of work on selecting tasks where
231835 -        augmentation can provide benefits. So has Neil Larson. If I
231836 -        could get some tool like a MaxThink to edit SDS record
231837 -        segments, manipulating structure, organization, and my own
231838 -        thinking, with SDS to support the organized relationships and
231839 -        indexing, it would be great. ref DRT 3 UJ4H
231841 -  ..
231842 - Questions on Gary's analysis....
231843 -
231844 -            1.  Why can't Maxthink edit SDS records that are ASCII
231845 -                text?
231846 -
231847 -                   [On 041112 Gary explains Maxthink has a rigid format
231848 -                   that does not support ASCII, wondering if Maxthink
231849 -                   can export content to Microsoft Word, and if so can
231850 -                   content be exported into SDS? ref SDS 27 OR5S
231852 -                 ..
231853 -            2.  What structure manipulation and organization would be
231854 -                helpful on SDS record segments to better support Gary's
231855 -                thinking?
231856 -
231857 -                   [On 041112 Gary explains Maxthink makes changing the
231858 -                   organization of information fast and easy; would be
231859 -                   helpful to observe this capability. ref SDS 27 OR6S
231861 -                 ..
231862 -                Could a few mock ups be prepared to illustrate added
231863 -                support for organizing and relating, ref SDS 0 XR6I,
231864 -                and further how an SDS record segment would look that
231865 -                was manipulated in the manner Gary discusses?
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SDS Good Management Faster Easier than Using Conventional Practices

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240402 - Transformation Frustrating Learning New Way of Working Takes Time
240403 - Continual Learning Derived from Intelligence Yields Lessons Learned
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240405 - Follow up ref SDS 25 KN8V.
240406 -
240407 - Gary's letter today continues....
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240409 -    3.  Since learning and thinking are major activities of knowledge
240410 -        workers, perhaps we should measure some aspect of that, but so
240411 -        far as computerization goes, it is hard to see how mechanical
240412 -        operations lead to learning or thinking other than in general
240413 -        terms. ref DRT 3 O49K
240415 -  ..
240416 - This may extend analysis of creativity, discovery, knowledge, and
240417 - intelligence in Gary's record on 041025. ref SDS 20 4R6N  Gary
240418 - proposed review of parallel processing in the mind that drives action
240419 - based on trial and error from experience. ref SDS 20 TO5P  Alignment
240420 - with SDS support was considered on 041104. ref SDS 22 OG6L
240422 -  ..
240423 - Gary continues...
240424 -
240425 -    4.  == General Idea Still Works
240426 -
240427 -        However, if we can identify operations that actually facilitate
240428 -        the activities in which knowledge workers engage rather than
240429 -        the output of those activities, we may be able to make some
240430 -        progress. ref DRT 3 UF4G
240432 -  ..
240433 - Disruptive technologies for a new way of working "intelligently" take
240434 - time for transformation to overcome cultural forces, reviewed on
240435 - 990527. ref SDS 8 1233  In a letter yesterday, 041110, Gary related
240436 - frustrating experience, ref SDS 25 N26N, because transformation takes
240437 - time for attitudes to change, ref SDS 25 KN8V, cited previously in
240438 - Gary's letter on 011210. ref SDS 12 R66K
240440 -  ..
240441 - Planning on 040102 set strategy for progress using foundational
240442 - documents to identify SDS operations for knowledge work, complemented
240443 - by relentless pressure "delivering the goods" that demonstrate the
240444 - meaning of explanations, ref SDS 18 8Q3N, because without experience,
240445 - then awareness, belief, understanding, and commitment to a new way of
240446 - working wain, as seen on 041101. ref SDS 21 046I  This strategy is
240447 - implemented by a 3-layer architecture of transformation to
240448 - intelligence support, shown in NWO. ref OF 12 LW5I  Grasping new ideas
240449 - converting information into knowledge grows unevenly over time, with
240450 - many highs and lows, like introducing democracy into the Roman Empire,
240451 - reviewed on 030718. ref SDS 15 WZ7N  This can be frustrating to people
240452 - with strong beliefs who search for ways to speed education of others,
240453 - per above. ref SDS 0 XS8V
240455 -  ..
240456 - "Learning" and "thinking" are related under SDS theory and practices
240457 - that grow human knowledge from experience based on a model of thinking
240458 - and doing, ref OF 3 2049, which seems to align with Gary's research on
240459 - 041025, ref SDS 20 TO4J, reported in the record on 041104. ref SDS 22
240460 - JS6L  Thinking through writing with SDS lifts the capacity to think,
240461 - remember, and communicate, explained in POIMS. ref OF 7 3742
240462 - Experience using SDS technology for the plan, perform, report
240463 - intelligence process, set out in POIMS, ref OF 6 6649, supports
240464 - "lessons learned," through practices of "continual learning," called
240465 - out by professional standards, reviewed on 950721, ref SDS 4 2846, and
240466 - also practices of concurrent discovery, explained in NWO. ref OF 11
240467 - 1780  Human reasoning was reviewed on 900319 showing that SDS support
240468 - for managing chronology aids human thinking. ref SDS 2 0005
240470 -  ..
240471 - SDS enables learning specific details illustrated by the letter from
240472 - Denise at Stanford Medical Center yesterday. ref SDS 26 QY6U  SDS
240473 - supports "connecting the dots" to relate many disparate events that
240474 - yield a larger lesson learned. ref SDS 26 EO6G
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