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1211 - ..
1212 - Summary/Objective
1213 -
121301 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0000.
121302 -
121303 - Murray's Ceryle project sounds like helpful method to organize
121304 - research. It presents an opportunity to place the ASB on SDS in an
121305 - acedemic setting without references to Gary's company, and illustrates
121306 - a good use of survey for marketing.
121308 - ..
121309 - Submitted this record to Gary via email for consideration of
121310 - contacting Murray.
121311 -
121312 -
121313 -
121315 - ..
1214 -
1215 -
1216 - Progress
1217 -
121701 - Topic Maps Aid Writing by Organizing Information from Research
121702 -
121703 - Murray Altheim is developing information management for the Ceryle
121704 - project.....
121705 -
121706 - http://www.altheim.com/ceryle/
121707 -
121708 - ...which he describes...
121709 -
121710 - Ceryle is a free tool to help you get organized. If you use a
121711 - lot of post it notes, are a writer, journalist, researcher,
121712 - student, or anyone compiling a lot of information for a
121713 - project, maybe just trying to organize your recipes,
121714 - bookmarks, or your MP3 collection, Ceryle is designed to
121715 - assist you in keeping track of things. Ceryle includes
121716 - features to help you store, find and even visualize your
121717 - information, using what is called a graph visualization. Those
121718 - same graphs also enable you to create structures for your
121719 - documents, see relationships between ideas, and even generate
121720 - composite documents based on those structures, like building a
121721 - book from its chapters or a screenplay from its scenes.
121723 - ..
121724 - Ceryle could help solve the problem of complexity Jack Park cited in a
121725 - letter on 000221. ref SDS 4 3248 Organizing research helps learning,
121726 - which Jack and others are developing for the CALO project at SRI,
121727 - reviewed on 040221. ref SDS 10 5U6J
121729 - ..
121730 - Cyrle support for organization sounds similar to work on the OHS/DKR
121731 - project...
121732 -
121733 - Traction tracks
121734 - categories.................... 011102, ref SDS 7 916Q
121736 - ..
121737 - Topic Maps.................... 000623, ref SDS 5 2915
121739 - ..
121740 - Dialog Maps................... 010916, ref SDS 6 S44G
121742 - ..
121743 - The record on 010916 has more background on tools to organize the
121744 - record. ref SDS 6 UW5L
121746 - ..
121747 - Murray provided helpful feedback on SDS in a letter received on
121748 - 020820. ref SDS 9 UV6G At that time, Murray was discouraged about
121749 - using technology to augment intelligence, because he had developed a
121750 - system for linking that required more than 10 seconds, but found he
121751 - did not use it, ref SDS 9 LI3J, and so was reluctant to pilot test SDS
121752 - support for linking in less than 10 seconds. ref SDS 9 6P8K
121754 - ..
121755 - Today, Murray requests feedback with a survey to evaluate Ceryle by
121756 - pilot testing for organizing notes that aid writing. ref SDS 0 1R7G
121757 - The Ceryle survey illustrates how to use survey material for
121758 - marketing, exposure, and engage people to consider needs people care
121759 - about, reviewed recently on 040428. ref SDS 11 0001
121761 - ..
121762 - Getting more people making progress illustrated by Cyerle will help
121763 - overcome denial that prevents progress toward a culture of knowledge.
121765 - ..
121766 - This presents an opportunity for Gary to engage Murray, who is working
121767 - on an academic project, in a circle of advocates based on the ASB for
121768 - SDS, per planning in Gary's letter on 041118. ref SDS 15 KT51 This
121769 - could provide exposure to SDS in education.
121771 - ..
121772 - Gary could submit a letter to Murray saying...
121773 -
121774 - 1. Murray,
121775 -
121776 - I've completed your survey listed in Eugene Kim's website...
121777 -
121778 - http://collab.blueoxen.net/forums/yak/2004-12/msg00018.html
121779 -
121780 - ...and would love to try Ceryle, if I meet your qualifications.
121781 - ref SDS 0 1R7G
121782 -
121783 - Gary can put this survey in his record and publish it under
121784 - Dynamic..., and then link to it.
121786 - ..
121787 - 2. I am using SDS at B***** based on the attached "In Use Proejct
121788 - Bulletin," and would be pleased to hear how you feel Ceryle
121789 - might strengthen SDS support for organic structure to reduce
121790 - the time for finding critical details in organizational memory,
121791 - based on situational awareness, as shown in the NWO.
121792 - ref OF 15 08XX Since you are in the UK, possibly we could do
121793 - an online demo to get a feel for using Ceryle to construct an
121794 - organization.
121796 - ..
121797 - Gary need merely cut and paste the following into his own SDS record,
121798 - then adjust a few of the responses, e.g., he is an engineer,
121799 - ref SDS 0 PJ8S, and uses Microsoft Word. ref SDS 0 PJ9Y
121800 -
121801 -
121802 -
121804 - ..
121805 - Writer's Survey for Ceryle Evaluation
121806 -
121807 - Murray has developed the following questions...
121808 -
121809 - http://www.altheim.com/ceryle/eval/writer_survey.txt
121811 - ..
121812 - 1. Writer's Survey : Part One of the Ceryle Evaluation
121814 - ..
121815 - 2. Thanks for taking part in this Writer's Survey, which is being
121816 - conducted as part of ongoing academic research towards a
121817 - doctoral degree at the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open
121818 - University.
121820 - ..
121821 - 3. It is intended to better understand your writing habits, and
121822 - solicit input in designing a tool to better serve your needs as
121823 - a researcher and writer. The tool is called Ceryle and will be
121824 - released as open source (free) software. This is your chance to
121825 - influence the design of a writer's tool that will be available
121826 - to you to use for free. By participating in this survey, you
121827 - will not only be able to obtain an early copy of Ceryle, but
121828 - assistance in installing it and getting up and running (though
121829 - please note that this will be limited to some extent by time
121830 - available).
121832 - ..
121833 - 4. The data gathered during this survey will never be used in a
121834 - way that identifies you by name, and you are encouraged to be
121835 - completely open about your experience. You will be asked some
121836 - questions about yourself; these questions are designed to
121837 - better understand how people react to using Ceryle based on
121838 - their background.
121840 - ..
121841 - 5. This survey is also available as a Word document or Web page,
121842 - and can be found at:
121843 -
121844 - http://purl.org/ceryle/eval/
121846 - ..
121847 - 6. Let's begin...
121848 -
121849 - 1. Name: Rod Welch
121850 -
121851 - 2. Age: 60
121853 - ..
121854 - 3. Gender:
121855 -
121856 - x Male
121857 - _ Female
121859 - ..
121860 - 4. Please state your educational level:
121861 -
121862 - x secondary school
121863 - _ some college or university
121864 - _ university degree
121865 - _ master's degree
121866 - _ doctoral degree
121868 - ..
121869 - 5. What kind of work do you do? I.e., your current job, work
121870 - or career.
121872 - ..
121873 - Develop and market SDS for intelligence support, as set
121874 - out in NWO. ref OF 15 JU8O
121876 - ..
121877 - 6. Which type of computer operating system do you use?
121878 - Windows? Macintosh? Linux? or other?
121880 - ..
121881 - Windows
121883 - ..
121884 - 7. At what level do you consider your computer skills (for
121885 - the purposes you use computers)? Beginner, intermediate,
121886 - or expert?
121888 - ..
121889 - Expert.
121891 - ..
121892 - 8. Do you find your work area covered with post-it notes and
121893 - small slips of paper? Do you tend to organize your paper
121894 - notes in some manner? If so, how?
121896 - ..
121897 - Notes are organized with SDS using a paperless office
121898 - model, explained in NWO, ref OF 16 4356, based on the
121899 - organic structure of context and alignment with prior
121900 - work, as explained in NWO. ref OF 15 QR6J
121902 - ..
121903 - 9. What kind of equipment do you use for composition? Do you
121904 - use a computer, a specialized electronic word processor,
121905 - a typewriter, and/or pencil and paper? If more than one,
121906 - at which stages of the process?
121908 - ..
121909 - SDS.
121911 - ..
121912 - If you do not use a computer during composition,
121913 - skip to question 12.
121915 - ..
121916 - 10. Which word processor software do you use?
121917 -
121918 - None.
121920 - ..
121921 - 11. Do you tend to write without regard to formatting on the
121922 - page, saving that for the end of the process, or do you
121923 - format as you go along?
121925 - ..
121926 - Generally format while constructing the record, often
121927 - rearrange formatting.
121929 - ..
121930 - 12. Do you think of yourself as a writer (or even an aspiring
121931 - writer), or more as someone who writes now and then as
121932 - part of work, school or for fun?
121934 - ..
121935 - Writer to plan, perform, and report daily work using a
121936 - process of "thinking through writing," explained in
121937 - POIMS. ref OF 10 3742
121939 - ..
121940 - 13. What kinds of writing projects have you worked on, or are
121941 - currently working on? (e.g., fiction, non-fiction,
121942 - essays, research papers, magazine or newspaper articles,
121943 - for the Web)
121945 - ..
121946 - Filling out this form using SDS for the eight (8) steps
121947 - of Communication Metrics that augment intelligence is a
121948 - writing project, as set out in POIMS. ref OF 9 685K
121949 - Developing software is a "writing" project," illustrated
121950 - by the work on 041107, ref SDS 14 0001, obtaining a 2nd
121951 - opinion for a work plan to treat a cancer patient is a
121952 - writing project illustrated by the record on 041019.
121953 - ref SDS 13 0001 Reading is a writing project, illustrated
121954 - by the record on 980307. ref SDS 3 0001 Other examples
121955 - are listed on 950204 explaining SDS improves literacy for
121956 - reading and writing. ref SDS 2 7499 Writing projects for
121957 - daily tasks are listed on 020708. ref SDS 8 MZ6O
121959 - ..
121960 - 14. Were they written for school? As part of your work? Or
121961 - for other reasons?
121963 - ..
121964 - Part of performing daily work, as set out POIMS.
121965 - ref OF 8 T79J
121967 - ..
121968 - 15. Have you ever been paid for a writing project? What kind
121969 - of project(s)?
121971 - ..
121972 - Management projects.
121974 - ..
121975 - 16. Do you do any research or prior planning for your writing
121976 - projects? This includes any time spent writing a
121977 - bibliography or keeping notes. If so, roughly what
121978 - percentage of a project (time-wise) do you estimate you
121979 - spend on research and planning?
121981 - ..
121982 - Planning and reporting are closely related, as set out in
121983 - POIMS. ref OF 9 6649 This varies from 20% - 60% of the
121984 - time.
121986 - ..
121987 - If you generally don't do any research or planning for
121988 - your writing projects, skip to question 26.
121990 - ..
121991 - 17. What kinds of research do you find yourself doing for
121992 - your writing projects? Do you ever travel or conduct
121993 - interviews for research purposes?
121995 - ..
121996 - Interviews and onsite inspection are critical elements of
121997 - research.
121999 - ..
122000 - 18. In your writing projects, do you normally keep track of
122001 - references for the purposes of creating a bibliography?
122002 - If so, do you use software for this purpose? If yes,
122003 - which software?
122005 - ..
122006 - SDS tracks biblography.
122008 - ..
122009 - 19. Do you use a file cabinet or notecard system to organize
122010 - your paper-based notes?
122012 - ..
122013 - No.
122015 - ..
122016 - 20. If you organize your notes, do you do so by subject? How?
122017 -
122018 - SDS is used to organize knowledge based on the organic
122019 - structure of context in relation to objectives,
122020 - requirements and commitments, as set out in POIMS.
122021 - ref OF 15 QR6J
122023 - ..
122024 - 21. When planning the overall structure and/or the plot of a
122025 - writing project, do you ever draw it out graphically, use
122026 - notecards or any other means of laying out the
122027 - organization to help visualize it? If so, please
122028 - describe.
122030 - ..
122031 - Writing projects are based primarily on chronology,
122032 - because time imparts the sequence of causation that aids
122033 - reasoning.
122035 - ..
122036 - A method of graphical representation for some writing
122037 - projects could complement traditional outlining supported
122038 - by SDS, and illustrated by the outline for the scope of
122039 - "intelligence" support. ref OF 15 LW5I
122041 - ..
122042 - 22. Do you use a computer when doing research or when
122043 - organizing a writing project?
122045 - ..
122046 - Yes.
122048 - ..
122049 - If no, skip to question 26.
122050 -
122051 - 23. Do you use the web to do research? In what way, briefly?
122052 -
122053 - The Internet has sources, for example, to research the
122054 - efficacy of cancer treatments, reviewed on 040517.
122055 - ref SDS 12 6M9H
122057 - ..
122058 - 24. Have you ever used a computer database to organize your
122059 - work or keep track of details?
122061 - ..
122062 - Yes.
122064 - ..
122065 - 25. Have you ever used project planning software to help with
122066 - a writing project?
122068 - ..
122069 - Yes.
122071 - ..
122072 - 26. Have you ever written non-fiction? If so, what type?
122073 - (e.g., essay, magazine article, journal or technical
122074 - paper, etc.)
122076 - ..
122077 - Magazine articles, technical papers, etc.
122079 - ..
122080 - If no, skip to question 28.
122081 -
122082 - 27. Are you commonly required to submit written work
122083 - according to some specific formatting, such as for
122084 - journal papers?
122085 -
122086 - Yes.
122088 - ..
122089 - 28. Have you ever written fiction? If so, what length? (e.g.,
122090 - short stories, novellas, novels)
122092 - ..
122093 - Short stories, illustrated by the record on 940612.
122094 - ref SDS 1 8239
122096 - ..
122097 - If no, skip to the end of the survey.
122099 - ..
122100 - 29. In your fiction writing, within what genres have you
122101 - written? (e.g., mystery, romance, crime or detective
122102 - drama, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, etc.)
122104 - ..
122105 - Mystery, detective, fantasy.
122107 - ..
122108 - 30. When planning your characters, do you create a detailed
122109 - biography of their traits? Do you do any research into
122110 - their backgrounds? If so, please describe.
122112 - ..
122113 - No.
122115 - ..
122116 - 31. When planning the setting of your stories, what kinds of
122117 - research do you normally do? How do you organize it?
122119 - ..
122120 - SDS organizes research based on context.
122122 - ..
122123 - 32. Have you ever used any software designed specifically to
122124 - assist in writing fiction (not including word processor
122125 - software), such as story or plot planners?
122127 - ..
122128 - SDS supports writing fiction and non-fiction.
122130 - ..
122131 - 7. We're done.
122133 - ..
122134 - 8. Thanks very much for participating in this survey! Your input
122135 - is greatly appreciated. You can send your completed survey via
122136 - email, or print it out and mail or fax to the address below.
122138 - ..
122139 - 9. If you have any further comments, questions, or feedback, or
122140 - wish to remain in touch with this project and your name is not
122141 - already on the Ceryle mailing list, please contact the author:
122142 -
122143 - Murray Altheim
122144 - The Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
122145 - Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
122146 - Email: m.altheim@open.ac.uk
122147 - Fax: +44 (0)1908 653169
122148 - Revision 1 (2004-11-09)
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