CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Income Essential Ingredient for Business Planning Review
Analysis Gary Gets Feedback from SAIC on Analysis in SDS Record Driv
Business SDS Needs to Become a Viable Enterprise

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1806 - Summary/Objective
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180701 - Follow up ref SDS 26 0000. ref SDS 22 0000.
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180703 - Gary submitted his SDS records with analysis of SDS marketing
180704 - opportunities. ref SDS 0 HN7M
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1810 - Progress
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181101 - Marketing Opportunities for SDS Analysed by Gary
181102 - SDS Update Improves Search for Words and Phrases in Subject Index
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181104 - Follow up ref SDS 26 YL90.
181105 -
181106 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 via email to Gary saying...
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181109 -    1.  I got your SDS records today, and looked at the ideas on
181110 -        marketing and product development. ref SDS 28 7L5K  When time
181111 -        permits, please call to discuss. ref DIT 1 0001
181113 -  ..
181114 - Gary's records received today accomplish the request a few days ago
181115 - when he called about marketing SDS.  At that time, Gary said something
181116 - along the lines that there is no market for technology to aid
181117 - management.  Managers believe their problems are caused by others not
181118 - telling the truth, reported on 950412, SDS 24 3920, and because
181119 - subordinates, superiors, customers, and vendors don't try as hard as
181120 - they do to listen and work intelligently.  These perspectives underlie
181121 - Gary's letter on 041118 reporting Woody disclosed that the Aerospace
181122 - company doesn't have requirements for SDS support of accuracy and
181123 - follow up on the job. ref SDS 19 KU85  People want understanding and
181124 - follow up without using technology, reported in POIMS explaining "Feel
181125 - Good management. ref OF 7 4079  Gary therefore proposes changing from
181126 - marketing SDS for good management, and instead sell to other markets.
181127 - He cited examples of SDS records showing research for medical
181128 - management, e.g., on 040517, ref SDS 10 YM3M, and suggested that
181129 - "medical researchers" could be a better market for SDS than trying to
181130 - sell to doctors and patients for improving health care, called out in
181131 - research showing the high cost of medical mistakes, reported on
181132 - 990912. ref SDS 3 0001
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181135 - Gary was asked to confirm his ideas in a letter.  Putting them in an
181136 - SDS record, as submitted today, is helpful for command and control of
181137 - the record, that supplements planning on 040927. ref SDS 14 PU9L
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181139 -        [On 050317 Gary called and discussed SDS marketing. ref SDS 29
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181143 - Four (4) ideas stand out in Gary's record....
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181145 -        1.  Seek grant money for product development and deployment.
181146 -            ref SDS 28 X23N
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181149 -        2.  Market SDS for research, and Gary proposes medical
181150 -            research, based on the record in Mil's case. ref SDS 28
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181153 -             ..
181154 -        3.  Sell specific records and case studies on lessons learned
181155 -            using Internet marketing for e-books. ref SDS 28 PB3X
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181158 -        4.  Sell advertising through Google Adsense. ref SDS 28 0271
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181160 -            This moves toward accomplishing the plan on 040927,
181161 -            ref SDS 14 H67I, that implements strategy developed on
181162 -            000802. ref SDS 4 4800
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Update Context Management Binary Search Design for Subject Index

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230402 - SDS Update Submitted to Gary
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230404 - Follow up ref SDS 26 HN7M.
230405 -
230406 - Letter to Gary continues...
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230408 -    2.  There is another SDS update on the Internet in directory \09.
230409 -        ref DIT 1 O25O
230411 -         ..
230412 -    3.  This version has the binary search design we discussed today.
230413 -        Thanks very much for describing terminology and for suggestions
230414 -        on testing the algorithm. ref DIT 1 536H
230416 -         ..
230417 -        Research on the Internet indicates the design for binary search
230418 -        is both simple and subtle, ref SDS 23 JY3H, opening a
230419 -        possibility that code can run without noticeable failure, but
230420 -        actually produce incorrect/incomplete results. ref DIT 1 I36M
230421 -        I tried your idea to test a small set of records and found no
230422 -        errors, so hopefully this is working as well as it seems, see
230423 -        Evaluation on 050303. ref SDS 23 C16D
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230426 - During the call to Gary, he explained that binary search can result in
230427 - rounding errors (...from the divcnt 138 2 command reported on 050303,
230428 - ref SDS 23 5F7M), and suggested verifying accuracy of the algorithm by
230429 - testing the end points and the middle of the search including the
230430 - lines above and below the end points. ref SDS 23 EE8F
230432 -  ..
230433 - Letter to Gary continues...
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230435 -    4.  Feel free to comment on the code and analysis, ref DIT 1 T68F,
230436 -        for any glaring problems that jump out. ref SDS 23 TC6Q
230438 -         ..
230439 -    5.  By copy I am asking Morris to comment as well, if time permits,
230440 -        ref DIT 1 O78L, since this new support for Context Management
230441 -        is based on his idea applying the "get" command which he
230442 -        developed last year.
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230444 -            Gary responded the next day in a call suggesting more
230445 -            ideas for testing.  He was concerned about the end and
230446 -            mid-points of the list for possible failure due to
230447 -            rounding errors.
230449 -             ..
230450 -            Investigation seemed to show the code was adequate.
230452 -             ..
230453 -            Morris responded the next day also and mentioned concern
230454 -            about failure of the alghorithm at the end points and
230455 -            mid-points.  This time testing found a failure only on the
230456 -            last line of the file.
230458 -             ..
230459 -            I asked Morris for ideas to use the binary algorthim to
230460 -            find the top of the list, once a matching line is
230461 -            encountered.  He said this would a long and complicated
230462 -            solution involving hashing methods.
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230465 -    6.  Additionally, there is an action item to consider streamlining
230466 -        execution of commands. ref DIT 1 K79G  This is a user Interface
230467 -        issue that may interest you. ref SDS 23 5Z7O
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Publish Gary's Ideas on KM Organize What is in His Head
Goals SDS Design Knowledge Management Requirements Based on PIM Tech
Do-Organizer PIM Personal Information Manager Has Powerful Features
Interface Balance Ease Learn Usefulness Turn Structure Needed for KM
User Interface GUI 5% Word Outlook Features GUI Interface Not Easier
Do-Organizer PIM Personal Information Manager Has Powerful Features

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360902 -        do-Organizer PIM with Strong User Interface
360903 -        User Interface Improve SDS Based on do-Organizer PIM
360904 -        Personal Organizer Has Powerful Features Good User Interface
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360908 -    7.  Thanks for information in your letter today on the
360909 -        "do-Organizer" software program. ref SDS 0 OT7J  Product
360910 -        description indicates an impressive personal information
360911 -        management tool. ref DIT 1 489N  I would like to see your ideas
360912 -        on incorporating user interface features into SDS based on your
360913 -        review of the trial program, planned in your letter today.
360914 -        ref SDS 0 OT7J
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360919 - Earlier today, received a letter, ref DRT 1 0001, from Gary saying...
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360922 -    1.  Here is a Windows product that attempts to integrate *some* of
360923 -        the things that SDS does.  It is useful for interface ideas, as
360924 -        it it attractive.  I don't propose adopting it, but downloading
360925 -        the trail and looking at it for ideas might not hurt -- I have.
360926 -        ref DRT 1 0001
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360929 -    2.  Description is at [...ref DRT 1 U55N]....
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360931 -              http://www.gemx.com/doorganizer.php
360933 -         ..
360934 -    3.  Download trial from [...ref DRT 1 R66I]...
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360936 -              http://www.gemx.com/doorganizer_download.php
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360939 -    4.  An excellent way to develop any product is to incorporate any
360940 -        good features to be found in any similar product. ref DRT 1
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360944 - Review of SDS User Interface should consider background....
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360946 -    1.  Tom Landauer reviewed GUI advantages for user interface,
360947 -        reported on 950710. ref SDS 2 3P6G
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360949 -    2.  Challenge designing POIMS software that advances beyond the PIM
360950 -        model of information management, reviewed on 011003.
360951 -        ref SDS 6 O74L
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360954 -    3.  Jack Park's report on 001130 that SDS has the right design for
360955 -        the structure of knowledge, and the user interface that makes
360956 -        the structure useful to people. ref SDS 5 H17O
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360959 -    4.  Bill Gates planning to improve productivity of Microsoft
360960 -        programs, reviewed on 021108. ref SDS 7 EFBE
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