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SDS Windows Application Design Review Java Development Platform Ruby
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1703 - ..
1704 - Summary/Objective
1705 -
170501 - Follow up ref SDS G8 0000. ref SDS G2 0000.
170502 -
170503 - Good progress shown for the Windows version of SDS. Morris enjoys
170504 - using Java Ruby on Rails. Creating code is fun because experimenting
170505 - is fast and easy. ref SDS 0 RR36 Morris proposed a Java commercial
170506 - editor with wordprocessing features, ref SDS 0 RR47, would be easier
170507 - than creating the SDS editor to run on 64-bit Vista computers.
170508 - ref SDS 0 QM6H An editor like Microsoft Word and Outlook gives SDS
170509 - capabilities popular in the 21st century. ref SDS 0 HE6N Morris'
170510 - experience using Microsoft Word and Outlook indicates the new editor
170511 - adds flexibility writing in SDS. ref SDS 0 YT5M The other elements of
170512 - flexible structure are unnecessary because nobody is using them, and
170513 - software engineering would be hard to create with the editor proposed
170514 - for SDS. ref SDS 0 ND8N Morris gave an example that nobody uses links
170515 - in daily work to track the record of meetings, calls, and documents.
170516 - ref SDS 0 QV4O Eliminating flexible structures that make linking fast
170517 - and easy, eliminates frustrations learning SDS when people type over
170518 - line numbers for shallow outlining, Control Fields, headlines, and so
170519 - forth. ref SDS 0 RR63 Morris has begun to think about "use cases" for
170520 - the new Windows SDS application, and plans 2 - 5 functions, following
170521 - submission of the 100 or so functions that give efficient usability to
170522 - SDS. ref SDS 0 RR46 Thinking through scenarious that make people more
170523 - productive takes a long time. Discovering and developing tools to
170524 - replace existing functions evolved over the past 20 years will take
170525 - many more years. ref SDS 0 UN7F Morris reported today that
170526 - identifying use cases is complex and difficult. ref SDS 0 RR52 Using
170527 - the new Windows SDS program, as Morris demonstrated a week or so ago
170528 - on 080124, would create a history of "use cases" that expedites
170529 - efficient code development. ref SDS 0 A48G This is called "eating
170530 - your own dog food" to show efficient usability. ref SDS 0 A85F Morris
170531 - indicated he cannot use the new SDS Windows program to help develop
170532 - the program because he doesn't work that way. Writing theoretical
170533 - records to show powerful features is fun and easy, but using the new
170534 - program to perform actual work is difficult. ref SDS 0 RR67 Trying to
170535 - think of use cases without using SDS to write up the record is like
170536 - "reinventing the wheel." ref SDS 0 JO8U Morris wants to elminate
170537 - Control Fields that form record segments, because Control Fields use
170538 - line numbers and both are hard to create with the editor planned for
170539 - SDS. ref SDS 0 H15H Morris resists seeing the current SDS program to
170540 - understand scope, features, integration and efficient usability. He
170541 - wants everything explained without experience seeing anything that is
170542 - explained. ref SDS 0 RR88 Morris did not have time to read the Bush
170543 - article explaining requirements for using computers to help people
170544 - think by associating one thing with another, enabled by SDS support
170545 - for flexible structures. ref SDS 0 A68F Cultural forces drive
170546 - experience using information tools that does not yield convincing
170547 - evidence that flexible structures create knowledge tools. ref SDS 0
170548 - 6F9G Morris asked how SDS makes linking fast and easy to create
170549 - associations shown in recent correspondence? ref SDS 0 NB5H
170550 -
170551 - [On 080318 difficulty remembering very near term "trails of
170552 - associations" repeats memory problems today, ref SDS 0 IC5M,
170553 - underscores need for SDS flexible structures that makes linking
170554 - fast and easy to improve memory and management, cited by Morris
170555 - today, ref SDS 0 R67J, because tools for publishing documents,
170556 - proposed for an SDS Windows application, presented today,
170557 - ref SDS 0 HE6N, cannot find anything, noted by Morris 6 weeks
170558 - later on 080318. ref SDS I1 GZ7J
170560 - ..
170561 - [On 080422 Gary Johnson explains SDS design based on a theory
170562 - of knowledge that expands computers from publishing documents
170563 - with information that looks good, to a knowledge paradigm
170564 - applied through a specialized editor using an intelligence
170565 - process that enables good management, ref SDS I2 MQ4L; Gary
170566 - notes SDS has a unique body of work over 20 years demonstrating
170567 - ability to perform. ref SDS I2 KH8L
170569 - ..
170570 - [On 080425 Morris letter to the team notes line numbers provide
170571 - flexible structure that benefits Knowledge Management with
170572 - order in the record (see discussion today 080826 citing
170573 - significantly superior linking capability, ref SDS 0 NB5H), but
170574 - notes flexible structure is a "headache" to program using
170575 - wordprocessing-type software that conflicts with requirements
170576 - for Knowledge Management, ref SDS I3 JQ7K, also discussed
170577 - today, ref SDS 0 ND8N
170579 - ..
170580 - [On 080831 Morris reported plans for software to implement the
170581 - spirit of SDS, ref SDS I8 928Q, and noted line numbers cannot
170582 - be supported, which provide flexible structures for Control
170583 - Fields, Subjects, References, links, document log, i.e., all of
170584 - the elements that integrate personal and organizational memory
170585 - for effective management. ref SDS I8 O37U
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170588 -
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170590 -
170592 - ..
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1707 -
1708 - Background
1709 -
170901 - Review Prior Meeting for Common Understandings Not Performed
170902 -
170903 - Follow up ref SDS G8 V35O, ref SDS G2 V35O.
170904 -
170905 - Reviewed prior work...
170906 -
170907 - 1. Prior meeting on...
170908 -
170909 - 070907........................... ref SDS F6 0001
170910 - 071106........................... ref SDS G1 0001
170911 - 071113........................... ref SDS G2 0001
170912 - 071212........................... ref SDS G8 0001
170914 - ..
170915 - 2. Communications on...
170916 -
170917 - 071219........................... ref SDS G9 UH4K
170918 - 071220........................... ref SDS H0 IK5H
170919 - 071222........................... ref SDS H1 0001
170920 - 080104........................... ref SDS H2 OM6G
170921 - 080108........................... ref SDS H3 OM6G
170922 - 080115........................... ref SDS H4 OM6G
170923 - 080124........................... ref SDS H5 W05L
170925 - ..
170926 - 3. Reviewed contacts data structures in the record on 071106.
170927 - ref SDS G1 0R4H
170929 - ..
170930 - 4. Reviewed SDS flexible structures on 890523. ref SDS 2 TP8O
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SUBJECTS
SDS Records Design Collection Files Java Development Platform Ruby o
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560401 - ..
560402 - Fun Java Ruby on Rails Software Development SDS Windows Application
560403 - Java Ruby on Rails Fun to Develop Innovation Software Engineering
560404 - Experimenting Fast Easy Using Java Enables SDS Design Innovations
560405 -
560406 - Follow up ref SDS G8 W889, ref SDS G2 W889.
560407 -
560408 - Morris enjoys working with Ruby on Rails (ROR), commenting that Java
560409 - makes software fun to develop. He likes experimenting with various
560410 - designs for SDS because testing engineering ideas with ROR is fast and
560411 - easy in the Java software development system. SDS development is more
560412 - enjoyable using Java than creating the editor for SDS in assembler
560413 - language, shown by case study on 040505, ref SDS D2 QU61, and
560414 - discussed further below. ref SDS 0 QM6H
560416 - ..
560417 - On 080108 case study shows people trying other software development
560418 - tools and platforms to reinvent the "wheel" for Knowledge Management
560419 - technology have experienced difficulty without SDS based on assembly
560420 - language. ref SDS H5 WG5G
560422 - ..
560423 - Today, Morris showed Ruby on Rails (ROR) code and work product for
560424 - SDS, which was reported in his letter on 080124. ref SDS H5 W05L At
560425 - one point, he demonstrated SDS records are separate files,
560426 - implementing plans discussed on 071212 for SDS to comprise a
560427 - collection of manageable files. ref SDS G8 0593
560428 -
560429 - [...below Morris explains that Control Fields are difficult to
560430 - create with Java Ruby on Rails technology. ref SDS 0 H15H
560432 - ..
560433 - This may relate to goals Gary discussed in his letter on 070904.
560434 - ref SDS F5 DV4R Morris showed on his notebook computer code he has
560435 - created, and work product it supports, illustrated by his letter on
560436 - 080124. ref SDS H5 H19Y He feels using tools that make getting things
560437 - done fast and easy transforms work from diligence and discipline into
560438 - fun, discussed previously on 071212. ref SDS G8 X38O The SDS project
560439 - should use tools and expend maximum effort to make SDS fast and easy
560440 - to use so that working intelligently is fun, rather than require a lot
560441 - of diligence, noted by Morris and Jack, reported on 080104.
560442 - ref SDS H2 EM9F
560444 - ..
560445 - [On 080315 Morris abandonded work produced with Ruby on Rails;
560446 - he is starting over with code to use Ruby alone. ref SDS I1
560447 - 9G41
560449 - ..
560450 - Cursory examination of Morris' work indicates code production with ROR
560451 - seems to occur through a variety of menus for selecting various
560452 - features. Much of the code is HTML and perhaps XML-like mark-up.
560453 - There is no evident documentation of what is being done, why, and
560454 - alternatives considered.
560455 -
560457 - ..
560458 - Windows SDS Application Collection of Manageable Files Demonstrated
560459 - Collection Files SDS Records Organized Directory Flexible Structure
560460 -
560461 - Follow up ref SDS G8 ST65.
560462 -
560463 - Files are not identified by User ID, date and time, though date and
560464 - time appear to be criteria associated with records Morris is
560465 - prototyping.
560467 - ..
560468 - Morris asked today if the user's name is associated with the record?
560470 - ..
560471 - We looked at this record for today. Morris noticed the user's name
560472 - appears in the top right corner of the record. When SDS is installed,
560473 - people must designate a user ID and a name.
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SUBJECTS
Editor SDS 64-bit Microprocessor Microsoft Vista Operating System OS
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AM0401 - ..
AM0402 - Java Editor Fast Easy SDS Editor Medit Difficult Lot of Hard Work
AM0403 - Editor SDS Medit Hard Work Difficult Java Fun Fast Easy Good Enough
AM0404 - Editor Wordprocessing Email Publish Professional Quality Documents
AM0405 - Documents Professional Quality Fast Easy Wordprocessing Editor Email
AM0406 -
AM0407 - Morris demonstrated data entry uses an editor that comes with the Java
AM0408 - development code. This editor supports wordprocessing like Microsoft
AM0409 - Word, email like Outlook, and tools for filling out forms on the
AM0410 - Internet like the editor Kaiser uses for patient correspondence with
AM0411 - doctors, reviewed on 070106. ref SDS D9 1O8F Morris plans to add
AM0412 - spell checking, bold, underline, italic, changing fonts, etc, similar
AM0413 - to Microsoft Word and Outlook.
AM0415 - ..
AM0416 - Morris has experience using Kaiser's editor for patient correspondence
AM0417 - with the doctor. He has a lot of experience using Microsoft Word and
AM0418 - Outlook. He indicated this experience shows the Java editor can bring
AM0419 - benefits of these systems to improve SDS for publishing professional
AM0420 - quality documents.
AM0421 -
AM0422 - [On 080831 Morris plans Windows application for spirit of SDS,
AM0423 - ref SDS I8 928Q, using Java swing kit saves time developing the
AM0424 - editor to create professional documents by omitting
AM0425 - professional structure. ref SDS I8 O37U
AM0426 -
AM0428 - ..
AM0429 - Editor Lot of Hard Work Knowledge Management Advance 21st Century
AM0430 -
AM0431 - Morris explained that developing code to run on 64-bit processors with
AM0432 - the Vista operating system for an editor like Medit that supports SDS
AM0433 - flexible structure is very difficult. Morris has previously explained
AM0434 - that updating Medit is a lot of work (see case study on 040505.
AM0435 - ref SDS D2 QU61 This was cited on 070907. ref SDS F6 V35O He feels
AM0436 - using popular editors with most of the features most people use most
AM0437 - of the time simplifies development of SDS for Windows using Java and
AM0438 - Ruby on Rails, and this makes SDS like other software people are
AM0439 - familiar using.
AM0440 -
AM0442 - ..
AM0443 - 2-worlds Appearance Balance with Order Context Flexible Structure
AM0444 - Popular Editors SDS into 21st Century Without Knowledge Management
AM0445 - SDS Editing Give 21st Century Editors Power of Knowledge Hard Work
AM0446 -
AM0447 - Morris noted that using commonly available editor technology with
AM0448 - familiar commands will bring SDS into the 21st century. He explained
AM0449 - that updating Medit to run on 64-bit processing so there is an editor
AM0450 - for SDS in the 21st century that supports Knowledge Management would
AM0451 - take a lot of hard work, reported on 040505. ref SDS D2 QU50 A case
AM0452 - study on 040505 shows Morris feels updating the SDS editor will take a
AM0453 - lot of time. ref SDS D2 QU61 Adopting an editor designed to meet
AM0454 - accepted standards for publishing high quality documents therefore
AM0455 - saves a lot of time.
AM0456 -
AM0457 - [...below publishing paradigm for printing doucments blinds
AM0458 - people to requirements for 7 elements of flexible structure
AM0459 - which enable working intelligently that drives the power of
AM0460 - knowledge that controls the future. ref SDS 0 6F9G
AM0462 - ..
AM0463 - [...below, cultural forces drive experience using inforamtion
AM0464 - technologies for publishing high quality documents that does
AM0465 - not yield convincing evidence for requirements of knowledge
AM0466 - tools, ref SDS 0 6F9G, despite overwhelming evidence that the
AM0467 - power of knowledge connecting cause and effect to control the
AM0468 - future significantly strengthens daily work. ref SDS 0 NB5H
AM0470 - ..
AM0471 - Research on 000307 at SRI for the OHS/DKR project found that Knowledge
AM0472 - Management takes a lot of hard work using popular tools with familiar
AM0473 - commands. ref SDS 61 767G
AM0475 - ..
AM0476 - Morris indicated the SDS Windows application created with Java
AM0477 - development code, which he reports today is fun to use, per above,
AM0478 - ref SDS 0 RR36, will be easier to learn and use, because he plans less
AM0479 - function keys and more menus. Morris feels the Windows application
AM0480 - will bring SDS into the 21st century with better appearance for
AM0481 - documents using proportional fonts, floating right margin to
AM0482 - adjustable screen size, and conformance with industry standards for
AM0483 - printing documents.
AM0485 - ..
AM0486 - [On 080318 difficulty remembering very near term "trails of
AM0487 - associations" repeats memory problems today, ref SDS 0 IC5M,
AM0488 - underscores need for SDS flexible structures that makes linking
AM0489 - fast and easy to improve memory and management, cited by Morris
AM0490 - today, ref SDS 0 R67J, because tools for publishing documents,
AM0491 - proposed for an SDS Windows application, presented today,
AM0492 - ref SDS 0 HE6N, cannot find anything, noted by Morris 6 weeks
AM0493 - later on 080318. ref SDS I1 GZ7J
AM0495 - ..
AM0496 - [On 080831 Morris plans Windows appliction for "spirit" of SDS,
AM0497 - ref SDS I8 928Q; Java swing kit saves time developing an editor
AM0498 - for publishing documents with professional appearance, and with
AM0499 - the right margin adjusted to screen size, which prevents line
AM0500 - numbers for flexible structures using Control Fields, Subjects,
AM0501 - References, links, document log, etc., that integrate personal
AM0502 - and organizational memory for effective management. ref SDS I8
AM0503 - O37U
AM0505 - ..
AM0506 - [On 081114 Morris explained computer industry standards for
AM0507 - limiting data entry in computers to requirements for printing
AM0508 - documents with a professional appearance. ref SDS I9 VB5J
AM0510 - ..
AM0511 - Morris has looked at the seven (7) elements of flexible structure in
AM0512 - the SDS design, described on 890523. ref SDS 2 P13O He is hopefull
AM0513 - that goals for granular control of the record, also described on
AM0514 - 080523, ref SDS 2 TP8O, can be accomplished with the Windows version
AM0515 - of the editor he is planning for SDS...
AM0516 -
AM0517 - 1. Writing................................. ref SDS 2 5C8H
AM0518 - 2. Links................................... ref SDS 2 5C9H
AM0519 - 3. Time and records........................ ref SDS 2 MO8O
AM0520 - 4. Subject index........................... ref SDS 2 A25H
AM0521 - 5. Record segments Control Fields.......... ref SDS 2 6H8O
AM0522 - 6. Line numbers............................ ref SDS 2 5C6L
AM0523 - 7. Outlining headlines..................... ref SDS 2 VM8N
AM0525 - ..
AM0526 - Morris described the Windows version of SDS will improve the current
AM0527 - design discussed during the meeting on 070907. ref SDS F6 V35O
AM0529 - ..
AM0530 - Morris explained the new editor will modernize SDS for publishing
AM0531 - documents with professional appearance. People can save time working
AM0532 - more efficiently with the new editor using menus rather than pressing
AM0533 - F2 or Ctrl F6, F1 F4, etc, to execute integrated and complementary
AM0534 - commands.
AM0535 -
AM0536 - [On 081114 Morris explained computer industry standards for
AM0537 - limiting data entry in computers to requirements for printing
AM0538 - documents with a professional appearance. ref SDS I9 VB5J
AM0540 - ..
AM0541 - Applying standards for publishing documents conflicts with the SDS
AM0542 - design to manage content of documents and all other information
AM0543 - streams in daily work in order to get things done quickly and
AM0544 - accurately.
AM0546 - ..
AM0547 - Today, Morris cited experience over the past 30 years shows people
AM0548 - like using computers to improve the appearance of documents, as set
AM0549 - out in POIMS. ref OF 5 0959 On 010924, he reported experience the
AM0550 - prior 20 years shows that SDS improves management better than other
AM0551 - computer tools by converting document content into knowledge for
AM0552 - working intelligently. ref SDS A0 NK4J He is concerned today that,
AM0553 - since nobody uses other software the way SDS is used to save lives,
AM0554 - time, and money, also cited in 010924, ref SDS A0 XT5F, this is
AM0555 - convincing evidence that SDS line numbers required for the flexible
AM0556 - structure paradigm to maintain a well ordered record, explained on
AM0557 - 890523, ref SDS 2 TP8O, will never be commercially viable, because
AM0558 - people value appearance above substance.
AM0560 - ..
AM0561 - Morris feels market dynamics driven by desire for information to look
AM0562 - good prevents people from discovering benefits of intelligence to
AM0563 - "connect the dots" into the power of knowledge for controlling the
AM0564 - future, explained in POIMS. ref OF 3 1X6G Benefits saving lives,
AM0565 - time, and money therefore do not justify doing the work to update the
AM0566 - Medit assembly code to modern 32-bit and 64-bit computer platforms
AM0567 - required for continuity transforming from information to a culture of
AM0568 - knowledge. Morris noted that Windows applications with conventional
AM0569 - GUI menus for printing great looking documents has a big demand in the
AM0570 - market place.
AM0571 -
AM0572 - [On 080422 Gary Johnson explains SDS design based on a theory
AM0573 - of knowledge that expands computers from publishing documents
AM0574 - with information that looks good, to a knowledge paradigm
AM0575 - applied through a specialized editor using an intelligence
AM0576 - process that enables good management, ref SDS I2 MQ4L; Gary
AM0577 - notes SDS has a unique body of work over 20 years demonstrating
AM0578 - ability to perform. ref SDS I2 KH8L
AM0580 - ..
AM0581 - [On 080425 Morris letter to the team notes line numbers provide
AM0582 - flexible structure that benefits Knowledge Management with
AM0583 - order in the record (see discussion today 080826 citing
AM0584 - significantly superior linking capability, ref SDS 0 NB5H), but
AM0585 - notes flexible structure is a "headache" to program using
AM0586 - wordprocessing-type software that conflicts with requirements
AM0587 - for Knowledge Management, ref SDS I3 JQ7K, also discussed
AM0588 - today, ref SDS 0 ND8N
AM0590 - ..
AM0591 - [On 080611 Morris uses line numbers to focus near term
AM0592 - communication, ref SDS I6 M38T, and comments that experience
AM0593 - using wordprocessing does not convince people to use line
AM0594 - numbers for a well ordred record, feeling that editing to
AM0595 - refine understanding prevents long term use, ref SDS I6 M34P
AM0597 - ..
AM0598 - On 021108 Bill Gates announced plans to integrate Microsoft commands
AM0599 - in order increase efficiency because navigating menus takes a long
AM0600 - time. ref SDS C2 EFBE
AM0601 -
AM0602 - [On 080531 Morris confirmed plans to replace function keys with
AM0603 - menus, ref SDS I4 HR98; Morris worked with Microsoft menus for
AM0604 - an hour to copy a file from one computer to another.
AM0605 - ref SDS I4 HR42
AM0606 -
AM0608 - ..
AM0609 - Pretty Appearance Balance with Accurate Comprehensive Understanding
AM0610 - Looking Good Balance with Managing Content to Produce Good Intelligence
AM0611 - Balance Content Make Sense with Making Documents Look
AM0612 - Flexible Structure Balance Making Sense with Making Documents Look Good
AM0613 -
AM0614 - The commercial editor Morris plans for SDS publishes documents with
AM0615 - high quality appearance with advanced wordprocessing features using
AM0616 - proporational fonts, bold, underline, and flowing text to the right
AM0617 - margin automatically adjusted to screen size. Morris has a lot
AM0618 - experience with this design from using Microsoft Word and Outlook
AM0619 - software. Portal and Wiki tools make good use of this editor design.
AM0620 - Data entry is simplified by limiting columns to the number (60, 80,
AM0621 - 100?) that wordprocessing programs can print.
AM0623 - ..
AM0624 - Morris noted that automatically flowing text to the right that adjusts
AM0625 - to changes in screen width increases flexiblity to size windows on the
AM0626 - computer screen, but eliminates flexible structures for writing to
AM0627 - make sense of complex associations using line numbers for shallow
AM0628 - outline, Control Fields, tables, Contacts, lists, References, Document
AM0629 - Logs, the Subject Index, and linking, listed above, ref SDS 0 YT5M,
AM0630 - and illustrated by the record on 070524, ref SDS E8 A64L, and further
AM0631 - like the 60 or so case studies listed on 061018. ref SDS E3 0001
AM0633 - ..
AM0634 - Designing SDS to industry standards for publishing "documents" that
AM0635 - look "pretty," conflicts with POIMS requirements for a "paperless
AM0636 - office" paradigm that advances literacy beyond traditional "documents"
AM0637 - with flexible structures to manage time and context. ref OF 4 K84L
AM0638 - SDS is designed to manage the content of documents, meetings, calls,
AM0639 - events, and everything important that occurs in daily work. POIMS
AM0640 - sets out the conflict between tools for making content look good,
AM0641 - ref OF 5 0959, and SDS tools for managing context that drives good
AM0642 - management. (see again POIMS. ref OF 3 1X6G This is presented as a
AM0643 - "Knowledge Management" paradigm in POIMS. ref OF 4 K84L
AM0644 -
AM0645 - [...below, cultural forces drive experience using inforamtion
AM0646 - technologies that do not yield convincing evidence for
AM0647 - requirements of knowledge tools, ref SDS 0 6F9G, despite
AM0648 - overwhelming evidence that the power of knowledge connecting
AM0649 - cause and effect to control the future significantly
AM0650 - strengthens daily work. ref SDS 0 NB5H
AM0652 - ..
AM0653 - [On 080422 Gary Johnson explains SDS design based on a theory
AM0654 - of knowledge that expands computers from publishing documents
AM0655 - with information that looks good, to a knowledge paradigm
AM0656 - applied through a specialized editor using an intelligence
AM0657 - process that enables good management, ref SDS I2 MQ4L; Gary
AM0658 - notes SDS has a unique body of work over 20 years demonstrating
AM0659 - ability to perform. ref SDS I2 KH8L
AM0661 - ..
AM0662 - [On 080425 Morris letter to the team notes line numbers provide
AM0663 - flexible structure that benefits Knowledge Management with
AM0664 - order in the record (see discussion today 080826 citing
AM0665 - significantly superior linking capability, ref SDS 0 NB5H), but
AM0666 - notes flexible structure is a "headache" to program using
AM0667 - wordprocessing-type software that conflicts with requirements
AM0668 - for Knowledge Management, ref SDS I3 JQ7K, also discussed
AM0669 - today, ref SDS 0 ND8N
AM0671 - ..
AM0672 - [On 080831 Morris plans Windows appliction for "spirit" of SDS,
AM0673 - ref SDS I8 928Q; Java swing kit saves time developing an editor
AM0674 - for publishing documents with professional appearance, and with
AM0675 - the right margin adjusted to screen size, which prevents line
AM0676 - numbers for flexible structures using Control Fields, Subjects,
AM0677 - References, links, document log, etc., that integrate personal
AM0678 - and organizational memory for effective management. ref SDS I8
AM0679 - O37U
AM0681 - ..
AM0682 - [On 081114 Morris explained computer industry standards for
AM0683 - limiting data entry in computers to requirements for printing
AM0684 - documents with a professional appearance. ref SDS I9 VB5J
AM0686 - ..
AM0687 - Morris indicated that the new editor supports Microsoft formatting
AM0688 - features for tables that give a professional look, and program control
AM0689 - to content, similar to Microsoft Word. Morris feels the document log
AM0690 - can be accomplished with plug-in programs that are more comprehensive
AM0691 - than SDS command and control of documents.
AM0693 - ..
AM0694 - Morris said that tables in the current version of SDS, for example,
AM0695 - the record on 070524, ref SDS E8 LW5J, are not very useful because the
AM0696 - software code has no control of content. He plans to upgrade the
AM0697 - editor to include support for tables, like in Microsoft Word, and
AM0698 - feels this will be a big improvement.
AM0699 -
AM0700 - [On 080531 Morris demonstrated for several hours efficiency
AM0701 - formatting a table with 3 or 4 columns for a newsletter
AM0702 - article, using Microsoft Word technology proposed for SDS.
AM0703 - ref SDS I4 NQ4M
AM0704 -
AM0706 - ..
AM0707 - Links Everybody Gives Up on Augmenting Intelligence
AM0708 -
AM0709 - Morris has thought a lot about how to support linking in an SDS
AM0710 - Windows application. He feels code can be developed to create links,
AM0711 - maybe with a "bookmark" feature of some kind used in Microsoft Word.
AM0712 - He is still considering how to tackle this "tricky" feature. Morris
AM0713 - noted not many people really want links. Morris cited his practice of
AM0714 - rarely putting links in anything, and most of the top people at Intel
AM0715 - don't use links that often. Morris cited unnamed marketing surveys
AM0716 - show very few people at big companies, and institutions in government
AM0717 - and education have time to create links using popular Microsoft
AM0718 - software and other information tools. Morris indicated today that his
AM0719 - experience the past 20 years and that of most everybody else does not
AM0720 - provide convincing evidence that investing time doing a lot of hard
AM0721 - work modifying the editor Morris wants to "modernize" SDS, per above,
AM0722 - ref SDS 0 HE6N, so that linking in the Windows SDS application is fast
AM0723 - and easy like the current SDS program, does not seem like a high
AM0724 - priority. He wants to concentrate initially on providing benefits of
AM0725 - modern software, per above. ref SDS 0 ND8N, rather than work on
AM0726 - features nobody uses.
AM0728 - ..
AM0729 - [...below, Morris asks how the SDS program creates so many
AM0730 - links in email; he feels this is beyond reach. ref SDS 0
AM0731 - NB5H
AM0733 - ..
AM0734 - Case study on 020812 shows many computer experts do not use linking,
AM0735 - because the tools they build and use do not make linking fast and
AM0736 - easy, ref SDS B4 659F, as Morris discusses today.
AM0738 - ..
AM0739 - Eliminating links will make the new SDS Windows program more user
AM0740 - friendly, and save time on product development. Adding support for
AM0741 - bold, italic, cut and paste, changing fonts, and constructing
AM0742 - professional tables will add value because most people use these
AM0743 - functions all the time to improve the appearance of documents, and
AM0744 - almost nobody creates links to connect one thought with another, shown
AM0745 - by the case study on 070126. ref SDS E5 YV4F
AM0746 -
AM0747 - [...below, Morris asks how the SDS program creates so many
AM0748 - links in email; he feels this is beyond reach. ref SDS 0
AM0749 - NB5H
AM0751 - ..
AM0752 - [On 080318 research shows most people use just 5 features
AM0753 - of Microsoft most of the time. ref SDS I1 VS3G
AM0755 - ..
AM0756 - Many examples illustrate Morris' point. The Enron board ordered good
AM0757 - management using an audit trail linking daily work to objectives,
AM0758 - requirements, and commitments. As Morris notes, nobody created links
AM0759 - to align the work, and Enron collapsed into bankruptcy, reported
AM0760 - 020204. ref SDS A6 EX5O The following year, the space shuttle
AM0761 - Columbia exploded during reentry from a mission. The Chief of NASA
AM0762 - testified on 030826 before Congress that regulations and requirements
AM0763 - for good management are interpreted as suggestions, because good
AM0764 - management is too hard using tools everybody likes. ref SDS C5 8K4G
AM0766 - ..
AM0767 - This evidence suggests that providing tools that make good management
AM0768 - fast and easy cannot be evaluated based on experience using tools that
AM0769 - are slow and difficult to use.
AM0771 - ..
AM0772 - Morris has included the date and time in the record format, and has
AM0773 - added robust support for coordinating international time, as shown in
AM0774 - the sample SDS record he submitted on 080124. ref SDS H5 H19U
AM0776 - ..
AM0777 - Morris advised that the editor he plans to use doesn't work well with
AM0778 - the Subject Index. He feels a familiar search engine will be easier
AM0779 - for everyone to use. Eliminating the Subject Index avoids confusing
AM0780 - features, streamlines the code, and saves time by eliminating complex
AM0781 - development work that may not add much value to SDS, per discussion
AM0782 - below. ref SDS 0 ZJ3H Eliminating the Subject Index prevents
AM0783 - limitations of the editor from affecting program performance.
AM0785 - ..
AM0786 - Morris explained that control fields and line numbers seem
AM0787 - unnecessary, and would take a lot of work to develop with the editor
AM0788 - he proposes. This aligns with frustrations Morris presented in a
AM0789 - letter on 080124. ref SDS H5 945F He feels flexible structures to
AM0790 - maintain order in the record are old fashioned and do not add value to
AM0791 - SDS. Morris wants a modern "look and feel" for SDS to automatically
AM0792 - wrap text to the right screen width rather than maintain the structure
AM0793 - created. Flexible structures for line numbers and control fields do
AM0794 - not work well with this capability. The case study on 080124 sets out
AM0795 - rational for flexible structure requirements. ref SDS H5 5Z6O
AM0796 -
AM0797 - [On 080606 Gary seemed to support Morris' feeling that SDS can
AM0798 - be effective without support for shallow outline using line
AM0799 - numbers for flexible structure. ref SDS I5 9A5Q
AM0800 -
AM0801 -
AM0803 - ..
AM0804 - Learning New Way Working Frustrating Like Learning Alphabet
AM0805 - Flexible Structure Frustrating Learning New Way Working
AM0806 -
AM0807 - Morris makes a good point today that the new SDS design can reduce
AM0808 - risk of people accidentally corrupting record format because they
AM0809 - don't know how to use the program. Corrupting SDS flexible fields can
AM0810 - disrupt processing, even causing the program to freeze (i.e., fail,
AM0811 - crash), and loss of work not saved, leading to frustration and anger.
AM0812 - Risks of flexible structure were reviewed on 890523. ref SDS 2 YN8J
AM0813 - Morris tried SDS on 910520; at that time he was effective with onsite
AM0814 - help available, ref SDS 10 655O, and described understanding the
AM0815 - purpose of using computers for daily managment. ref SDS 10 I66F
AM0817 - ..
AM0818 - Morris pointed out today that people can type over line numbers and
AM0819 - Control Fields, even document log formatting. Like learning to use
AM0820 - the flexible structure of writing to create information in letters,
AM0821 - memos, books, reports, etc., learning to use SDS to create the power
AM0822 - of knowledge takes time. On 911123 Morris described SDS provides a
AM0823 - powerful "new way of working." ref SDS 11 0477 On 920215 Morris was
AM0824 - discouraged about difficulty learning a new way of working.
AM0825 - ref SDS 14 5820
AM0827 - ..
AM0828 - Morris' letter on 080124 submitted initial work product of proposed
AM0829 - SDS Windows application. This example demonstrated frustration with
AM0830 - SDS flexible structure using line numbers, Control Fields, and
AM0831 - References for command and control of daily work through precision
AM0832 - access of written text that strives to improve understanding.
AM0833 - ref SDS H5 945F SDS flexible structure is explained in the record on
AM0834 - 890523. ref SDS 2 5C6L The letter to Morris on 080128 cited this
AM0835 - record to assist learning about flexible structure. ref SDS H7 M38U
AM0836 - Roy Roebuck described benefits of SDS "shallow outline" that supports
AM0837 - managing complex daily work, reviewed on 020217. ref SDS A7 IT6N
AM0839 - ..
AM0840 - [On 080606 Morris asks for help understanding purpose of
AM0841 - line numbers to provide a well ordered record that supports
AM0842 - efficient communication. ref SDS I5 2C5I
AM0844 - ..
AM0845 - [On 080611 Morris' letter to the team illustrates how a
AM0846 - well ordered record using line numbers for flexible
AM0847 - structure orients communication. ref SDS I6 M38T
AM0849 - ..
AM0850 - Learning a new way of working takes time and support to transform from
AM0851 - doing things in familiar ways with information techhnology to working
AM0852 - in a culture of knowledge. Morris proposed that SDS should be taught
AM0853 - in school to help busy people transform from information to a culture
AM0854 - of knowledge, discussed on 951011. ref SDS 29 0990
AM0856 - ..
AM0857 - Many people give up rather than call for help. This seems to be a
AM0858 - growing trend with an increasing percentage dropping out of school
AM0859 - without graduating. On 951011 Morris proposed teaching to give people
AM0860 - direct instructions on using SDS has a lot of benefits. ref SDS 29
AM0861 - 0990 For example, until people learn to spell correctly there are
AM0862 - lots of mistakes. When people write over what is already entered,
AM0863 - omit or use punctuation incorrectly, this corrupts the message.
AM0864 - Understanding application of alphabet technology is difficult, when
AM0865 - not used correctly. Eventually, people who learn the rules wind up
AM0866 - with powerful skills that leverage intelligence, noted by Lenat,
AM0867 - reviewed on 010622. ref SDS 95 N668
AM0869 - ..
AM0870 - SDS works the same way. Like common literacy, the structure of SDS
AM0871 - records is easy to mess up. But, when people learn a few basics about
AM0872 - flexible structure, reported on 890523, ref SDS 2 TP8O, SDS provides a
AM0873 - powerful new way of working using 8-steps of Communication Metrics,
AM0874 - listed in POIMS, ref OF 6 685K
AM0876 - ..
AM0877 - Joseph Campbell, professor, writer, lecturer, describes religion
AM0878 - similarly, as a powerful agent for life, but like a cow that reliably
AM0879 - gives milk, will occassionally kick, reported on 940320. ref SDS 17
AM0880 - MT8I Jack Park has been working religiously for 8 years to reinvent
AM0881 - SDS. Like religious wars, frustrations over slow progress winning
AM0882 - people over (transformation) inflame emotions into mutiny and revolt,
AM0883 - illustrated by the record on 020924. ref SDS B7 IX6G Case study on
AM0884 - 071220 shows that most of Jack's efforts have been supportive.
AM0885 - ref SDS H0 M53N
AM0887 - ..
AM0888 - The challenge is to strike a good balance between appearance and ease
AM0889 - of use, and benefits using the power of knowledge with flexible
AM0890 - structure to create order for understanding context.
AM0891 -
AM0892 -
AM0893 -
AM0894 -
AM0895 -
AM09 -
SUBJECTS
Engineering Management Resist Use SDS Learn Knowledge Management by
BW03 -
BW0401 - ..
BW0402 - Use Cases Considered to Develop SDS Windows Application
BW0403 - Think Through Scenarios of How People Work Improved by Computers
BW0404 -
BW0405 - Follow up ref SDS H5 W05L.
BW0406 -
BW0407 - Morris reported today having thought a lot about use cases and
BW0408 - application scenarios for the new SDS program. He related planning to
BW0409 - create 3 - 5 functions for improving productivity with efficient
BW0410 - usability, so that getting things done with the new SDS program will
BW0411 - be fast and easy, callied out in POIMS requirements. ref OF 6 6M5H
BW0413 - ..
BW0414 - We did not review nor were questions asked today about the list of 100
BW0415 - or so functions invented for SDS over the past 20 years, and submitted
BW0416 - to Morris on 071222. ref SDS H1 6P9J
BW0418 - ..
BW0419 - Thinking about use cases applies experience on 911123. At that time,
BW0420 - Morris was thinking a lot about the Welch Management Method.
BW0421 - ref SDS 11 4930 He was aware of the "plan, perform, report"
BW0422 - intelligence cycle to get things done correctly, on time, and within
BW0423 - budget. ref SDS 11 0477 On 911123 Morris described use cases for
BW0424 - capturing the record and making connections to discover cause and
BW0425 - effect based on context, and noted this method is significantly
BW0426 - different from feel good management that relies on conversation and
BW0427 - assumption promoted by executive training. ref SDS 11 1331 Follow up
BW0428 - review on 010425 found "use cases" in the "SDS Typical Day Scenario"
BW0429 - seemed like a "utopia" with "everything in the right place at the
BW0430 - right time." ref SDS 93 EP7F
BW0432 - ..
BW0433 - Use case analysis reported today implements marketing innovation for
BW0434 - disruptive technologies that require studying how people work in order
BW0435 - to discover technologies that improve productivity, reviewed on
BW0436 - 990527. ref SDS 54 KS4O
BW0438 - ..
BW0439 - Morris has not yet made a list of use cases, nor written explanations
BW0440 - of how the new SDS Windows application technology will address them,
BW0441 - expected productivity, and plans for complementarity. He feels it is
BW0442 - too early to start writing things down, because the design is still in
BW0443 - the preliminary formulation stage, discussed on 071212. ref SDS G8
BW0444 - JR97
BW0446 - ..
BW0447 - Consideration today of efficient usability aligns with goals at Intel
BW0448 - reported by Byte magazine in an article reviewed on 910418. At that
BW0449 - time, Dave Vannier related Intel planned to create aspects of SDS that
BW0450 - combine schedule and diary support under the title "This is what I
BW0451 - want!" ref SDS 9 2744 At that time, David Rush, Vannier's colleague
BW0452 - at Intel commented...
BW0454 - ..
BW0455 - People are going to really think through some of these
BW0456 - scenarios of what people do, and what kinds of technologies
BW0457 - have to be integrated into a PC to really make everybody
BW0458 - more productive and (do) less drudgery work on their
BW0459 - computers. And I think there's a lot to be done in the
BW0460 - world of software. ref SDS 9 UT7F
BW0462 - ..
BW0463 - Morris is working hard to implement requirements for SDS, which he
BW0464 - draws from remembering discussions, per above, ref SDS 0 V35O, and
BW0465 - from impressions pondering how people work. On 071212 Morris asked
BW0466 - for an explanation of SDS records. ref SDS G8 KO4F This was provided,
BW0467 - ref SDS G8 217G, citing 7 elements of flexible structure reported on
BW0468 - 890523. ref SDS 2 TP8O On 071219 Gary submitted further explanation
BW0469 - of "SDS records." ref SDS G9 UH4K On 071222 Gary submitted an
BW0470 - explanation of essential features for SDS. ref SDS H1 PA6P
BW0472 - ..
BW0473 - On 000824 Eric Armstrong related similar history on the OHS/DKR
BW0474 - project at SRI. Eric lamented slow progress because engineers tried
BW0475 - to avoid "reinventing the wheel" with disparate efforts that failed to
BW0476 - identify and build what was needed, and instead tried to correlate
BW0477 - requirements to bits and pieces of capability people found searching
BW0478 - the Internet. This resulted in not inventing anything. ref SDS 76
BW0479 - MVE8
BW0481 - ..
BW0482 - Morris described today many pending issues, partially developed scope,
BW0483 - concerns, and plans for creating and integrating SDS features. As
BW0484 - noted above, ref SDS 0 RR46, we did not review SDS functionality
BW0485 - required for "intelligence support," shown in the scope presented in
BW0486 - NWO, ref OF 13 A56M, and submitted to the team on 071222. ref SDS H1
BW0487 - 6P9J
BW0489 - ..
BW0490 - We considered this morning that remembering and managing use case
BW0491 - scenarios, which SDS is designed to support under POIMS technology,
BW0492 - ref OF 3 6221, is a core "use case" that can be applied, tested, and
BW0493 - improved for efficient usability by using the new program Morris is
BW0494 - crafting to develop the program. On 010924 Morris described benefits
BW0495 - of this method for developing SDS. ref SDS A0 NK4J Earlier, on 990524
BW0496 - we discussed SDS support for the "use case" of engineering management.
BW0497 - ref SDS 52 0876
BW0499 - ..
BW0500 - On 080124 Morris submitted examples of the new format developed for
BW0501 - SDS records. He demonstrated a lot of hard work, imagination and
BW0502 - humor to construct content on hypothetical analysis of "use cases" for
BW0503 - alphabet technology. ref SDS H5 H19U
BW0504 -
BW0505 - [On 080315 alphabet technology described as most powerful
BW0506 - Knowledge Mangement capability for augmenting intelligence.
BW0507 - ref SDS I0 PV5X
BW0509 - ..
BW0510 - Today, we considered that, rather than doing a lot of hard work
BW0511 - expending time, energy, and imagination on hypothetical "use case"
BW0512 - content, apply the same effort to write up the many ideas that underly
BW0513 - the new design as presented in disccussion today for improving SDS.
BW0514 - Using the tools being created will reveal ideas on making the tools
BW0515 - facile and efficient for idea development and performance of the work.
BW0516 - The scheme proposed today for a subject index can organize program
BW0517 - elements, so that Morris can experiment with structuring his writing
BW0518 - to track progress as groups of integrated processes.
BW0520 - ..
BW0521 - Doug Engelbart set a goal on 000324 for the OHS/DKR team to develop
BW0522 - tools for engineering management, including communication and
BW0523 - collaboration that would be used by the team for software development,
BW0524 - citing a 1962 proposal for "Augumenting Human Intellect," which Doug
BW0525 - sponsored at SRI. Doug's paper published in 1992 described engineers
BW0526 - using and refining their own tools as an "ABC" continual improvement
BW0527 - process, reported on 000324. ref SDS 62 6992 Others at the meeting on
BW0528 - 000324 used a more prosaic phrase...
BW0530 - ..
BW0531 - Eating your own dog food!
BW0532 -
BW0533 - ...to underscore the fact that tools not useful to people who build
BW0534 - them probably are not useful to customers. ref SDS 62 GG4K This is
BW0535 - similar to a question someone presented to Microsoft at a DEC
BW0536 - marketing event on 951010. ref SDS 28 5740 An example, on 000420 CRIT
BW0537 - engineers failed to use their Knowledge Management tools, and nobody
BW0538 - else wound up using them. ref SDS 66 4911 In other words using tools
BW0539 - routinely is the first test of usability and productivity.
BW0541 - ..
BW0542 - Morris explained that using SDS to write up plans and work in progress
BW0543 - to develop the new SDS program and test initial functionality won't
BW0544 - work because he keeps inadvertantly deleting the new records being
BW0545 - created. We noticed that today on February 6, he showed the same
BW0546 - records received on 080124, illustrating permanence of at least 2
BW0547 - weeks.
BW0549 - ..
BW0550 - We discussed backing up work each day so that if something is
BW0551 - inadvertantly deleted, he can recover prior analysis, rather than
BW0552 - having to rely on remembering fragmentary, partially formed
BW0553 - speculations about what is needed and what will aid productivity of
BW0554 - knowledge work. On 070907 Morris related experience using extensive
BW0555 - backup for version control. ref SDS F6 6I4N
BW0557 - ..
BW0558 - Morris explained plans to use tools Gary proposed for "documenting"
BW0559 - program code, reported on 071222. ref SDS H1 TM5V He feels that this
BW0560 - makes writing up the record with the new SDS program unnecessary
BW0561 - duplication, which has long been a concern for busy people, cited by
BW0562 - Morris on 890809. ref SDS 3 5930
BW0564 - ..
BW0565 - We reviewed requirements for planning and reporting progress of work
BW0566 - in progress. The SDS cycle of plan, perform, report complements
BW0567 - "documenting" of actual code by setting out what initially seems like
BW0568 - sound reasoning in verbal discussion, as explained in POIMS.
BW0569 - ref OF 6 6649 Experience shows that writing out reasoning often helps
BW0570 - refine preliminary thoughts and reveals gaps that are not evident in
BW0571 - discussion. Synergy between thinking and doing captured with SDS
BW0572 - helps make sense of complex correlations, implications, and nuance.
BW0573 - Better understanding expedites the creative process, explained in
BW0574 - POIMS, ref OF 7 3742, and discussed with Morris on 890809. ref SDS 3
BW0575 - 5V66
BW0577 - ..
BW0578 - Case study showing examples using SDS to develop a creative design
BW0579 - that optimizes efficient usability for SDS is reported on 071222.
BW0580 - ref SDS H1 Y99H
BW0582 - ..
BW0583 - Morris indicated today that using tools he is creating to help build
BW0584 - the tools is not a practical solution, because he doesn't work that
BW0585 - way. Earlier on 990525 Morris explained that engineers don't like to
BW0586 - write they just like to do technology. ref SDS 53 0966 Resistance to
BW0587 - using the record for planning and efficient development of ideas was
BW0588 - illustrated in a meeting to prepare for meeting at Intel with Bill
BW0589 - DeHart on 960326. ref SDS 38 DP44 Morris feels strongly that efforts
BW0590 - to think of "use cases" and develop code for integrated design of
BW0591 - tools that will help people think, remember, and communicate cannot be
BW0592 - aided by using the tools for design and development of the tools.
BW0594 - ..
BW0595 - [...below, Morris presents important issue to provide a work
BW0596 - environment that is robust enough for new users to get through
BW0597 - the learning curve without getting frustrated typing over
BW0598 - fields not intended for user input, e.g., line numbers, Control
BW0599 - Fields. ref SDS 0 RR63
BW0601 - ..
BW0602 - [On 120210 1416 HP wants customers to rely on electronic
BW0603 - correspondence and links from HP to save time and money, but
BW0604 - has given up and refuses to rely on corresondence from the
BW0605 - customer to save more time and money. ref SDS J2 MG6H
BW0607 - ..
BW0608 - Review on 000425 shows SDS is a unique solution to think, remember,
BW0609 - and communicate by leveraging human cognition, which might be called
BW0610 - "Knowledge Management." ref SDS 67 0480 POIMS explains that knowledge
BW0611 - and intelligence are highly complex, integrated mental processes,
BW0612 - ref OF 3 0561, and so making sense of complementary "use cases" to
BW0613 - develop functionality for efficient usability is difficult, see again
BW0614 - POIMS. ref OF 6 6M5H On 040622 Jack Park explained the importance of
BW0615 - "sensemaking." ref SDS D3 FM5W
BW0617 - ..
BW0618 - Experience working with the OHS/DKR project sponsored by SRI to
BW0619 - support Doug Engelbart indicated that there is not enough knowledge to
BW0620 - develop Knowledge Management, noted by Eric Armstrong in a letter on
BW0621 - 000503. ref SDS 69 5033 Doug Engelbart made a similar point, reported
BW0622 - on 000307, ref SDS 61 4820, and again during a meeting at SRI on
BW0623 - 000504. ref SDS 70 4C4F The entire team concurred during a meeting at
BW0624 - SRI on 000615. ref SDS 72 6271 Later, on 001030, Jack Park wrote a
BW0625 - letter to the team indicating lack of knowledge to develop Knowledge
BW0626 - Management can be repaired by gaining experience using SDS,
BW0627 - ref SDS 82 0S8L, citing history using SDS for Knowledge Management to
BW0628 - assist the OHS/DKR team during 2000, listed on 001017. ref SDS 79 3995
BW0629 - On 001126 the team decided to continue doing information management to
BW0630 - learn knowledge management, rather than use SDS to gain experience
BW0631 - doing Knowledge Managemenet. ref SDS 88 T63N
BW0633 - ..
BW0634 - Research on 951221 shows industry standards and training call for
BW0635 - engineers to develop prototype software code to study, analyse, plan,
BW0636 - and figure out what to program. ref SDS 31 FJ6J The current version
BW0637 - of SDS might be considered a "prototype" for Knowledge Management.
BW0638 - Work reported today with Ruby on Rails seems to apply this method, per
BW0639 - above. ref SDS 0 RR3F Research on 951221 further cites Industry
BW0640 - standards require contemporaneous notes for accurate understandings
BW0641 - that aid study, analysis, and planning to save time and money on
BW0642 - software engineering. ref SDS 31 0966
BW0644 - ..
BW0645 - On 010924 Morris explained advantages of engineers using tools being
BW0646 - engineered. ref SDS A0 NK4J He emphasized that developers regularly
BW0647 - using tools they are developing yields the best tools from direct
BW0648 - feedback of relevant experience into the design and development
BW0649 - process. ref SDS A0 YO4L As noted, Doug Engelbart reports this method
BW0650 - was effective at SRI in the 1960s developing Augment NLS, reported on
BW0651 - 991222, ref SDS 56 KL6N, per above. ref SDS 0 A85F
BW0653 - ..
BW0654 - We reviewed the record on 910520.
BW0656 - ..
BW0657 - At that time, Morris used SDS to save time and money for one day.
BW0658 - ref SDS 10 655O Difficulty learning a new way of working without
BW0659 - training and support led to abandoning SDS, reported later on 920215.
BW0660 - ref SDS 14 5820 Ensuing experience the past 15 years working without
BW0661 - SDS has formed a practice of relying on conversation. On 911123
BW0662 - Morris described preference for executives to use conversation,
BW0663 - ref SDS 11 1331, rather than use the Welch Management Method of
BW0664 - relying on the record. ref SDS 11 4930 On 950426 Axion management
BW0665 - consultants reported executives like to work by conversation that
BW0666 - seems to make understanding fast and easy. ref SDS 25 8849 On 010510
BW0667 - Microsoft reported executives sitting around using conversation to
BW0668 - formulate plans for XML product development. ref SDS 94 656F On the
BW0669 - other hand, Morris reported on 960721 that people sitting around in
BW0670 - meetings pointing fingers in accusation and blame is frustrating
BW0671 - because everybody remembers things differently. ref SDS 41 0896 On
BW0672 - 980307 Andy Grove reported experience at Intel shows that mental maps
BW0673 - relying on assumptions in conversation are awfully forgiving of
BW0674 - ambiguity. ref SDS 45 3668
BW0675 -
BW0677 - ..
BW0678 - Using SDS Track Use Case Scenarios Fastest Path Knowledge Management
BW0679 -
BW0680 - This record shows opportunity for using the record to enhance
BW0681 - conversation in calls and meetings like today, reporting on work in
BW0682 - progress, analysis, and planning, with accurate memory that
BW0683 - strengthens timeliness and quality of the work. ref SDS 41 6R4P POIMS
BW0684 - describes advantages of a "plan, perform, report" use case scenario
BW0685 - for working intelligently, ref OF 6 6649, which fits the model
BW0686 - proposed at Intel on 910418, per above. ref SDS 0 UN7F
BW0688 - ..
BW0689 - Experience the past 6 months reflects prior work at IBM, SRI,
BW0690 - Microsoft, Oracle, DOD, et al, that the fastest way to develop a
BW0691 - Windows application for SDS requires gaining experience doing
BW0692 - Knowledge Management by using the current version of SDS and to
BW0693 - demonstrate utility of follow on technology by using it to the extent
BW0694 - possible.
BW0695 -
BW0696 - [On 080318 Morris asks who has recognized SDS support for
BW0697 - Knowledge Management. ref SDS I1 GW40
BW0698 -
BW0699 -
BW0700 -
BW0701 -
BW08 -
SUBJECTS
Use Cases Knowledge Management Reinvent Wheel SDS Design Windows App
CV03 -
CV0401 - ..
CV0402 - Reinvent Wheel of Knowledge Management Obviates SDS Expereince
CV0403 -
CV0404 - Trying to think up all of the use case scenarios without writing
CV0405 - anything down, and fashioning code solutions to requirements from
CV0406 - ephemeral impressions remembering various conversations months ago,
CV0407 - illustrated by discussion today, per below, ref SDS 0 C77K, "reinvents
CV0408 - the wheel" of SDS on a "shoe string." It replaces 20 years experience
CV0409 - discovering what is needed through trial and error, with guessing
CV0410 - about what will turn out to be useful, practical, and efficient, if
CV0411 - someday implemented.
CV0413 - ..
CV0414 - An example is the case study on 071220 showing Jack Park's efforts to
CV0415 - reinvent Knowledge Management. ref SDS H0 M53N
CV0417 - ..
CV0418 - Jack wrote a letter to the OHS/DKR team on 001031 explaining lack of
CV0419 - progress over 11 months of work reflected failure to study what works.
CV0420 - ref SDS H0 MS8O Similarly, on 001130 IBM failed to accomplish goals
CV0421 - for developing Knowledge Management, because the engineers failed to
CV0422 - study what works. ref SDS 89 F26K
CV0423 -
CV0424 -
CV0425 -
CV0426 -
CV0427 -
CV05 -
SUBJECTS
Control Fields Record Segments Component SDS Propose Give Up Felxibl
EC03 -
EC0401 - ..
EC0402 - Remembering Conversation Record Segments Unnecesary Overkill
EC0403 - Control Fields Flexible Structure SDS Record Segments Command Control
EC0404 - Record Segments Component SDS Felxible Structure Command and Control
EC0405 -
EC0406 - Morris plans to associate one subject for an entire record. He seemed
EC0407 - to indicate recalling today that Gary reported sometime ago in a
EC0408 - letter or call that he does not use record segments. Morris advised
EC0409 - that Control Fields which form record segments are difficult to
EC0410 - support with Java and Ruby on Rails (ROR) software development tools
EC0411 - he has in mind, per above, ref SDS 0 RR3F, and so he proposes not
EC0412 - providing flexible structure in SDS records for Control Fields.
EC0414 - ..
EC0415 - Morris explained that eliminating Control Fields will simplify coding
EC0416 - the new program, and make learning and using SDS a lot easier.
EC0417 -
EC0418 - [...below, called Gary and discussed Control Fields for SDS
EC0419 - record segments. ref SDS 0 RR5V
EC0420 -
EC0421 - [On 110614 2018 letter reports planning on another 18
EC0422 - months to complete work on SDS 64-bit windows application,
EC0423 - ref SDS I0 9A6X; cites letter commending Morris on progress
EC0424 - completing Medit java platform for SDS. 110613 0828,
EC0425 - ref SDS I1 IP7X
EC0427 - ..
EC0428 - We reviewed the record on 890523 showing that record segments are part
EC0429 - of flexible structure. ref SDS 2 TP8O Six (6) elements are listed
EC0430 - that comprise Control Fields, and which create record segments with
EC0431 - granularity controlled by the user, hence "Control Fields," also shown
EC0432 - on 890523, ref SDS 2 6H8O Granular indexing applied through Control
EC0433 - Fields improve speed and accuracy of integrated memory and management.
EC0434 - ref SDS 2 BP9M POIMS explains advantages leveraging the power to
EC0435 - expand fragments of memory into a comprehensive story showing the
EC0436 - correct sequence of cause and effect. ref OF 6 R66O
EC0438 - ..
EC0439 - This record illustrates advantages of Control Fields by supporting
EC0440 - precision access, explained in NWO. ref OF 13 PX6J
EC0441 -
EC0442 - [On 080315 Morris abandonded work produced with Ruby on Rails;
EC0443 - he is starting over with code to use Ruby alone. ref SDS I1
EC0444 - 9G41
EC0445 -
EC0447 - ..
EC0448 - Record Segments Proposed for New SDS Program Binding Multiple Records
EC0449 -
EC0450 - After the call with Gary, reported below, ref SDS 0 RR5V, Morris used
EC0451 - pen and paper to draw a scheme for making record segments separate
EC0452 - records for each subject, and to somehow "bind" them together.
EC0454 - ..
EC0455 - Morris gave an example of people attending a meeting, like Gary has
EC0456 - this morning. He explained that when more than one subject is
EC0457 - discussed, for example...
EC0458 -
EC0459 - 1. problems with the left engine
EC0460 - 2. change design of navigation system
EC0461 -
EC0462 - ...then the SDS program he is planning will make it fast and easy to
EC0463 - create a separate record for each subject managed in the Subject
EC0464 - Index, discussed below. ref SDS 0 ZJ3H
EC0466 - ..
EC0467 - We need to test this scheme on typical meetings at Kaiser for health
EC0468 - care. The meeting at Kaiser on 070525 has 454 subjects to make sense
EC0469 - of serious medical problems. Multiple views of the work managed with
EC0470 - multiple accounts in the Subject Index reflects complexity of context,
EC0471 - noted by Jack Park in his letter on 000221 describing a "Pandora's
EC0472 - Box." ref SDS 59 L58O Once the new record system is created, we can
EC0473 - see how much faster and easier people can manage context with the new
EC0474 - program to empower people with command and control for comprehensive
EC0475 - and effective management.
EC0476 -
EC0477 -
EC0478 -
EC0479 -
EC0480 -
EC05 -
SUBJECTS
Contacts Generic Email-type Program Proposed to Replace Requirements
FE03 -
FE0401 - ..
FE0402 - Scope of SDS Development Remembering What People Say
FE0403 - Contacts Complement Schedule Diary Subjects People Process Time
FE0404 - Remembering Conversation Contacts Integrated with SDS Records Overkill
FE0405 -
FE0406 - Follow up
FE0407 -
FE0408 - Morris recalled that Gary mentioned some time ago he does not use SDS
FE0409 - Contacts, or uses this part of the program less than SDS records, the
FE0410 - Schedule, and the Diary. Morris proposed SDS Contacts can therefore
FE0411 - be accomplished with a generic program, rather than create integrated
FE0412 - support designed for SDS, as shown on 071106. ref SDS G1 0R4H He
FE0413 - feels Contacts support like everybody uses for email can be applied
FE0414 - with more diligence to satisfy SDS requirements for Contacts, which
FE0415 - were demonstrated for integration with the doc log system, during the
FE0416 - meeting on 071106. ref SDS G1 444N
FE0418 - ..
FE0419 - Using existing code will save time creating the new SDS program for
FE0420 - Windows, similar to avoiding Control Fields, discussed above.
FE0421 - ref SDS 0 H15H
FE0423 - ..
FE0424 - On 071106 Morris proposed the first step developing an SDS Windows
FE0425 - application should be a Contact system. ref SDS G1 W889 At that time
FE0426 - on 071106 Gary recommended starting development of SDS records before
FE0427 - working on Contacts. ref SDS G1 0Q7F His letter reviewed during the
FE0428 - next meeting on 071113 discussed SDS records, ref SDS G2 4S81, and
FE0429 - confirmed suggesting not to start the project creating a new Contacts
FE0430 - system as the first step. ref SDS G2 LY4V
FE0432 - ..
FE0433 - Today, we reviewed background on 071106 showing Knowledge Management
FE0434 - tools present complex design problems that cause confusion about
FE0435 - direction of product development. ref SDS G1 OS6M
FE0437 - ..
FE0438 - At that time on 071106 the purpose and scope of Contacts was reviewed.
FE0439 - ref SDS G1 FL37 An example was given related to Morris' work practice
FE0440 - managing passwords for various systems. ref SDS G1 FL61
FE0442 - ..
FE0443 - During the meeting this morning, we used computer c15 to examine
FE0444 - integration between Contacts, SDS records, and external documents.
FE0445 - Functionality for the SDS Contacts system associates organizations and
FE0446 - people with SDS records to report on daily work. Similarly, Contact
FE0447 - identification populates user and billing fields in Control Fields,
FE0448 - and supports the Document Log system to write and receive
FE0449 - correspondence, including email, as demonstrated during the meeting on
FE0450 - 071106. ref SDS G1 444N Contacts also manage access to other
FE0451 - publications. Contacts are a simple form of calling reports to find
FE0452 - specific information in the record based on context.
FE0453 -
FE0454 -
FE0455 -
FE05 -
SUBJECTS
Study What Works SDS Resisted Rely Convesation Assumption for Techni
G803 -
G80401 - ..
G80402 - Study What Works Resisted Preference for Convesation
G80403 - Demonstrating New Capabilities Objection People Like Conversation
G80404 - Conversation and Memory Preferred by Engineers for Technical Scope
G80405 -
G80406 - Morris seemed to resist seeing SDS features demonstrated, per above.
G80407 - ref SDS 0 JX8F He likes to discuss scope and implementation, shown by
G80408 - work today remembering past conversations on Control Fields, per
G80409 - above, ref SDS 0 H15H, and discussion of Contacts, also, per above.
G80410 - ref SDS 0 C77K This aligns with the letter on 071222 objecting to
G80411 - demonstration of SDS features on 071212 using the current version that
G80412 - prototypes SDS capabilities. ref SDS H1 UP8K
G80413 -
G80414 - [...below, Morris asks how SDS makes linking fast and easy.
G80415 - ref SDS 0 A68F
G80417 - ..
G80418 - Software engineering has a practice to "study what works" by relying
G80419 - on prototypes to demonstrate, test, and learn about features and
G80420 - functions, per analysis of "use cases" above, ref SDS 0 4U5I, and
G80421 - citing research on 951221 ref SDS 31 FJ6J Writing up the record of
G80422 - demonstrations and experience using prototype software reduces time
G80423 - and cost to learn new features and functions, also, reported on
G80424 - 951221. ref SDS 31 0966
G80426 - ..
G80427 - "Study what works" was reviewed on 020726. ref SDS B3 E63H The case
G80428 - study on 020504 shows challenges people face using good management
G80429 - practice, even when mandated by regulations, as well as industry
G80430 - standards. ref SDS A8 NS6F Resistance to seeing demonstrations of new
G80431 - capabilities was famously demonstrated when the US military initially
G80432 - resisted General Billy Mitchel's proposal for a demonstration of air
G80433 - power following World War I, reported in NWO. ref OF 16 8W6O Earlier
G80434 - in the 1880s experts refused to see Tesla's work with alternating
G80435 - current, ref OF 17 QT9O, including and especially Edison. ref OF 17
G80436 - 4X5L
G80438 - ..
G80439 - Debate during the past 10 years about reliance on conversation for
G80440 - Knowledge Management, which Morris cited on 911123, ref SDS 11 1331,
G80441 - reflects earlier debates in the 30s on quantum mechanics theory of
G80442 - complementarity, reviewed on 040312, ref SDS C7 U86L, with analysis of
G80443 - transformation at that time. ref SDS C7 F67G Similar contentious
G80444 - debate occurred developing revolutionary transister technology after
G80445 - the war in the 40s, reported on 960304. ref SDS 36 UP58 The tranistor
G80446 - story is also presented in NWO. ref OF 20 8D4N On 010114 John Maloney
G80447 - reported that just talking is doing Knowledge Management with
G80448 - fantastic social networking. ref SDS 92 EK3I Research on 011102 shows
G80449 - Knowledge Management has become an exercise in conversation for many
G80450 - people. ref SDS A3 H461
G80451 -
G80452 -
G80453 -
G805 -
SUBJECTS
Flexible Structure Record Segments Control Fields Subject Index Gran
HS03 -
HS04 - 0948
HS0501 - ..
HS0502 - Gary Telecon Conference SDS Design Considerations
HS0503 - Record Segments and Contacts Essential Complementarity SDS Design
HS0504 -
HS0505 - We called and talked to Gary for about 10 minutes before his meeting
HS0506 - at 1000.
HS0508 - ..
HS0509 - During the call today, Gary indicated that record segments are a
HS0510 - useful dimension of flexible structure discussed in the record on
HS0511 - 071212, ref SDS G8 863H, and citing analysis on 890523. ref SDS 2 TP8O
HS0512 - This record is an example using record segments. The record on 070525
HS0513 - meeting at Kaiser has 30 segments to organize understandings
HS0515 - ..
HS0516 - Gary reviewed his letter on 071222 proposing design for a Windows
HS0517 - version of SDS rely on experience solving problems of Knowledge
HS0518 - Mangement the past 20 years. ref SDS H1 PB7P He noted some aspects of
HS0519 - SDS design seem counterintuitive, and so difficult to grasp without
HS0520 - experience. Morris made the same point in the call on 920215.
HS0521 - ref SDS 14 5820 Today, Gary cited occassional disagreements on SDS
HS0522 - design can be resolved with compromise weighed toward reliance on
HS0523 - experience. Since SDS is relatively new, it is hard for people
HS0524 - starting on the learning curve to justify one position or another.
HS0525 -
HS0526 -
HS0527 -
HS06 -
SUBJECTS
Links SDS Creates Many Connections Awesome Beyond Reach Nobody Else
KF03 -
KF0401 - ..
KF0402 - Bush Article Scope Knowledge Management Use Computers Aid Thinking
KF0403 - Awsome SDS Power of Knowledge Making Connections Beyond Reach
KF0404 - Precision Access Knowledge Space Power of Knowledge Awsome
KF0405 - Links Email Fast Easy Complementarity Chronology Context Connection
KF0406 -
KF0407 - Work on 070907, ref SDS F6 JQ88, and again on 071106, ref SDS G1 W889,
KF0408 - shows collaboration to advance from information to knowledge tools is
KF0409 - difficult, ref SDS G1 OS6M, similar to contentious debates with
KF0410 - invention of the transistor at Bell Labs in the 1940s, reported on
KF0411 - 960304. ref OF 13 8D4N
KF0413 - ..
KF0414 - The letter last week on 080128, ref SDS H7 M37Y, submitted a link to
KF0415 - the record on 960304 that reviews an article, published in 1945, by
KF0416 - Vannevar Bush. ref SDS 36 L47F This followed up discussion the day
KF0417 - before on 080127 with a confirming letter. ref SDS H6 ON3X The Bush
KF0418 - article proposed computers can leverage human cognition to cope in a
KF0419 - world of growing complexity from mounting information that overwhelms
KF0420 - limits of human biology for span of attention. ref SDS 36 GX59
KF0421 - Computers can increase mental strength the way tools leverage
KF0422 - physicial strength, explained in POIMS. ref OF 3 2D4M These
KF0423 - requirements are accomplished by SDS support for Knowledge Management,
KF0424 - ref OF 4 K84L, popularly characterized as a "paperless office," also
KF0425 - explained in POIMS. ref OF 6 1107
KF0427 - ..
KF0428 - In the 1945 article Vannevar Bush explained the need for computer
KF0429 - technology to create links that track "trails of associations" so that
KF0430 - people can accurately remember cause and effect, reviewed on 960304.
KF0431 - ref SDS 36 HE6L This was discussed with Morris during the meeting on
KF0432 - 071212. ref SDS G8 863H At that time Morris did not have time to
KF0433 - study requirements for linking, and indicated that experience using
KF0434 - Microsoft software programs does not provide convincing evidence that
KF0435 - SDS requires support for "flexible structure" in order to be
KF0436 - effective. ref SDS G8 GI9I Morris makes this point again today, per
KF0437 - above. ref SDS 0 QV4O
KF0439 - ..
KF0440 - During the meeting today, Morris advised there has not been enough
KF0441 - time to review the Bush article. Lack of time to read background, and
KF0442 - lack of experience using SDS prevent growing awareness, belief, and
KF0443 - faith in the SDS design that meets requirements for Knowledge
KF0444 - Management, shown by discussion on substituting computer editor
KF0445 - technology, per above, ref SDS 0 HE6N, with familiar features that
KF0446 - make information look good, i.e., pretty (see POIMS, ref OF 5 0959,
KF0447 - for flexible structure to convert information into the power of
KF0448 - knowledge. (see POIMS. ref OF 3 1X6G
KF0449 -
KF0451 - ..
KF0452 - Publishing Paradigm Prevents Convincing Flexible Structure Knowledge
KF0453 - Convince People Power of Knowledge Requires Flexible Structure
KF0454 - Information Paradigms Convince People Knowledge Tools Too Difficult
KF0455 - Experience with Information Cannot Convince People Power of Knowledge
KF0456 -
KF0457 - The "2-worlds" problem arises from lack of experience using SDS.
KF0458 - Experience with tools for wordprocessing, email, and Powerpoint that
KF0459 - publish high quality professional documents, per above. ref SDS 0 HE6N
KF0460 - blinds people to requirements for 7 elements of flexible structure,
KF0461 - explained on 890523, ref SDS 2 TP8O, that enable a well ordered record
KF0462 - of daily information for "working intelligently," explained in POIMS,
KF0463 - ref OF 3 PG9M, and which further drives the "power of knowledge" to
KF0464 - control the future, also explained in POIMS, ref OF 3 Y78L,
KF0465 - Transcending limitations of printing documents advances the 21st
KF0466 - century from information to new paradigm for Knowledge Management,
KF0467 - explained in POIMS. ref OF 4 K84L
KF0468 -
KF0469 - [On 080422 case study publishing paradigm printing documents
KF0470 - blinds people to requirements for flexible structure that
KF0471 - drives power of kowledge to control the future by working
KF0472 - intelligently. ref SDS I2 W66H
KF0474 - ..
KF0475 - [On 081114 Morris explained computer industry standards for
KF0476 - limiting data entry in computers to requirements for printing
KF0477 - documents with a professional appearance. ref SDS I9 VB5J
KF0479 - ..
KF0480 - On 990527 Morris cited cultural forces resist improvement. ref SDS 54
KF0481 - 1233 At that time, he reported his boss was not convinced adding
KF0482 - intelligence to convert information into the power of knowledge
KF0483 - increases earnings, because Intel culture associates "knowledge" with
KF0484 - "information," and Intel has too much information. ref SDS 54 074D
KF0485 - Earlier on 950927 Dave Vannier reported Intel was overwhelmed by
KF0486 - information overload. ref SDS 27 E93K Distiguishing information from
KF0487 - knowledge has been difficult the past 20 years, shown by case study on
KF0488 - 020608. ref SDS B1 CC6J On 960227 Morris asked for help understanding
KF0489 - information, knowledge, and wisdom. ref SDS 34 0022 Dave reported on
KF0490 - 950927 that Intel gave up on Knowledge Management. ref SDS 27 7732
KF0491 - Similarly, IBM gave up on 001130. ref SDS 89 F26K Case study on
KF0492 - 070126 shows everybody has given up. ref SDS E5 QH8L As seen today,
KF0493 - cultural forces have forced the Windows SDS application to give up
KF0494 - flexible structures, because experience using information tools does
KF0495 - not yield convincing evidence on requirements for knowledge tools, per
KF0496 - above. ref SDS 0 ND8N
KF0498 - ..
KF0499 - [On 080301 Morris asked for another submission of Bush article
KF0500 - and explanation of concepts, principles, and processes of SDS.
KF0501 - ref SDS H9 QW6H
KF0503 - ..
KF0504 - [On 080318 meeting with Morris reported having reviewed Bush
KF0505 - article, and asking if Engelbart based work developing tools
KF0506 - for Knowledge Management in the 1960s on Bush article?
KF0507 - ref SDS I1 9G47
KF0509 - ..
KF0510 - [On 080422 Gary Johnson explains SDS design based on a theory
KF0511 - of knowledge that expands computers from publishing documents
KF0512 - with information that looks good, to a knowledge paradigm
KF0513 - applied through a specialized editor using an intelligence
KF0514 - process that enables good management, ref SDS I2 MQ4L; Gary
KF0515 - notes SDS has a unique body of work over 20 years demonstrating
KF0516 - ability to perform. ref SDS I2 KH8L
KF0518 - ..
KF0519 - [On 080611 Morris uses line numbers to focus near term
KF0520 - communication, ref SDS I7 M38T, and comments that experience
KF0521 - using wordprocessing does not convince people to use line
KF0522 - numbers for a well ordred record, feeling that editing to
KF0523 - refine understanding prevents long term use, ref SDS I7 M34P
KF0524 -
KF0525 -
KF0527 - ..
KF0528 - Flexible Structures Overlaid on Writing Make Linking Fast and Easy
KF0529 - Linking Fast and Easy Enables Remembering Vast Details Accurately
KF0530 -
KF0531 - Morris asked today how SDS enables creating so many links in email
KF0532 - with precise connections to relevant text? He cited the letter last
KF0533 - week on 080128 with a link to the precise location of the Bush article
KF0534 - in 1945, and recorded 12 years ago on 960304. ref SDS H7 M37Y On
KF0535 - 010425 Morris noted that SDS is a "utopia" compared to using other
KF0536 - tools because everything in SDS is in the right place at the right
KF0537 - time. ref SDS 93 EP7F
KF0539 - ..
KF0540 - [On 080831 Morris plans Windows appliction for "spirit" of SDS,
KF0541 - ref SDS I8 928Q; Java swing kit saves time developing an editor
KF0542 - for publishing documents with professional appearance, and with
KF0543 - the right margin adjusted to screen size, which prevents line
KF0544 - numbers for flexible structures using Control Fields, Subjects,
KF0545 - References, links, document log, etc., that integrate personal
KF0546 - and organizational memory for effective management. ref SDS I8
KF0547 - O37U
KF0549 - ..
KF0550 - Morris noted today that no other technology enables finding precise
KF0551 - locations to quickly link such vast differences in time, e.g., POIMS
KF0552 - explaining the "intelligence cycle," ref OF 6 6649; Jack submitted a
KF0553 - paper on "Technologies of Cooperation," received on 071113,
KF0554 - ref SDS G2 FU6I; as noted the Vannever Bush article "As We May Think"
KF0555 - published in 1945, shown on 960304, ref SDS 35 HE6L, Doug Engelbart's
KF0556 - OHS/DKR Launch plan published on 001025, ref SDS 81 G3W8; SRI's
KF0557 - proposal to DOD in 1962, reviewed on 991222, etc, etc, etc.
KF0558 - ref SDS 56 7H5H Morris' report today aligns with comments on 010924
KF0559 - that SDS improves management better than other tools. ref SDS A0 NK4J
KF0561 - ..
KF0562 - [On 080318 difficulty remembering very near term "trails of
KF0563 - associations" repeats memory problems today, ref SDS 0 IC5M,
KF0564 - underscores need for SDS flexible structures that makes linking
KF0565 - fast and easy to improve memory and management, cited by Morris
KF0566 - today, ref SDS 0 R67J, because tools for publishing documents,
KF0567 - proposed for an SDS Windows application, presented today,
KF0568 - ref SDS 0 HE6N, cannot find anything, noted by Morris 6 weeks
KF0569 - later on 080318. ref SDS I1 GZ7J
KF0571 - ..
KF0572 - Understanding the power of knowledge making connections has proven
KF0573 - very difficult over the past 20 years. On 020812 case study shows
KF0574 - that computer experts and engineers who specialize in Knowledge
KF0575 - Management tools cannot create links efficiently, and so do not using
KF0576 - links in their daily work. ref SDS B4 659F On 010924 Morris also
KF0577 - noted that nobody uses other software tools the way SDS is used for
KF0578 - intelligence support performing daily work. ref SDS A0 XT5F
KF0580 - ..
KF0581 - Since flexible structure required for knowledge cannot be experienced
KF0582 - with popular information tools Morris proposes today to substitute for
KF0583 - SDS functions, then SDS work product generously populated with links
KF0584 - (like this record with 247 links) seems mysterious and beyond reach.
KF0585 - This leads to people holding conflicting positions on linking. Today,
KF0586 - Morris indicated that linking will take a lot of hard work to develop
KF0587 - in the Windows version using the design he has adopted. This creates
KF0588 - incentives to avoid the work on the grounds that linking must not be
KF0589 - useful because there is no customer demand, shown by the fact that
KF0590 - nobody uses links, per above. ref SDS 0 QV4O
KF0591 -
KF0592 - [On 080611 Morris uses line numbers to focus near term
KF0593 - communication, ref SDS I7 M38T, and comments that experience
KF0594 - using wordprocessing does not convince people to use line
KF0595 - numbers for a well ordred record, feeling that editing to
KF0596 - refine understanding prevents long term use, ref SDS I7 M34P
KF0598 - ..
KF0599 - On 940327 Morris commented on self-evident benefits of SDS links.
KF0600 - ref SDS 18 J496 He described frustrations remembering dates
KF0601 - incorrectly, which durable links in SDS correct. ref SDS 18 GD9G On
KF0602 - 960721 Morris complained that people who get printed reports cannot
KF0603 - access links in SDS records. ref SDS 41 3230
KF0605 - ..
KF0606 - Morris has complained the past few months about citations in
KF0607 - documents. He has further indicated refusal to open links that verify
KF0608 - accuracy and expand understanding of context. Like Eric in 2001,
KF0609 - Morris' inquiry today demonstrates recognition that links are an
KF0610 - awsome power of knowledge that augment intelligence, noted by Vannevar
KF0611 - Bush in 1945, reviewed on 960304. ref SDS 35 HE6L Gary recently
KF0612 - described connections between documents as "hyperlinks."
KF0614 - ..
KF0615 - Morris is not alone today recognizing the power of knowledge from
KF0616 - making connections with links.
KF0618 - ..
KF0619 - On 000331 Jack asked how SDS makes citing the record with precision
KF0620 - access fast and easy. ref SDS 64 TS48 Equally, on 000425 Cliff Joslyn
KF0621 - at LANL wished for ability to cite the record and give people
KF0622 - precision access for verification. ref SDS 68 0001 On 001116 Paul
KF0623 - Fernhout described SDS records as "inspiring" providing a connected
KF0624 - record with precision access. ref SDS 84 H23M Alternatively, however,
KF0625 - Eric Armstrong complained with great emotion about linking on 000811,
KF0626 - ref SDS 75 0001. A few weeks later, on 000824 Eric complained again
KF0627 - that Doug Engelbart had adopted the SDS design ref SDS 76 OU60, with
KF0628 - extensive links to the archives. ref SDS 76 FJ5H At that time on
KF0629 - 000824, Eric added that he hates archives. ref SDS 76 7O9I But, a
KF0630 - year later after gaining experience with links in SDS records, on
KF0631 - 010916 Eric noted SDS enables amazing memory. ref SDS 99 0001 On
KF0632 - 020530 Eric commended SDS "incredible" support for finding information
KF0633 - when needed, ref SDS A9 Y89F
KF0635 - ..
KF0636 - Today, we reviewed a few examples constructing links in a few seconds,
KF0637 - because everything is in the right place at the right time, as Morris
KF0638 - noted on 010425. ref SDS 93 EP7F
KF0640 - ..
KF0641 - A few days ago, on 080127 a letter to Morris and others on the team
KF0642 - contained 13 links. Morris was asked to review 2 links...
KF0643 -
KF0644 - 1. Vannevar Bush article in 1945 for requirements to realize
KF0645 - efficiencies of paperless office using electronic records
KF0646 - management, reviewed on 960304. ref SDS 35 GX59
KF0648 - ..
KF0649 - 2. Flexible structure defined in the record on 890523,
KF0650 - ref SDS 2 P13O, which presents scope of complementarity
KF0651 - that makes linking fast and easy. ref SDS 2 LV59
KF0653 - ..
KF0654 - A follow up letter the next day on 080128 provided 6 additional links
KF0655 - to aid access to the same sources. ref SDS H7 M37Y
KF0657 - ..
KF0658 - Another letter to the team a few days ago on 080203 proposed people
KF0659 - submit papers to a symposium on innovation. ref SDS H8 HE5K It
KF0660 - provided 18 links on background and context for submitting a
KF0661 - professional paper on Knowledge Management.
KF0662 -
KF0663 - [On 080318 difficulty remembering very near term "trails of
KF0664 - associations" repeats memory problems today, ref SDS 0 IC5M,
KF0665 - underscores need for SDS flexible structures that makes linking
KF0666 - fast and easy to improve memory and management, cited by Morris
KF0667 - today, ref SDS 0 R67J, because tools for publishing documents,
KF0668 - proposed for an SDS Windows application, presented today,
KF0669 - ref SDS 0 HE6N, cannot find anything, noted by Morris 6 weeks
KF0670 - later on 080318. ref SDS I1 GZ7J
KF0672 - ..
KF0673 - Today, Morris did not mention having reviewed anything. His question
KF0674 - at least indicates he has begun to focus on advantages of links for
KF0675 - saving time and money verifying accuracy, and expanding span of
KF0676 - attention. This experience supports the proposition that persistant
KF0677 - exposure to SDS capabilities helps people recognize the power of
KF0678 - knowledge. Eric Armstrong similiar complained bitterly about lins in
KF0679 - email, because he could and still cannot replicate this power. On
KF0680 - 020924 Jack Park reported communication from Eric recognizing the
KF0681 - amazing power of SDS. ref SDS B7 RN40
KF0682 -
KF0683 -
KF0684 -
KF0685 -
KF0686 -
KF07 -
SUBJECTS
Flexible Structure Generic Design Nested Collapsible Fields Replace
LF03 -
LF0401 - ..
LF0402 - Nested Collapsible Records XML Emulate Line Numbers Flexible Fields
LF0403 - SDS Record Define Flexible Structure Line Numbers Replace Nested Fields
LF0404 -
LF0405 - Follow up ref SDS G8 KO4F.
LF0406 -
LF0407 - The record Morris demonstrated today did not accomplish nested
LF0408 - collapsable fields planned on 071212.
LF0409 -
LF0410 -
LF0412 - ..
LF0413 - Vison SDS Beginning to Take Form Leading to Product Specification
LF0414 -
LF0415 - Follow up ref SDS G8 ST3J.
LF0416 -
LF0417 - Morris has not had time to prepare a written explanation of a vision
LF0418 - for the SDS design, planned during the meeting 2 months ago on 071212.
LF0419 - ref SDS G8 ST3J
LF0420 -
LF0421 -
LF0422 -
LF0423 -
LF05 -
SUBJECTS
XML Editor Efficient Usability Responsive SDS Text DOS Structure Ana
MD03 -
MD0401 - ..
MD0402 - XML Editor Efficient Usability Essential for Integrated Functionality
MD0403 -
MD0404 - Follow up ref SDS G8 LY6X, ref SDS G2 LY6X.
MD0406 - ..
MD0407 - There was no discussion today of progress on requirements reviewed on
MD0408 - 071212 for responsiveness and efficient usability that make the
MD0409 - current SDS program fast and easy for getting things done, ref SDS G8
MD0410 - LY6X, and noted during the meeting with Morris on 071113, and in
MD0411 - connection with trying an XML editor to replace Medit. ref SDS G2 446N
MD0412 -
MD0413 -
MD0414 -
MD0415 -
MD05 -
SUBJECTS
Subject Index Filing Tedious Records Management Organic Structure Fa
OD03 -
OD0401 - ..
OD0402 - Subject Index SDS Unique Application for Context Management
OD0403 - Beyond Reach Subject Index Hard Work Complexity Seems Overwhelming
OD0404 - Context Management Hard Work with Tools for Information Management
OD0405 - Everything Connected in Right Place Right Time Self-evident Benefits
OD0406 -
OD0407 - Follow up ref SDS G8 ZJ3H, ref SDS G2 ZJ3H.
OD0408 -
OD0409 - The subject index was considered today in relation to Morris' ideas on
OD0410 - SDS record segments using Control Fields, per above. ref SDS 0 RS30
OD0412 - ..
OD0413 - We looked further at the Subject Index today, though only briefly, per
OD0414 - report below on reticence to see demonstrations of SDS capability.
OD0415 - ref SDS 0 RR88 Morris noticed that descriptions of accounts often
OD0416 - require 300 - 600 characters to manage context.
OD0418 - ..
OD0419 - Morris also noticed the Subject Index combines time and context using
OD0420 - dates to organize accounts with granularity that helps maintain
OD0421 - understanding in an organized structure of context. He said this
OD0422 - would be tricky to create with the Java development tools. Getting
OD0423 - the editor to support the Subject Index is not easy.
OD0424 -
OD0425 - [On 080606 Morris and Gary explained that SDS shallow
OD0426 - outline design for flexible structure using line numbers is
OD0427 - hard to program with the editor Morris proposes to provide
OD0428 - tools familiar to everybody. ref SDS I5 YU6F
OD0430 - ..
OD0431 - Morris feels there is no demand for these features. He cited lack of
OD0432 - market research showing people use subject indexing and Control Fields
OD0433 - to segment records for context management. There are no articles and
OD0434 - no focus groups showing customers want SDS support for context
OD0435 - management. Since nobody is using the Subject Index, and since this
OD0436 - will be hard to create with Java tools and to implement with the Java
OD0437 - editor, the new version of SDS for Windows can be streamlined to align
OD0438 - with customer demand by using a keyword search engine, discussed
OD0439 - earlier in connection with eliminating flexible structures for SDS
OD0440 - records that are hard to implement with popular editor technology, per
OD0441 - above. ref SDS 0 RT4J This design proposal fits research on 070126
OD0442 - that found keyword "search" has become the "Holy Grail" of popular
OD0443 - technology trends. ref SDS E5 434M
OD0445 - ..
OD0446 - On 071220 Jack suggested using the Apache Solr search engine.
OD0447 - ref SDS H0 TX5U Morris could not find during the meeting the record
OD0448 - showing progress searching for effective search engine tools to
OD0449 - replace the SDS Subject Index.
OD0450 -
OD0451 - [On 080318 Morris reports that people still cannot find
OD0452 - information on computers for getting things done,
OD0453 - ref SDS I1 GZ7J, using popular search technology with
OD0454 - indexing. ref SDS I1 0R6G
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Diligence Hard Work Paradigm Shift Efficient Usability Makes Working
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OF0401 - ..
OF0402 - Fun Attractive Context Management Efficient Usability Paradigm Shift
OF0403 - Diligence Paradigm Shift Make Working Intelligently Fun Interesting
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OF0405 - Follow up ref SDS G8 X38O.
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OF0407 - There was no discussion of this subject.
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Save Lives Time Money Case Study Examples SDS Application Self-evide
Admit Ignorance Embarrassing Management Computer Cognitive Science F
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OQ0501 - ..
OQ0502 - Save Lives Time Money Examples SDS Application
OQ0503 - Examples SDS Application Save Lives Time Money
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OQ0505 - Follow up ref SDS G8 IB7N.
OQ0506 -
OQ0507 - On 080127 Morris asked why people have difficulty developing Knowledge
OQ0508 - Management provided by SDS. ref SDS H6 ON3X
OQ0510 - ..
OQ0511 - The case study at that time correlates well with the study on 071212.
OQ0512 - ref SDS G8 IB7N
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Planning Follow Up SDS Windows Application Vision Develop Test Code
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P00402 - Follow Up Planning and Opportunities Review in about 6 Weeks
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P00404 - Follow up ref SDS G8 JR97, ref SDS G2 JR97.
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P00407 - Morris still plans write up an explanation of goals, elements, and
P00408 - sequence for implementing the vision.
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