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1404 -    ..
1405 - Summary/Objective
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140601 - Follow up ref SDS 16 0000. ref SDS 13 0000..
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140607 -  ..
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1409 - Background
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141001 - On 100903 Patty sent a letter asking about progress with SDS,
141002 - ref SDS 12 MO4V, and also discussed controversy about building an
141003 - Islamic Mosque at Ground Zero in New York. ref SDS 12 NL8I
141005 -  ..
141006 - On 100904 sent a letter to Patty explaining progress with SDS.
141007 - ref SDS 13 X88X  The letter also discussed issue of building a Mosque
141008 - at Ground Zero. ref SDS 13 X84V
141010 -  ..
141011 - On 101010 received letter from Patty passing along request from Pastor
141012 - Rick for people to volunteer helping the church, ref SDS 16 I74H, and
141013 - noting that helping others serves God. ref SDS 16 I57W  Patty also
141014 - asks about current plans and projects. ref SDS 16 I45T
141016 -  ..
141017 - On 101013 2239 received another letter from Patty explaining her daily
141018 - work practice suffers from chronic information overload. ref SDS 0
141019 - S47M
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1412 -
1413 - Progress
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141401 - Today, Patty sent a letter saying...
141402 -
141403 -    1.  Subject: FW: This and That
141404 -        Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:55:52 -0700
141414 -         ..
141415 -    4.  I was able to take a little time to read some of your email
141416 -        below.  I have recently become aware of something for myself
141417 -        that may have some significance (to me) or maybe I have just
141418 -        caught up with others but it is this;
141420 -  ..
141421 - Read Write 90 Email Daily Problem Solving Audit Trail Overwhelming
141422 - Time Not Enough SDS Audit Trail Well Ordered Record Unnecessary Overkill
141423 - Well Ordered Record SDS Not Enough Time Unnecessary Email Organizes
141424 - Information Overload Paralyzes Productivity Not Enough Time to Think
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141427 -        1.  In my daily work, I am reading and problem solving all day
141428 -            long.  I deal with anywhere from 30 to 90 emails a day
141429 -            throughout my work week.  Not only am I reading sentences
141430 -            or a couple paragraphs of information but I then have to
141431 -            take action.  Sometimes this is quick but sometimes other
141432 -            emails are generated or phone calls are made in order to
141433 -            resolve an issue or complete a task.  For me, all of this
141434 -            leaves a paper trail that I can have for my backup if ever
141435 -            needed.
141437 -             ..
141438 -            I depend on my computer to keep my info intact should I
141439 -            ever need to retrieve it at a later date.  The thought of
141440 -            recording my daily activity is overwhelming at minimum.  If
141441 -            I had someone over my shoulder taking notes all day of what
141442 -            was received and how it was resolved I can see how it might
141443 -            be beneficial but for now and for the past 5 yrs in my
141444 -            work, anytime I need to double check if I sent something or
141445 -            said something I look in my email folders.
141447 -  ..
141448 - US Army Corps of Engineers issued a specification for hiring an
141449 - Intelligence Analyst to capture the record of daily work for
141450 - Communication Metrics using SDS to save time and money. ref DRP 4 JK4N
141452 -  ..
141453 - Patty's letter continues...
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141455 -            I have everything filed by company and in each company file
141456 -            I have subfolders for what I deal with which is; Accounts
141457 -            Payable, Deposits, Payroll, and Reports.  I rarely delete
141458 -            anything work related that comes through my inbox and I
141459 -            archive my emails quarterly and save by year which makes
141460 -            finding things fairly simple.  I wonder if some of my
141461 -            troubles could be what other potential SDS clients may be
141462 -            faced with?  It seems like SDS is a necessary redundancy
141463 -            that nobody has time or patience for? (how's that for a
141464 -            sentence J)
141466 -  ..
141467 - Patty provides excellent analysis of "information overload" paralyzing
141468 - productivity, noted by others in every sector of the economy...
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141470 -               a.  Economy stalling because people are overwhelmed
141471 -                   performing financial management on foreclosures to
141472 -                   recover from poor management the past 5 years that
141473 -                   turned real estate into a worldwide ponzi scheme
141474 -                   between banks, regulators, real estate agents, and
141475 -                   buyers; nobody has time to maintain a well ordered
141476 -                   record with an audit trail showing links that align
141477 -                   work with objectives, requirements, and commitments,
141478 -                   reported on 101011 1656. ref SDS 17 TV5I
141480 -                    ..
141481 -               b.  Patty's work practice similar to Morris at Chips and
141482 -                   Technologies explained on 890809. ref SDS 1 8812
141484 -                    ..
141485 -               c.  Millie reported nobody can find anything on the
141486 -                   computer at Nixon Peabody, law firm. ref SDS 4 4249
141488 -                    ..
141489 -               d.  Frustrations working with email reported by Eric
141490 -                   Armstrong on 010003, ref SDS 5 EC5N,
141492 -                    ..
141493 -               e.  Millie's doctor at Kaiser reportedly "...still
141494 -                   running around like a chicken with its head cut
141495 -                   off" - reported on 100927 1152. ref SDS 14 H68J
141497 -                    ..
141498 -               f.  Millie's doctor at UCSF too busy to understand
141499 -                   complex case management, because getting 500 email a
141500 -                   day, reported on 081017 0021. ref SDS 7 215I
141502 -                    ..
141503 -               g.  Millie suffered wrongful death because doctors at
141504 -                   Kaiser and UCSF did not have time to communicate by
141505 -                   telephone nor email, reported on 100601 0830.
141506 -                   ref SDS 10 WB6J
141508 -  ..
141509 - Patty's letter continues...
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141511 -        2.  The last thing I want to do on a weekend is turn on my
141512 -            computer and deal with personal emails or read those "once
141513 -            upon a time" emails/chain letters (those are usually
141514 -            instantly deleted)  I'm kind of bummed that I don't have
141515 -            the patience or sometimes the mental capacity to respond
141516 -            timely to emails from my friends and family.
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141520 - Work Mentally Emotionally Draining Intellectual Capital
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141523 -        3.  One area that this is affecting me is that I can hardly
141524 -            bear to read anything outside of work anymore.  My brain
141525 -            shoots off in a million different directions and it becomes
141526 -            frustrating for me.  Like reading recipe directions, or
141527 -            directions on how to put something together or driving
141528 -            directions - I can't deal with it.  I have to be shown how
141529 -            or have someone talk me through something like tech support
141530 -            for example.  I try to go on to the Microsoft site to learn
141531 -            how to do something but all of the reading just boggles my
141532 -            mind and I find some other work around until I gather the
141533 -            strength to attack the finer points again at a later date.
141534 -            I feel like I have lost my ability to focus on and retain
141535 -            information.  With work, if I don't deal with it instantly
141536 -            then I'm afraid I will forget and something important will
141537 -            not get done.  This has happened before so I try to make
141538 -            adjustments here and there.  One day towards the end of my
141539 -            work day I noticed that I had 8 emails open.  As I clicked
141540 -            on each one and resolved it I got down to the last one and
141541 -            it was the first one I had opened that day.  They needed a
141542 -            response in the morning and it was 6pm before I had gotten
141543 -            back to it.  It wasn't crucial but they had been waiting
141544 -            for me to do my part so they could do their part.  Other
141545 -            things came in and piled on top of one another - I got
141546 -            distracted with other pressing issues etc...  I just feel
141547 -            that this is a daily struggle with work and I can only do
141548 -            my best.  I have to make instant priority decisions all day
141549 -            long.  A good and bad thing.  It takes time to make wise
141550 -            decisions and choices and this is sometimes a luxury that I
141551 -            don't always have.
141553 -  ..
141554 - Patty eloquently explains why "communication is the biggest risk in
141555 - enterprise," echoing POIMS. ref OF 4 IE6L
141557 -  ..
141558 - People suffer "mental burn" out from daily work communicating on the
141559 - job, reported in September on 100831 2013. ref SDS 11 3V4H
141561 -  ..
141562 - Eric Armstrong voiced similar concerns in 2001, saying information
141563 - overload from meetings, calls, and email paralyzes productivity,
141564 - causing emotional truama and frustration on the job, reported, 011003
141565 - 1606, ref SDS 5 EC5N
141567 -  ..
141568 - Peter Drucker, notes in his book "Management, Tasks, Practices,
141569 - Responsibilities" that people have given up trying to improve
141570 - communication because there is not enough time to use good management
141571 - practices, on 931130 0026. ref SDS 2 3851
141573 -  ..
141574 - Eric's worries in 2001, reflect goals set by Vannivar Bush in his
141575 - famous article published in May, 1945 saying future technology
141576 - development can relieve some of the pressures people feel from
141577 - exhaustion dealing with complex communciations on the job, reported on
141578 - 960304 1904. ref SDS 3 L47F
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150402 - Bible Religion Not Enough Time Cannot Bear Thinking About God
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150405 -        4.  My Bible studying.  I used to really enjoy reading my
150406 -            bible.  It is necessary to learn what God has to say to me
150407 -            and for me to learn what he wants me to do with my life and
150408 -            walk through difficult situations either personally or with
150409 -            others.  I can hardly bear that anymore.  We (as Christ
150410 -            followers) are supposed to set a little time aside each day
150411 -            for "quiet time" with God, in prayer and bible reading.
150412 -            Even 5 minutes would be beneficial for me.   Well, a 5
150413 -            minute quiet time for me turns into a frustrated cacophony
150414 -            which really bothers me because I like being at peace
150415 -            (which is what I am when I can have my quiet time) but end
150416 -            up frustrated and dismayed over trying to sit down for some
150417 -            quiet time with God!  It's sad.  I pray that God doesn't
150418 -            shift my workload and remove some of my responsibilities so
150419 -            that I CAN have the quiet time because that could result in
150420 -            lost income but maybe that is what it will take - needless
150421 -            to say, I hope not.  Maybe this is just a time in my life
150422 -            where this is how it is.  I do get plenty of bible study on
150423 -            Monday at my women's group and Tuesday at our small group
150424 -            and Sunday at church and throughout the week with work –
150425 -            being that my work is encompassed by my customers which are
150426 -            all churches I deal with "all things God" during my day so
150427 -            again, maybe things just shifted for me and I should roll
150428 -            with the flow...
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160402 - Technology Complicated Takes More Time Learn Than Saved
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160405 -        5.  Just an observation for myself regarding cell and smart
160406 -            phones:  there are so many Apps available on the phones
160407 -            now-a-days and each one promises to do something to free up
160408 -            time and create convenience for your life.  You still have
160409 -            to spend time learning how to use the app and then you have
160410 -            to spend time using the app specific to its purpose i.e.: a
160411 -            daily expense tracker, a mileage tracker, a step tracker, a
160412 -            journal, an expense report that exports your entries to
160413 -            your accounting software, a barcode scanner, diet/food
160414 -            tracker, emotion tracker, Find my car, Google Goggles,
160415 -            coupon shopper, social networking, on and on and on.  All
160416 -            of these take time to learn and then take time to do - most
160417 -            are a waste of time and are fleeting as soon as the next
160418 -            new app comes along.
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160421 -    5.  I don't know why I numbered my issues J
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170402 - SDS Opportunities Multiple Marketing Tracks
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170405 -    6.  Anyway, just thinking out loud here - what if there were two
170406 -        types of SDS where one could be for a "Minute Taker" where a
170407 -        secretary or even a company could create a new position
170408 -        specific to managing all SDS activities.
170410 -  ..
170411 - Patty thinking "out loud" brings insight to solve problem of
170412 - information overload by adding a work role to analyze communcations.
170413 - This aligns with experience at US Army Corps of Engineers, who
170414 - proposed this work role. ref DRP 4 7412
170416 -  ..
170417 - Patty's letter continues...
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170419 -        A physical person responsible for all note taking and diary
170420 -        tracking of daily company activities via a Notebook computer
170421 -        and then an eVersion (electronic version) where SDS could run
170422 -        in the background and automatically record all email
170423 -        correspondence and Word or typewritten activities and put it
170424 -        into SDS format with the various links etc…maybe at the end of
170425 -        the day you could hit a button and it would review key points
170426 -        and then you could do a final voice dictation of some final
170427 -        thoughts or edit some of the specifics with more detail?  In a
170428 -        way though, this reminds me of Google….
170430 -         ..
170431 -    7.  I think SDS would be great for the church but there is already
170432 -        software on the market that provides sufficient monitoring and
170433 -        tracking of individuals in the church - I briefly showed you
170434 -        one before but now although there are many programs available
170435 -        there are 3 top competitors that most of the churches use.
170437 -  ..
170438 - Need example of software churches use along the lines of SDS to
170439 - integrate time and information, explained in POIMS, ref OF 4 5418, so
170440 - that action is aligned with experience, explained in POIMS.
170441 - ref OF 3 2050  Patty mentions in her letter today that she does a lot
170442 - of reading and writing, and is responsible to take action, per above.
170443 - ref SDS 0 QQ6R
170445 -  ..
170446 - Patty's letter continues...
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170448 -        Also, you mentioned below in the paragraph beginning "SDS is
170449 -        coming along", you mention "the power of knowledge".  It would
170450 -        be good to NOT to use that wording when meeting with church
170451 -        admin unless they are maybe Scientologists.  Christians believe
170452 -        the only power of knowledge necessary is in the bible which is
170453 -        called the word of God - all other knowledge is only
170454 -        information which "evolves" or changes i.e.: theories, current
170455 -        knowledge in medicine, nutrition, finances, politics, space and
170456 -        the universe etc...  Nothing stays the same but God's word.  It
170457 -        is as true today as it was in the beginning and applies to each
170458 -        generation from the beginning to today and through all future
170459 -        generations.  It's based on God's love for us and deals with
170460 -        principles and justice and covers everything from our deepest
170461 -        darkest secrets and motives to the ultimate payment for those
170462 -        selfish desires which was the crucifixion of God's perfect son
170463 -        so that we can spend eternity with God in paradise rather than
170464 -        the alternative of eternity in the worst possible scenario you
170465 -        could begin to imagine.  Thinking of being in a prisoner of war
170466 -        in Cambodia for example is minutiae compared to what is in
170467 -        store for those going to hell.  There's a 50/50 chance that it
170468 -        exists.  I would rather believe there is such a place and be
170469 -        wrong than believe there isn't such a place and be wrong so I
170470 -        believe there is such a place and either way, my life while I
170471 -        live is better as a believer in Jesus Christ than before I
170472 -        believed.  We never know when our time will end.  It could be
170473 -        today.  We only have so much time to make the choice for our
170474 -        eternity and that's all it is - a choice.
170476 -         ..
170477 -    8.  Here are a couple verses for you - you can click the link and
170478 -        read more if you like...
170480 -         ..
170481 -    9.  2 Corinthians 5:17
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170483 -            Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
170484 -            the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:16-18
170485 -            (in Context)
170487 -         ..
170488 -   10.  Colossians 1:22 (New International Version)
170490 -             ..
170491 -        a.  22/ "But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical
170492 -            body through death to present you holy in his sight,
170493 -            without blemish and free from accusation- Deuteronomy
170494 -            30:15-19 (New Living Translation)
170496 -             ..
170497 -        b.  15/ "Now listen!  Today I am giving you a choice between
170498 -            life and death, between prosperity and disaster. 16/ For I
170499 -            command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep
170500 -            his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his
170501 -            ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the
170502 -            Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to
170503 -            enter and occupy.
170505 -  ..
170506 - Choosing between life and death is an awsome power that flows from
170507 - keeping "commandments" for good management, explained in POIMS.
170508 - ref OF 3 1X6G  Since people cannot keep commandments for good
170509 - management they pray to God for devine intervention to succeed using
170510 - bad managment, also, explianed in POIMS. ref OF 3 YZ4I
170512 -  ..
170513 - Millie's doctor reported "yeomen's work" maintaining a "well ordered
170514 - record" avoided confusion and error that causes information overload
170515 - to overwhelm doctors.  As a result, Millie survived 400% longer than
170516 - others with the same disease, reported on 090725, ref SDS 9 T53W, and
170517 - citing the record on 090325. ref SDS 8 P39M
170519 -  ..
170520 - Patty's letter continues...
170521 -
170522 -        c.  17/ "But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen,
170523 -            and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods,
170524 -            18 then I warn you now that you will certainly be
170525 -            destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land
170526 -            you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.
170528 -             ..
170529 -        d.  19/ "Today I have given you the choice between life and
170530 -            death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven
170531 -            and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you
170532 -            would choose life, so that you and your descendants might
170533 -            live!
170535 -         ..
170536 -   11.  Proverbs 16:3 (New International Version)
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170538 -            3/ Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will
170539 -            succeed.
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170542 -   12.  All for now J
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