CONTACTS
SUBJECTS
SDS create new record
Link Summary to Details Part of Intelligence
Link Record in References, Macro 101, F1 Shift F2
0505 -
0505 - ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0000.
050702 -
050703 - Fixed problem in code that automatically links records to create
050704 - chronologies of related events. ref SDS 0 TNV4 The Mark feature was
050705 - improved for smoother use. ref SDS 0 TN6L Went ahead and created a
050706 - function to delete SDS records. ref SDS 0 TO3H Explain SDS granular,
050707 - flexible structure that enables intelligence support. ref SDS 0 P13O
050708 - Writing applies granularity, ref SDS 0 5C8H, with linking across time
050709 - and distance to track cause and effect. ref SDS 0 5C9H Links create
050710 - trails of associations that enhance memory like Hansel and Gretle.
050711 - ref SDS 0 VM4M Granularity of time provides natural structure for
050712 - uniquely identifying records. ref SDS 0 MO8O Headlines and outlining
050713 - organize and summarize narrative with flexible structure. ref SDS 0
050714 - VM8N Lines numbers provide shallow outlining and flexible, vertical
050715 - fields with unlimited capacity that uniquely position informaion in
050716 - Knowledge Space. ref SDS 0 T1VQ Granular subject indexing applied
050717 - with Control Fields create record segments that complement flexible
050718 - structure for command and control of the record. ref SDS 0 A25H
050719 -
050720 -
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0508 -
0509 -
0510 - Progress
0511 -
051101 - Linking New Records to Prior Related Events Fixed
051102 -
051103 - It seems like when a new function is executed after calling the record
051104 - link function, the thing fails.
051105 -
051106 - The problem is with the external link record function. Counter 12
051107 - is reset for internal calls, but is not reset for external calls.
051109 - ..
051110 - It appears that the cause is that Medit is reading -label and -goto
051111 - command with different case labels as though they are the same.
051113 - ..
051114 - It may not be an Medit problem. Macro 3 which updates the line
051115 - counter field, was resetting counter 12, preventing it from completing
051116 - the routine.
051117 -
051118 - [...below, linking complements granular structure of writing,
051119 - granularity of time, and organic divisions of context provide
051120 - flexible structure. ref SDS 0 P13O
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051122 -
051123 -
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051125 -
0512 -
SUBJECTS
Mark & Return
0603 -
060401 - ..
060402 - Mark System Improved
060403 -
060404 - Need better way to save marks to jump between records in main SDS.
060405 -
060406 - Changed the Source record from Mark 2 to Mark 4.
060408 - ..
060409 - This way we have two marks we can enter manually mark 2 and 3, and
060410 - still be able to mark the two positions.
060411 -
060412 -
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060414 -
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060416 -
0605 -
SUBJECTS
SDS record delete
Delete SDS Record Remove from Archive History Data Base
0804 -
080501 - ..
080502 - Delete Record Feature Created
080503 -
080504 - We need an efficient means to delete records. For a long time I have
080505 - taken the position that this function should not exist in order to
080506 - force careful thinking about whether to delete records.
080508 - ..
080509 - This will facilitate changing an existing record ID.
080511 - ..
080512 - Used 024A06 for function.
080513 -
080515 - ..
080516 - Options
080517 -
080518 - It can be executed from current SDS file to remove a record listed
080519 - in the Reference section, or from a Diary record to delete the
080520 - record on the screen.
080522 - ..
080523 - This permits purging pointers when they exist, but for some reason
080524 - there is no actual SDS record, which arises occasionally.
080525 -
080526 -
080527 -
0806 -
SUBJECTS
Flexible Structure Integrate Creativity Formality Complementarity Gr
3303 -
330401 - ..
330402 - Flexible Structure Integrate Creativity and Forms Management
330403 - Writing Flexible Structure Integrates Creativity Formality
330404 - Granularity Records Management Enables Command Control of Work
330405 - Plan Perform Report Flexible Structure Writing and Forms Management
330406 -
330407 - SDS records beginning in 1985 provide a new way of working that
330408 - leverages ability to think, remember, and communicate. Flexibility of
330409 - writing enables people to craft and preserve fleeting thoughts and
330410 - ideas. SDS organic structure for context management and shallow
330411 - outlining format (see "line numbers," ref SDS 0 5C6L) transform
330412 - written information into the power of knowledge. Combining inherent
330413 - creativity of writing with structure to maintain a "well ordered
330414 - record" (see below, ref SDS 0 TP8O) helps cope with complexity from
330415 - rising population and technology in a faster paced world. SDS
330416 - flexible structures maintain order to find and understand cause and
330417 - effect that is constantly erroding from compression of time and
330418 - distance that overwhelms mental biology due the inherent conflict
330419 - between time and accuracy. Ordinarily hurrying causes mistakes;
330420 - taking time to check the record causes delay. Electronic structure
330421 - enables people to get more done in less time, and still maintain order
330422 - essential for finding critical detais later.
330424 - ..
330425 - [On 960304 review of Vanniver Bush article in 1945 proposed
330426 - computers for efficiencies of electronic records management to
330427 - cope with rising complexity. ref SDS 39 H68K
330429 - ..
330430 - [On 040312 2nd law of thermodynamics describes rising entropy
330431 - dissipates order under the irreversibility of time, ref SDS 96
330432 - 566F; requires adding energy to maintain the order of cause and
330433 - effect yields the power of knowledge to control the future.
330434 - ref SDS 95 YH4G
330436 - ..
330437 - [On 080531 Morris seemed to use language of SDS, Communication
330438 - Metrics, and Knowledge Management. ref SDS B4 1J4L
330440 - ..
330441 - Writing extends speaking for flexible thinking by using both hands and
330442 - eyes in addition to hearing the words spoken silently. Additional
330443 - time and cognitive resources of communication through writing increase
330444 - delibration for creative thinking with fast and easy computer editing
330445 - to extend, correct, and refine understanding. Written analysis occurs
330446 - to plan work listed in the schedule supported with records showing
330447 - background, objectives, problems, solutions, alternatives, and
330448 - adjustments to consider in carrying out the work. Writing is often
330449 - part and sometimes most of performing the work, as in writing a
330450 - letter, report, article, book, spreadsheet, etc. Writing a diary to
330451 - report results includes analysis of implications, correlations, and
330452 - nuance discovered creating connections showing alignment and disparity
330453 - with objectives, requirements, and commitments from the history of
330454 - prior related work.
330456 - ..
330457 - SDS combines flexibility of writing with structures of formality using
330458 - "forms" with rigid "fields" that make sense of complexity based upon
330459 - reliability of consistent position. Integrating formality with
330460 - flexiblity requires granularity that optimizes complementarity using
330461 - creativity for command and control of the work, discussed further
330462 - below. ref SDS 0 T16K
330463 -
330465 - ..
330466 - Well Ordered Record Reduces Time for Accuracy Understand Cause Effect
330467 - Microcosm Vast Complexity Innocuous Details Controls Productivity
330468 - Granularity Flexible Structure Enables Command Control Microcosm
330469 - Command Control Microcosm Complexity Granularity Flexible Structures
330470 -
330471 - "Granularity" provides command and control of the record. People can
330472 - work intelligently leveraging creativity with analysis using "flexible
330473 - structures" (see above, ref SDS 0 P13O) to find relevant experience
330474 - for solving problems and discovering opportunities in time to be
330475 - effective. "Flexible structure" summarizes the idea of "granularity"
330476 - in a "well ordered record" for command and control of the work with
330477 - the power of knowledge managing low levels of organic structure in the
330478 - microcosm of history, see POIMS. ref OF 17 1113 Seven complementary
330479 - components of flexible structure implement granularity to maintain
330480 - order essential for accurate understanding of cause and effect...
330482 - ..
330483 - 1. Writing................................. ref SDS 0 5C8H
330484 - 2. Links................................... ref SDS 0 5C9H
330485 - 3. Time and record dates................... ref SDS 0 MO8O
330486 - 4. Subjects contextual granularity......... ref SDS 0 A25H
330487 - 5. Record segments Control Fields.......... ref SDS 0 6H8O
330488 - 6. Line numbers............................ ref SDS 0 5C6L
330489 - 7. Outlining headlines..................... ref SDS 0 VM8N
330491 - ..
330492 - [...below "complementarity" means synergy from harmony
330493 - integrating flexible structures that optimize the power
330494 - of knowledge. ref SDS 0 LV59
330496 - ..
330497 - [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330498 - yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 JM9O
330500 - ..
330501 - [On 080531 Morris working on SDS program to support
330502 - flexible structure with "shallow outlining" for command
330503 - and control of the record. ref SDS B4 MN5F
330505 - ..
330506 - SDS support enables Knolwedge Space with a well ordered record for
330507 - working intelligently using precision access to critical details in
330508 - time to be effective, explained in NWO. ref OF 23 PX6J
330509 -
330510 - [On 061011 1746 Kaiser notified UCSF reduced bill $200
330511 - because Kaiser documents on doctor's progress notes, labs
330512 - and radiology tests submitted for 2nd opinion were
330513 - organized into a well ordered record that reduced time
330514 - and expense for understanding patient history.
330515 - ref SDS A5 Z39O
330517 - ..
330518 - [On 070201 0800 meeting with UCSF cancer center advises
330519 - that SDS record shows comprehensive, accurate report for
330520 - meeting on medical examination. ref SDS A6 NW9J
330522 - ..
330523 - Writing connects granularity of alphabetic symbols to construct data
330524 - into progressively larger meanings than represented by symbols alone
330525 - (see explanation below, ref SDS 0 T16K). As time passes, people get
330526 - confused when memory of multiple stories gets mixed up, commingled,
330527 - and disconnected from relevant context. Forgetting causes confusion,
330528 - frustration, errors, and conflict. People get mad when time degrades
330529 - memory, and piles of paper take a lot of time to understand a lot of
330530 - details, because nobody can find anything days, months, and years
330531 - later in time to be effective. (see below, ref SDS 0 S84J).
330533 - ..
330534 - The professional discipline of writing "history" invests time
330535 - positioning stories in the correct order for understanding context.
330536 - Investing time to construct history enables other people to take less
330537 - time making sense of complexity by understanding sequence of
330538 - chronology (time) in the context of objectives, requirements, and
330539 - commitments. SDS schedule and diary records maintain a natural order
330540 - of cause and effect by using the granularity of time, i.e.,
330541 - chronology, combined with granular indexing for the organic structure
330542 - of context. Granularity magnifies command and control of daily work
330543 - by managing content of documents at the level of paragraphs. Advances
330544 - managing flexible structure of writing with granularity at the
330545 - paragraph level increases precision access to writing by orders of
330546 - magnitude, compared with traditional records management practice
330547 - organizing books, articles, reports, and correspondence at the
330548 - document level in libraries, filing cabinets, and file folders.
330550 - ..
330551 - [On 921127 Morris Jones reported small, innocuous details turn
330552 - out later to be major problems that nobody had time to fix
330553 - because everybody focused on major problems leaves no time for
330554 - proactive management. ref SDS 18 0674
330556 - ..
330557 - [On 940812 Microcosm Gilder's book explains power derived from
330558 - command and control of lower levels of organic structure,
330559 - ref SDS 25 3385; helps people cope with complexity, discussed on
330560 - 950718, ref SDS 33 KZ55; presented at Intel on 950927 correlating
330561 - microprocessors improving computers that can improve management
330562 - of daily details. ref SDS 36 5412
330564 - ..
330565 - [On 960304 Moore's Law on rising speed of microprocessors using
330566 - lower levels of physical structure aligns with Gilder's law of
330567 - the microcosm that productivity rises controlling lower levels of
330568 - organic structure. ref SDS 39 4004
330570 - ..
330571 - [On 040513 flexible structure of Knowledge Space required for
330572 - critical mass of requirements to augment intelligence.
330573 - ref SDS 99 EY9F
330575 - ..
330576 - [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity yield
330577 - effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 JM9O
330579 - ..
330580 - [On 071212 SDS supports processes that aid human thinking, and
330581 - the practice of management. ref SDS B0 Z48H
330582 -
330584 - ..
330585 - Connect Cause Effect Across Time and Distance Power of Knowledge
330586 -
330587 - Linking paragraphs and sentences within stories across time and
330588 - distance, discussed above, ref SDS 0 TNV4, complements writing that
330589 - connects alphabetic symbols into "information." Granular links
330590 - between parts of stories connect the order of cause and effect that
330591 - converts information into the power of knowledge for predicting the
330592 - future. A well ordered record, per above, ref SDS 0 TP8O, enables
330593 - precision access with electronic links to quickly and easily verify
330594 - accuracy and expand span of attention for accurately understand
330595 - correlations, implications and nuance whether events occurred 10
330596 - minutes ago, 10 days, months, years earlier. Every link is equally
330597 - accessible instantly. Timely awareness of context with precision
330598 - access using links to instantly check the record helps avoid mistakes
330599 - (see "Stories Connecting Dots," below. ref SDS 0 T14T)
330600 -
330601 - [On 080206 people feel that market dynamics favor appearance over
330602 - substance and this makes technology required for a well ordered
330603 - record beyond reach of people on the job. ref SDS B2 YI9F
330605 - ..
330606 - Granularity of time uniquely organizes the record based on the natural
330607 - structure of chronology. Constantly expanding history reporting daily
330608 - work creates a record of experience to plan, and perform future work.
330609 - Flexible structure of chronology enables simple, common storage that
330610 - complements writing and linking to connect cause and effect into the
330611 - power of knowledge for predicting the future. Electronic "records
330612 - management" organized by the immutable, irreversability of time
330613 - significantly improves traditional "forms" that evolved the past 2,000
330614 - years for associating information with "fields," paper clips, staples,
330615 - scotch tape, binders, file folders, filing cabinets, books, reports,
330616 - etc. Combining flexiblity of creative narrative with formality and
330617 - flexible structure of time provides order that increases speed finding
330618 - sources to create links that enable people to study context with
330619 - DNA-like organic structures that combine relational and hierarchial
330620 - dimensions, explained below. ref SDS 0 T14T
330622 - ..
330623 - [On 031215 flexible structure supported by Freeman's PhD
330624 - thesis on Lifestreams published in 1997 calling for
330625 - flexible summarizing. ref SDS 92 E38N
330627 - ..
330628 - [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330629 - yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 JM9O
330630 -
330632 - ..
330633 - Line Numbers Shallow Outline Increase Command Control of the Record
330634 -
330635 - Shallow outlining provides flexible structure, per above, ref SDS 0
330636 - P13O, using line numbers for granular linear nodes that precisely
330637 - indentify free-form narrative using a unique address, which is easy to
330638 - cite in the record. Order in the record enables precision access
330639 - using unlimited "vertical forms" for timely, accurate communication,
330640 - explained below. ref SDS 0 PQ7I The look and feel of SDS unique line
330641 - numbering structure conveys the power of knowledge associated with a
330642 - well ordered record, similar to legal briefs, to easily distinguish
330643 - purpose and form of SDS from traditional documents for letters, books,
330644 - articles, and reports. Line numbers help quickly navigate complex
330645 - records with orientation of context visually associated with shallow
330646 - outline structure, further explained below. ref SDS 0 VB64
330648 - ..
330649 - Granularity of line numbers complements chronology, context, and
330650 - connections (time, subjects, links) for constructing a well ordered
330651 - record that enables command and control of daily work, explained
330652 - below. ref SDS 0 T1VQ SDS design allows flexibility to enter
330653 - continuous narrative with inherent shallow outline structure of record
330654 - segments, and headlines, or to formalize structure with traditional
330655 - outlining methods (see below, ref SDS 0 VM8N), which together maintain
330656 - a well ordered record for understanding cause and effect, i.e., to
330657 - work intelligently, explained in POIMS. ref OF 13 1X6G
330658 -
330659 - [On 040312 2nd law of thermodynamics describes rising entropy
330660 - dissipates order under the irreversibility of time, ref SDS 96
330661 - 566F; requires adding energy to maintain the order of cause and
330662 - effect yields the power of knowledge to control the future.
330663 - ref SDS 95 YH4G
330665 - ..
330666 - [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity yield
330667 - effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 JM9O
330669 - ..
330670 - [On 080426 Gary Johnson presents analysis in a record on 080425
330671 - that line numbers are not needed; tagging systems provide
330672 - flexible structure to maintain order in the record, ref SDS B3
330673 - PE5H, from continual "refactoring" cited by Gary on 001222.
330674 - ref SDS B3 4K9M
330675 -
330676 -
330678 - ..
330679 - Subject Index Organic Structure Context Replaces Traditional Filing
330680 - Filing Replaced by Subject Index Assign Control Fields Record Segments
330681 -
330682 - Follow up ref SDS 1 OL6H.
330683 -
330684 - Granular indexing of DNA-like hierarchial and relational organic
330685 - subject structures, also called "classifications" and "catagories"
330686 - assigned to Control Fields in SDS records (see below, ref SDS 0 6H8O)
330687 - replace traditional card catelog methods in library science and
330688 - management science methods of "records management" and "information
330689 - management" "filing" documents in multiple folders and cabinets to
330690 - cross-reference, where mountains of paper pile up on desks, the floor,
330691 - the coffee table at home, the back seat of the car - any place handy
330692 - at the moment. Scribbling, writing, typing, moving, storing, getting,
330693 - returning, and losing documents is replaced with benefits of a
330694 - "paperless office" model using organic, flexible structure of context
330695 - for efficiencies of electronic records management where information
330696 - exists in a single location and is identified for retrieval in
330697 - multiple ways (see explanation on 880628, ref SDS 1 BI3G and
330698 - ref SDS 1 02PS). Subject indexing complements time and linking for
330699 - precision access to make sense of complexity using multiple views of
330700 - context for comprehensive understanding (see example of "big picture"
330701 - below, ref SDS 0 G14K)
330703 - ..
330704 - [On 910221 organic subject structures apply DNA processes
330705 - for growing knowledge, and reflect alphabet technology of
330706 - assembling small meanings into larger organic structures
330707 - called stories that eventually comprise history.
330708 - ref SDS 11 OP7M
330710 - ..
330711 - [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330712 - yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 JM9O
330713 -
330714 -
330716 - ..
330717 - Control Fields Segment Records with Subjects Granularity of Context
330718 - Context Management Organizes Narrative with Control Fields
330719 - Records Segments Granular Structure Applies Subjects Replaces Filing
330720 -
330721 - Shallow outline structures are constructed with SDS Control Fields to
330722 - identify record segments that apply granularity for controlling
330723 - management criteria at the paragraph level with headlines, including
330724 - groups of paragraphs. Control Fields track the following....
330726 - ..
330727 - 1. Time worked on subject function
330728 - 2. People doing the work
330729 - 3. Billing entity
330730 - 4. Function cost account to be charged
330731 - 5. Action Item/Schedule Activity
330732 - 6. Subject WBS account
330734 - ..
330735 - Control Fields provide a lot of structure to organize flexiblity and
330736 - creativity of narrative reporting the record of daily work. As noted,
330737 - subjects and functions are assigned by selection from the Subject
330738 - Index and pressing the Enter key. Nobody types "subjects" into SDS
330739 - records. Traditional methods of data entry take too long for
330740 - efficient usability of electronic records management.
330741 -
330742 - [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330743 - yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 JM9O
330744 -
330746 - ..
330747 - Accuracy Remembering Complex Correlations Distant Chronology
330748 -
330749 - Flexible structure provides faster and often instant access to
330750 - personal experience and relevant history for better accuracy
330751 - remembering and discovering complex issues. Timely, accurate
330752 - understanding of experience fosters comprehensive analysis, and to
330753 - verify accuracy of correlations, associations, and chronology.
330754 - Whether recent events are remembered by span of attention, or can only
330755 - be remembered partially from long ago, these small fragments of
330756 - memory, called "the gist of the story," can find and assemble relevant
330757 - segments of a long complex record into a story sharply focused by the
330758 - organic structure of context. Control Field assignments of subjects
330759 - construct chronologies that accurately and quickly convey cause and
330760 - effect.
330761 -
330762 - [On 940327 Morris Jones at Chips and Technologies reported
330763 - dates are hard to remember; people get frustrated and mad with
330764 - everybody pointing fingers in accusation and blame during
330765 - conversation in meetings arguing about the sequence of past
330766 - events. ref SDS 22 GD9G
330768 - ..
330769 - [On 950204 accuracy is primary Communication Metric for
330770 - evaluating conversations reviewed in adjudication of legal
330771 - disputes. ref SDS 30 8A9F
330773 - ..
330774 - [On 980307 Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, reports mental maps are
330775 - awfully forgiving of ambibuity, ref SDS 55 3668, and so writes
330776 - copious notes to remember accurately. ref SDS 55 3101
330778 - ..
330779 - [On 010622 Doug Lenat describes literacy reading writing using
330780 - alphabet technology makes people superhuman by writing things
330781 - down that can then be remembered accurately. ref SDS A1 N668
330783 - ..
330784 - [On 020217 Roy Roebuck reports people point fingers in meetings
330785 - blaming others because nobody can find anything to point out in
330786 - the record what actually happened. ref SDS 78 9360
330788 - ..
330789 - [On 021108 Bill Gates at Microsoft points out that merely
330790 - writing things down does not improve memory and productivity,
330791 - unless people can find relevant parts of the record in time to
330792 - be effective saving lives, time, and money. ref SDS 86 EF5I
330793 -
330794 -
330796 - ..
330797 - Headlines Outlining Organize Summarize Narrative Flexible Structure
330798 -
330799 - Outlining with headlines summarize meaning of narrative with nested
330800 - lists that complement granularity of flexible structure using writing,
330801 - links, line numbers, subject indexing, and record segments with
330802 - control fields.
330804 - ..
330805 - Headlines summarize primary outline levels for controlled visibility
330806 - to navigate and comprehend complex records. Headlines are a component
330807 - of baseline shallow outline structure when formal outlining and
330808 - listing are not employed. Headlines are the first step constructing
330809 - account descriptions in the subject index since headlines summarize
330810 - meaning of paragraphs and groups of paragaphs, and this is part of
330811 - context management.
330812 -
330813 - [On 070831 SDS design provides command and control of the
330814 - record using 12 "units of information" with granularity
330815 - that yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8
330816 - JM9O
330818 - ..
330819 - Flexible structure adds value to traditional forms management with
330820 - unlimited content in "fields" so there is no artificial constraint on
330821 - innovation and creativity to clarify meaning and application (see
330822 - vertical fields, below, ref SDS 0 PQ7I). Flexible structure adds
330823 - value to traditional writing by enabling people to create any
330824 - structure required to make sense of complex circumstances, and can be
330825 - summarized for easy comprehension and fast navigation.
330826 -
330827 -
330828 -
330829 -
3309 -
SUBJECTS
Hansel Gretle Trails Association Flexible Structure Granular Links R
4203 -
420401 - ..
420402 - Hansel Gretle Trails Associations SDS Links Supports Memory
420403 -
420404 - SDS improves memory to find and study correlations, implications and
420405 - nuance that aid understanding cause and effect based on organizing
420406 - knowledge with organic structure in the natural order of existence.
420407 - Integrating flexible structures of granular indexing subjects with SDS
420408 - links make good management fast and easy by enabling trails of
420409 - associations using an audit trail for traceability to original
420410 - sources. People can step forward in time at any place along the trail
420411 - of chronology to trace consequences. Better memory of experience,
420412 - history and consequences looking forward and backward in time,
420413 - understanding context and subjects yields better results. Like the
420414 - story of Hansel and Gretle who left a trail to find their way back
420415 - home, SDS makes trails of associations fast, easy, and reliable to
420416 - create and use when needed.
420417 -
420418 - [On 950721 professional standards require traceability to original
420419 - sources for better management and communication. ref SDS 34 1740
420420 -
420421 -
420422 -
4205 -
SUBJECTS
Links Stay on Course SDS Empower People to Remember Original Subject
5503 -
550401 - ..
550402 - Subjects Focus Aligned Reduce Frustrations Increase Productivity
550403 - Accuracy Increased Maintain Alignment Communications Reduce Mistakes
550404 - Wandereing Off Subject Conversation Email SDS Improves Listening
550405 - Listening Communication Mistakes Reduce SDS Alignment Focus on Subject
550406 -
550407 - Follow up ref SDS 3 0071, ref SDS 1 OL6H.
550408 -
550409 - Flexible structure of writing supported with links, chronology, and
550410 - context in the Subject Index, explained above, ref SDS 0 P13O, and
550411 - illustrated by the "big picture" below, ref SDS 0 G14K, improves
550412 - stream-of-conscious communication in meetings, calls, and email that
550413 - routinely wander off subject, causing frustration, anger, stress and
550414 - mistakes, which reduce productivity and earnings, because listening
550415 - and understanding fail, when attention and focus wander.
550417 - ..
550418 - [On 890809 Morris reported failed listening causes communication
550419 - to fail, ref SDS 7 CJ9J, bad management reduces productivity and
550420 - earnings. ref SDS 7 126J
550422 - ..
550423 - [On 910520 Morris used SDS to save time and money by aligning
550424 - communications to correct misunderstandings before mistakes occur.
550425 - ref SDS 14 655O
550427 - ..
550428 - [On 921127 people busy fixing big problems frustrated because
550429 - small, innocuous deviations from requirements are ignored that
550430 - later become big problems. ref SDS 18 0674
550432 - ..
550433 - [On 940114 Eric Jennet interview advised that Project Management
550434 - Institute (PMI) was founded to improve poor productivity of
550435 - communication in meetings. ref SDS 21 2290
550437 - ..
550438 - [On 940901 example PG&E project with CDWR communication meetings
550439 - poor productivity. ref SDS 28 1301
550441 - ..
550442 - [On 950228 Morris executive VP frustrated by wasting time during
550443 - meetings arguing about prior understandings. ref SDS 31 1994
550445 - ..
550446 - [On 950303 Morris proposed bow and arrow diagram showing SDS keeps
550447 - work aligned with objectives, requirements and commitments.
550448 - ref SDS 32 3497
550450 - ..
550451 - [On 950721 ISO professional standards require audit trail showing
550452 - traceability to original sources that maintain alignment of work
550453 - with objectives, requirements, commitments, history of prior work.
550454 - ref SDS 34 1740
550456 - ..
550457 - [On 951026 organizations certified compliant with ISO requirements
550458 - are unable to comply with requirements for good management to
550459 - document traceability to original sources. ref SDS 37 3245
550461 - ..
550462 - [On 960205 study shows people waste 70% of day in unproductive
550463 - meetings because nobody is prepared, because nobody has time to
550464 - capture the record, and nobody can find anything to be prepared.
550465 - ref SDS 38 5902 and ref SDS 38 5F4S
550467 - ..
550468 - [On 960721 people angry at meetings between Chips, Intel,
550469 - Lockheed/Martin because everybody remembering what happened
550470 - at the last meeting differently. ref SDS 47 0896
550472 - ..
550473 - [On 970123 Intel uses conflict and emotion to aid memory and build
550474 - shared meaning in communication during meetings. ref SDS 49 1111
550476 - ..
550477 - [On 980403 Max Blodgett at USACE worried productivity of
550478 - meetings very poor, ref SDS 56 4033; wants SDS for Communication
550479 - Metrics. ref SDS 56 BQ42
550481 - ..
550482 - [On 020217 meetings fundamental team process requires accurate
550483 - records for effective communication; too often meetings degrade to
550484 - "finger pointing" blaming people for misunderstandings,
550485 - ref SDS 78 9360; case study examples of communication challenges
550486 - in meetings are listed. ref SDS 78 TT3F
550488 - ..
550489 - [On 020504 study shows professional standards for communication
550490 - practices and requirements on good management specified in FAR,
550491 - ISO, Health Care, Covey, Drucker, law, contract notice provisions,
550492 - and 2,000 years of literacy for contemporaneous documentation to
550493 - show alignment and feedback to work intelligently, quickly, and
550494 - accurately are ignored in government, business, health care, every
550495 - sector. ref SDS 79 NS6F
550497 - ..
550498 - [On 040505 Paris peace conference in 1919 heads of state began
550499 - holding meetings hoping to avoid keeping records, but found the
550500 - top people in the world could not remember enough to perform daily
550501 - work; eventually leadership yielded to an even stronger fear of
550502 - accountability for failing to get anything done, and so a record
550503 - of organizational memory was prepared and this change in
550504 - management practice yielded results that expedited progress.
550505 - ref SDS 98 MQ49
550507 - ..
550508 - [On 060505 case study shows challenge discovering the purpose of
550509 - meetings. ref SDS A3 P18O
550511 - ..
550512 - Better understanding with flexible structure to organize and connect
550513 - the record makes finding information fast and easy, and assembles
550514 - patterns that discover and refine accuracy remembering connections of
550515 - cause and effect with links to original sources and to future
550516 - consequences. Understanding is not forgotten because alignment does
550517 - not drift off course in a sea of details that normally overwhelm span
550518 - of attention, explained in POIMS. ref OF 17 2301 Leveraging the
550519 - capacity to think, remember, and communicate, ref OF 17 3742,
550520 - strengthens daily management. ref OF 17 1113
550522 - ..
550523 - [On 900319 research shows human reasoning largely follows memory
550524 - of sequence that is imparted by chronology. ref SDS 10 1323
550526 - ..
550527 - [On 940327 Morris reported SDS links provide self-evident benefits
550528 - of better memory. ref SDS 22 J496
550530 - ..
550531 - [On 960406 people waste a lot of time finding information on
550532 - computers. ref SDS 44 5922
550534 - ..
550535 - [990718 busy executives and engineers only have time for cursory
550536 - understanding because technology people like does not support
550537 - analysis. ref SDS 61 5251
550539 - ..
550540 - [990817 busy executives and engineers excuse failure to use SDS as
550541 - a failure of attitude, discipline and diligence so they can can
550542 - continue using tools they like, rather than learn to tools they
550543 - need. ref SDS 62 8663
550545 - ..
550546 - [On 000927 research shows people mainly rely on remembering the
550547 - gist of information which degrades over time to memory that is
550548 - about 5% - 10% accurate. ref SDS 71 DX9F
550550 - ..
550551 - [On 080531 Morris Jones seemed to use language of SDS,
550552 - Communication Metrics, and Knowledge Management. ref SDS B4 1J4L
550553 -
550554 -
5506 -
SUBJECTS
Writing Alphabet Technology Flexible Structure Creativity Free Flowi
8803 -
880401 - ..
880402 - Writing Creativity Flexiblity Balanced with Formality Organization
880403 - Alphabet Technology Flexible Structure Writing and Forms Management
880404 -
880405 - Talking and writing are communication tools for telling a "story" with
880406 - free flowing, stream-of-conscious narrative.
880408 - ..
880409 - Verbal communication with talking, speech, dialog, conversation, and
880410 - discussion conveys meaning with sounds, including pauses, changing
880411 - volume, and genstures with hands and facial expression.
880413 - ..
880414 - Literacy uses a system of writing documents to construct progressively
880415 - larger "meaning" from associating very small, highly-granular
880416 - alphabetic symbols into narrative text comprising words, paragraphs,
880417 - sections, chapters, reports, articles, books, and so forth, per above.
880418 - ref SDS 0 5C8H Writing applies flexible structure to associate text
880419 - with punctuation that provides highly-granular control for boundaries
880420 - of alphabetic characters that form near term context. Combining
880421 - contextual expressions into larger, and related meanings tells a
880422 - coherent "story" relating events to human needs. This system yields a
880423 - history of experience that guides actions and planning with the power
880424 - of knowledge from energy released connecting cause and effect.
880426 - ..
880427 - When people say something like...
880428 -
880429 - What's the story?
880430 -
880431 - ...they are asking for a narrative that associates action with
880432 - objectives, i.e., human needs, and results, which adds to experience
880433 - for deciding what to do in the moment or later.
880435 - ..
880436 - [On 900303 review Improbable Machine, Campbell explains how the
880437 - brain stores "stories" called "history" for experience to guide
880438 - taking action. ref SDS 9 EV5N
880440 - ..
880441 - [On 930112 alphabet technology and history of writing engine of
880442 - civilization, reviewed. ref SDS 20 3443
880444 - ..
880445 - [On 960324 Landauer explains theory of "meaning" derived from
880446 - frequency of word associations that impart context through
880447 - dimension matching. ref SDS 40 2882
880449 - ..
880450 - [On 020924 flexible structure of traditional punctuation was
880451 - reviewed. ref SDS A0 0001
880453 - ..
880454 - The flexible structure of alphabet technology enables writing
880455 - stream-of-conscious text that externalizes complex, fleeting human
880456 - thought. Unlike thoughts in the mind that come and go when people
880457 - forget context, the permenance of text expands creativity by focusing
880458 - thinking on what is written. Synergy between mental energy and
880459 - external written renderings enables people to change, compare, and
880460 - revise to improve initial thought. The natural creative feature of
880461 - writing constructs narrative that conveys a satisfying, insightful,
880462 - often inspiring "story," that sometimes leads to mental awakening.
880463 - Both writer and reader can experience "epiphany," which has historical
880464 - religious foundations, and today is commonly used to mean a revealing
880465 - scene or moment that changes or deepens understanding cause and
880466 - effect, i.e., increases the power of knowledge...
880468 - ..
880469 - Webster Dictionary
880470 -
880471 - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epiphany
880473 - ..
880474 - Encarta
880475 -
880476 - http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861608848/epiphany.html
880478 - ..
880479 - American Heritage Dictionary
880480 -
880481 - http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/E0180600.html
880483 - ..
880484 - epiphany...
880485 -
880486 - (1) sudden manifestation or perception of the essential
880487 - nature or meaning of something
880489 - ..
880490 - (2) intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an
880491 - event) usually simple and striking
880493 - ..
880494 - (3) an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
880496 - ..
880497 - (4) comprehension or perception of reality by means of a
880498 - sudden intuitive realization:
880500 - ..
880501 - Creative writing occurs as sentences assembled into paragraphs that
880502 - form documents of 1, 2, 10 somtimes hundreds of pages. Facts, ideas,
880503 - and description are arranged in multiple ways with narrative text to
880504 - impart realization, perception, and comprehension that unlocks
880505 - discovery. Writing a "story" with continuous narrative fits human
880506 - mental biology that receives information in a continuous stream. The
880507 - irreversibility of time makes receiving and creating information in a
880508 - continuous stream biologically satisfying. Since people absorb
880509 - information along a continuous timeline through sensory perception,
880510 - e.g., sight and sound, and since verbal communication using speech and
880511 - hearing occurs along a continuous timeline, and further since most
880512 - conversation strives to inspire others to share understanding, as an
880513 - imperative of survival, people are biologically driven to write and
880514 - read with a format of continuous narrtive that tells a "story,"
880515 - similar to speech, and general senseory perception.
880516 -
880517 - [On 991108 stream-of-conscious conversation is entertaining,
880518 - and persuasive, ref SDS 64 4505; similarly stream-of-conscious
880519 - writing has persuasive and entertainment effects of
880520 - conversation without a well ordered record for common
880521 - reference. ref SDS 0 A53H
880523 - ..
880524 - [On 040312 irreversibility of time dissipates order with rising
880525 - entropy under the 2nd law of thermodynamcis, reviewed on
880526 - 040312, ref SDS 96 566F; line numbers provide an easy method to
880527 - maintain order with minimal effort, discussed below,
880528 - ref SDS 0 T1VQ, that yields the power of knowledge to control
880529 - the future under the locality principle, also, reviewed on
880530 - 040312. ref SDS 95 YH4G
880532 - ..
880533 - Appearance of documents using professional publishing tools is a
880534 - powerful part of writing that inspires credibility of content to
880535 - increase acceptance and agreement. This is so because people are
880536 - biologically attracted to pretty things, including documents. This
880537 - makes accuracy subsidiary to appearance. Through the dark ages monks
880538 - invested lifetimes transcribing the Bible to provide attractive
880539 - manuscripts that appeal to followers who could not read, but followed
880540 - preaching credited to beautiful documents. Success of Gutenberg's
880541 - printing press in 1455 led to marketing competition for technology
880542 - that optimizes appearance of documents. Today, a frenzy of tools for
880543 - wordprocessing empower everyone to produce beautiful documents hoping
880544 - to inspire and convince people quite apart from the content.
880546 - ..
880547 - Creativity from writing continuous sentences and paragraphs to tell an
880548 - inspiring story makes managing specific facts and ideas in documents
880549 - difficult to use for daily work. Planning requires structure for
880550 - order that enables predictability. Daily work rarely has time to read
880551 - through an entire story, article, report, specification, etc., days,
880552 - weeks, months, years later to find controlling content. Therefore,
880553 - managing the dynamics of daily life requires efficient usability for
880554 - command and control of the record on parts of the story relevant at
880555 - particular moments, and different parts at other moments to accurately
880556 - understand cause and effect. Rapidly changing events long after the
880557 - record is written require quickly considering alternative order for
880558 - disparate elements of the story within the framework of the original
880559 - order. This is a structuring problem.
880561 - ..
880562 - [On 020820 truth is annoying and does not move the conversation
880563 - forward, because nobody can relax, when truth is important.
880564 - ref SDS 82 V66I
880566 - ..
880567 - [On 040312 locality principle rests on accurate understanding
880568 - of order connecting cause and effect which releases energy that
880569 - drives the power of knowledge to predict the future. reviewed
880570 - 040312. ref SDS 95 YH4G
880572 - ..
880573 - Legal practice applies "creative" writing to convince judges about a
880574 - version of truth. Lawyers write long sentences and paragraphs of
880575 - persuasive prose, like conventional narrative text. ref SDS 0 C29X
880576 - Lawyers add "citations" that verify accuracy. Lawyers also add line
880577 - numbers, similar to numbers on the left of this record. This added
880578 - flexible structure in legal documents provides a well ordered record
880579 - for uniform reference, explained further below. ref SDS 0 QB8J
880581 - ..
880582 - Line numbers are not common to writing outside the legal profession
880583 - for two (2) related reasons...
880584 -
880585 - 1. A well ordered record takes time that costs a lot of money.
880586 - Litigation concerns a very limited history, and requires
880587 - experts called lawyers and court reporters to create a well
880588 - ordered record for discovering the truth about complex
880589 - facts that occurred years earlier. People making critical
880590 - judgements outside the law do not have high priced help
880591 - like judges have to maintain a well ordered record. The
880592 - size, variety, and complexity of continually expanding
880593 - information overwhelm efforts to maintain a well ordered
880594 - record, beyond filing cabinets and computer directories.
880596 - ..
880597 - 2. Truth is less important in writing outside the law than
880598 - creating insiprational and attractive narrative that fits
880599 - human biology receiving and sending information that
880600 - influences the conscious span of attention in the moment.
880601 - ref SDS 0 C29X
880603 - ..
880604 - Since the cost is very high for a well ordered record in legal
880605 - practice to understand a small, fixed part of work history, and since
880606 - managing continuous information streams that optimize creativity,
880607 - discussed above, ref SDS 0 C29X, is much more difficult applied to
880608 - everything that occurs in daily work, and since truth is less
880609 - important than inspiring, entertaining writing, i.e., people spend
880610 - more time selling than on accuracy, then therefore "line numbers" are
880611 - not commonly used to provide a well ordered record, and so are not
880612 - familiar to most people.
880614 - ..
880615 - Long experience in a culture familiarizing people with documents that
880616 - have no line numbers inoculates people against benefits of a well
880617 - ordered record, ref SDS 0 OP4H, compared to experiencing benefits of
880618 - publishing documents with attractive appearance. ref SDS 0 C29X
880619 - Historically, publishing documents with high quality appearance gave
880620 - some assurance of accurate content, because publishing books and
880621 - articles in magazines takes a lot of expensive work, including editing
880622 - and fact checking. Cultural forces over thousands of years enabled
880623 - people to rely on the publisher to review content that justifies the
880624 - expense of making documents look good. Today, wordprocessing software
880625 - for personal computers has reduced the cost of publishing. Anyone can
880626 - create documents that look good without the time and expense of
880627 - vetting content. This experience fosters a paradigm of
880628 - professionalism based on appearance, rather than accuracy.
880630 - ..
880631 - [On 980307 Andy Grove reports experience at Intel shows
880632 - that people like to work on familiar things in familiar
880633 - ways. ref SDS 54 3740
880635 - ..
880636 - This simple equation elevating appearance over order yields a blizzard
880637 - of beautiful documents churned out by bureaucracies. People are
880638 - buried with information overload that degrades accuracy and therefore
880639 - productivity. Span of attention is constantly overwhelmed with
880640 - complexity, confusion, and chaos that creates endless mistakes, i.e.,
880641 - bumbling, loss, conflict, and tragedy.
880642 -
880643 - [On 970707 US Air Force study shows management systems
880644 - eventually fail under the weight of information
880645 - overload. ref SDS 51 0108
880647 - ..
880648 - [On 020820 truth is annoying and does not move the
880649 - conversation forward, because nobody can relax, when
880650 - truth is important. ref SDS 82 V66I
880652 - ..
880653 - SDS enables a new way of working that supports both continuity for
880654 - creativity, and order for management by extending the flexible
880655 - structure of alphabet technology, leading to a practice of working
880656 - intelligently for creative management.
880658 - ..
880659 - Granularity of SDS line numbers expand traditional punctuation to
880660 - manage continuous narrative with an overarching shallow outline that
880661 - constructs a well orcered record, see below. ref SDS 0 T1VQ Time,
880662 - context, and connections add flexible structures to increase command
880663 - and control at very low levels of granularity in the record (see below
880664 - for "history," ref SDS 0 L14M) that converts information into the
880665 - power of knowledge. see above, ref SDS 0 TP8O
880667 - ..
880668 - Outlining provides the lowest level of control.
880670 - ..
880671 - Traditional outlining decomposes creative narrative into an organic
880672 - structure to understand correlations through visual presentation of
880673 - order. Outline structure adds control to narrative text with unique
880674 - address nodes that facilitate navigation for quickly finding specific
880675 - information, shown by example below. ref SDS 0 PQ7I Decomposition of
880676 - text while aiding analysis and navigation, eviscerates the creative
880677 - dimension of a narrative "story" to inspire awakening of new meaning.
880678 - ref SDS 0 TJ4H Analysis with traditional outlining is a powerful
880679 - tool, and so takes much longer than traditonal narrative text. As a
880680 - result, outlining is rarely used in most documents.
880682 - ..
880683 - [On 021107 support for outlining increased. ref SDS 85 W16K
880685 - ..
880686 - Shallow outlining provides highly granular control with an overarching
880687 - numbering system for each line of text, explained below. ref SDS 0
880688 - T1VQ People can write creatively with spontaneous, inspired
880689 - narrative. People can also use traditional outlining, as time and
880690 - necessity dictate. The SDS design strikes a balance using flexible
880691 - structure for command and control that complements creativity to tell
880692 - the "story" of daily work.
880694 - ..
880695 - [On 040312 locality principle - energy released connecting
880696 - cause and effect yields the power of knowledge to control the
880697 - future. ref SDS 95 YH4G
880699 - ..
880700 - A "story" covers many "subjects" about human affairs in relation to
880701 - objectives, requirements and commitments (see "big picture" below,
880702 - ref SDS 0 G14K).
880704 - ..
880705 - [On 940609 explained value of writing relative to pictures and
880706 - conversation for analysis and understanding, ref SDS 24 8854
880708 - ..
880709 - History accumulates stories that have common subjects. The meaning of
880710 - a story is enriched by associating related context from prior events
880711 - because chronology imparts sequence that conveys cause and effect,
880712 - which drives human reasoning needed for survival (see "subjects" in
880713 - Big Picture, below. ref SDS 0 RC5K and ref SDS 0 428F). Organizing
880714 - information with the rigidity of traditional formality common to
880715 - "forms management," reduces the power of creativity in telling the
880716 - story with clear, concise, complete narrative that can, also, inspire
880717 - action; yet, stories without organization to impart the weight of
880718 - accurate history can mislead by conveying incorrect understanding of
880719 - cause and effect. Balancing rigid formality with chaotic flexibility
880720 - requires a design that organizes records with flexible structure,
880721 - explained above. ref SDS 0 P13O
880723 - ..
880724 - [On 960518 research shows human memory is fragile; meaning drifts
880725 - away over time which makes "truth" a moving target that causes
880726 - lots of mistakes, i.e., bumbling. ref SDS 45 3734
880728 - ..
880729 - [On 990303 research shows human memory automatically recodes
880730 - information to help remember by paraphrasing; this causes meaning
880731 - drift that reduces long-term memory. ref SDS 59 2838
880733 - ..
880734 - Connecting parts of a current story to parts of earlier stories for
880735 - understanding context of background across time and distance reflects
880736 - the human mind's natural process of drawing on experience for growing
880737 - knowledge of cause and effect to reason intelligently. Reasoning
880738 - connects common elements of a story, which is strengthened by linking
880739 - and organizing with assignments from the subject index for Context
880740 - Management. SDS offers a new way of working by thinking through
880741 - writing that augments intelligence, explained in POIMS. ref OF 17 3742
880742 -
880743 - [On 940327 Morris noted SDS linking enables self-evident benefits
880744 - of better memory; remembering dates that impart chronology of
880745 - cause and effect is difficult; SDS makes remembering chronology
880746 - fast and easy. ref SDS 22 J496
880748 - ..
880749 - The design of SDS "flexible structure" enables natural, free flowing
880750 - narrative, described above, ref SDS 0 T16K, within a spreadsheet-like
880751 - format that provides command and control for making connections, also
880752 - explained above. ref SDS 0 WN6J A baseline "shallow outline"
880753 - structure is manintained automatically with line numbering, per below,
880754 - ref SDS 0 T1VQ, and so does not interfere with traditional practice of
880755 - creative writing. People can write as much as needed without
880756 - limitations of a rigid, bureaucratic "form." Yet, the program overlays
880757 - a baseline formal structure to manage content. SDS automatically
880758 - connects related events into a continuous case study based on context.
880759 - Additional structure can be easily added to find and manage
880760 - information quickly. see POIMS. ref OF 17 M17I
880761 -
880762 - [On 890809 discussed flexible structure with Morris. ref SDS 7
880763 - 6047
880765 - ..
880766 - [On 950204 SDS provides a lot of firepower to improve thinking
880767 - through writing that strengthens management practice. ref SDS 30
880768 - 4995
880770 - ..
880771 - [On 000709 Bill DeHart explained advantage of SDS flexible
880772 - structure that provides better organization than other methods.
880773 - ref SDS 70 0052
880775 - ..
880776 - [On 080531 Morris working on SDS program to support flexible
880777 - structure with "shallow outlining" for command and control of the
880778 - record. ref SDS B4 MN5F
880779 -
880780 -
880781 -
8808 -
SUBJECTS
Line Numbers Spreadsheet for Knowledge Granularity Complement Time C
AW03 -
AW0401 - ..
AW0402 - Line Numbers Spreadsheet for Knowledge Complement Time Context
AW0403 - Shallow Outline Line Numbers Linear Nodes Flexible Structure
AW0404 - Flexible Structure Line Numbers Complement Coordinates Time Subjects
AW0405 - Spreadsheet for Knowledge Flexible Structure Time Subjects Line Numbers
AW0406 -
AW0407 - Line numbers enable a new way of working at the lowest level of
AW0408 - flexible structure for a well ordered record to increase command and
AW0409 - control of daily work, explained in POIMS. ref OF 17 1113 Linear
AW0410 - nodes uniquely number each line of text to expand traditional
AW0411 - punctuation for highly granular control of writing with the flexible
AW0412 - structure of alphabet technology, discussed above. ref SDS 0 T16K
AW0414 - ..
AW0415 - Legal practice uses "pleading paper" for a well ordered record that
AW0416 - identifies every line of written text with a unique number. Order
AW0417 - magnifies the power to discover correlations, implications, and nuance
AW0418 - that make sense of complexity. People are in awe and often loath the
AW0419 - microscope of the law that uses line numbers for granular control of
AW0420 - highly flexible written text, see above. ref SDS 0 C29X Line numbers
AW0421 - provide a vertical axis for uniform reference to navigate a record on
AW0422 - very narrow issues in dispute. In trial, lawyers ask the witness to
AW0423 - examine...
AW0424 -
AW0425 - Plaintiff's exhibit P15 page 20 line 22.
AW0427 - ..
AW0428 - This is a simple, direct way to communicate with granular precision
AW0429 - that everyone can follow at the time, and any time later using uniform
AW0430 - reference of specific details in the record. Precision access is very
AW0431 - difficult and ponderous without line numbers, due to the continuous
AW0432 - flow of traditional text, discussed above. ref SDS 0 C29X
AW0434 - ..
AW0435 - [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0436 - using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0438 - ..
AW0439 - Law is a reactive solution to aid communication by processing a
AW0440 - static, well ordered record of a few events that occurred years in the
AW0441 - past.
AW0443 - ..
AW0444 - SDS enables proactive management with a well ordered record to improve
AW0445 - daily work, so there are fewer legal disputes to resolve. Writing
AW0446 - things down and organizaing the record provides "order" for precision
AW0447 - access that leverages intelligence understanding cause and effect.
AW0448 - Improving alphabet technology to think, remember, and communicate in a
AW0449 - spreadsheet for knowledge enables people to discover correlations,
AW0450 - implications, and nuance that guide daily action solving problems and
AW0451 - seizing opportunities in time to be effective.
AW0453 - ..
AW0454 - Proactive management of a dynamic record creates solutions and avoids
AW0455 - mistakes by aligning daily work with objectives, requirements, and
AW0456 - commitments set in the past, and which evolve over time. Maintaining
AW0457 - order through continual alignment transforms complex, confusing, and
AW0458 - conflicting information streams into a well ordered record of personal
AW0459 - and organizational integrated memory and management for research,
AW0460 - correspondence, calls, meetings, books, articles, analysis, planning
AW0461 - and performing work. see POIMS. ref OF 15 1101 Complexity of 30
AW0462 - elements that routinely occur every day on the job, ref OF 14 6011,
AW0463 - requires a fast, simple, flexible solution for proactive management to
AW0464 - have uniform reference of a dynamic record.
AW0466 - ..
AW0467 - Line numbers provide a simple, immediate first order shallow outline
AW0468 - structure in SDS to manage context and navigate in the midst of
AW0469 - constant complexity.
AW0471 - ..
AW0472 - SDS records can have hundreds, even thousands of lines, much longer
AW0473 - than 28 lines in legal practice. A flexible structure of line numbers
AW0474 - provides a unique shallow outline design that provides order in
AW0475 - narrative text on multiple discusisons from calls and meetings
AW0476 - throughout the day at various times, and may contain parts of
AW0477 - documents, specifications, books, articles, report entire
AW0478 - correspondence issued and received, present test reports, perform
AW0479 - research, planning, etc., that forms a highly complex record.
AW0480 - Differentiating information streams accurately within a single record
AW0481 - requires combining conventional outlining with the shallow outline for
AW0482 - overarching order. This is a new way of working using line numbers
AW0483 - for special punctuation at the lowest level of control for the
AW0484 - flexible structure of writing, discussed above. ref SDS 0 C29X
AW0486 - ..
AW0487 - [On 020217 benefits of shallow outline structure with line
AW0488 - numbers was noted by Roy Roebuck at DOD. ref SDS 78 3105
AW0490 - ..
AW0491 - Line numbers provide a vertical axis that complements coordinates of
AW0492 - chronology, context, and connection to provide a "spreadsheet for
AW0493 - knowledge" (see above, ref SDS 0 5C6L). A well ordered record where
AW0494 - everything is in the right place at the right time aids mental metrics
AW0495 - for accuracy with precision access, explained above. ref SDS 0 T18R
AW0496 - Fast, accurate communication navigating through complex records using
AW0497 - granular control of text for uniform reference improves discussion,
AW0498 - understanding.
AW0500 - ..
AW0501 - [On 010425 Morris Jones reports SDS is a utopia because
AW0502 - everything is in the right place at the right time. ref SDS 74
AW0503 - EP7F
AW0505 - ..
AW0506 - Increasing speed and accuracy finding information at the lowest level
AW0507 - of control in a well ordered record improves productivity through
AW0508 - collaboration for taking complementary action that reduces conflicts
AW0509 - and mistakes. Optimizing navigation with flexible structure in a
AW0510 - complex, dynamic record provides an effective "spreadsheet for
AW0511 - knowledge"...
AW0513 - ..
AW0514 - Go to date x and time y, at line z to find analysis on
AW0515 - subject "abc."
AW0517 - ..
AW0518 - SDS significantly expands legal practice using a special form of line
AW0519 - numbers for new dimension of punctuation for granular identification
AW0520 - of location with a unique address to navigate complex records.
AW0521 - ref SDS 0 QB8J Like all punctuation, people can make mistakes by
AW0522 - typing over line numbers; the SDS program automatically restores line
AW0523 - numbers, in some cases, explained below. ref SDS 0 YN8J
AW0525 - ..
AW0526 - [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0527 - using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0529 - ..
AW0530 - [On 070831 12 units of information with granularity yield
AW0531 - effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A8 SG9T
AW0533 - ..
AW0534 - SDS unique line numbers for shallow outlining creates a strong visual
AW0535 - scheme that distinguishes the structure of knowledge from familiar
AW0536 - formats for information in "documents" created with wordprocessing,
AW0537 - explained above. ref SDS 0 5C6L
AW0539 - ..
AW0540 - Line numbers are not needed for documents to tell a "story," per
AW0541 - above. ref SDS 0 HI5M Flexible structure of line numbers maintain a
AW0542 - well ordered record for command and control to efficiently manage
AW0543 - construction of narrative (see "navigate" above, ref SDS 0 5C6L), with
AW0544 - connections to references, see below, ref SDS 0 6J6G, and organizing
AW0545 - analysis of content for documents, meetings, calls, research, etc.
AW0546 - The long history using line numbers in legal practice supports
AW0547 - experience using line numbers in SDS over the past four (4) years.
AW0548 - ref SDS 0 QB8J
AW0550 - ..
AW0551 - [On 950927 spreadsheet for knowledge discussed at Intel.
AW0552 - ref SDS 36 51HP
AW0554 - ..
AW0555 - SDS line numbers create "vertical forms" with unlimited fields to
AW0556 - manage flexible content of written narrative. Line numbers complement
AW0557 - links, time, and context for command and control of the record.
AW0558 - ref SDS 0 TP8O Flexibility to enter continuous narrative with
AW0559 - inherent order of line numbers, record segments, Control Fields, and
AW0560 - headlines, (see above, ref SDS 0 VM8N), and to add traditional outline
AW0561 - structure (see example, ref SDS 0 PQ7I, increases command and control
AW0562 - to make sense of complexity in the microcosm of daily work, explained
AW0563 - in POIMS. ref OF 17 1113
AW0565 - ..
AW0566 - [On 941221 developed 99+ counters for line numbers to expand
AW0567 - flexible fields in SDS and Contact records. ref SDS 29 0001
AW0569 - ..
AW0570 - Linear nodes are used in SDS records and Contact records for flexible
AW0571 - structure.
AW0572 -
AW0573 - [On 910314 improving line numbers in Contact records.
AW0574 - ref SDS 12 0201
AW0576 - ..
AW0577 - [On 950204 mental metrics innately construct a flexible
AW0578 - structure for knowledge. ref SDS 30 AK5L
AW0580 - ..
AW0581 - [On 940327 SDS linking self-evident benefit that helps people
AW0582 - rememeber where to find things. ref SDS 22 J496
AW0584 - ..
AW0585 - [On 960406 finding information with conventional information
AW0586 - technology problematic, nobody can find anything on computers.
AW0587 - ref SDS 44 5922
AW0589 - ..
AW0590 - [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0591 - using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0593 - ..
AW0594 - [On 030118 SDS outline support enhanced. ref SDS 88 0001
AW0596 - ..
AW0597 - [On 031215 flexible structure supported by Freeman's PhD thesis on
AW0598 - Lifestreams published in 1997 calling for flexible summarizing.
AW0599 - ref SDS 92 E38N
AW0601 - ..
AW0602 - [On 071220 example Jack Park using line numbers to orient
AW0603 - references in Knowledge Space rather than use links.
AW0604 - ref SDS B1 XZ6J
AW0606 - ..
AW0607 - [On 080611 Morris uses line numbers to focus near term
AW0608 - communication, ref SDS B5 M38T, and comments that experience
AW0609 - using wordprocessing does not convince people to use line
AW0610 - numbers for a well ordred record, feeling that editing to
AW0611 - refine understanding prevents long term use, ref SDS B5 M34P
AW0613 - ..
AW0614 - Continual revision over months, and years thinking, remembering,
AW0615 - planning, organizing, aligning, summarizing, and discovering
AW0616 - correlations, implications, and nuance transform complexity and
AW0617 - confusion into the power of "knowledge" to control the future with
AW0618 - accurate understanding of cause and effect. Without structure,
AW0619 - understanding complex events degrades into disorder, confusion, error,
AW0620 - delay, loss, conflict, and tragedy.
AW0622 - ..
AW0623 - Line numbers organize records for processing with associations to
AW0624 - functions and subjects that assign "meaning" to text. SDS design of
AW0625 - specialized line numbers provide flexible fields that integrate diary,
AW0626 - schedule, contacts, documents, prior events, and connections. Line
AW0627 - numbers control a critical mass of complementary elements to manage
AW0628 - free-form narrative with connections that leverage disparate meaning
AW0629 - across space and time into the power of knowledge that controls the
AW0630 - future, explained above. ref SDS 0 DS5H
AW0632 - ..
AW0633 - [On 040312 the irreversibility of time dissipates order with
AW0634 - rising entropy under the 2nd law of thermodynamcis, reviewed on
AW0635 - 040312, ref SDS 96 566F; line numbers provide an easy method to
AW0636 - maintain order with minimal effort that yields the power of
AW0637 - knowledge to control the future under the locality principle,
AW0638 - also reviewed 040312. ref SDS 95 YH4G
AW0640 - ..
AW0641 - [On 080426 Gary Johnson presents analysis in a record on 080425
AW0642 - that line numbers are not needed; tagging systems provide
AW0643 - flexible structure to maintain order in the record, ref SDS B3
AW0644 - PE5H, from continual "refactoring" cited by Gary on 001222.
AW0645 - ref SDS B3 4K9M
AW0647 - ..
AW0648 - Flexiblity to add conventional outline structure for narrative text
AW0649 - within an overarching shallow outline structure of line numbers, and
AW0650 - without requiring special setup, gives people immediacy to analyze or
AW0651 - be creative. Immediacy switching between outline and narrative
AW0652 - formatting, while at all times every line is uniquely identified for
AW0653 - uniform reference maintains a well ordered record that facilitates
AW0654 - discovering correlations, implications, and nuance in time to be
AW0655 - effective.
AW0656 -
AW0658 - ..
AW0659 - Vertical forms created with SDS line numbers, explained above,
AW0660 - ref SDS 0 SJ4N, provide benefits of traditional forms to organize
AW0661 - complex information. Flexible structure enables creativity by
AW0662 - eliminating rigid boxes. This design manages all information streams
AW0663 - that occur in daily work...
AW0664 -
AW0665 - 1. record descriptions integrated with the schedule.
AW0667 - ..
AW0668 - 2. contacts, with multi-line presentation, and list all
AW0669 - required for the record.
AW0671 - ..
AW0672 - 3. references...
AW0673 -
AW0674 - a. prior related events
AW0676 - ..
AW0677 - b. document log...
AW0678 -
AW0679 - 1) formal correspondence
AW0680 -
AW0681 - a) received today
AW0682 - b) received prior
AW0683 - c) issued today
AW0684 - d) issued prior
AW0686 - ..
AW0687 - 2) Publications
AW0688 -
AW0689 - a) books
AW0690 - b) magazines
AW0691 - c) newspapers
AW0692 - d) Internet
AW0694 - ..
AW0695 - 3) Other files
AW0696 -
AW0697 - a) reports
AW0698 - b) plans
AW0699 - c) specifications
AW0700 - d) movies
AW0701 - e) software code
AW0703 - ..
AW0704 - 4. Control fields and narrative as much as needed.
AW0706 - ..
AW0707 - The "story" of daily work captured with written text for comprehensive
AW0708 - history, per above, ref SDS 0 R78I, is organized for making sense of
AW0709 - complex issues and events. Line numbers provide a well ordered record
AW0710 - with flexible structure to write what is needed, rather than what fits
AW0711 - in a box. Flexibility to switch between narrative writing and
AW0712 - conventional outlining with lists, and tables, per above, ref SDS 0
AW0713 - JH5N, all within an over arching shallow outline structure combined
AW0714 - with access to a rich assortment of references, ref SDS 0 6J6G, plus
AW0715 - links that form trails of associations improve accuracy and expand
AW0716 - span of attention.
AW0718 - ..
AW0719 - The SDS design leverages inherent advantages of electronic speed using
AW0720 - computers to provide a lot of firepower for creativity, explained
AW0721 - above, ref SDS 0 RS8G Control Fields segment the story into
AW0722 - contextual frames, called "subjects" or "categories," like a book is
AW0723 - organized into chapters, except on a larger scale, because electronics
AW0724 - make it practical to recognize narrow and specific context, down to a
AW0725 - paragraph, if that seems helpful. Flexible structure of line numbers
AW0726 - increases benefits of traditional subject identification. A paragraph
AW0727 - or series of paragraphs can have many subjects, 10, 20, 40, based on
AW0728 - the organic structure of context, explained below. ref SDS 0 VP3N
AW0729 -
AW0730 - [On 940901 line numbers explained with diagram of SDS
AW0731 - structure. ref SDS 28 9009
AW0733 - ..
AW0734 - [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0735 - using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0736 -
AW0737 -
AW0738 -
AW0739 -
AW08 -
SUBJECTS
Flexible Structure Harder to Learn Easier to Make Mistakes than Trad
C703 -
C70401 - ..
C70402 - Fragile Mistakes Easy with Flexible Structure Frustrating
C70403 - Flexible Structure Learn Knowledge Space Powerful Fragile Line Numbers
C70404 - Learn New Way Working Time Training Knowledge Space Powerful Fragile
C70405 -
C70406 - Flexibility, explained above, ref SDS 0 P13O, is powerful, but is also
C70407 - more fragile than a rigid form. For example, alphabet technology is
C70408 - powerful because it is not significantly constrained by a form.
C70409 - Speech and writing allow full self-expression drawing on memory of
C70410 - relevant experience to communicate.
C70412 - ..
C70413 - The SDS method of integrating creativity with a well ordered record,
C70414 - per above, ref SDS 0 C24K, adds structure to manage complexity of
C70415 - daily work captured quickly, and randomly as events unfold in a diary
C70416 - of written narrative (see above, ref SDS 0 QA5H). Granularity of
C70417 - time, context, and connections, see above, ref SDS 0 TP8O, organize
C70418 - text with linear nodes (see again "line numbers," ref SDS 0 T1VQ) into
C70419 - record segments for constructing case studies that demonstrate cause
C70420 - and effect. This requires learning a few conventions for converting
C70421 - information in the seemingly random story of life into a connected web
C70422 - of useful knowledge. Structure turns experience into history linked
C70423 - to the context of human needs. SDS applies structure to manage
C70424 - context within a paradigm of Knowledge Space that integrates personal
C70425 - and organizational memory to make sense of complexity in time to save
C70426 - lives, time, and money.
C70428 - ..
C70429 - Traditional forms are easy to learn and use because application is
C70430 - rigid rather than "flexible. A rigid format forces people to ignore a
C70431 - wide range of circumstances that occur in daily life which do not fit
C70432 - the form. People therefore resist using forms because rigid formality
C70433 - stifles growth of knowledge and ideas.
C70435 - ..
C70436 - Organized flexible structures in the SDS design empower creativity,
C70437 - but are harder to learn becasue it is easy to make mistakes that cause
C70438 - frustrations when applied incorreclty during the learning period, just
C70439 - like it is easy to make mistakes in spelling, punctuation and word
C70440 - selection to apply the flexibility of alphabet technology. Flexible
C70441 - structure using SDS therefore presents a dilemma: good management to
C70442 - save time and money is fast and easy by following a few simple
C70443 - guidelines, but learning a new way of working requires forming new
C70444 - habits through initial practice.
C70445 -
C70446 - [On 890809 Ross Armstrong reported software programs that can be
C70447 - learned in about 20 minutes are successful at IBM; programs that
C70448 - take longer to learn are frustrating. ref SDS 6 5U6K
C70450 - ..
C70451 - [On 921205 Stephen Covey reports that learning new habits is hard
C70452 - to do. ref SDS 19 4803
C70454 - ..
C70455 - [On 020911 Tom Munnecke discussed challenge of learning to use the
C70456 - flexible structure of SDS illustrates differences between
C70457 - information tools and complex tools for knowledge work.
C70458 - ref SDS 83 PV7H
C70460 - ..
C70461 - [On 021104 learning SDS illustrates challenge of learning powerful
C70462 - technology with flexible structure that is fragile. ref SDS 84
C70463 - QATW
C70465 - ..
C70466 - [On 030505 example of flexible structure causing inexplicable
C70467 - errors; and work to reduce this problem. ref SDS 89 0001
C70468 -
C70469 -
C70470 -
C70471 -
C70472 -
C705 -
SUBJECTS
Subject Index Organizes Meaning Context Relevant Parts of Stories Ac
CI03 -
CI0401 - ..
CI0402 - Memory Improved Links Connect Cause Effect Intelligence Accuracy
CI0403 - Granularity Links Improve Accuracy Intelligence Connect Cause Effect
CI0404 - Intelligence Flexible Structure Granular Links Improve Accuracy Memory
CI0405 - Links Connect Cause Effect into Power of Knowledge Across Time Distance
CI0406 -
CI0407 - Follow up ref SDS 1 OL6H.
CI0408 -
CI0409 - Making connections between stories solves historical problems of time
CI0410 - and distance causing memory to fade. Links show an audit trail of
CI0411 - cause and effect based on context, called "causation" in legal work.
CI0412 - Common control criteria occur naturally in organic structures for
CI0413 - subject indexing daily work (see "picture" example below, ref SDS 0
CI0414 - 428F). Managing alignment of content with links at the paragraph and
CI0415 - sentence level helps understand the meaning of correlations,
CI0416 - implications and nuance. Better understanding avoids mistakes and
CI0417 - increases command and control of the work by finding critical details
CI0418 - quickly when needed to save lives, time, and money.
CI0419 -
CI0420 - [On 960322 common control criteria natural organic structures for
CI0421 - subject indexing. ref SDS 41 FG4M
CI0423 - ..
CI0424 - [On 000331 Jack Park asked how SDS creates so many links without
CI0425 - using XML technology. ref SDS 67 TQ52
CI0427 - ..
CI0428 - [On 000425 Cliff Joslyn at LANL notices SDS makes constructing a
CI0429 - connected record fast and easy. ref SDS 68 0001
CI0431 - ..
CI0432 - [On 020608 IBM is working on ways to organize "stories" for
CI0433 - performing knowledge management. ref SDS 81 NP54
CI0435 - ..
CI0436 - [On 080206 Morris Jones asked how so many links can be created in
CI0437 - email to precise locations in SDS records across vast differences
CI0438 - in time. ref SDS B2 NB5H
CI0440 - ..
CI0441 - Accurate understanding that "connects the dots" of cause and effect
CI0442 - yields the power of knowledge for command and control of daily work.
CI0443 - Finding critical details for making connections requires efficient
CI0444 - tools to create and organize subjects. Comprehensive granular
CI0445 - indexing of subjects manages unique events within multiple contextual
CI0446 - boundaries for assembling alternate associations from the expanding
CI0447 - complexity of daily life. Flexibility managing context and chronology
CI0448 - connects stories of events for precision access to relevant history.
CI0449 - This grows knowledge of causation that fosters ideas for strategy and
CI0450 - planning. SDS integrates relational and hierarchial associations with
CI0451 - multiple expressions to manage organic structure, explained developing
CI0452 - SDS Help on 880628. ref SDS 1 OL6H
CI0453 -
CI0454 - [...below, Help for Subject Index refined. ref SDS 0 KV5H
CI0456 - ..
CI0457 - [On 960304 Vannevar Bush famous article in 1945 proposed
CI0458 - paperless office efficiencies electronic records management
CI0459 - required intelligence support for granular indexing and
CI0460 - comprehensive links for working quickly and accurately.
CI0461 - ref SDS 39 GX59
CI0463 - ..
CI0464 - [On 011102 Larry Prusak at IBM explains Knowledge Management
CI0465 - strives to implement goals of "paperless office" for
CI0466 - efficiencies performing records management, after discovering
CI0467 - that merely storing information on computers overwhelms human
CI0468 - mental biology and so degrades productivity. ref SDS 76 M24F
CI0469 -
CI0470 -
CI0471 -
CI0472 -
CI05 -
SUBJECTS
Context Organic Structure Assemble Rlevance New Discoveries Remembe
SDS Subject Index Design Matrix Correlations Implications Nuance Obj
D404 -
D40501 - ..
D40502 - Context Organic Structure Enables Assemble Relevance New Discoveries
D40503 - Remembering Subject Representations Requires Multiple Descriptions
D40504 - Organic Structure Context Multiple Ways Describe the Same Subject
D40505 - Subject Index Connects Stories Relevant to Understand Big Picture
D40506 -
D40507 - Follow up ref SDS 1 OL6H.
D40508 -
D40509 - Organic subject structure applies granular indexing to integrate
D40510 - personal and organizational memory and management, leading to the idea
D40511 - of POIMS, explained in the record on 880726, ref SDS 2 MH8N, and
D40512 - earlier on 880628 explaining indexing required to make paperless
D40513 - office productive. ref SDS 1 BI3G
D40515 - ..
D40516 - [On 060907 Gary Johnson lists scope for "huge task" of subject
D40517 - indexing. ref SDS A4 IB6Q
D40518 -
D40520 - ..
D40521 - Organize Everything Big Challenge Hard Work Big Benefits
D40522 - Knowledge Repository Library Science Dewey Decimal Organize Books
D40523 - Dewey Decimal System Organic Structure of Knowledge in Library Science
D40524 -
D40525 - Follow up ref SDS 1 WU49.
D40526 -
D40527 - The purpose of SDS subject index is to organize everything into a well
D40528 - ordered record that enables finding and retrieving the proverbial
D40529 - "needle in a haystack," and also assembling a chronology relevant to
D40530 - particular contextual boundaries showing cause and effect on anything
D40531 - in time to be effective saving lives, time, and money, as explained
D40532 - last year on 880628. ref SDS 1 02PS
D40534 - ..
D40535 - How though can everything be organized for precision access?
D40537 - ..
D40538 - Records Management has a long tradition in library science applying
D40539 - taxonomy keywords with work breakdown structure (WBS) practices. The
D40540 - dewey decimal system beginning in 1878 standardized organization of
D40541 - books in a library using comprehensive representation of knowledge,
D40542 - though with minimal hierarchial organic structure.
D40544 - ..
D40545 - Research on the Internet shows a location for OCLC...
D40546 -
D40547 - http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/
D40548 -
D40549 - The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, ref OF 28 7T3M,
D40550 - devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by
D40551 - OCLC since 1988, provides a dynamic structure for the organization
D40552 - of library collections.
D40554 - ..
D40555 - 000 Generalities.............................. ref OF 28 0002
D40556 - 100 Philosophy & psychology................... ref OF 28 1000
D40557 - 200 Religion.................................. ref OF 28 2000
D40558 - 300 Social sciences........................... ref OF 28 3000
D40559 - 400 Language.................................. ref OF 28 4000
D40560 - 500 Natural sciences & mathematics............ ref OF 28 5000
D40561 - 600 Technology (Applied sciences)............. ref OF 28 6000
D40562 - 700 The arts.................................. ref OF 28 7000
D40563 - 800 Literature & rhetoric..................... ref OF 28 8000
D40564 - 900 Geography & history....................... ref OF 28 9000
D40566 - ..
D40567 - Educational subjects organize teaching and learning. Like library
D40568 - science, the established taxonomy for curriculum has evolved over
D40569 - thousands of years through trial and error
D40571 - ..
D40572 - The challenge of organizing existence can be seen from the Dewey
D40573 - Decimal system placing "computer science" under "Generalities" account
D40574 - 004, ref OF 28 0002, rather than "Technology." ref OF 28 6000
D40575 - Similarly, "Dictionaries & encyclopedia" are listed under multiple
D40576 - accounts. This suggests there is nothing intuitive nor "logical"
D40577 - about the listing, but rather requires extensive experience in order
D40578 - to anticipate where any particular book might be located. Where, for
D40579 - example, might the "dictionary" be found in a typical library?
D40581 - ..
D40582 - "Farming" is not listed in the DDS, but "orchards, fruits, and
D40583 - forestry" are included in the "Technology" account 634, lumped
D40584 - together with "household furnishings" account 645, "applied physics"
D40585 - account 621, and "roof covering" account 695. For some reason, "lawn
D40586 - mowing" is not listed anywhere.
D40588 - ..
D40589 - SDS addresses a much deeper problem to organize content in books and
D40590 - all daily activity, including school work, lectures, meetings, calls,
D40591 - reading, writing, observations, impressions, everything. Since the
D40592 - human mind automatically manages deeper levels of organic structure
D40593 - than simple lists of book classification and school curriculum, there
D40594 - must be an organizing theory to guide practices and tools that improve
D40595 - the speed and accuracy of natural mental strength in like manner that
D40596 - an automobile leverages physical strength by magnifying slight effort
D40597 - pressing the accelerator pedal to greatly increase the speed and
D40598 - accuracy traveling from point a to b.
D40600 - ..
D40601 - Is everything alphabetized at a single level? Should a master list of
D40602 - "keywords" be maintained, or a bunch of smaller lists be linked
D40603 - together based on context?
D40604 -
D40605 - [On 910221 organic subject structures apply DNA processes for
D40606 - growing knowledge, and reflect alphabet technology of assembling
D40607 - small meanings into larger organic structures called stories that
D40608 - eventually comprise history. ref SDS 11 OP7M
D40610 - ..
D40611 - [On 910418 Byte article reports complexity of subject indexing.
D40612 - ref SDS 13 5584
D40614 - ..
D40615 - [On 910611 explained organic subject structure in relation to
D40616 - MBO. ref SDS 15 0001
D40618 - ..
D40619 - [On 950812 explained organic subject structure in NWO.
D40620 - ref SDS 35 1111
D40622 - ..
D40623 - This brings us back to the original challenge of remembering how
D40624 - people initially thought about things when the record was created, so
D40625 - that parts of the record that are relevant to current needs can be
D40626 - retreieved without being overwhelmed by all the other parts that are
D40627 - not relevant at the moment, but will be relevant to other issues at
D40628 - other moments. How, as well, can parts of the record be retrieived
D40629 - that may not seem relevant to current needs, but really are needed to
D40630 - avoid making mistakes, i.e., how to expand span of attention.
D40631 -
D40632 - [On 960325 Landauer discusses keyword retrieval in a paper
D40633 - Plato's Problem. ref SDS 43 8445
D40635 - ..
D40636 - [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
D40637 - organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
D40639 - ..
D40640 - Putting everything into a single alphabetical list of "keywords" is
D40641 - not a good solution because the human mind does not work that way. It
D40642 - seems to use pointers within small lists that fit current perspective
D40643 - based on near term events, i.e., span of attention. We think of 4 or
D40644 - 5 things, and select one. The subject selected points to 4 or 5 more
D40645 - things, and we select one that enables action in the moment. If it
D40646 - doesn't work, we try to break it down further, or go back and select
D40647 - another path, if there is enough time, but usually there isn't so we
D40648 - select a best fit in the time available and move on. If SDS is going
D40649 - to be helpful, it must somehow aid this process, i.e., leverage the
D40650 - way people think.
D40651 -
D40652 - [On 891117 example of problem using keyword methods. ref SDS 8
D40653 - 5762
D40655 - ..
D40656 - [On 900303 Campbell's book on human cognition explains categories
D40657 - enable people to process information with limited time and span
D40658 - of attention. ref SDS 9 5555
D40660 - ..
D40661 - [On 971001 rework and cost escalate when span of attention is
D40662 - overwhelmed; SDS organic subject structures expand span of
D40663 - attention. ref SDS 52 4472
D40665 - ..
D40666 - [On 971008 SDS reduces rework to save time and money. ref SDS 53
D40667 - 1273
D40669 - ..
D40670 - [On 990303 limited span of attention enables the mind to handle
D40671 - at most 7 subjects. ref SDS 59 5328
D40672 -
D40674 - ..
D40675 - Finding Relevant Information Quickly for Making Connections
D40676 -
D40677 - The problem to solve is complexity from multiple ways to describe
D40678 - contextual frameworks, which include associations, relationships and
D40679 - structure that classify "subjects" like an event, letter, book,
D40680 - chapter, paragraph, sentence, conversation, concept, meeting, call,
D40681 - garden, automobile repair, bridge construction, everything..., because
D40682 - meaning and perspective drawn from current context is always somewhat
D40683 - different from prior occassions.
D40684 -
D40685 - [On 890617 modified 03501 to scroll subject levels easier.
D40686 - ref SDS 5 0001
D40688 - ..
D40689 - [On 910418 article Byte magazine presents challenges of context
D40690 - management using organic structures to create and apply subject
D40691 - indexing. ref SDS 13 YS49
D40693 - ..
D40694 - [On 940510 multiple meanings based on context makes subject
D40695 - indexing difficult for organizing information on computers
D40696 - presented in HBR article. ref SDS 23 3829
D40698 - ..
D40699 - [On 960324 Landauer's induction theory indicates subjects occur
D40700 - from recognizing common patterns associated with other patterns.
D40701 - ref SDS 42 YT6O
D40703 - ..
D40704 - [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
D40705 - organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
D40707 - ..
D40708 - [On 031215 subject indexing difficult because information has
D40709 - multiple meanings depending on context, excellent explanation
D40710 - with examples in Freeman's PhD thesis paper at Yale presenting
D40711 - Lifestreams to Professor Gelertner. ref SDS 92 K37H
D40713 - ..
D40714 - [On 040102 explain theory of SDS design to manage complexity with
D40715 - flexible structure of Control Fields to create discrete segments
D40716 - of memory that fit span of attention. ref SDS 94 OX6L
D40718 - ..
D40719 - Complexity of existence, including actions people take individually,
D40720 - and in cooperation with others through community, cause the human
D40721 - mind, which itself is an organic structure, to "think" about and,
D40722 - therefore, describe and look for the order of cause and effect within
D40723 - patterns of context which enables predictability for similar patterns.
D40724 - At the conscious span of awareness, context that appears in the moment
D40725 - to be different and unrelated, in total, has common smaller elements,
D40726 - or "subjects" at lower levels of detail. In other words, context has
D40727 - organic structure. Order, structure, and patterns empower people with
D40728 - command and control of the work.
D40730 - ..
D40731 - [On 040312 science discovers order, structure, and pattern to
D40732 - enable people to control the future. ref SDS 95 RP6K
D40733 -
D40734 -
D40735 -
D40736 -
D40737 -
D408 -
SUBJECTS
SDS Subject Index Design Matrix Correlations Implications Nuance Obj
DM03 -
DM0401 - ..
DM0402 - Subject Index Matrix Correlations Implications Relational Hierarchial
DM0403 - Big Picture Represents Spatial Relationships SDS Managges Context
DM0404 - Relational Hierarchial Associations SDS Matrix Design Subject Index
DM0405 - Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) Methods Expanded Organic Subject Index
DM0406 -
DM0407 - A picture on the wall of a simple countryside represents relations of
DM0408 - size, shape, color, and space between sky, pasture, trees, hills, a
DM0409 - stream, a barn, a herd of cattle, a house, a well. Each of these
DM0410 - smaller, organic "subjects" in the "big picture" represent work
DM0411 - breakdown structures with multiple relational and hierarchial
DM0412 - associations of cause and effect. These subsidiary contextual frames
DM0413 - are difficult to represent in a picture. (see below visible and
DM0414 - evident contextual boundaries, ref SDS 0 RC5K, and further below
DM0415 - hidden frames, ref SDS 0 428F, to manage context of the "big
DM0416 - picture.")
DM0417 -
DM0418 - [On 940827 example setting up relational and hierarchial
DM0419 - subject index structures for PG&E to perform project with
DM0420 - California Department of Water Resources (CDWR). ref SDS 27
DM0421 - 007R
DM0423 - ..
DM0424 - [On 000221 research for a Colloquium at Stanford on knowledge
DM0425 - management found that organizing the work with subject indexing
DM0426 - is a Pandora's Box of complexity. ref SDS 65 7455
DM0428 - ..
DM0429 - [On 000307 research sponsored by SRI for ad hoc team developing
DM0430 - new technology found that knowledge management is a lot of hard
DM0431 - work with conventional tools and practices.
DM0433 - ..
DM0434 - [On 070205 stories explain context to understand the meaning of
DM0435 - pictures that capture of moments in time. ref SDS A7 DO3O
DM0436 -
DM0438 - ..
DM0439 - Contextual Boundaries with Vast Organic Structure
DM0440 - Bottom Line Requires Comand Control Details in Big Picture
DM0441 - Big Picture Hides Correlations for Accurate Understanding of Context
DM0442 -
DM0443 - The barn, for example, in the "big picture" presents a contextual
DM0444 - boundary with vast subsidiary frames. Inside the barn could be hay
DM0445 - stocked for the cows seen in the picture outside the barn. Stalls for
DM0446 - horses need repair; equipment and tools are stored with a workbench
DM0447 - and supplies. The vice on the workbench is broken, and needs to be
DM0448 - repaired in order to repair tools needed for operation of the ranch.
DM0449 - The sky has seasonal conditions of pressure, temperature, velocity,
DM0450 - and direction. The stream has depth, history of annual flow, legal
DM0451 - rights constrain water use. The ground has minerals that may sustain
DM0452 - or inhibit growing crops and feeding live stock, e.g., sheep, cattle,
DM0453 - pigs, etc. Ownership of the land may have restrictions that limit
DM0454 - use. These smaller "organic" subjects cannot be represented in even a
DM0455 - "big picture," yet require understanding a vastly complex matrix of
DM0456 - correlations, implications, and nuance in relation to objectives,
DM0457 - requirements, and commitments that empower people to accomplish tasks
DM0458 - at the right time and in the right order for realizing grand visions
DM0459 - of a "big picture" that yield a favorable "bottom line."
DM0461 - ..
DM0462 - [...below, context management tracked by organic subject
DM0463 - structure is endlessly complex. ref SDS 0 428F
DM0465 - ..
DM0466 - [On 910810 SDS hybrid design dynamically integrates relational
DM0467 - and hierarchial methods. ref SDS 16 7793
DM0469 - ..
DM0470 - [On 940609 pictures conversation convey cursory 1st impression
DM0471 - false confidence fools gold, ref SDS 24 4933, leading to
DM0472 - continual bumbling, ref SDS 24 4671, Alice in Wonderland
DM0473 - management noted by Kissinger. ref SDS 24 4238
DM0475 - ..
DM0476 - [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
DM0477 - organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
DM0479 - ..
DM0480 - [On 000515 pictures limited representation of multi-dimensional
DM0481 - knowledge, ref SDS 69 3R5K, Peirce semiotic strives to capture
DM0482 - continuous flow of human thought with exestential graphs.
DM0483 - ref SDS 69 Y34F
DM0485 - ..
DM0486 - [On 010312 pictures need 1000 words to explain, noted by Eric
DM0487 - Armstrong. ref SDS 72 MU62
DM0489 - ..
DM0490 - [On 031215 Gary listed elements of SDS that comprise both
DM0491 - hierarchial and relational data base design. ref SDS 91 GN5J
DM0493 - ..
DM0494 - [On 040312 complexity without order, structure, patterns
DM0495 - connecting cause and effect overwhelms people under the 2nd law
DM0496 - of thermodynamics; people can ignore principles, but the laws
DM0497 - of nature do not ignore people. ref SDS 96 4X5F
DM0499 - ..
DM0500 - Work breakdown structure (WBS) can represent some relationships using
DM0501 - flexible flow chart methods to diagram organic structure. A picture
DM0502 - diagrams fixed associations; for example, between cows and the barn,
DM0503 - the well and the house, and between sky and everything.
DM0504 -
DM0505 - [On 920211 WBS uses organic structures, similar to SDS subject
DM0506 - indexing; it is a hard job. ref SDS 17 5220
DM0508 - ..
DM0509 - [On 970406 WBS created for Richmond Harbor project, and applied
DM0510 - for granular divisions of organic structure in the Subject
DM0511 - Index. ref SDS 50 0001
DM0513 - ..
DM0514 - [On 981009 WBS application for subject index to manage the
DM0515 - Moscone convention center expansion project. ref SDS 58 2845
DM0517 - ..
DM0518 - [On 020108 Morris descirbed SDS subject index applying WBS
DM0519 - methods. ref SDS 77 GA9J
DM0520 -
DM0521 -
DM0522 -
DM06 -
SUBJECTS
SDS Subject Index Design Matrix Correlations Implications Nuance Obj
DS03 -
DS0401 - ..
DS0402 - Needs Theory Shows Expansion Organic Subject Structure Objectives
DS0403 -
DS0404 - The SDS subject index expands flexibility and benefits of traditional
DS0405 - WBS and "big picture" methods for context management of the natural
DS0406 - hierarchy of human needs, explained in POIMS. ref OF 13 0367 For
DS0407 - example, Abraham Maslow's 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation"
DS0408 - explained that as basic needs are met, successively higher needs
DS0409 - motivate action, with the result that people are never satisfied, and
DS0410 - are constantly worrying and anxious about getting things done....
DS0412 - ..
DS0413 - 1. Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink,
DS0414 - shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc.
DS0416 - ..
DS0417 - 2. Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order,
DS0418 - law, limits, stability, etc.
DS0420 - ..
DS0421 - 3. Belongingness and Love needs - work group, family,
DS0422 - affection, relationships, etc.
DS0424 - ..
DS0425 - 4. Esteem needs - self-esteem, achievement, mastery,
DS0426 - independence, status, dominance, prestige, managerial
DS0427 - responsibility, etc.
DS0429 - ..
DS0430 - 5. Self-Actualization needs - realising personal potential,
DS0431 - self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak
DS0432 - experiences.
DS0433 -
DS0434 -
DS0435 -
DS05 -
SUBJECTS
Filing Records Management Extremely Complex Organic Structure Human
E303 -
E30401 - ..
E30402 - Filing Records Management Extremely Complex
E30403 - Common Storage Subject Index Replace Cross-reference Filing
E30404 - Cross-reference Filing Replaced Subject Index Computers Common Storage
E30405 - Granular Indexing New Way Working File Once Multiple Subject Pointers
E30406 -
E30407 - Command and control of the record constructs granular divisions of
E30408 - context that organize complexity into manageable explanations of daily
E30409 - work, commonly called "filing" using "folders" and file cabinets in
E30410 - traditional records management.
E30412 - ..
E30413 - DNA-like organic structures frame somewhat arbitrary, but useful,
E30414 - contextual boundaries for human needs, see above, ref SDS 0 XT6O This
E30415 - helps maintain order connecting cause and effect over long time spans
E30416 - (see "house" example below. ref SDS 0 428F) Energy connecting cause
E30417 - and effect yields the power of knowledge to predict the future that
E30418 - enables command and control of the work. People can organize,
E30419 - represent, and manage evolving, multiple relationships, including
E30420 - hierarchial structures, see again below. ref SDS 0 UP4U
E30422 - ..
E30423 - Traditional records management tracks organic structure of meaning
E30424 - with cross-reference filing. Documents are copied and placed in
E30425 - multiple folders including distribution to multiple people. This
E30426 - takes a lot of time and expense, as bureacracies produce a lot of
E30427 - documents using computers and email for mass distribution. Organizing
E30428 - the glut of information in documents to discover connections of cause
E30429 - and effect is very hard work, because people cannot construct a well
E30430 - ordered record, discussed above. ref SDS 0 A53H Without timely,
E30431 - accurate understanding, management productivity falls due to
E30432 - complexity and confusion that create mistakes, bumbling, crisis, loss,
E30433 - and conflict.
E30435 - ..
E30436 - [On 970707 US Air Force study shows management systems
E30437 - eventually fail under the weight of information overload.
E30438 - ref SDS 51 0108
E30440 - ..
E30441 - SDS addresses the problem with paperless office efficiencies of
E30442 - electronic records management, reviewed on 880628. ref SDS 1 GA6L
E30443 - Management by objectives (MBO) is another popular way to summarize the
E30444 - process. Every objective is bound by context with multiple
E30445 - relationships and hierarchial patterns, like DNA that grows biological
E30446 - life from molecular structures. Context management associates
E30447 - disparate events in the record with a matrix of correlations,
E30448 - implications, and nuance that flow from relational and hierarchial
E30449 - structures for objectives, requirements, and commitments.
E30450 -
E30451 - [On 960304 Vannevar Bush proposed in 1945 robust indexing to
E30452 - improve productivity with efficiencies of electronic records
E30453 - management. ref SDS 39 PG5L
E30455 - ..
E30456 - As noted, per above, ref SDS 0 T15F, work on 880628 created Help to
E30457 - explain the Subject Index applied with Control Fields that create
E30458 - record segments for improving productivity of traditional records
E30459 - management. ref SDS 1 OL6H
E30461 - ..
E30462 - SDS Control Fields and granular indexing apply computer power to
E30463 - improve command and control of the record, eliminating traditional
E30464 - duplicate and cross-reference filing. Information is saved once in
E30465 - common storage and segmented according to subjects identified in a
E30466 - hierarchial index that reflects the natural order of needs, per above.
E30467 - ref SDS 0 XT6O This accomplishes a "paperless office" capability
E30468 - that avoids the time, cost, and frustrations of paper handling.
E30470 - ..
E30471 - [On 921127 proactive management aligns the work to discover
E30472 - correlations, implications, and nuance that prevents small,
E30473 - inconsequential details from exploding into major problems.
E30474 - ref SDS 18 0674
E30476 - ..
E30477 - [On 940825 applied granular diversity for multiple views in the
E30478 - subject index to support proactive management avoiding problems
E30479 - and discovering opportunities to save time and money for CDWR
E30480 - project at PG&E. ref SDS 26 XR6L
E30482 - ..
E30483 - [On 960322 common control criteria natural organic structures
E30484 - for subject indexing. ref SDS 41 FG4M
E30486 - ..
E30487 - [On 040312 subject index makes complexity productive by
E30488 - managing connections of cause and effect, ref SDS 96 5P9I,
E30489 - under the locality principle, also, explained on 040312.
E30490 - ref SDS 95 L22S
E30491 -
E30492 -
E305 -
SUBJECTS
Subjects Not Visible Big Picture Mapped Hierarchial Organic Structur
EY03 -
EY0401 - ..
EY0402 - Hidden Context Makes Sense of Expanding Complexity in Big Picture
EY0403 - Contextual Boundaries Hidden from View in the Big Picture
EY0404 - Subjects Not Visible in Big Picture Represented by Organic Indexing
EY0405 - Big Picture Comprehension Discover Contextual Boundaries Cause Effect
EY0406 -
EY0407 - Electronic records management tracks thousands of details that cannot
EY0408 - be seen in the "big picture." For example, the house has a foundation,
EY0409 - floors, walls, rooms, doors, ceiling, roof, windows, etc. ref SDS 0
EY0410 - G14K In turn, the "foundation" for the house has footings, utilities,
EY0411 - piers, a subgrade, etc. All of these subjects have relational and
EY0412 - hierarchial associations with requirements, design, engineers,
EY0413 - architects, contractors, stakeholders, construction, defects, wear,
EY0414 - repair, replacement, warranty, insurance, cost, schedule, materials,
EY0415 - equipment, plus an array of consultants, lawyers, judges, juries,
EY0416 - regulators. As well, cows need feed, water, protection, medical
EY0417 - attention, Bankers need mortgage payments. The well needs a pump, and
EY0418 - distribution piping. The wife of the family living in the home wants
EY0419 - to go on vacation, rather than buy a pump for the well. The husband
EY0420 - wants the wife to have an operation for a bad back, rather than go on
EY0421 - vacation. The oldest daughter wants to study medicine, rather than
EY0422 - fashion design and agriculture at the university. Her sister wants to
EY0423 - buy a mortorcycle, rather than a horse. The youngest son needs help
EY0424 - on a 4H project to clone hybrid stock; the storm basement needs to be
EY0425 - stocked for the tornado season, the exploration company needs storm
EY0426 - insurance, and more money to keep drilling for oil on the South forty.
EY0427 - The Fortune 500 company financing the drilling operations needs a
EY0428 - meeting to revise terms of agreement with the family and environmental
EY0429 - regulators because explorations so far indicate a much larger deposit
EY0430 - may be found than was specified in the approval permit. The husband
EY0431 - and wife decide they need to attend a seminar in Hawaii on managing
EY0432 - complexity hidden by simplicity seeing only the "big picture.
EY0434 - ..
EY0435 - SDS has unlimited range for representing an infinite variety of
EY0436 - relationships that arise from a simple picture of the countryside, per
EY0437 - above. ref SDS 0 G14K
EY0438 -
EY0439 - [On 960406 example of key word methods people use striving for
EY0440 - initial simplicity to save time, results in wasting enormous time
EY0441 - later becasue nobody can find informaation. ref SDS 44 0218
EY0443 - ..
EY0444 - [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
EY0445 - organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
EY0447 - ..
EY0448 - [On 000221 ontology study of organic structure of context
EY0449 - Pandora's Box of complexity creating, managing, and using Subject
EY0450 - Index. ref SDS 65 L58O
EY0452 - ..
EY0453 - [On 040312 complexity significantly leverages energy to increase
EY0454 - productivity when order, pattern, and structure are maintained;
EY0455 - but when connections of cause and effect are lost, productivity
EY0456 - is paralyzed by chaos that overwhelms human cognition.
EY0457 - ref SDS 96 1D6I
EY0459 - ..
EY0460 - The story of daily work recorded as history, ideas, concepts, plans,
EY0461 - objectives, requirements, and commitments can be respresented as
EY0462 - organic building blocks, or structures with complementary hierarchial
EY0463 - and relational associations represented in SDS records. The Subject
EY0464 - Index enables continuous mapping of SDS records to assemble at any
EY0465 - time small, seemingly inconsequential events, e.g., read a book, fix
EY0466 - the car, attend a meeting, write a report, mow the lawn, sign a
EY0467 - contract, visit the hospital, etc., into associations of larger
EY0468 - meanings, and, also, analyzed further to form new ideas, concepts, and
EY0469 - knowledge in the same way that DNA assembles small common organic
EY0470 - structures into a huge variety of bigger, independently living
EY0471 - organisms. Similarly, human needs and objectives drive associations
EY0472 - the mind assembles to identify subjects that synthesize disparate
EY0473 - experience in guiding daily action. Since needs evolve according to
EY0474 - context, the mind makes different subject associations for the same
EY0475 - information; and, since context occurs along a continuum, the range of
EY0476 - potential subjects for any body of information is large, and therefore
EY0477 - fluid.
EY0479 - ..
EY0480 - This presents a dilemma to balance opposing processes of analysis to
EY0481 - break things down for finding critical details, with synthesis that
EY0482 - assembles relevant detail