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DIARY: February 9, 1999 09:58 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Received call from Bill Long at Kwan Henmi on CD.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Bill Will Advise When SDS Can be Installed for Trial, Experimenting
3...Competitive Tools, Trellix - Article in U.S. News & World Report
4...Linking Improves Utility of Text, Difficult to Explain
5...Trellix Powerful New Web Page Editor for Web Page Masters
6...Trellix "Map" Might be Useful in Communication Metrics


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Kwan Henmi Architecture Planning   415 626 6766
020101 - Mr. Denis Henmi; Principal
0202 - Trellix Corporation                  781 788 9400
020201 - Mr. Daniel S. Bricklin

SUBJECTS
Kwan Henmi SDS
SDS Program
SDS Record
Powerpoint Slide Shows

0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary/Objective
0708 -
070801 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0000. ref SDS 8 0000.
070802 - ..
070803 - Bill is back from vacation.  He will let me know when to install
070804 - SDS on his computer.  Moscone is going well.  The other projects where
070805 - Communication Metrics might be tried are still not yet established.
070806 - Bill recommended an article on Trellix, which is a software program
070807 - for creating web pages.  I found the article on the web and submit
070808 - comments.
070809 -
070810 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0000 to Trellix for inquiry on supporting
070811 - Communication Metrics.
070812 -
070813 - Submitted ref DIT 2 0000 to Bill confirming understandings.  Linked to
070814 - this record and the article on Trellix.
070815 -
070816 - Included Powerpoint file, which Bill requested on 981215. ref SDS 3
070817 - 3796
070818 - ..
070819 - Called and left message for Bill of having submitted this
070820 - letter.
070821 -
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0710 -
0711 - Discussion
0712 -
071201 -  ..
071202 - Bill Will Advise When SDS Can be Installed for Trial, Experimenting
071203 -
071204 - Bill will let me know when I can install the CD on his computer per my
071205 - letter, ref DIP 5 0000 submitted on 990204, ref SDS 8 0000, following
071206 - up our meeting on 981215. ref SDS 3 0000
071207 -
071208 - Moscone is going well.  They expect to complete the design on
071209 - schedule, in mid-March.
071210 -
071211 - Bill and Robert Rudeen recently had a productive lunch with Claudia.
071212 -
071213 - They expect to hear about the jail project later this month.
071214 -
071215 - The 3rd and Mission project is still in feasibility schematic stage.
071216 - ..
071217 - We reviewed the idea of installing SDS on his computer, so he
071218 - can experiement with the technology.
071219 -
071220 - Suggested that Bill discuss with Denis the learning curve on this, per
071221 - our discussion on 981215. ref SDS 3 0534
071222 -
071223 - The letter, ref DIT 2 7399, mentions Wayne Wetzel, Deputy Director of
071224 - DNRC for the State of Montana, as another source on tips for learning
071225 - SDS.  The record on 970707 shows how Wayne uses SDS. ref SDS 1 3003
071226 -
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SUBJECTS
Trellix Web Page Editor
Map Needed for Linked Web Pages
Map Needed to Maintain Focus
Linking Reading Helped by Sense of Movement
Difficult to Grasp Counterintuitive SDS
Web Site to Explain POIMS, SDS and
Difficult to Understand

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191001 -  ..
191002 - Competitive Tools, Trellix - Article in U.S. News & World Report
191003 -
191004 - Bill related having seen an article in US News & World Report about a
191005 - software program, "Trellix" created by Daniel Bricklin, who developed
191006 - Visicalc.
191007 -
191008 - Trellix may support Communication Metrics, and/or the goal of using
191009 - technology for management.
191010 -
191011 - He will leave a copy of the article at the front desk for me to pick
191012 - up later today.
191013 -
191014 -
191015 -
1911 -
1912 - 1018 Web Research
1913 -   ..
191301 - Found the Trellix web site...
191302 -
191303 -                    http://www.trellix.com
191304 -
191305 - There is a section for product reviews, which lists the U.S. News &
191306 - World Report article published on 990109, ref OF 1 0000
191307 -
191308 - This seems likely to be the article Bill reviewed.
191309 -
191310 - It has background on Bricklin and ViciCalc. ref OF 1 3150
191311 -
191312 - The articile explains the Trellix program is aimed at getting
191313 - information onto the Internet and/or intranet. ref OF 1 4104
191314 -
191315 -
191316 -
191317 -  ..
191318 - Linking Improves Utility of Text, Difficult to Explain
191319 -
191320 - The sales rationale for Trellix seems to be ease of creating links
191321 - that enable the reader to "browse" rather being locked into
191322 - traditional format of continual text, which has to be scrolled on a
191323 - computer screen. ref OF 1 8437
191324 -
191325 - I agree that linking is useful.  It gives the reader a sense of
191326 - action, as explained at.
191327 -
191328 - Former Lotus 123 developer, Mitch Kapor is an investor in Trillex and
191329 - is said to believe "...Trellix has the potential to change radically
191330 - the way people communicate via the written word." ref OF 1 2932
191331 - ..
191332 - There is no explanation of what "change" will occur, and how it
191333 - will benefit people.  In general, the advantage Trellix offers,
191334 - supporting an inherent desire to "browse," satisfies the cognitive
191335 - need for summary connected to detail, i.e., "Gimme the main point, big
191336 - picture, then let me choose whether to check out the details."
191337 -
191338 - To help managers, details have to keep up with the pace of daily
191339 - business, and must reflect cause and effect in relation to relevant
191340 - subjects.  Mere linking alone, is not helpful, except for selling by
191341 - getting and keeping attention.
191342 -
191343 - See discussion below on "Maps." ref SDS 0 7203,
191344 -
191345 - Kapor observes that this advantage is hard to explain. ref OF 1 2932
191346 -
191347 - That is because the thing that is helped occurs beneath conscious span
191348 - of attention.  Imagine if Mitch had to explain integrating time and
191349 - information, organic subject structure, intelligence...???
191350 -
191351 -
191352 -  ..
191353 - Trellix Powerful New Web Page Editor for Web Page Masters
191354 -
191355 - The Trellix "Product Info" web page says...
191356 -
191357 -    Trellix makes it easy for anyone to create and update Web
191358 -    content.
191359 -
191360 - This indicates that Trellix is primarily a web page editor, similar to
191361 - Front Page Editor.  These tools are very useful for Web Masters.
191362 -
191363 - Creative and attractive web pages are useful for marketing.
191364 -
191365 - This is an immediate distinction with SDS, which is aimed at getting
191366 - "intelligence" onto the Internet.  The article indicates that Trellix
191367 - supports linking information as SDS does, but this is different from
191368 - integrating time and information that shows chronologies of cause and
191369 - effect, organized by relevant subjects, and linking summary to detail,
191370 - which are key dimensions of human "intelligence" that are critical to
191371 - effective business intelligence. ref OF 4 0582
191372 - ..
191373 - Trellix is a powerful web page editor, rather than a tool for
191374 - adding intelligence to management.
191375 -
191376 - It might solve Merry's objective (District Counsel for USACE in San
191377 - Francisco), who wants to incorporate pictures into web page content.
191378 - ref SDS 7 7377  Trellix should do this well.
191379 -
191380 -
191381 -  ..
191382 - Trellix "Map" Might be Useful in Communication Metrics
191383 -
191384 - Trellix offers a "map" to facilitate navigating among different linked
191385 - web pages.  This might be useful to Communication Metrics.
191386 -
191387 - Max Wideman requested this feature on 980824. ref SDS 2 4920
191388 -
191389 -    [On 990211 managers "overwhelmed" by Comm Metrics. ref SDS 10 3612]
191390 -
191391 -    [On 990218 improved history of SDS records. ref SDS 11 0000]
191392 -
191393 - Communication Metrics needs tools for creating content that adds
191394 - "intelligence" to management, which means capturing and managing
191395 - chronologies based on subject organization.  Trellix does not do this,
191396 - but it might be possible to develop the capability.
191397 - ..
191398 - I submitted a letter to Trellix about supporting Communciation
191399 - Metrics.
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191402 -                  partner@trellix.com
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