CONTACTS 
0201 - Texas Tech University                806 742 3275
020101 - Mr. Joseph M. Ransdell; Associate Professor
020102 - joseph.ransdell@ttu.edu
020103 - Department of Philosophy

SUBJECTS
Educate Benefits of Empathic, User Centered Design
Strategies Academic Training for Com Metrics
KM Needs Formal Academic Training
Com Metrics Needs Academic Training

0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary/Objective
0708 -
070801 - Follow up ref SDS 96 0000, ref SDS 95 0000.
070802 -
070803 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Joe and indicated would like to hear more
070804 - from Joe on his assessment of Com Metrics.  Sent copies to...
070805 -
070806 -         Morris, Jack Park, Doug Engelbart, Pat Lincoln
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070808 - Supplements letter to DKR team on 000920 on education. ref SDS 97 2V5F
070809 -
070810 - Cited Joe's letter on 000728, received on 000729, ref SDS 96 0005,
070811 - which mentioned plans for lengthier analysis of Peirce semiotics in
070812 - relation to Com Metrics, ref DRP 4 9E5K, per my letter, ref DIP 4
070813 - 0001, to Joe on 000713. ref SDS 82 0616
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070815 - Request comments on NWO and POIMS in relation to semiotics toward
070816 - developing a class on Com Metrics.
070817 -
070818 -     [On 000925 called Texas Tech to follow up. ref SDS 98 0001
070819 -
070820 - Cite letter on 000719, ref SDS 89 0001, explaining meaning drift is a
070821 - bigger risk than traditional concerns to keep and obtain secrets from
070822 - others, ref DIP 1 9135, explained in the letter on the high cost of
070823 - medical mistakes, ref DIP 3 1680, issued on 990924. ref SDS 32 5576
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070825 - The letter to Joe on 000719 requested...
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070827 -    1.  SDS is a fundamental advance on alphabet technology that adds a
070828 -        dimension of time to information.  Integrating time and
070829 -        information is a major breakthrough which, for convenience, we
070830 -        can call Knowledge Management.
070831 -        ..
070832 -        This breakthrough leverages the alphabetic mind, offering
070833 -        a means to lift civilization by lifting the capacity to think,
070834 -        rememberer and communicate.
070835 -
070836 -        We need critical review and conversation in publications and
070837 -        professional events that permeates into the business world.
070838 -        This might be done by pursing formal publication of POIMS
070839 -        and/or NWO...
070840 -        ..
070841 -    2.  Communication Metrics saves time and money, as reported
070842 -        by USACE, ref DRP 5 6172, and comprises a management science,
070843 -        as Joe noted in his letter on 000716. ref SDS 85 7838  We could
070844 -        call it KM or Communication Metrics.  The point is that it
070845 -        takes tools, procedures and leadership, as explained in NWO...
070846 -        ref OF 2 4305  Technology alone is not enough to get the job
070847 -        done.  We need to develop a new discipline and work role for
070848 -        communication, ref OF 2 4305, similar to the accountant role
070849 -        for finances.
070850 -        ..
070851 -        We need to grow awareness of this opportunity and to
070852 -        sharpen the capability.  One part of the process is teaching
070853 -        Communication Metrics and Knowledge Management, proposed for
070854 -        the Wharton School of Business on May 23, 1995. ref SDS 12 2130
070855 -        ..
070856 -        On 991121 I wrote a letter explaining why formal
070857 -        education is needed on this matter. ref SDS 38 0001  A letter
070858 -        to Doug Engelbart on 000301 makes the same point. ref SDS 48
070859 -        0001
070860 -        ..
070861 -        Philosophy might be a logical place for this to take root
070862 -        in the university, because the training is already open to the
070863 -        problem that needs to be fixed.  If this could occur using a
070864 -        curriculum proposed on 950523, ref SDS 12 1674, it would make
070865 -        philosophy relevant to peoples daily lives, and provide a
070866 -        direct means to impact daily work.
070867 -        ..
070868 -    3.  We need studies to establish cost and benefits of adding
070869 -        intelligence to information using Communication Metrics,
070870 -        discussed with University of Santa Clara on 951012. ref SDS 13
070871 -        9Y5G
070872 -
070873 -        Senior, retired people might be a good place for such a study,
070874 -        or pilot test, to take place, proposed in a letter to Henry van
070875 -        Eyken, through Doug Engelbart's colloquium at Stanford on
070876 -        000317. ref SDS 50 0005
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