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Listening to Doug Following Leadership, Adam Cheyer
Guide to Running Nics Sound Management Practices of Com Metrics
Questions Answered by Doug Based on Available Time, Lack of Jargon
Questions Responded by Doug Engelbart, 001216

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0707 - Summary/Objective
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070801 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0000 ref SDS 8 0000.
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070803 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Nicholas Carroll who relates a recent
070804 - discussion in which Doug Engelbart indicated he is willing and happy
070805 - to answer questions from the team about progress of the work.
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070807 -      This aligns with Andy Grove's explanation in his book "Only the
070808 -      Paranoid Survive," saying that answering questions from staff is
070809 -      not easy and is not fun, but is essential for effective
070810 -      leadership, reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 1 0261
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070812 -      Also, aligns with Doug's proposal to the team during a meeting at
070813 -      SRI on 000425 to adopt a Guide to Running NICs that seems to
070814 -      contemplate management responding to questions on the record.
070815 -      ref SDS 6 5781
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070817 - Nicholas provides recommendations to facilitate communication with
070818 - Doug, including.....
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070820 -    •  Try to use one of Doug's papers -- or one he is likely to have
070821 -       read in detail -- as the launch point for the question.
070822 -       ref DRT 1 7L6G
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070824 -           If Doug wrote a paper, how could he not have not have read
070825 -           it in detail?
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070827 -       Nicholas says a recent example would be....
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070829 -       http://www.bootstrap.org/a2h/BI/2120.html,
070830 -
070831 -       ....which is the OHS Launch Plan received and reviewed in
070832 -       detail on 001025. ref SDS 7 G3W8
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070834 -    •  <0X4I Nicholas says give a reference to a specific paragraph in
070835 -       Doug's paper. ref DRT 1 0043
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070837 -           This re-states Doug's request on 001025. ref SDS 7 00VU
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070839 -           On 001025 the OHS Launch Plan was reviewed with links to
070840 -           Doug's work, and a letter was submitted to Doug with
070841 -           questions identified as action items. ref DIP 3 0001
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070843 -           On 991222 Doug's paper on Groupware was reviewed with
070844 -           references to the paper and citing questions as action
070845 -           items. ref SDS 2 6138  A letter was submitted with these
070846 -           questions. ref DIP 1 0001
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070848 -           On 000223 Doug submitted a letter saying there is not
070849 -           enough bandwidth to respond. ref SDS 3 3774
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070851 -           On 000327 reviewed Doug's 1972 paper on handling daily
070852 -           working information. ref SDS 4 3971  Submitted a letter
070853 -           with questions linked to Doug's work. ref DIP 2 0001
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070855 -           On 000407 submitted ideas to help Doug promote the OHS/DKR
070856 -           effort, citing his papers. ref SDS 5 0786
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070858 -    •  Avoid jargon when possible. ref DRT 1 00UT
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070860 -       (Doug has traditionally gone his own way in research.  Obviously
070861 -       this bears fruit. However, it also means he doesn't keep up with
070862 -       all the current acronyms, e.g., Xpath, UML, ASP.... Keep it in
070863 -       plain English, and you may be pleasantly surprised to find he's
070864 -       already thought about that point.)
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070867 - Possibly Frode Hegland's proposal today for the team to try web mail
070868 - will facilitate communicating as Nicholas proposes. ref SDS 9 0001
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