CONTACTS 
0201 - Deneen Consulting                            925 229 1858
020101 - Mr. John Deneen
020102 - jjdeneen@netzero.net

SUBJECTS
Progress Slow Using SDS Because Interface is Difficult for John Typin
SDS Interface Difficult for John Typing to Enter Record Difficult Bec
Carple Syndrome Makes Capturing Record Difficult Other Projects to Ge
Time Limited for Learning SDS Because He is Working on Other Projects
MyLifeBits Gordon Bell New KM Project John Wants Me to Investigate
Flexible Structures New Way of Working Intelligently Faster and Easie
Learning SDS Slow Because Interface is Difficult for John Typing to E

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2809 -    ..
2810 - Summary/Objective
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281101 - Follow up ref SDS 45 0000. ref SDS 44 0000.
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281103 - John has been busy working on an agreement for a new business.  He
281104 - has not had a lot of time to learn and use SDS so far.
281106 -  ..
281107 - John is having trouble learning how to find information.
281108 -
281109 -     He is looking for documents Doug Engelgart has published that are
281110 -     reviewed in the SDS record, and wants to use SDS for storing more
281111 -     of these papers, but was disappointed in not being able to find
281112 -     anything on this in SDS.
281114 -      ..
281115 -     Doug's writings are organized under the project for the OHS/DKR,
281116 -     which is account....
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281118 -                04 00067
281120 -      ..
281121 -     Doug is identified under "staff" or "personnel"...
281122 -
281123 -                04 00067 00 BKG 00001
281125 -      ..
281126 -     Doug's documents, papers and writings are identified separately
281127 -     under those headings....
281128 -
281129 -        04 00067 00 BKG 0001 991222g...... Toward High Performance Organizations, Strategic Role for Groupware, June 1992
281130 -        04 00067 00 BKG 0001 000128a...... Technology Template Project Defines OHS, DKR, Doug Engelbart, 980128
281131 -        04 00067 00 BKG 0001 000131a...... Bootstrap Institute Website Listing of Doug's papers
281132 -        04 00067 00 BKG 0001 000131b...... OHS Framework 1998 Paper
281133 -        04 00067 00 BKG 0001 0003270...... Coordinated Information Services for a Discipline- Or Mission-Oriented Community, Doug Engelbart, 721212
281134 -        04 00067 00 BKG 0001 001025a...... OHS Launch Plan Submitted by Doug Engelbart
281136 -      ..
281137 -     These subjects produce records that review the papers, and links
281138 -     have been added to the papers to facilitate further research that
281139 -     John discusses today.
281140 -
281142 -  ..
281143 - John mentioned discussions with Henry van Eykan who feels overwhelmed
281144 - by information overload, similar to Eric Armstrong's letter on 011003.
281145 - ref SDS 20 EC5N
281146 -
281147 -     Today, we considered using SDS to guide people to specific
281148 -     information in documents that relate to specific problems people
281149 -     want to solve based on objectives, requirements and commitments.
281151 -      ..
281152 -     John indicated the idea that making these connections requires
281153 -     keeping track of problems, objectives, requirements and
281154 -     commitments, which takes a lot of time.  He proposed alternatively
281155 -     that people can simply read an article until the subject under
281156 -     discussion is found and when the material moves to another
281157 -     subject, then stop reading.
281158 -
281160 -  ..
281161 - We discussed the keyboard issue reviewed with Gary Johnson on 020924.
281162 - ref SDS 24 EL8F
281164 -  ..
281165 - Since SDS is about capturing a greater share of daily working
281166 - information, an efficient way to accomplish this goal is critical to
281167 - using SDS.  The ergonomics of the keyboard is therefore a key factor
281168 - in using SDS.  I asked if there is a port on John's notebook computer
281169 - for connecting an external keyboard?
281170 -
281171 -     John related that he has difficulty typing to capture the record
281172 -     because of severe carpel syndrome in both hands.  As a result,
281173 -     using the keyboard cannot be a big part of his work practice.
281175 -      ..
281176 -     This means SDS must be used more for planning, research and
281177 -     support, rather than to perform and report, as related in the
281178 -     record on 911205. ref SDS 2 8402  It aligns with John's support
281179 -     for technology to gather information with sensors, and reflects
281180 -     John's interest in finding information in the record with less
281181 -     emphasis on typing, per above. ref SDS 0 RY3I
281183 -  ..
281184 - John explained his focus on developing technology using sensors and
281185 - broadband communication to capture more useful information without
281186 - typing.
281188 -  ..
281189 - John explained a new technology being developed and/or promoted by
281190 - Gordon Bell.  The technology enables people to capture an audio and
281191 - video record for a journal of daily life, which John feels can be
281192 - managed like the SDS diary, based on reports of progress on developing
281193 - an "engine" to organize information automatically along the lines Jack
281194 - Park cited on 001025, ref SDS 11 LR6N, and discussed earlier in a
281195 - letter on 000623. ref SDS 10 2915
281197 -  ..
281198 - Bell has an office in San Francisco at 425 Market Street.  John will
281199 - call to arrange a meeting.
281200 -
281201 -     [On 030307 John recommended reviewing the website for MyLifeBits.
281202 -     ref SDS 46 TR3O
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