CONTACTS 
0201 - Bootstrap Institute
020101 - Mr. Douglas C. Engelbart, Ph.D.
0202 - CogNexus Institute
020201 - Dr. Jeff Conklin

SUBJECTS
Birthday 81st Celebration at Stanford RSVP Hope to Attend Celebrate

0403 -
0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Follow up ref SDS 40 0000, ref SDS 38 0000.
040502 -
040503 - Wonderful event celebrating Doug's birthday, and his contributions to
040504 - using technology for augmenting intellect.  Doug was joined by many of
040505 - those who helped develop his original technology 40 years ago at SRI.
040506 - Family, friends, admirers and well wishers from near and far, and
040507 - across the spectrum of his career presented a hearty well done for
040508 - Doug on his 81st birthday.
040509 -
040510 -
040511 -
040512 -
040514 -  ..
0406 -
0407 -
0408 - Progress
0409 -
040901 - Celebration Success for Doug's 81st Birthday
040902 -
040903 - Wallenberg Hall, Stanford's state-of-art facility for learning and
040904 - media technology, was a most fitting place to honor Doug's lifetime of
040905 - commitment to bold progress.  It was easy to find at the end of Palm
040906 - Avenue, using directions from the invitation on 060121. ref SDS 40
040907 - FV5J  Doug was even easier to find, greeting everyone at the entry.
040909 -  ..
040910 - Wished Doug happy birthday.  We chatted a bit about research on Doug's
040911 - contributions from the beginning of the computer age 60 years ago, as
040912 - reported on 960304. ref SDS 2 6M5O  Doug looked well, and maintains a
040913 - cheery, forward perspective.  We reviewed briefly how "paradigms"
040914 - sustain culture, like a compass charts a steady course.  The asset of
040915 - stability, however, becomes a liability when fear of change resists
040916 - improvement under Doug's ABC proposals, reviewed on 991222.
040917 - ref SDS 7 3961  Andy Grove at Intel notes success blinds busy people,
040918 - "they just don't get it," ref SDS 3 1657, reviewed the year before on
040919 - 980307.  It was fun sharing a recent example from writing up the
040920 - history of electrical utilities at the turn of the century, which
040921 - almost left us in the dark. ref OF 14 RE5F
040923 -  ..
040924 - Schombert's lectures on 21st century science reviewed on 040312
040925 - present the dilemma of paradigm paradox, ref SDS 35 484H, that
040926 - resisted even Einstein in the 1930s. ref SDS 35 RR9K
040927 -
040928 -        [On 080206 engineers prefer paradigm of conversation, memory,
040929 -        and assumption; ignore demonstrations of seminal technology
040930 -        that advances established capabilities, refuse to "study what
040931 -        works," and resist capturing the record of experience using new
040932 -        tools that grows understanding of new ideas. ref SDS 51 RR88
040934 -  ..
040935 - There were no "paradigms" standing in the way today.  Doug was a good
040936 - sport participating in a fun and ingenious "party game" that got
040937 - everyone involved based on past associations with Doug.  The
040938 - moderator/emcee was outstanding.
040940 -  ..
040941 - Eugene Kim was at the party, involved with discussions among guests,
040942 - and taking pictures to memorialize the occassion.  Eugene's leadership
040943 - during the OHS/DKR work in 2000, helped develop Doug's goals for
040944 - advanced graphics using "multiple views," e.g., on 001015. ref SDS 18
040945 - 0001
040947 -  ..
040948 - Doug was joined by his family, including many young grandchildren, and
040949 - perhaps great grandchildren.  Many of the original team attended, who
040950 - worked with Doug developing seminal technology at SRI in the 1960s.
040951 - People from across the country and from foreign lands came and paid
040952 - their respects.
040954 -  ..
040955 - Would have been nice for an educator or two (professors, deans) to
040956 - comment on progress advancing education with technology for the
040957 - "learning process" of knowledge formation, illustrated by this record.
040958 - (see POIMS, ref OF 6 6649)  How does chronology, context, and
040959 - connection enable continual learning? ref OF 6 8555  What meetings and
040960 - task forces at Stanford are working to launch this urgent task of
040961 - continual improvement posed by Doug, the Tofflers, standards, and
040962 - regulations, yet resisted by inertia of the status quo, noticed by
040963 - Friedman, reviewed on 950911? ref SDS 1 0581
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SUBJECTS
Cognitive Overhead Burden of Time to Organize Information for IBIS G
IBIS Cognitive Overhead Researcher Practitioner Jeff Conklin Introdu

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100501 -  ..
100502 - IBIS Cognitive Overhead Researcher Practitioner Jeff Conklin
100503 -
100504 - Follow up ref SDS 39 TR5M.
100505 -
100506 - Jeff Conklin introduced himself.  Jeff has moved to the West Coast,
100507 - and bought a home in Napa.  Jeff recalled following up the letter on
100508 - 050523 requesting comments on an explanation of "cognitive overhead"
100509 - added to NWO. ref SDS 39 TR5M  However, his letter bounced back,
100510 - indicating he used the wrong email address, or some other snafu
100511 - disrupted communications.
100513 -  ..
100514 - We will try to follow up again, when time permits.
100515 -
100516 -     [On 060201 resubmitted letter dated 050523 asking Jeff for
100517 -     comments on "meditation" and "cognitive overhead." ref SDS 43 0001
100518 -
100519 -     [On 060213 Jeff plans to comment on NWO. ref SDS 47 PL4L
100521 -  ..
100522 - Later, while visiting with Jack Park, ref SDS 0 U171, Jeff came by and
100523 - spoke briefly with Jack.
100525 -  ..
100526 - After Jeff finished this aside, Jack related Jeff's work in IBIS
100527 - presented in connection with Doug's goals for an OHS/DKR, reported on
100528 - 000614. ref SDS 13 4939  A few weeks later, Eugene Kim discussed IBIS
100529 - at SRI on 000622, ref SDS 14 6652  Then on 000630 Jack explained how
100530 - IBIS aids collaboration on scholarly argument for growing a
100531 - "knowledge" base. ref SDS 15 2040  Ibis presents a powerful metaphore
100532 - of invention and progress, with a legacy to Plato and Socrates. (see
100533 - NWO, ref OF 14 YT8J, and research on 991209. ref SDS 6 3416)  Coming
100534 - up with a workable definition of "knowledge," and "intelligence" is
100535 - still pending, reported on 000120. ref SDS 8 5063
100536 -
100537 -        [On 060211 Jack announces SRI releasing Open Iris which has a
100538 -        lot of support for IBIS to facilitate collaboration that is not
100539 -        mentioned in product literature. ref SDS 46 ZS4M
100541 -         ..
100542 -        [On 060302 letter to Jeff mentions SRI released Open Iris,
100543 -        ref SDS 50 SI5J, and cites discussion of IBIS. ref SDS 46 F443
100545 -  ..
100546 - In a letter to the Colloquium team on 000307, Doug Engelbart requested
100547 - a workup to define "knowledge." ref SDS 9 4820  On 000503 Eric
100548 - Armstrong underscored Doug's request, explaining that "knowledge" is
100549 - hard to distinguish from information; Eric preferred to stick with
100550 - email that everybody already understands. ref SDS 12 5033  At that
100551 - time, Jack Park began the journey to understand "knowledge" through
100552 - the prism of "Knowledge Space," ref SDS 12 6138, presented in POIMS.
100553 - ref OF 6 4N3O  On 001126 Eugene Kim agreed with Eric, that the path to
100554 - "knowledge" was using email tools readily available for collaboration.
100555 - ref SDS 20 QW8I
100557 -  ..
100558 - Eugene developed a powerful "Purple Number" system, reported on
100559 - 010131, ref SDS 21 MM9M, and later sponsored a collaboratory to
100560 - facilitate learning about "knowledge" with email, reported on 030314.
100561 - ref SDS 32 5545  Jack agreed that email is a very attractive medium,
100562 - because it is easy to press the "Reply" button, reported on 010908.
100563 - ref SDS 22 YF3I  He proposed consideration of adding Jeff's IBIS
100564 - system to strengthen email. ref SDS 22 US8O
100566 -  ..
100567 - A few weeks later on 011003, Eric Armstrong agreed that email needs
100568 - adjustments in order to avoid inforamtion overload. ref SDS 23 EC5N
100569 - Gary Johnson, also, agreed on 010006 that something more is needed.
100570 - ref SDS 24 O99K  At this time, IBIS seems the most popular choice for
100571 - talking about how to turn daily working information from calls,
100572 - meetings, and documents into useful "knowledge."  On 011105 Jeff
100573 - commented in a letter that SDS work product "walks-the-talk" for a
100574 - workable definition of "knowledge." ref SDS 26 4S6H  More recently on
100575 - 030317, Jeff discussed the impact of complexity on using IBIS methods
100576 - based on experience Jack and colleagues developed. ref SDS 33 0001
100577 -
100578 -     [On 060211 Jack announces SRI releasing Open Iris which has a lot
100579 -     of support for IBIS to facilitate collaboration that is not
100580 -     mentioned in product literature. ref SDS 46 ZS4M
100582 -      ..
100583 -     [On 060302 letter to Jeff mentions SRI released Open Iris,
100584 -     ref SDS 50 SI5J, and cites discussion of IBIS. ref SDS 46 F443
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SUBJECTS
Guests Admire Fascinated by Doug's Goals for Augmenting Intelligence

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120401 -  ..
120402 - Guests Admire, Fascinated by Doug's Goals for Augmenting Intelligence
120403 -
120404 - Met Bruce, who was scrolling through a large computer screen with a
120405 - summary of Doug's career.  We got to chatting, and he seemed to
120406 - indicate working in computers of some kind, a software engineer.
120407 - Sounded something like scientific research, but not sure.
120408 -
120409 -    [On 060131 Bruce followed up with contact information, ref SDS 42
120410 -    0001, showing his firm provides IT consulting for project, program,
120411 -    and business management. ref SDS 42 GQ3M
120413 -  ..
120414 - Bruce feels Terry Winograd's work illustrates Doug's influence on
120415 - efforts to use computers for augmenting intelligence.  On 011210 Doug
120416 - wrote to Terry suggesting a meeting to review SDS. ref SDS 27 JL5I
120417 - Leading up to a meeting, Terry's letter on 011213 cited his work on
120418 - "Human Computer Interaction" (HCI) to critique SDS formats (as shown
120419 - in this record). ref SDS 28 623O  Then, during the meeting on 011219,
120420 - Terry discussed background learning about Doug's work in the late
120421 - 1960s, ref SDS 29 Y48J, which later led to writing a book published in
120422 - the early 1980s.
120423 -
120424 -
120426 -  ..
120427 - Experience Using Tools and Work Product Key to Transformation
120428 - Knowledge Management Bad Reputation But Crucial When Done Correctly
120429 -
120430 - Bruce appreciates that experience using new technology is essential
120431 - for transformation to a "new way of working," called out by Doug's
120432 - vision, reviewed on 991222. ref SDS 7 C742  Writing papers, publishing
120433 - articles, and books, and creating software does not impart the meaning
120434 - and power of "augmenting intelligence."  Using software routinely to
120435 - support a new kind of "work product" that benefits people across a
120436 - broad spectrum of tasks presents a new way of working "intelligently,"
120437 - and is illustrated in a case study listed on 020708. ref SDS 31 MZ6O
120438 - Peter Drucker's article in Atlantic Monthly describes enabling forces
120439 - for transformation that "routinize" support for cognition, reviewed on
120440 - 991025. ref SDS 5 0785
120442 -  ..
120443 - Bruce commented that Knowledge Management has been rendered devoid of
120444 - meaning, due to marketing and promotion efforts for selling everything
120445 - from "apple polishers" to "widgets." (see NWO. ref OF 15 PI7F)  John
120446 - Maloney, who markets KM seminars, worried on 020708 that people are
120447 - discouraged and losing faith in KM. ref SDS 31 QX4F  Experience with
120448 - SDS "work product," also, listed on 020708 demonstrates practical,
120449 - useful application for working intelligently that strengthens faith in
120450 - good management. ref SDS 31 FP4N  Therefore, despite misappropriation,
120451 - "Knowledge Management" offers a simple way to summarize important
120452 - goals for technology to enable good management. see NWO. ref OF 15
120453 - K84L  Bruce briefly alluded to a critical requirement for technology
120454 - to expand span of attention, discussed in POIMS, ref OF 3 GL5N, and
120455 - citing George Miller's seminal work reviewed on 990303. ref SDS 4 5328
120456 - SDS support for "Clear, Concise, Complete Communication" strives to
120457 - expand span of attention, thus augmenting intelligence. ref OF 13 A44G
120459 -  ..
120460 - The primary challenge of "knowledge management" is getting people over
120461 - denial that intelligence support aids communication.  This was most
120462 - succinctly stated by a DOD program manager, reported on 020217.
120463 - ref SDS 30 9360
120464 -
120465 -
120467 -  ..
120468 - SDS Supported Doug's OHS/DKR Project Formation Efforts in 2000
120469 -
120470 - Dorothy joined the discussion with Bruce.  Dorothy is working on a
120471 - movie project about voter issues from the 2004 election.
120473 -  ..
120474 - Dorothy asked about background working with Doug.
120476 -  ..
120477 - On 991222, Doug asked about Communication Metrics, which is supported
120478 - by the SDS program. ref SDS 7 3977  A few weeks later, Doug conducted
120479 - a Colloquium at Stanford presenting ideas for software to augment
120480 - intelligence.  He asked for help with a series of meetings at SRI,
120481 - begining on 000324. ref SDS 10 0001  SDS assisted this effort
120482 - throughout the year, and continuing into 2001, as listed on 001017.
120483 - ref SDS 19 1575  In sum, Rod and Doug have travelled somewhat parallel
120484 - paths, with Doug starting in the 60s.  SDS started in the 80s, shown
120485 - in a history on 000723. ref SDS 16 0008
120487 -  ..
120488 - Dorothy asked about SDS?
120490 -  ..
120491 - This is presented on....
120492 -
120493 -        http://www.welchco.com/
120494 -
120495 - ...and application to daily work is explained in a Typical Day
120496 - Scenario. ref OF 9 0001  The basic idea of helping people convert
120497 - information into knowledge is summarized with one paragraph, in POIMS.
120498 - ref OF 6 8555
120500 -  ..
120501 - Bruce will take a look, when time permits.
120502 -
120503 -     [On 060131 received letter from Bruce. ref SDS 42 NC5H
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120506 -
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SUBJECTS
Jack Making Progress with New Technologies at SRI Will Release Softw

3903 -
390401 -  ..
390402 - Progress with New Technologies Advancing Doug's Vision
390403 -
390404 - Follow up ref SDS 37 E73W, ref SDS 36 0001.
390485 -  ..
390486 - Discussed briefly research reported in the record on 960304 that
390487 - demonstrates long-standing tensions between personal and
390488 - organizational property rights.  This history is reflected in current
390489 - "open source" efforts that disapprove and resist intellectual property
390490 - rights for developers of useful software.  The same tension was
390491 - present at the start of the computer age.
390493 -  ..
390494 - Lieutenant Goldstine published von Neumann's draft memo designing a
390495 - follow on prototype of ENIAC, which then became famous as the "von
390496 - Neumann arthicecture," still dominate in today's computers.  This,
390497 - however, prevented the developers, Mauchly and Eckert, from patenting
390498 - their breakthrough work forming the architecture. ref SDS 2 7D4O  Both
390499 - wound up with nothing, and suffered tragically, while IBM and its
390500 - shareholders obtained access to the technology, after originally
390501 - rejecting requests by the developers for support, and saying their
390502 - idea was "for the birds." ref OF 15 8Q3I and ref OF 15 X16Q  Of course
390503 - their success was due in part to improving the original prototype,
390504 - once somebody else took the risk to go first. e.g., see Tesla.
390505 - ref OF 15 GU5F
390507 -  ..
390508 - There was discussion of open source advocates being proactive these
390509 - days challenging patents for software programs.  The basic strategy is
390510 - to cite prior art.  Sounds exciting.  The airplane patent is denied
390511 - because boats already use propellers.  Tesla is denied a patent,
390512 - because Edison already has a motor, even though he, along with
390513 - everybody else, told Tesla that his particular design for a motor
390514 - would never work. ref OF 15 4X5L
390516 -  ..
390517 - Consideration was raised on contacting Gary about progress with the
390518 - Boeing project.  We reviewed Gary's work practice the past six months
390519 - or so, discussed previously on 011006, ref SDS 24 O99K, and again on
390520 - 040227. ref SDS 34 RH77  He has a good sense of the issues on Com
390521 - Metrics, per NWO. ref OF 12 UH3N
390522 -
390523 -     [On 060131 Jack asked for Gary's comments on SDS from experience
390524 -     at Boeing. ref SDS 41 MO3I
390526 -      ..
390527 -     [On 060207 Gary working on responding to Jack. ref SDS 44 454M
390529 -      ..
390530 -     [On 060210 notified Jack that Gary is working on comments.
390531 -     ref SDS 45 NH7G
390533 -      ..
390534 -     [On 060224 Gary responds to Jack's request. ref SDS 49 XR7F
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