CONTACTS 
0201 - O-0039 0101 Chips & Technologies,      408 434 0600     Lab #528
020101 - Mr. Morris A. Jones,
020102 - Vice President, =Ext. 4283  fax 434 0765

SUBJECTS
WMA Improvements
Medit Development

0405 - 900515 0930 Left message on his machine.
0406 - 900515 1120 Talked to Merrily - Morris is in a meeting.
0407 - 900517 1441 left message on his machine.
0408 -
0409 - Morris said he cannot meet this week, but hopes within the next 3 to 4
0410 - weeks we can get together.  He has Chips project stuff to do.
0411 -
0412 -
0412 -    ..
0413 - Discussion
0414 -
041401 - Call Morris on meeting for Medit improvements -- color for Help
041402 - and Summary screens.  He wants to do this.
041403 -
041404 -
041405 - How can we automate the creation of custom letterhead code in Medit
041406 - macros during program installation?  Maybe I can figure this out.
041407 -
041408 -
0415 -
0416 -

SUBJECTS
WMA Improvements
Line Numbers
Graphical User Interface
Product definition
Diary record to increase
understanding
Learning period/difficulty

0910 - Progress
0911 -
091101 - Morris said he is becomming more bullish on SDS but still feels it
091102 - needs a graphical User interface for Users instead of Medit.
091103 -
091104 - His main point is to eliminate the line numbers which we have
091105 - discussed from time to time, see for example ref SDS 2 line 081117. I
091106 - analysed this matter again yesterday, in responding to Pat's letter,
091107 - ref SDS 3 line 07181232, and mentioned some of this to Morris.
091108 -
091109 - His other idea is that SDS would work better with a mouse to point
091110 - to things.  I disagree.
091111 -
091112 - Using a mouse would place an additional "thing" on the desk and
091113 - requires removing the hands from the keyboard in order to accomplish
091114 - tasks.  The present system does not require doing this, and so is
091115 - much more efficient.
091116 -
09111601 - The first purpose of SDS is to provide a fast, flexible environment
09111002 - where people can think.  That is the primary purpose of SDS. Every-
09111003 - thing that occurs in SDS is derived from that premis.
09111004 -
09111005 - When managers are "reporting" they are first discovering and then
09111006 - refining their knowledge and ideas about their objectives and the
09111007 - events that influence them.  "Scheduling" is only the by product
09111008 - (i.e. the result) of the process.
09111009 -
09111010 - If we remove the speed and flexibility of the "reporting" process,
09111111 - and render it unable to keep abreast of "thinking," many will be
09111112 - discouraged from using it the in same way they avoid writing with
09111113 - conventional materials and using the reporting feature of the "Day
09111114 - Timer" technology.
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091117 -
091118 -
091119 - Morris sees it as a learning aid, particularly for people who only
091120 - access the thing once every 3 months.  I explained I did not make SDS
091121 - for those kind of people.  SDS is a skill like reading and writing.
091122 - If you do not use it regularly, it can get "rusty," but probably not
091123 - so much so that it cannot be used.  SDS is for hands on management.
091124 -
091125 - Morris feels there may be people who would have only occassional need
091126 - to use SDS functions for obtaining reports.  I explained that to get
091127 - reports there must a data base, and if there is a data base, there
091128 - must people using SDS to create it, and they should be able to sup-
091129 - port the infrequent user.
091130 -
091131 -
091132 -
0912 -

SUBJECTS
WMA Improvements
Reviews (magazines, etc.)
Logo POIMS/SDS
New Product Release Notice

1207 - Progress
1208 -
120801 - Discussions with Gavin.
120802 -
120803 - Gavin will supply me with the names of reporters at major computer
120804 - publications.  He recommends I contact them to write stories. Morris
120805 - said the tack is to suggest interesting story concepts by coming up
120806 - with headnotes.
120807 -
120808 - I need to extend the data base to include reporters at major trade
120809 - publications.
120810 -
120811 -
120812 - Potential copy headnotes
120813 -
120814 - How to survive your next lawsuit, using POIMS.
120815 - Managing information overload with POIMS.
120816 - Surviving information gridlock with POIMS.
120817 - Overcoming intellecutal gridlock with POIMS.
120818 -
120819 - Is American Management on the Move Again?
120820 -
120821 - Can POIMS get American Management moving again?
120822 -
120823 - The Future of "Hands on Management?" (Picture of keyboard on second
120824 - page)
120825 -
120826 - Is "Automated Management" here at Last?
120827 -
120828 - American management getting competitive again?
120829 -
120830 - All tied up?  Get Fleeexible with POIMS.
120831 -
120832 - Do conventional Management Systems have you in a Bind?
120833 - Get Fleeexible with POIMS.
120834 -
120835 - Remedy for Day Timer Overload:  POIMS
120836 -
120837 - Is regaining America's Competitive Edge the promise of POIMS?
120838 -
120839 - Getting Competitive with POIMS.
120840 -
120841 - Will America regain its competitive Edge with POIMS?
120842 -
120843 - Getting Tough with POIMS?
120844 -
120845 - Is the Power of POIMS Enough?
120846 -
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1210 -
1211 - Morris' opinion re logo designs.
1212 -
121201 - Did not discuss this.  Actually he said he has not gotten through his
121202 - "in" basket yet.  Boy does he need SDS!
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1213 -