CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
General Analysis, Prodigy
Thinking Through Writing
Remembering (linked records)
Meeting Notes, confirm understandings
Discovery, Change & Buy In
Human Memory, SDS Emulates
Engineering, Professional Standards
Contract Disputes, Intelligence, Military
Feedback Debugs Management Improves Listening

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1211 -    ..
1212 - Summary/Objective
1213 -
121301 - Follow up ref SDS 6 0000.
121303 -  ..
121304 - Collette Nagy submitted in the Prodigy dialog at OF 9 6933, a good
121305 - explanation of her experience using writing as a form of thinking, and
121306 - to discover more from a discussion as a result of having writtin it
121307 - down, actually, going back and reading a downloaded post.
121308 -
121310 -  ..
121311 - Doctor Randall Noon (DBGR30A), responded at ref OF 13 line 45, on
121312 - current practices for designing new products to minimize legal
121313 - exposure for defective design.  This goes somewhat to Morris' point
121314 - about keeping records.  Doctor Noon, responds to my inquiry about the
121315 - practice of keeping notes.
121316 -
121317 -      The professional publication described in the record on 891025,
121318 -      ref SDS 2 JO8I, may shed further light on this subject.  An
121319 -      example of problems that arise is discussed on 911218.
121320 -      ref SDS 5 TP5K
121321 -
121323 -  ..
121324 - Human Memory
121325 -
121326 - Got some source information and ideas on this topic at ref OF 17 line
121327 - 7.
121328 -
121329 - Downloaded from Prodigy, a report from their encyclopedia on Memory,
121330 - which is a good overview.
121331 -
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121333 -
121334 -
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SUBJECTS
Alphabet Technology History Writing Literacy
Alphabet Foundation Civilization
Alphabet Technology Foundation Civilization Augments Intelligence Th

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170601 -  ..
170602 - Alphabet Technology Leverages Human Memory
170603 - Writing Engine of Civilization, Converts Information into Knowledge
170604 -
170605 - Follow up ref SDS 1 T16K.
170606 -
170607 - Downloaded report by the Academic American Encyclopedia on the history
170608 - of writing, which indicates the technology began approximately 5,000
170609 - years ago, ref OF 18 0001, and can be summarized as the engine of
170610 - civilization because writing improves human memory by orders of
170611 - magnitude. ref OF 18 5292
170613 -  ..
170614 - Greeks borrowed syllabaries believed from Phoenicians and created a
170615 - unique writing system during the 9th century BC.  They made the final
170616 - step of dividing consonants from vowels and writing each separately.
170617 - The resulting system--called an alphabet, from the names of the first
170618 - two Greek letters, alpha and beta--is unique.  Alphabetic writing
170619 - represents the best compromise between economy and explicitness.
170620 - Although for a given utterance alphabetic writing requires more signs
170621 - than does logographic or syllabic writing, the total number of signs
170622 - in the system remains small, and ambiguity is virtually eliminated
170623 - because the writer can spell out each sound of each word. ref OF 18
170624 - WSSS
170626 -  ..
170627 - It supports rationale for SDS that improves the power of writing,
170628 - i.e., using the alphabet, ref OF 18 5292, developed 920802,
170629 - ref SDS 6 0008, as a component of flexible structure discussed on
170630 - 890523. ref SDS 1 T16K
170631 -
170632 -      [On 940609 explained value of writing relative to pictures and
170633 -      conversation for analysis and understanding, ref SDS 8 8854]
170635 -       ..
170636 -      [On 950927 discussed value of analysis with Dave Vannier at
170637 -      Intel. ref SDS 10 5849]
170639 -       ..
170640 -      [On 960624 discussed alphabet with Tom Landauer. ref SDS 16 1037]
170642 -       ..
170643 -      [On 970927 applied "power of microcosm" as a dimension of
170644 -      writing. ref SDS 10 5412]
170646 -       ..
170647 -      [On 960321 Dr. Landauer's paper on knowledge acquisition explains
170648 -      connectionist theory, ref SDS 12 8966, on the human mind that
170649 -      assembles information into blocks, similar to the way the
170650 -      alphabet works in writing. ref SDS 12 5873, ref SDS 12 3830]
170652 -       ..
170653 -      [... Landauer's paper explains human cognition uses induction
170654 -      which is a form of guessing to construct knowledge. ref SDS 12
170655 -      7382  -- writing improves "guessing."]
170657 -       ..
170658 -      [On 960415 discussion with Marsha about Eric. ref SDS 13 0850]
170660 -       ..
170661 -      [On 991107 sent letter to Ross on this re Hutch. ref SDS 24 0812]
170663 -       ..
170664 -      [On 960518 review of Landauer's paper shows human mind builds
170665 -      understanding from experience. ref SDS 14 8811]
170667 -       ..
170668 -      [On 970116 developed concept of alphabet as most powerful public
170669 -      utility. ref SDS 17 0002]
170671 -       ..
170672 -      [On 991108 history of writing shows poetry emerged as a memory
170673 -      aid, and writing provides key advantage of using history more
170674 -      accurately with analysis to project the future. ref SDS 25 7426
170676 -       ..
170677 -      [On 991108 alphabetic mind lifted civilization. ref SDS 25 5628
170679 -       ..
170680 -      [On 071113 Jack Park submits paper explaining power of alphabet
170681 -      technology to advance civilization. ref SDS 27 PH4K
170682 -
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170684 -
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SUBJECTS
History of Alphabet
Alphabet Foundation Civilization
Organize Writing 3 x 5 Cards
Writers Professional Views on Power of Literacy Alphabet Technology
Thinking Through Writing New Way Working Be Prepared Write Discover

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370801 -  ..
370802 - Prodigy Dialog Thinking Through Writing Writers' Forum
370803 - Thinking Through Writing Prodigy Dialog Writers' Forum
370804 - Writers' Forum Prodigy Dialog on Thinking Through Writing
370805 -
370806 - The report at ref OF 5 0001 is the record of discussions with members
370807 - of the Prodigy Writer's Forum, where I have explained ideas on writing
370808 - as a means to discover understanding, rather than merely to convey
370809 - information, per discussion with Anne Bevington on 930921. ref SDS 7
370810 - 8988.
370811 -
370813 -       ..
370814 -      "Intelligence" Brilliance Defined
370815 -      ref OF 5 4945
370816 -
370817 -          Uses analogy of car to carry the groceries, for computer to
370818 -          aid use of mental acuity.
370819 -
370820 -          What to write about to improve intelligence, is discussed at
370821 -          ref OF 5 9673
370823 -       ..
370824 -      "Thinking" means connecting related "context." ref OF 5 0800
370825 -
370826 -          New methods need experience to understand. ref OF 5 3025
370828 -           ..
370829 -          Alphabet took 1000s of years to become accepted. ref OF 5
370830 -          3025
370831 -
370833 -       ..
370834 -      Alphabet Technology Leverages Human Intelligence, is discussed in
370835 -      the Prodigy dialogs. ref OF 5 8261, as explained in the record on
370836 -      910221. ref SDS 3 676K
370837 -
370838 -          Literacy uses flexible structure of alphabet technology and
370839 -          grammar for creating context.
370841 -           ..
370842 -          Evolution of writing technology, printing press, paper,
370843 -          accelerated pace of advancing civilization.
370845 -           ..
370846 -          Aligns with history of civilization attributing writing as
370847 -          single most powerful advance. ref SDS 0 3443
370848 -
370849 -           [On 991010 Gutenberg printing press contributed most to
370850 -           advancing civilization past 1000 years. ref SDS 23 3056]
370851 -
370852 -           [On 991108 alphabet explosive technology that lifted
370853 -           civilization.
370855 -       ..
370856 -      Organic subject structure. ref OF 5 8511 and ref OF 5 2000
370857 -
370858 -          Challenge of subject indexing (organizing knowledge) using
370859 -          multi-subjects and record segments to reflect the different
370860 -          meanings that a single body of information can have for
370861 -          different circumstances, is explained at ref OF 5 9066
370863 -           ..
370864 -          Flexible structure inherent in writing, and using SDS organic
370865 -          subject structure, like DNA, was reviewed on 910221.
370866 -          ref SDS 3 OP7M  SDS adds value by managing context that is
370867 -          created by the alphabet, per POIMS. ref OF 21 M17I
370868 -
370869 -               [On 950812 explained organic subject structure in NWO.
370870 -               ref SDS 9 1111
370872 -                ..
370873 -               [On 000709 SDS uses flexible structure to manage context
370874 -               better than other methods. ref SDS 26 PQ6G
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370876 -
370878 -           ..
370879 -          Automating 3 x 5 Cards
370880 -
370881 -          A member of the discussion forum raises 3 x 5 cards begins at
370882 -          ref OF 5 2061.
370883 -
370884 -          Automating the 3 x 5 card system it discussed. ref OF 5 6825
370886 -           ..
370887 -          Organizing 3 x 5 cards alphabetically. ref OF 5 4004
370888 -
370889 -             [On 911121 Morris suggested explaining SDS as 3 x 5 cards.
370890 -             ref SDS 4 8849]
370891 -
370892 -             [On 960519 3 x 5 card system reviewed. ref SDS 15 1934]
370894 -              ..
370895 -             [On 990303 cognitive science uses "chunks" for describing
370896 -             human memory, which is similar to 3 x 5 cards. ref SDS 19
370897 -             2838]
370899 -  ..
370900 -
370901 -      Writing powerful aid for management and learning, memo to Morris.
370902 -      ref OF 5 2099
370903 -
370904 -         [On 980307 Andy Grove prepares copious notes to avoid
370905 -         ambiguity of mental maps. ref SDS 18 3668
370907 -          ..
370908 -         [On 990525 managers and engineers don't like to write.
370909 -         ref SDS 20 0966]
370911 -       ..
370912 -      Feedback restrained by hierarchy, writing provides a self-metric
370913 -      to discover gaps in understanding. ref OF 5 3011
370915 -       ..
370916 -      Writing overcomes problem of discursion and losing focus, that
370917 -      routinely occurs in meetings and discussions, ref OF 5 8315
370918 -      ..
370919 -      Distinction between writing and speech, at ref OF 5 5188
370920 -
370921 -          Writing on a computer without SDS is just "words without
370922 -          thought," because it is not connected to related events,
370923 -          analysis, sources and feedback, i.e., context, also
370924 -          knowledge. ref OF 5 8315
370925 -
370926 -          Advantages of writing on computer are at ref OF 5 0435
370927 -
370929 -       ..
370930 -      Writing in SDS environment applies automation to support what the
370931 -      mind does poorly, remember details, so it can improve on what it
370932 -      does best, exercise judgement. ref OF 5 5133
370933 -
370934 -          Evolution of writing technology to improve knowledge work is
370935 -          explained at ref OF 5 8261
370936 -
370937 -         ..
370938 -      Computers create too much information, and so inhibit
370939 -      understanding and slow progress, ref OF 5 6295, also cited at
370940 -      ref OF 5 5927
370941 -
370942 -          Similar concept but partially defining the distinction
370943 -          between tween information and knowledge, though
370944 -          "communication" is term applied.  Shows trends toward using
370945 -          automation to improve writing, ref OF 5 3922
370946 -
370947 -      ..
370948 -      Information overload impacts CEOs. ref OF 5 3004
370949 -
370950 -          [On 990625 CEOs fail to execute because of psyche.
370951 -          ref SDS 21 4914]
370952 -
370954 -       ..
370955 -      Handwritting Difficult to Read Later
370956 -
370957 -          A professional writer makes this point at ref OF 5 0435
370958 -
370959 -      ..
370960 -      Narrative therapy to recover from frustrations and stress.
370961 -      ref OF 5 2565
370962 -
370963 -          [On 951117 narrative therapy is used in psychology to treat
370964 -          patients. ref SDS 11 9624]
370965 -
370966 -      ..
370967 -      Remembering, Memory - Writing to Avoid Having to Remember
370968 -      ref OF 5 0844 and ref OF 5 5133
370969 -
370970 -          [On 990721 Morris explains SDS as improving memory.
370971 -          ref SDS 22 0001]
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SUBJECTS
Difficult to Explain SDS/POIMS
Difficult to Understand
Information Management

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410602 -      POIMS Concepts Being Used
410603 -
410604 -      Introducing new methods, like SDS, is difficult. ref OF 5 6295
410605 -      See also ref OF 5 6294 on how some managers are applying POIMS
410606 -      concepts successfully.
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