Re: [ba-ohs-talk] Reed's Law - Group-Forming Networks (GFNs)
http://www.reed.com/Papers/GFN/reedslaw.html (01)
scalable community platform (02)
That is, the platform is scalable to the community. (03)
Thank You and Best Regards,
Joe (04)
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From: "John Maloney" <jtmalone@pacbell.net>
To: <ba-ohs-talk@bootstrap.org>
Sent: April 05, 2002 2:51 PM
Subject: [ba-ohs-talk] Reed's Law - Group-Forming Networks (GFNs) (05)
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> Greetings,
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> Many of you ba-ohs-talk folks probably know Reed's Law, but I thought I send
> this link to a brief paper anyway, in the context and spirit of Doug's
> forthcoming talk.
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> http://www.kmcluster.com/Group%20Forming%20Networks.htm
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> Cheers,
>
> John
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> John Maloney
> www.kmcluster.com
> Tel: 415.902.9676
> eFax: 415.276.6074
> IM:jheuristic
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-ohs-talk@bootstrap.org
> [mailto:owner-ba-ohs-talk@bootstrap.org]On Behalf Of Mei Lin Fung
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:20 AM
> To: ba-ohs-talk@bootstrap.org
> Subject: [ba-ohs-talk] Doug's talk at Berkeley April 8 - note revised Room
> number
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> Here's the abstract for the talk. We hope to see as many of you as can make
> it.
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> For those interested in the pre-talk Multivalent Browser demo, please see
> the bottom of this email for
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> Instructions on where to go.
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> UC Berkeley Digital Library Seminar
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> Monday, April 8, 2002
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> 306 Soda Hall
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> 4:00-5:30pm
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> Improving Our Ability to Improve: A Call for Investment in a New Future
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> Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart, The Bootstrap Alliance
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> Abstract:
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> In the past fifty years we have seen enormous growth in computing
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> capability - computing is everywhere and has impacted nearly everything.
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> In this talk, Dr. Douglas Engelbart, who pioneered much of what we now
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> take for granted as interactive computing, examines the forces that have
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> shaped this growth. He argues that our criteria for investment in
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> innovation are, in fact, short-sighted and focused on the wrong things.
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> He proposes, instead, investment in an improvement infrastructure that
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> can result in sustained, radical innovation capable of changing
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> computing and expanding the kinds of problems that we can address
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> through computing. In this talk, Dr. Engelbart describes both the
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> processes that we need to put in place and the capabilities that we must
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> support in order to stimulate this higher rate of innovation. The talk
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> closes with a call to action for the Digital Library community, since
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> this is a group that has both a stake in innovation and the ability to
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> shape its direction.
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> For further reference, see also www.bootstrap.org and the paper
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> Toward High-Performance Organizations: A Strategic Role for Groupware -
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> Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart, 1992
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> http://www.bootstrap.org/augdocs/augment-132811.htm
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> For those interested in the MVB Demo: Directions
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> Here's who I have down for the Multivalent Browser (MVB) Demo between 3-4
> pm.
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> They refer to the project as MVD where D stands for document.
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> John Deneen
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> John Maloney
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> Jack Park
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> Sheldon Brahms
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> If I have left anyone out who emailed me, please accept my apologies in
> advance
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> I am somewhat behind in email this week.
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> We have requested this time so as to provide the BA-OHS-Talk community
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> an opportunity to discuss with the designer/developer Tom Phelps (Wilensky
> unfortunately is
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> not able to join us at this time) specifically how far the MVB might take us
> as a stepping stone to the Hyperscope.
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> Jack Park feels that a good candidate for the Intermediate File format is
> the treasure that we might find
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> buried in the code that allows the MVB to access legacy files.
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> Here's where to find out more about MVB
> http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~phelps/Multivalent/
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> Because this is a small number, we are likely to be in Robert Wilensky's
> office
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> In the Berkeley CS department. If there are others who are planning to come
> to this
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> earlier session, please let me know by Sunday evening so that we can make
> other arrangements for moving to a larger room.
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> Mei Lin Fung
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> (06)