> I recently bought a Palm Pilot to help me remember stuff. Trouble is, I
> often don't remember to use it.
This is where new visualization tech may help.
Any attempt to define some name by a set of numbers
and letters is just an attempt to position it in some graph
with respect to others which may have some relationships.
When you can easily manipulate some familiar map
leading from the general to the specific, or vv,
then all you need to remember is how to access the map.
This is part of the idea of having the DKR provide a map
of its contents. The OHS would be able to access various
representations of this map and even derive a map of its
own. I still think of this as a node map because each subdivision
of content is a node, but the concept of topics also fits.
I am encouraged with this thought by association with the
Web3D.org group that among other things is implementing
XML encoding of VRML. Along with this is integration of
w3c DOM interfaces. Naturally, the topics of heirarchy and
inheritance arise. This is allowing me to see the
opportunity to treat tremendously complex collections
of information as a node in a graph, that consists of other
nodes, some of which may be on other graphs, which may be
part of other graphs, all of which may be part of or referenced
by other nodes and graphs,
with navigational interfaces clearly defined.
That is, the node can consist of nodes and graphs and
may be a part of a node on a graph,
and they can all talk to each other.
Thank You and Best Regards,
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Park" <jackpark@verticalnet.com>
To: <ohs-dev@bootstrap.org>
Sent: February 09, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: Use Cases, requirements, etc. posted
>
> From: N. C a r r o l l <ncarroll@hastingsresearch.com>
>
> > On further poking around, I'm concluding that if one has an established
> > alphanumeric naming convention for a given DKR (like the OAD) -- AND an
> > intelligent mix of letters with the numbers, including the judicious use
> of
> > upper and lower case letters -- users will be able to remember hundreds of
> > nodes in their own DKRs.
>
> Well, I have this to say about that. There are many kinds of thinkers, two
> of which are the linear thinkers, and the non-linear thinker. A linear
> thinker is one that can sit and listen to a conversation, parsing everything
> in its turn, and remember well enough to conjure a thoughtful response. I
> have friends who can read a book and, two years later, say "Don't you
> remember where Browning says, on page ...?" Damn. That ticks me off. A
> non-linear thinker, of which I am one, parses every word and uses selected
> keywords to go off and start all sorts of recollections, never actually
> absorbing the entire conversation. Those dudes, speaking from experience,
> never remember anything. I only remember the title of Browning's book and
> the gist of what it was about. Where was I. Oh. Then, there's a third
> kind, I'll call that ambi-thinkers. They can do it both ways, selectively.
>
> I recently bought a Palm Pilot to help me remember stuff. Trouble is, I
> often don't remember to use it.
>
> I, for one, tend to do memory based on events. For instance, while in high
> school, someone took me for an airplane ride out to a glider field in the
> desert. I can remember that event (who wouldn't?) based on the fact that I
> was a senior in school (1962). I can also recall something else quite
> vividly. While at the glider field, I bought a couple of Soaring magazines.
> Took them home and read them *in class*, I did. I recall that extremely
> well, because I was completely unprepared to answer a question tossed at me
> in class (French). So, I stood up and gave a brief description of gliders
> using what little of the language I already had, and salvaged an otherwise,
> um, messy moment. About 10 years later, while I was visiting the editorial
> office of Soaring, the editor was trying to recall a particular article by a
> particular author, which just happened to be the article I read in class. I
> was able to spout off the title and publication date. Really ticked the
> editor off, that.
>
> Memory is a funny thing. I am deeply ensconsed in a personal search for the
> truth here. What is a mother to do?
>
> Jack
>
>
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