pcplantdb

[Stephanie Gerson <sgerson@stanfordalumni.org>]

Howdy everybody,

First of all, thank you Chad, Rich, and John for sending me your project 
plan information.  I will create a project plan this weekend, and send it 
out when I’m finished.  A few miscellaneous comments:

-Chad wrote, “The only way that my vision differs much the above is that 
you seem to specify that a GBI is an optimal way to represent/understand/
create guilds and I don't know that I agree with that.”  I also don’t 
know if I think that a GBI is the optimal way – it was simply the only 
thing I knew of when I wrote the grant proposal.  But essential to this 
project is the development of a user-interface which allows users to 
understand plant relationships in a systemic and relationship-oriented 
manner – likely involving a web-like appearance.  Like I said, GBIs were 
the only interfaces I knew of that achieved this - but if there are 
others that are more effective, wonderful!  I would like to stress, 
though, that developing an interface which presents information 
systemically is integral here.

-Lawrence wrote, “Isn't a GBI interface icing on the cake which could be 
added later.”  The interface can be added later, of course, but I don’t 
consider it icing on the cake.  As emphasized above, the interfaces is 
integral to this project – and part of what we were funded for (and 
something I stressed in the grant proposal) was to create a tool for 
systemic education.  The visual interface is therefore very important!

-Following, please check out the new version of Thinkmap (simply for 
inspiration!) at http://www.thinkmap.com/v.2.5.jsp.  I’d be curious to 
know what you techies think.  I’ve also forwarded the article from them 
below.

-Rich wrote, “so not sure how much time to devote to pcplantdb, probably 
like chad  this will be in burst mode with intensive weeks on project.”  
Hmmm, this makes project management a lot more difficult for me.  Can we 
please set a few milestones, at least?  I know I will be submitting a 
grant proposal in September to the Whole Systems Foundation, and I’d Love 
to have something to show them, if possible…  What is feasible?

-John asked if he could be the admin for the Ibiblios site.  Is everyone 
ok with this?  What does being admin involve?  And should we perhaps 
designate Lawrence as admin, considering he has experience with this and 
has a relationship with the folks at Ibiblios?  (Lawrence, would you be 
willing?)  Just want to make this decision together (hey, I lived in co-
ops for a while, what can I say…)

Sorry if I sound authoritative in any way – I kinda ended up with the 
blegh job of project management, which means I gotta be somewhat 
managerial.  And I want our collaborative efforts to be effective, so I 
am trying to guide the process accordingly.  But if anyone has any 
suggestions, criticisms, etc. about how I am doing so, please let me 
know.  I swear, I’m just a nice lady who likes holy guacamole.

Allrighty, I’ll be sending out a project plan within the next few days...

peace
*Stephanie



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• To: "Stephanie Gerson" <sgerson@stanfordalumni.org>
• Subject: Announcing Thinkmap SDK v.2.5
• Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 19:04:20 -0400

Dear Stephanie,

We are proud to announce the release of Thinkmap SDK v. 2.5. The new version offers many advantages over Thinkmap 2.0, including a new XML configuration language that makes it easier to get started with Thinkmap. 

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New Version features XML interface for quicker and easier development

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