From britep@nationwide.com Tue May 26 17:16:29 1998 Received: from metis.nationwide.com (metis.nationwide.com [198.8.253.7]) by mail.acm.org (8.8.5/8.7.5) with ESMTP id RAA1801574 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:16:27 -0400 From: britep@nationwide.com Received: by entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.1 (569.2 2-6-1998)) id 85256610.00754186 ; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:20:44 -0400 X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NWIE To: perlman@acm.org Message-Id: <85256610.0072071D.00@entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:20:47 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Status: RO Hello, Gary. I am the current Vice Chairman of the COCACM (Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery). We are in a desperate need of a speaker for our upcoming June membership meeting. I was referred to you by John Boyd who says that you would be an excellent speaker for our group on June 17. After viewing your web page, I have to say that I strongly agree with John. Could you please respond to me by email or phone if you are interested? If so, I need a brief(2 to 3 paragraphs) biography and summary of what you will be presenting for our monthly newsletter. If not, do you know of someone who may be interested? The meeting will be held at DaVinci's located at the corner of Henderson and Reed Roads. A social hour begins at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:30pm and the presentation will start around 7:30pm. As always, the speaker enjoys a complimentary dinner on the chapter. Thank you in advance for any help that you can give us. Pam Brite 890-6659 (Home) 249-3312 (Work) From perlman Wed May 27 13:04:03 1998 Received: by turing.acm.org; id AA00708; Wed, 27 May 1998 13:04:01 -0400 From: Gary PERLMAN Message-Id: <9805271704.AA00708@turing.acm.org> Subject: Re: your mail To: britep@nationwide.com Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:04:01 -0400 (EDT) Cc: perlman In-Reply-To: <85256611.0058B2CB.00@entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net> from "britep@nationwide.com" at May 27, 98 12:09:53 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2894 Status: RO Okay, how about this as a topic: Deferring User Interface Design Decisions In the development of a prototype for a new version of FirstSearch, OCLC's Web-based bibliographic and fulltext retrieval system, I wanted to explore a variety of design ideas while other developers were prototyping functions. Based on previous experiences at Bell Labs and Ohio State University, I created an generated user interface architecture in which attributes of screens (e.g., titles, icons, links, help) were stored in a database used by HTML generators. During the prototyping phase, developers modifed generated files to get their functions working, and their changes were worked back into the page attributes and generators. At several points during the process, the design of every page in the system changed with no effect on the other developers. For example, the positions of every element on the screens changed and the number of frames on the screens changed. Developers were also shielded from having to make graphic design choices, which are isolated in the screen generators. This separation of content and format allowed a version of the interface for Lynx users (single frame, without graphics) to be generated in about an hour. The talk will include some details of the tools used and what worked well and what did not work well. How does that sound? > Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you later. > > > > > > Gary PERLMAN on 05/27/98 09:39:05 AM > > Sent by: Gary PERLMAN > > To: britep@nationwide.com > cc: (bcc: Pamela L Brite/Nationwide/NWIE) > Subject: Re: your mail > > > > > I am checking with my management about possible topics. > I should get back to you later today. > > Gary > > > Hello, Gary. I am the current Vice Chairman of the COCACM (Central Ohio > > Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery). We are in a > desperate > > need of a speaker for our upcoming June membership meeting. I was > referred > > to you by John Boyd who says that you would be an excellent speaker for > our > > group on June 17. After viewing your web page, I have to say that I > > strongly agree with John. > > > > Could you please respond to me by email or phone if you are interested? > If > > so, I need a brief(2 to 3 paragraphs) biography and summary of what you > > will be presenting for our monthly newsletter. If not, do you know of > > someone who may be interested? > > > > The meeting will be held at DaVinci's located at the corner of Henderson > > and Reed Roads. A social hour begins at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:30pm and the > > presentation will start around 7:30pm. As always, the speaker enjoys a > > complimentary dinner on the chapter. > > > > Thank you in advance for any help that you can give us. > > > > Pam Brite > > 890-6659 (Home) > > 249-3312 (Work) > > > > > > > > > > > From britep@nationwide.com Wed May 27 17:02:01 1998 Received: by entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.1 (569.2 2-6-1998)) id 85256611.0073FB1B ; Wed, 27 May 1998 17:06:49 -0400 X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NWIE To: Gary PERLMAN Message-Id: <85256611.007324E2.00@entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net> Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 17:06:53 -0400 Subject: Re: your mail Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Status: RO Gary, this sounds very good. I will forward it on to our newsletter editor. Also, what type of A/V equipment will you be using? Do you need us to provide any? Thanks again, Pam Gary PERLMAN on 05/27/98 01:04:01 PM Sent by: Gary PERLMAN To: britep@nationwide.com cc: perlman@turing.acm.org(bcc: Pamela L Brite/Nationwide/NWIE) Subject: Re: your mail Okay, how about this as a topic: Deferring User Interface Design Decisions In the development of a prototype for a new version of FirstSearch, OCLC's Web-based bibliographic and fulltext retrieval system, I wanted to explore a variety of design ideas while other developers were prototyping functions. Based on previous experiences at Bell Labs and Ohio State University, I created an generated user interface architecture in which attributes of screens (e.g., titles, icons, links, help) were stored in a database used by HTML generators. During the prototyping phase, developers modifed generated files to get their functions working, and their changes were worked back into the page attributes and generators. At several points during the process, the design of every page in the system changed with no effect on the other developers. For example, the positions of every element on the screens changed and the number of frames on the screens changed. Developers were also shielded from having to make graphic design choices, which are isolated in the screen generators. This separation of content and format allowed a version of the interface for Lynx users (single frame, without graphics) to be generated in about an hour. The talk will include some details of the tools used and what worked well and what did not work well. How does that sound? > Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you later. > > > > > > Gary PERLMAN on 05/27/98 09:39:05 AM > > Sent by: Gary PERLMAN > > To: britep@nationwide.com > cc: (bcc: Pamela L Brite/Nationwide/NWIE) > Subject: Re: your mail > > > > > I am checking with my management about possible topics. > I should get back to you later today. > > Gary > > > Hello, Gary. I am the current Vice Chairman of the COCACM (Central Ohio > > Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery). We are in a > desperate > > need of a speaker for our upcoming June membership meeting. I was > referred > > to you by John Boyd who says that you would be an excellent speaker for > our > > group on June 17. After viewing your web page, I have to say that I > > strongly agree with John. > > > > Could you please respond to me by email or phone if you are interested? > If > > so, I need a brief(2 to 3 paragraphs) biography and summary of what you > > will be presenting for our monthly newsletter. If not, do you know of > > someone who may be interested? > > > > The meeting will be held at DaVinci's located at the corner of Henderson > > and Reed Roads. A social hour begins at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:30pm and the > > presentation will start around 7:30pm. As always, the speaker enjoys a > > complimentary dinner on the chapter. > > > > Thank you in advance for any help that you can give us. > > > > Pam Brite > > 890-6659 (Home) > > 249-3312 (Work) > > > > > > > > > > > From perlman Wed May 27 23:55:33 1998 Received: by turing.acm.org; id AA04411; Wed, 27 May 1998 23:55:28 -0400 From: Gary PERLMAN Message-Id: <9805280355.AA04411@turing.acm.org> Subject: Re: your mail To: britep@nationwide.com Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:55:28 -0400 (EDT) Cc: foulk@cis.ohio-state.edu, perlman In-Reply-To: <85256611.007324E2.00@entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net> from "britep@nationwide.com" at May 27, 98 05:06:53 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4407 Status: RO Clint, here is a bio: Gary Perlman is a consulting research scientist at the OCLC Online Computer Library Center. He designs, builds, and evaluates user interfaces for bibliographic and full text retrieval, notably for the OCLC FirstSearch service. Before OCLC, he had research and/or teaching positions at Bell Labs, Wang Institute, Software Engineering Institute, MIT, and OSU. He has served in elected offices for ACM SIGCHI and BuckCHI, for which he has created many Internet resources. See: http://www.acm.org/~perlman I did not really mean that the paragraph below would be the abstract. It would be okay, but I'd like to have a second stab at it. It should be done by Thursday afternoon, if that's okay. I've never been to a CO-CACM meeting, so I don't know the A/V options. I could work with an overhead projector if that's all that's available. Gary > Gary, this sounds very good. I will forward it on to our newsletter > editor. Also, what type of A/V equipment will you be using? Do you need > us to provide any? > > Thanks again, > Pam > > > > > > Gary PERLMAN on 05/27/98 01:04:01 PM > > Sent by: Gary PERLMAN > > To: britep@nationwide.com > cc: perlman@turing.acm.org(bcc: Pamela L Brite/Nationwide/NWIE) > Subject: Re: your mail > > > > > Okay, how about this as a topic: > > Deferring User Interface Design Decisions > > In the development of a prototype for a > new version of FirstSearch, OCLC's Web-based > bibliographic and fulltext retrieval system, > I wanted to explore a variety of design ideas while > other developers were prototyping functions. > Based on previous experiences at Bell Labs > and Ohio State University, I created an generated > user interface architecture in which attributes of > screens (e.g., titles, icons, links, help) were > stored in a database used by HTML generators. > During the prototyping phase, developers modifed > generated files to get their functions working, > and their changes were worked back into the > page attributes and generators. At several > points during the process, the design of every > page in the system changed with no effect on > the other developers. For example, the positions > of every element on the screens changed and the > number of frames on the screens changed. > Developers were also shielded from having to make > graphic design choices, which are isolated in the screen > generators. This separation of content and format allowed > a version of the interface for Lynx users (single frame, > without graphics) to be generated in about an hour. > The talk will include some details of the tools > used and what worked well and what did not work well. > > How does that sound? > > > Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you later. > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary PERLMAN on 05/27/98 09:39:05 AM > > > > Sent by: Gary PERLMAN > > > > To: britep@nationwide.com > > cc: (bcc: Pamela L Brite/Nationwide/NWIE) > > Subject: Re: your mail > > > > > > > > > > I am checking with my management about possible topics. > > I should get back to you later today. > > > > Gary > > > > > Hello, Gary. I am the current Vice Chairman of the COCACM (Central > Ohio > > > Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery). We are in a > > desperate > > > need of a speaker for our upcoming June membership meeting. I was > > referred > > > to you by John Boyd who says that you would be an excellent speaker for > > our > > > group on June 17. After viewing your web page, I have to say that I > > > strongly agree with John. > > > > > > Could you please respond to me by email or phone if you are interested? > > If > > > so, I need a brief(2 to 3 paragraphs) biography and summary of what you > > > will be presenting for our monthly newsletter. If not, do you know of > > > someone who may be interested? > > > > > > The meeting will be held at DaVinci's located at the corner of > Henderson > > > and Reed Roads. A social hour begins at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:30pm and > the > > > presentation will start around 7:30pm. As always, the speaker enjoys a > > > complimentary dinner on the chapter. > > > > > > Thank you in advance for any help that you can give us. > > > > > > Pam Brite > > > 890-6659 (Home) > > > 249-3312 (Work) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From paul@osc.edu Mon Jun 15 22:19:00 1998 Received: from bedrock.osc.edu (bedrock.osc.edu [192.148.249.6]) by osc.edu (8.8.6/8.8.6/OSC 1.1) with ESMTP id WAA28859; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:24:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Buerger Received: (from paul@localhost) by bedrock.osc.edu (8.8.6/8.8.6) id WAA20186; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:24:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-beta-042198 [p0] on Solaris X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <85256625.000148F8.00@entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:24:56 -0400 (EDT) Organization: Ohio Supercomputer Center Sender: paul@osc.edu To: perlman@turing.acm.org Subject: Re: [Gary PERLMAN : Re: your mail] Cc: anthony_a_lung@acm.org, Clinton R Foulk , britep@nationwide.com Status: RO Hi Gary, Pam has been on vacation and your query (see below) seems to have fallen through the cracks. For that we apologize. I will try to grab the ball and run with it (to borrow a tired old cliche - watched a bit of a rugby match on the tube this weekend). The easy answer is that it all depends...on what you would like to do and what we can do. On one end of the spectrum of possibilities, an overhaed projector is easy. On the other end of the spectrum of possibilities, an Internet connection is probably impossible. I suppose that as long as we meet at area restaurants, that will be tough. We can probably provide a mechanism to display the output of a computer. In the past we have used an InFocus (or similar) projector with a computer or a video. We might be able to provide a computer if we know what kind is desired. We need to arrive at a conclusion of what is desired in advance since I have to beg, borrow, ... whatever we want to use. Please let me know what you would like to do. Handouts would be great. Perhaps Pam has the count on the expected number of attendees. -- Paul Paul Buerger Ohio Supercomputer Center paul@osc.edu 1224 Kinnear Rd. (614) 292-4170 Columbus, OH 43212-1163 (614) 457-5655 (home) > > Received: from turing.acm.org (turing.acm.org [199.222.69.20]) by > mail.cis.ohio-state.edu (8.6.7/8.6.4) with SMTP id XAA23949 for > ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:10:50 -0400 > Received: by turing.acm.org; id AA32566; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:05:09 -0400 > From: Gary PERLMAN > Message-Id: <9806150305.AA32566@turing.acm.org> > Subject: Re: your mail > To: perlman@turing.acm.org (Gary PERLMAN) > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:05:09 -0400 (EDT) > Cc: britep@nationwide.com, foulk@cis.ohio-state.edu > In-Reply-To: <9805280355.AA04411@turing.acm.org> from "Gary PERLMAN" at May > 27, 98 11:55:28 pm > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] > Content-Type: text > Content-Length: 228 > > Can I get some info on the A/V setup for my talk? > Will I have an overhead? Computer? Internet connection? > I have never been to a COCACM meeting, so any info > would be useful. > > Shall I bring copies of handouts? How many? > > Gary > > > Paul Buerger Ohio Supercomputer Center paul@osc.edu 1224 Kinnear Rd. (614) 292-4170 Columbus, OH 43212-1163 (614) 292-7168 (FAX)Paul Buerger From britep@nationwide.com Mon Jun 15 20:22:06 1998 Received: by uranus.nationwide.com id AA12496 (SMTP Gateway for perlman@turing.acm.org); Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:23:05 -0400 Received: by uranus.nationwide.com (Internal Mail Agent-2); Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:23:05 -0400 From: britep@nationwide.com Received: by uranus.nationwide.com (Internal Mail Agent-1); Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:23:05 -0400 X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NWIE To: Clinton R Foulk Cc: perlman@turing.acm.org, foulk@cis.ohio-state.edu, johnf@thetechgroup.com, paul@osc.edu, otto@acm.org, jrandels@freenet.columbus.oh.us, kdonahue+@osu.edu, dweimer@freenet.columbus.oh.us, askrabak@freenet.columbus.oh.us, searfoa@ohiohealth.com, elkes@battelle.org, 103344.1232@compuserve.com, anthony_a_lung@acm.org, pedelsbe@infinet.com, afox@vizdom.com Message-Id: <85256625.000148F8.00@entddcmta01.ent.nwie.net> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:20:45 -0400 Subject: Re: [Gary PERLMAN : Re: your mail] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Status: RO Clint, I was on vacation all last week. I just got back to work today. Usually, Tony tries to get a LCD projector from Nationwide, but, due to problems, we are unable to get one from here anymore and I did not get in contact with our A/V department to see if we could at least use the overhead projector. Paul, could you get an overhead projector from your job? DaVinci's will have a screen available for our use. Thanks, Pam Clinton R Foulk on 06/15/98 08:02:40 PM Sent by: Clinton R Foulk To: foulk@cis.ohio-state.edu johnf@thetechgroup.com paul@osc.edu otto@acm.org jrandels@freenet.columbus.oh.us "kdonahue+"@osu.edu dweimer@freenet.columbus.oh.us askrabak@freenet.columbus.oh.us searfoa@ohiohealth.com elkes@battelle.org 103344.1232@compuserve.com anthony_a_lung@acm.org pbrite@acm.org pedelsbe@infinet.com afox@vizdom.com cc: (bcc: Pamela L Brite/Nationwide/NWIE) Subject: [Gary PERLMAN : Re: your mail] Folks: I received this question from Perlman a week ago and forwarded it to somebody (Pam, I think); but he has evidently not received an answer. Could someone please decide what's going to be available and let Perlman know? Thanks --Clint --------------- Received: from turing.acm.org (turing.acm.org [199.222.69.20]) by mail.cis.ohio-state.edu (8.6.7/8.6.4) with SMTP id XAA23949 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:10:50 -0400 Received: by turing.acm.org; id AA32566; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:05:09 -0400 From: Gary PERLMAN Message-Id: <9806150305.AA32566@turing.acm.org> Subject: Re: your mail To: perlman@turing.acm.org (Gary PERLMAN) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:05:09 -0400 (EDT) Cc: britep@nationwide.com, foulk@cis.ohio-state.edu In-Reply-To: <9805280355.AA04411@turing.acm.org> from "Gary PERLMAN" at May 27, 98 11:55:28 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 228 Can I get some info on the A/V setup for my talk? Will I have an overhead? Computer? Internet connection? I have never been to a COCACM meeting, so any info would be useful. Shall I bring copies of handouts? How many? Gary