Re: :zz: The Plan for ZigZag (2) / A Thesis for Bek

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bek,

>Something that just occured to me - can anybody figure out a way I can
>turn implementing ZZ and/or OSMIC into a honours or masters thesis?
>That would give me a BUNCH more time to work on them!

Although I am not in the Australian university system,
 I feel quite certain that there is material here for several
 PhD theses, let alone masters'.  I would be glad to suggest
 topics, but why not just write a program to throw permutations
 of--
hypertext
hypermedia
multimedia
bidirectional
intelligent
resource
version
group 
structure
server
client-server
ostrich
[wakefulness check]
Internet
caching
rights management
future society
and on and on and on.  

I'm quite serious.  Both projects are very general,
 putting them together is even more magical,
 and you're at the epicenter, babe.

ChrzT


At 09:21 PM 7/4/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Ted Nelson wrote:
>> One is the steady incremental additions ("features", though I detest the
>> term) which Bek is going to be doing.  The other is the daring expansions,
>> which have to be done by Andrew.  This is not to belittle Bek's ability,
>> but rather to praise Andrew's swooping understanding of a broad variety of
>> issues.  This doesn't mean Bek does just "the easy stuff"; she and Andrew
>> will decide which parts he needs to do.  
>
>Makes sense to me :)
>
>Few questions:
>
>I'm moving out of home in a month.  That means I really need to be
>doing work that brings in at least a little money.  What's the chance
>that this will be short-term financial for me?  Long term?
>
>How much time should I be putting on this, too?  Ballpark ...
>
>What about OSMIC - I still haven't got many of the features in the
>TODO list done for that ... (Andrew:  Read that as I've done all the
>server fixes you suggested and none of the client ones.)
>
>
>Something that just occured to me - can anybody figure out a way I can
>turn implementing ZZ and/or OSMIC into a honours or masters thesis?
>That would give me a BUNCH more time to work on them!
>
>
>Gossamer
>
>-- 
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>: Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.  -- Jessamyn West
>
>
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