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September 26, 2007
Feedback, please: User-powered help inside Photoshop?
I have a very simple idea–one that I think could be very powerful. I'm proposing that Photoshop (and other Adobe apps) become living organisms, platforms that constantly improve as users learn & share. Whether the idea sees the light of day depends largely on what you say about it.
I want to start by addressing a simple problem: Let me preserve what I've learned & keep it at my fingertips. If you're like me, you've probably jotted down a million notes about software over the years, storing them on sticky notes, on legal pads, wherever… most of which are nowhere to be found at the moment you need them. Instead of settling for this, what if you could capture your knowledge about Photoshop inside Photoshop?
It's the simplest idea in the world: let's let people jot down notes and stick them into the application itself. Instead of living only on the local hard drive, the notes would be stored on the network. That way, no matter where you found yourself working, your accumulated knowledge would always be there, in the context of the tools themselves. In essence you'd be micro-blogging from within Photoshop.
Ah, but the network is built for sharing. So what if you could elect to share your notes with others, and what if you could see what they'd shared?
Here's a practical example. Let's say you go into Photoshop's Unsharp Mask dialog box. "Amount" is straightforward, but what the hell do "Radius" and "Threshold" mean, exactly? Let's say you make sense of it, or you find settings that work really well for certain images. Why not jot down a note right there? That way you've enriched Photoshop with that knowledge, in context, and made it part of your permanent collection.
But what if you don't know what something means? Maybe you could see what Bruce Fraser has to say on the subject–reading a note with Bruce's tips right in the dialog. Inside Illustrator's Live Color feature the other day, I was dying to have Mordy Golding drop by my office and give me the straight dope. Why couldn't I see Mordy's writing–or hear audio narration, or see a video, for that matter–right within Live Color? Why can't I see Mac Holbert's best practices for printing–right in the print dialog?
As I envision it, notes would be searchable, and you could give a quick thumbs-up/-down, TiVo-style, to each note. That way the good stuff would bubble up while the crap falls into obscurity. (And, of course, you could always elect to keep your notes private–which they would be by default.)
Here's a really simple mockup I created to depict the concept running in a palette/panel. (Yes, it would look slicker when real UI designers did their thing.)
So, what do you think? Would you find value in jotting down what you've learned, making it portable and permanent? Would you share that info with others? Would you read what they'd shared? Is any of this worth a damn? I'm dying to know your take. Here's a 3-question survey, and comments are welcome.
PS–At risk of overloading the concept, I may as well confess that I regard notes as the "thin edge of the wedge." I want not only my knowledge to live "in the cloud"; I want everything that makes my copy of an app mine–custom palettes, brushes, swatches, font styles, everything–to live on the network, to be synched seamlessly and to be sharable with others. If I come up with a kick-ass skin for using Photoshop for Web design, I want you to type "JNack" into your copy of Photoshop and have it, bang, zero friction. Viva the Photoshop Nation.
I love the idea. I really hope that this sees the light of day.
Love the idea. This is why they pay you the big bucks.
[They pay me big bucks? ;-) Thanks for the props, though. –J.]
Great idea John! I like the idea of having such an expansive knowledge base at my figertips without searching all over the interwebs! In-ap wiki FTW! Speaking of wikis, it would be useful to see all of this knowledge outside of the application as well, on a dedicated website. This could also be a great way for users to submit suggestions to the developers.
There might be a problem with "too much information". A special website, hosted by Adobe, would do the job as well. Photoshop is used in so many different ways in so many areas… IMHO, I would prefer a website. but, that's me. BTW, I appreciate sharing vision of JN here.
Great idea. For developer's thing, there are many collaborative sites today and extending that concept to the software is great.
this could be really cool, if you could select to only search in maybe 2-3 other persons notes than your own. And keep both some private and some shared notes. extended to color profiles and such and the ability to use your own server so an offline studio setup would be posible and you would have a huge concept. that would make it a pro feature in my book.
I like the idea, kind of what the Adobe Labs "knowhow" pallet in Illustrator really wants to be if it could network like its Kuler (cooler?) brother.
[Yep. I've envied the Illustrator team's ability to get the ball moving with knowhow & contextual help, but we'd all like to see the idea taken much further, leveraging the power of the community. –J.]
Great idea. There used to be a centralized version of tips and tricks (rather than user notes) in Macromedia products, but it never really got updated.
Also Photoshop did have the ability to create How tos, but the interface was too much of a wall for most people.
[Oh yes–that was one of my first babies when joining the team. I bribed Seetha to make it happen in exchange for a bottle of Don Julio. :-) Unfortunately, you're quite right that creating the content required jumping through too many hoops. The process needs to be "idea->written->done/shared," period–zero friction. –J.]
This concept would be much better!
Amazing concept. Count me in. So often I mailed screenshots with explanations and Shortcuts etc. to folks, I am sure this would work great with the pro community, too.
I am quite happy with being able to add to the Photoshop Help Menu. I have a HTML index page attached for my personal help item that launches all of the external articles, notes, tutorials, etc. I even have a batch file to update the index with new content. Kind Regards, Pete
Yay! I always wondered what John Nack actually does behind Photoshop :))
[You & my colleagues all do. ;-) –J.]
Just kidding. This is an amazing idea, John. This is future. All apps in the world should interact like this. I always loved how Google SketchUp integrates the 3D Warehouse, for example. This kind of simple forward thinking makes me love to use a great app. The Photoshop Nation exists out there, why not have right in the app itself?
[Exactly! –J.]
This is an innovative approach. I have some concerns that this could become the world's biggest blog to the point that the good stuff is tough to find.
[Yeah, there are a number of issues that we'd still need to experiment with & address. You wouldn't want your apps' interfaces to turn into a carnival of sticky notes, and I'm not sure whether you'd want to search from within each area of each app, or whether there should be just one search interface. Anyway, I'm massively encouraged to spend the time figuring it out based on all the good feedback here. :-) –J.]
John, not only is it a great idea, but it works.
The simpler the better, too. Sure, have more complex options available, but at the root level it needs to be about as complex as opening a text file and it saving with some sort of context flag automatically added for ease of recall.
Just to prove how nerdy I am, I play an MMORPG. One of the best features of a game that takes over 4GB to whack on your harddrive is the command "/note". All it does is open a text file in the game that you can add notes to. Yup, brilliant. And it works. At any time you can open it up and see what you've typed or add to it without having to take yourself out of the application.
Nice work, mate. Now just make it happen and I'll have to add a few more beers if you get down to Sydney :-)
[Heh–all the better to wash down a kangaroo pizza in The Rocks. ;-) –J.]
Oh, and to have access to read and contribute, perhaps you'd need to be registered. Handy way of adding value to genuine users as opposed to pirates (it always helps to show the improvement on the bottom line when you're trying to get the corporate buy-in :-)
[Believe me, I've mentioned it. And I think there are a whole variety of ways we could help authors, trainers, & other motivated folks earn money in exchange for their services. Maybe there could be a micropayment system for premium content. Maybe there could be premium channels. Maybe attending a seminar or buying a book would unlock the trainer's voice, right within Photoshop. Once we crack that door open, the possibilities are pretty considerable. –J.]
I like the help idea, but I want to extend it to include a way to store techniques or recipes that I create or learn from others. Not actions, but just step by step instructions about adding this layer, changing that blending mode, creating this mask, etc. I have lots of scraps and notes on this stuff, and would love to find it inside my copy of Photoshop where I need it.
I like the idea you've got in the PS part at the end there. That's something I've wanted for a really, really long time; some sort of way to move an entire "user" around, carrying anything I've put into Photoshop (patters, swatches, shapes, keyboard shortcuts, etc) to any computer that I sit down and use. I'm really happy to see that somebody who actually has the influence to get it done has the same kind of "want"!
[[Note to self: Don't bum him out by mentioning how long you've been (fruitlessly) pushing for this. (Dang, no internal monologue…)] Cool; we'll keep fighting to make it happen. –J.]
As usual, John, great idea. Love the concept. I also love the simple surveys you've been using to solicit feedback. Respect.
[Thanks, Trevor. I'm finding Survey Monkey to be drop-dead easy to use. –J.]
Great idea! To expand the lifespan and usefulness of such notes, any new releases of photoshop would need to know how to migrate the notes from the old version to the new (notes would need to be tagged as either specific to the current version or not).
Excellent concept. Macromedia started letting users see comments to help live both inside the apps and on their website (read and write in the latter case) which really helped explain some concepts, and correct some mistakes.
Spinning this further you could use scripting technology to have people record and "show by example". Scripts could be lightweigth and low on bytes.
Interesting. It feels a little like live docs fed into a Photoshop panel, or a context sensitive help panel.
I agree with Dan that it is a great way for users to relate frustrations/suggestions to developers since the communal knowledge and usage of a function could be gathered from the comments/notes. Also, it could be very useful for software training in organizations that require specific workflows. An uberuser at a company could load up a copy of Photoshop with his tech comments and share with all users at his company.
My reservations would be:
(1) if shared among all users of Photoshop, what keeps users from abuse/spam/junk/obscene or just plain incorrect notes? Could it be moderated?
[I think it would have to be, at least to some extent. –J.]
(2) Could I correct a note if I've made an ass of myself? Yeah, it happens. Might be happening now. :)
[Yes (the former, not the latter ;-)). –J.]
(3) As with anything plugged communicating online, will we have to contend with a new vector for viruses and worms? I couldn't deal with a "don't use photoshop this week, wait for a patch" notice.
[The notes mechanism itself would facilitate just the exchange of notes–simple, non-executable data (text, audio, video). But as for the broader idea about making P2P exchange of actions and scripts super easy, yeah, it does carry some risks. We'd probably need some method for establishing levels of trust & running code only from trusted parties. –J.]
Great idea. Being able to sort what type of user you view tips from would be a huge help, as well, to cut down on information clutter.
For example, I should be able to view "Adobe Team Only" for the creators' tips, and "My Team Only" for tips and SOPs created by colleagues at my design agency or prepress facility.
This idea is very good, devil is in implementation.
For example "Categorize this note" will always offer too general items, it should be user configurable.
What about user editable "cool tips"?
Great Idea! But what about quality of the comments / best practise? I can imagine thousands of suggestions, descriptions and how-tos in such a system. How can I see how much they are worth? Or do I have to scroll them all for hours?
There should be a system implemented that takes care about the quality in this system. Maybe this could be through kicking out artivcles that have the lowest ratings etc. Quantity or just the possibility of contributing can't be the solution. There must be quality.
Please extend this to Lightroom. Since release I have wanted the ability to add notes to an image. I find image variants on HDDs but do not remember why I made this version, how it differs from version A,B and C, what I attempted to do and how it failed (I learn from failure not success). At present this is done using the directory structure and cryptic filenames whose intended meaning is no longer remembered.
Heck yeah!!! I use the Foxmarks extension in Firefox to let me have my bookmarks anywhere. I would love to have something like this to sync my home and work software settings. Do it!
A central repository in Bridge would be useful for sorting and reviewing such notes. As would the ability to shunt notes to metadata if one wanted to.
Also having a video with experts showing how to use the the pallet would be a great start :-)
This is an awesome idea! I really hope it has legs. What I've been doing so far is putting my notes into the File–>Info… of each image I work on (when there's something special worth noting, that is). Spotlight (OSX) also does a decent job of scanning through my various notes and pdfs, but it would be fantastic to be able to have this info accessible no matter what computer I'm on. Being able to search my Quicktime movies and skip right to the relevant info would be icing on the cake!
I agree with Lasse though; I'd definitely want to keep some notes private. Certain techniques and methods are learned through years of trial and error; I'm not so keen to give those ideas away.
I'd be less interested in sampling the cloud, and more interested in professional (ie: commercial) input. Take it from someone who confronts it on a daily basis, mass advice is generally bad advice. I'd much rather have a "Deke" tab or a "Katrin" tab or a "Rodney" tab, and reward their efforts accordingly.
[Most definitely. You'd be able to say "Make mine DekeShop" by overlaying Deke's notes, for instance. As I noted elsewhere in the comments, I want to make it possible to authors to be rewarded for their work, if they'd like. You should be able to subscribe to the Katrin Channel, or to the Pixel Genius Channel, the O'Reilly Channel, etc. How the content gets bundled & how one pays for it are interesting questions. –J.]
I enjoy Digg, but I'd never trust it as a news source. The crowd is not as wise as reputed.
[No, but look at Wikipedia. I've heard it said that the Wik' offers 10x the content of Britannica at 90% the accuracy. Sometimes that broad coverage can get you pretty close to what you need. –J.]
Notes about using Photoshop? It's so intuitive and simple, why would I do that?
I already make my application notes with the same tool I use for my other electronic notes. I'd think several times before entrusting important notes to a proprietary Photoshop feature. Instead, save the notes as text or html files and provide a nice standalone note app that can be easily invoked from Photoshop or any other suite application. The only reason I might like Adobe to take a stab at such a tool that already exists would be to integrate the note app so it could edit metadata.
Sounds like a great idea. I could trim my favorites list down quite a bit if this was implemented
I've always wanted to be able to access my shortcuts/pallets from anywhere, in fact, I have them at my website so that I can download them when needed. But yes, having this built-in would be a beauty.
As for the tips, I think it's great but there should be a rating system, 5 starts or something, so that the community could moderate itself.
I was thinking of suggesting you to do just that, feature polls, as I think you've become a bridge between Adobe and their users. But than you beat me to it with the first survey. I hope to see more of them!
I really like this concept. But I don't care about quality ratings for such notes; I'll only include content, from whatever source, that I find useful to me. For instance, in all the CS apps, at various times, I'll come upon a problem to which I don't know the answer, and look it up – help files, user forums, Google, trial and error. When I find an answer that works, I'd put it in this feature. It would either be an application-wide note, or context sensitive – it would attach itself to whatever tool, panel or dialog I was using at the time.
For example, I'm a frequent visitor to the Illustrator User to User Forum. Somebody will will post a query about how to achieve a particular effect relating to 3D. I'll do some research of my own, and may find something valuable for that user, for the wider community, or just to myself. So, within the Illustrator 3D dialog, I would create a note, and post it as a response in the forum for others to check out. If I found a useful tip posted by another user, I could copy just the portion that was important to me, and paste it back into my own notes.
I currently do something similar to this, putting the tips in a long, unorganized text file, available only to me, and only then when I take the time to find it, open it, and search it. Making the notes part of the application, and shareable would be terrific indeed.
John, are you familiar with a brand new site that just went into beta — it's called Attendi (http://www.attendi.com)… it allows you to search for conversations that people have had about stuff you're looking for. It even lets you contact people to have conversations with them when they are online. It's pretty wild and I think borders on some of the concepts you're presenting here.
[Hmm–I'll have to check that out. –J.]
By the way, if you use the Force, it's not that difficult to figure out Live Color in Illustrator :)
[Ah, who needs the Force when I can pester you? –J.]
I would love the ability to take notes right in photoshop! This would save a lot of time, inside and outside of photoshop.
This is a fantastic idea. I'd also like to see some sort of community built set of notes that goes a step further than the mockups you made. They would be, in a manner of speaking, a wiki help area where it doesn't matter who said what.
Yes, I would love this. I take all my little jot downs from my desk once a month and type up a list of tips and little used shortcuts I want to keep handy. I am passing on all the little tidbits to my daughter, also, who has not used Photoshop since Photoshop 3.
I really like the idea and as with all new ideas there will be a lot to work through before it's ready for prime time, but I hope it goes forward. I have already used the facility that Photoshop has to add to the help menu, but it's not as easy as I would like.
I don't mind that all of the notes might not be good advice. After all it's Photoshop and you can give it a try and if it doesn't work then you can undo.
I like the idea of a rating system. You could also let people report abuse or questionable content.
Keep up the good work!
"[Maybe attending a seminar or buying a book would unlock the trainer's voice, right within Photoshop.]"
Imagine the Easter Eggs that could spring from this…I can just imagine my speakers leaping to life to the sound of AC/DC's The Jack :-)
Going down that line, actually, I could see other vendors (*cough*such as printer manufacturers*cough*) providing modules that step users through preferred settings or setting options when printing from PS. It'd be cool to get that level of cooperation from other vendors.
Yeah, I guess this would be okay. I already do something like this, but my process is slightly different. I first try and undo a bunch of times; then I open a browser totally by-passing the useless Help system that came with PS (ah, what the heck, maybe this time it really does have the answer); get disappointed; go to Google; type in my question; search for answers from other users; spend hours searching for and reading who knows what; go off on tangents (like finding this site and writing 3 comments in one day instead of working); finally get the answer; try it; say to self: "Wow, I got the answer thanks to someone else!"; then forget the whole thing a 3 months later and redo the same process.
I think rated notes might eventually replace my system, but what the heck it might be better. ;-)
[ By the way, not for posting: What does the "Remember Me?" radio button do? ]
Absolutely. If this isn't included in CS4, I'll be very disappointed.
Fantastic idea. I could really see using this a lot in all the Adobe apps. Especially Photoshop and Indesign.
I love the idea, but it's going to rely heavily upon the execution. There's alot of questions here. Would you impose a maximum length, to truly keep this in the "notes" realm? Do you envision some type of moderation? I could see some of the notes getting way too long, or worse – some grumpy designer/developer could post some naughty things (but I suppose that's the danger of community anyway).
But overall the spirit of the idea is great – I'd love to see how it's carried out.
Yup. Gopher it.
I am leaning towards the idea of subscriptions, like an XML/RSS channel that could be loaded on the fly. That would help those of us who go between photography, design and technical uses.
Sort of like the Exchange and Extensions, I can see an Adobe-hosted list of approved channels, and then the capability to pick up a feed/library from the random schmoe on the web. It would be a great channel (marketing term) for revenue if a PS site could offer ad and non-ad versions.
If that's not clear, I imagine being able to go to some online community or guru's website, see their work, and be able to grab an RSS-like link to drop into my workspace, like a bookmark. The provider could offer two versions; one may be free but have ads or limited info, and a premium would have no ads and more content (maybe even actions, workspaces, and other stuff).
But Adobe-approved content would be listed in a repository on Adobe's servers, with a special direct link in PS… maybe even a catalog or aggregate search function. This would open up adding in links to online communities, too, which enables dialog.
Let's bring Adobe's help system and the community at large together ;)
(btw – a comment on Flash and DW's help/reference docs… they are useless. There are tons of resources there, but no useful way of filtering or drilling. And not all keywords are properly indexed; I've searched on words I am currently reading, and will get a zero-result return. I've abandoned using those help files).
I too approve the idea.
Could you access the stuff from outside an Adobe app, or just when you're in one?
Also, after messing around with Geni.com for awhile (family trees), be prepared for your bosses getting on your case about "privacy" (so many limits on what we can do because they're afraid of getting sued). The borg-cloud would have tenticles to everyone's machines through Adobe Help.
Wow. How could we live without it now that you have brought the idea up. Two thumbs up!
Oh God Yes!
How many times have we wondered, after coming back to a particularly awesome PSD file, "How'd I do that?"…which is why I have the Detailed History box CHECKED in my preferences… but what you propose is manna from heaven… do you realize how much such a concept could shorten learning curves… my word… it'd be unreal. And of course, the Photoshop Guys would go NUTS with all sorts of commentary available (I can see Kelby's head spinning with ideas already).
Suffice to say, "cat is out of the bag"… you gotta run with this now! TOP OF THE LIST for CS4 features (or maybe even a point release???). Pretty Please.
As my seven your old sings from time to time (I like it! I love it, I want more of it!)
Oh and by the way, can you get it done tomorrow? ;-)
photoshopaholic ("My Name is Rich." "Hi Rich!" "… it has been seven minutes since my last adjustment curve…"
[Jeez, Rich, tell us how you really feel. ;-) Thanks for the feedback & encouragement. –J.]
Sounds good, but there would have to be some way of controlling how much of that mojo someone sees – if at all. Kai Kraus had a concept where you earned points as you played with more things and exposed more things. Kinda nice, too. But the idea of having reference links is a good one – provided they remain fresh and un-tethered to 'buy me' crap.
I love the idea. I don't find myself with a lot of time to post on forums but I've got a thousand tips that I have jotted on post-it notes over the last 3 years that I'd love to share, but can't realistically do it. I think that it could be particularly useful with a powerful search feature, as I find myself hard-up for information relating to pre-press uses of Photoshop, Acrobat, etc. The ability to easily share that information from within the program would be great.
I suggest codename: Firehose
GREAT idea!
I think the biggest problem would be sorting through the mass of notes for the gem. Although, making it context specific (only unsharp masks notes are visible in the unsharp mask dialogue box) would help tremendously. I like the video idea too.
Just one question: how to combat spam? What would prevent someone from buying PS just to be able to send tons of notes around the web spamming his new porn website? There would have to be an administrator approving all the notes.
Idea generally speaking is good, but i see too much abuse revolving around it.
Just what I need, the internet (with all of its warts) inside Photoshop.
But seriously, I like the idea of retaining personal knowledge of PS inside PS and making its retrieval context-sensitive.
Other than in the contexts of 'back-up' or 'upgrade,' portability of my knowledge to another machine is largely irrelevant since (1) I barely own a single copy of PS, and (2) my PS work is limited to a single machine.
Besides, my hard drive is always with my machine, my machine is NOT always on the internet.
(To be certain, I would love 'zero-friction' backup of my entire customized PS environment to a single location that I can find, like a CD or thumb-drive.)
As for the utility of shared 'user-generated' knowledge, I don't want my 'context-sensitive' help to give me an 'internet-polluted' response. I think it is very telling how quickly the idea surfaced that PS users could limit "user-generated context-sensitive help" to just "expert-generated context-sensitive help."
Great idea, John, with one caveat: make sure the system can be fully indexed, especially if you decide to include rich media! The lynda.com site (which was a great bonus idea for CS3 buyers, thanks! I'm a full subscriber now. Deke's lessons are taking me to the next level :) has one Achilles heel: search results are extremely coarse. If you only remember that a particular tool or trick was mentioned somewhere in a 20-hour lecture series, good luck! Hopefully that trick is mentioned in the title or synopsis, otherwise you're stuck. Rich-media resources need complete transcripts and correlated searching that can point one deep inside the material. ~Brad
I love this idea. About three weeks ago I had a similar idea for an adobe help pallet. It was simplier, just a help menu that functions as a pallet in the software. Yours is MUCH cooler!! I'm a graphic design student in austin tx, I even made a mock up as well for an interactive design class. I'd love to email you a pdf if possible.
[Sure, please do. –J.]
Great Idea,But scared of over information, so expect some sort of filtering and managing and organizing the content. Say for example i want to see Scott Kelby's jottings and notes only i must be able to do so.
[Oh yes, most definitely. –J.]
Great idea, I think to make it really sing, you should make it so that I can add note items w/o having to open Photoshop, etc. Like a little applet or palette window.
It would be REALLY cool if you get devise a plug-in for web browsers that could automatically collect the info (link, etc) and add it to the system, kinda like Google Notebook for the Adobe Suite… :)
Also, I wouldn't put it under "help", I rarely look under the help menu, it might need its own palette called "knowledge" or something to differentiate itself from the standard help system.
There's a church doing this kind of thing with the Bible. Check out LifeChurch.tv's youversion.com for ideas.
I really like your idea!
So, I can see Adobe renting/leasing access to different apps on-line rather than selling them…..and then renting/leasing the additional info/educational links that go with them, i.e. Lynda.com links open from within Help or Napp one-minute tips open from contextual menus — if you pay — and access to all your projects kept online at Adobe – or Google – or some other mass storage facility — accessible from any computer — or smart-phone – or Hi-def cable TV, with access privleges rented to your whole work-group/company. Big monitization models available here!
first, i thought "what a great idea", then your mockup-screenshots killed it a bit. i know, only mockups, but still. my first vision after reading your introduction was a little "*" button in every dialogbox. once you click it, a post-it note appears that allows me to enter whatever i want. i can resize it and "stick it" onto this dialog box (filter, whatever) wherever i feel fit. when the panel is closed, so is the postit. when i open the filter again, there it is, and floats with my dialog box.
i could make my real notes, post it right on my screen, on my panel or filter window, perfect!
for me to use it, it would have to be simplistic but sexy. not in a long list of comments, or even worse in the online help.
[Being able to attach notes anywhere is the goal, but we have to start somewhere, and that's why I depicted a single palette/panel (unsexily rendered). –J.]
I like the idea, but if I may make a comment based on a perceptual idea from a very intelligent friend of mine, Andy Moorer PHD (you may know him)
"Sometime in the near future, the technology will make it possible to store all of the information in the world in a cube that's 12 inches square….but the index to access that knowledge would take up an space 1/2 the size of the planet" (loosely quoted)
Perhaps that may apply to this idea?
I am an avid supporter of your effort and generally agree with other responder's comments. A feature similar to the one proposed is incorporated into a product where I work. While it presents as a small "oh by the way" feature it has provided noticeable productivity gains. While this discussion focuses on individual users there is an opportunity for a LAN implementation at shops with multiple staff using Adobe products. This could shorten the time to productivity for new hires. Anyway here is my devalued 2 cents worth:
As has been mentioned implementing this feature is going to require demonstrating a Return On Investment to your business.
I would suggest that the functionality be implemented in measured phases on a foundation that can be easily adapted to future enhancements.
The initial offering would be a basic, but valuable, tool that wouldn't attempt to integrate sharing other user's valuable and painfully acquired lessons. Postponing this provides the opportunity to collect metrics on the basic concept which can go a long way towards subsequent funding proposals for extended capabilities.
Ah yes metrics: With complete disclosure to the product's user provide them the option of allowing Adobe to record the frequency and TYPE of references used. For example Web links, Adobe Help, Adobe tutorials, local notes, etc. each would be a separate category. I'm unsure that, as a user, I would want anyone tracking the actual address of information. This would mimic website analytic functionality that tracks the areas of the website that visitors access the most often. This is valuable tool in maintaining an effective website.
Postponing a globally shared user repository also provides time to address all the challenges associated with the valid concerns, from both the users and providers.
Certainly simplicity is the key. Adding links should be as familiar as internet bookmarks. Actually I liked the approach in your screen shots. As mentioned in previous responses, too much information is difficult to both manage and use. Personally I would find that a plethora of "sticky" notes everywhere to be counterproductive (but then I'm a bit stodgy). I would prefer a central repository for the quick links from all products. Categories could separate Premiere links from Photoshop links from Bridge links, etc.
It might be beneficial to leverage other vendor's software where appropriate. For example Google provides a free desktop version of its search engine. Again this interface is familiar to most users. Google also provides functionality to tailor their capabilities to external applications. A search engine that already addresses multiple format sources of information repositories avoids the expense of enhancement and maintenance to inhouse applications.
I also like the concept of transparent links to subscriber based libraries. Perhaps a strategic partnership with vendors such as O'Reilly's Safari would be mutually beneficial. O'Reilly could offer subscription incentives to Adobe users and manage subscription fees. They might also be open to small software modifications to take advantage of Adobe's customer base.
I have mixed feelings about a web based repository. While it provides anyplace internet access to a broader audience, the management and required support would be expensive. And as mentioned by other responders the value and validity would raise concerns. Also this accessibility benefit might become a detriment when the user is away from their home base and readily available internet access.
By the way I'm disappointed in Adobe's Help functionality. I assume that providing it on the web facilitates just in time updates. However, if automatic updates are available for the software, why not the Help data base? I would prefer a local help database coupled with a Google search engine. But then that's just me.
I share your frustration with introducing new concepts to business owners. I've worked for 4 years to migrate a mainframe application to commodity hardware and software. After several successful prototypes that demonstrated superior throughput an actual production implementation may occur this year.
I am very encouraged that you are championing this effort. When it is incorporated into the product I hope this feature is highlighted in product promotions.
So Good Luck, Hang in there, Keep the Faith and take a VP golfing.


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Obama administration expected to announce a compromise with religious groups in regard to birth control.
Coronado Mall employees going to jail. Police say they've been physically agressive in pushing sales.
Bombings in Syria kill at least 25.
Gov. Martinez-backed repeal disallows undocumentedl immigrants from getting driver's licenses.
House also approves pay raise for county officials.
Conservationists kill rhino while trying to inform the public on how to help rhinos.
Man carrying petitions for A Safer Missouri Citizens' Coalition shot to death in St. Louis.
Nothing says Valentine's Day love like a "salamigram."
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APS says boy burned in locker room horseplay involving aerosol and a lighter.
Joe the Plumber is running for Congress.
Man arrested for putting 3-year-old in a dryer, turning it on.
Two nuclear plants approved in Georgia.
Chewie, Barney and Alf— the men behind the masks.
Police say Illinois teen tried to bring five sacks of sacks of weed into juvie, but decided to put them in a security checkpoint tray rather than take them through a metal detector.
A list of ways to refer to Zooey Deschanel, aka the "manic pixie dream girl."
One-legged man running from trouble prompts the question, What would Omar Little do? Oh, indeed.

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DOVER — Governor Maggie Hassan will speak Tuesday evening at the 100 Best Communities for Young People award celebration.
Dover Coalition for Youth coordinator, Vicki Hebert, said Hassan's office confirmed her attendance last week.
"We had mailed an invite to her office and to state reps," Hebert said. "And somewhere around Tuesday her office reached out."
The celebration will begin with a presentation via Skype from America's Promise Alliance, who initiated the award, followed by a speech from Mayor Dean Trefethen and Hassan.
"I'm not sure what she plans to say," Hebert said.
America's Promise Alliance and ING present this award to communities that perform outstanding and innovative work to improve the lives of children.
According to a public statement, it is a national competition recognizing communities with programs that support the youth and aim to end the high school dropout crisis.
Dover received the award back in October after being nominated last spring, for the second year in a row, because of its community programs for young people dedicated to ensuring health and safety, including Dover Coalition for Youth and the Youth to Youth program.
The celebration will also recognize community organizations and business partners, Dover Children's Home and Liberty Mutual, End 68 Hours of Hunger and Relyco, Children's Museum of New Hampshire and Center for Assessment and Zebra Crossings and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. Each organization and business will receive $300 and a plaque from the Coalition for their involvement in helping to make the Garrison City "a great place for young people to live, learn and thrive," according to Hebert.
The ceremony starts at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington Street. Call Dover Coalition for Youth at (603) 516-3279 for more information.


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Deputies in Seminole County are investigating a CVS Pharmacy burglary in Oviedo.
Officials said a stolen truck was used to smash through the front door of the store on Red Bug Lake Road.
Surveillance video shows a stolen white Ford F250 pickup truck enter the parking lot at around 2:45 a.m. Friday, and back up to smash through the front doors.
Two masked burglars run into the pharmacy, but leave seconds later empty-handed, according to investigators.
Deputies said the two then flee the scene in a van, leaving the truck behind.
Investigators said they believe the duo intended to take the ATM from the store.
The pickup truck was recently reported stolen out of Winter Garden, according to a release.
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|System: Wii, X360, PS3, PS2, PSP
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Blue Castle
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 2K Sports
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: June 25, 2007
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-4
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Cole Smith
July 16, 2007 - The BIGS is an easy, fun, arcade-style game that anyone can play instantly. This will eventually hurt the replay value since there isn't much depth to keep gamers challenged once they've mastered their technique. Overall, the game is not up to next-gen standards in terms of production values either. Although it's still a fine looking game, it's nothing we haven't seen on the PS2. It will make an excellent rental if you're just looking to bat a few out of the park over a weekend.
If there's one thing to be said about The BIGS, it's that it's easy to learn and fun to play. This is purely an arcade game. There is just enough variety to keep the average gamer interested for a few hours at the very least. Newbies won't be baffled by stats, upgrades, customizing, complex batting and pitching systems, or an endless variety of modes. The gameplay is fast moving. It's not bogged down in simulation. It's filled with action. It's the sports equivalent of a first-person shooter. In other words, leave your brain in the bullpen and just come out swinging.
An arcade-style control system ensures you won't have any trouble whether you're pitching or batting. There are some running and fielding issues, but I'll discuss those later. Pitching is almost too easy. Pick a face button that corresponds to one of the four pitches of your choice such as a curveball, grounder, ball, or strike. The strength and accuracy of the pitch will depend upon a few things such as the talent of the pitcher, his stamina level, and your ability to keep the button pressed until the exact time the ball travels over the plate. Hold it down too long, or release it too fast, and the pitch will be less accurate. With each pitch, your pitcher's stamina will decrease making subsequent throws less powerful and accurate. A temporary solution is to activate the turbo or power-up meter to augment your abilities. These meters begin to fill as you strikeout the batter and make great plays such as tagging out a runner from a hit to the outfield.
You can also acquire and deploy turbo and power-ups boosts when you're up to bat. You'll get more juice if you get walked, hit with the ball, or hit a homer. If you press the turbo meter before a pitch, you'll increase your batting strength while making sure the pitcher throws you a ball that you can hit. Once you make a hit you can activate the turbo to make your player run faster. If you use your power-up while batting, you're virtually guaranteed a homer which triggers an animation that rivals a fourth of July celebration as sparks and debris fly when you hit the scoreboard. It's a great looking effect, but it's repeated so often that it inevitably loses its appeal.
Since this is an arcade game, it doesn't require a lot of thought to play. The use of the sticks is negligible for pitching or batting. The CPU even automatically activates the most appropriate character on the field for you to control. That is the one closest to the action. You can add some boost to get the player to move faster, but things happen so quickly that you won't always be able to activate it in time. It does come in handy when you attempt to throw the ball from the field as it makes the throw faster, stronger, and more accurate.


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Cooking Ventures, and I've been on a red potato kick lately....like....for the last three years, so I had to try it out. I'm sooooo glad I did! This recipe is a keeper fo' sho'!
One Fun Tip I learned about potatoes....I was making these for company after church, and I didn't want to go through the entire process of preparing the potatoes once I got home. After a google search, I learned that you can slice potatoes the night before, submerge them in cold water, throw them in the fridge, and just pull them out and drain them right before you use them in a recipe. I'm always looking for ways to make dinners come together quicker when I get home/have people over etc.
Oven Roasted Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients: 3 lbs small red potatoes (leave the skins on), 1/3 c. Olive Oil (not Extra virgin), 1 oz pkt Onion Soup Mix, 1 Oz. Packet Ranch Dip Mix, 1/2 t. Garlic Powder, 1/2 t. Black Pepper, 1 c. grated cheddar cheese, green onions.
1. Cut ptoatoes in half, and cut halves into quarters.
2. Mix Oil, Onion and Ranch Mix, and seasonings.
3. Toss potatoes in the mix.
4. Place potatoes in one layer on a pan sprayed with cooking oil. Make sure one side of the cut potato is touching the pan so it browns nicely (OK, I totally read that wrong and thought for some reason it said to make sure the skin only touched the pan....and I spent 10 minutes carefully placing 3 pounds of cut potatoes skin side down....because I'm just that good).
5. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 35 minutes. If you want them less crunchy, cover them for 15 minutes with foil for the first 15 minutes. Mine were still fine eliminating this step.
6. Toss hot potatoes in cheese and chopped green onions.


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Scott Fields Ensemble – Beckett (CF 069)
Henning Sieverts – Symmetry (Pirouet 2007)
Both of these releases have prose as their muse and include drummer John Hollenbeck as a sideman. This is not surprising as Hollenbeck is a meticulous musician who has a proclivity for precision and a propensity for delicate phrasing. Electric guitarist Scott Fields fronts a quartet that employs free improvisation to depict more the form and feel than the storyline of five plays by Samuel Beckett while German bassist Henning Sieverts and his quintet cleverly construct a program of palindromic playfulness with 14 cuts based upon both literary and musical symmetry.
Beckett is best known as a minimalist who highlighted the conundrum of humanity's despair in conjunction with the will to go on; Fields however has given him a surprisingly upbeat interpretation. Cellist Scott Roller and saxophonist Matthias Schubert are the two additional performers who round out this interesting quartet and they fit very well into what alternates between engaging dialogue and freeform soliloquy. Hollenbeck propels more with staccato jabs than by laying down a discernible rhythm track to set the overall prosody, setting the stage for creative interpretations. "Breath" maintains the original brevity of the stage-work but restages birth-cry to whimper while riffing off of the "birth-life-death" theme. The extended compositions pick up on bits and pieces of the originals: a pause, a single structure, the gestalt to develop a lively musical discussion of the dramatic material.
Sieverts has chosen to title each of his compositions on Symmetry with single phrases that can be read the same forward as backward. As such, "Top Spot" turns into a cool take on the hackneyed exercise used to warm up school concert bands and choirs, whereas "Sun is in Us" is a warm forum for stretching out. Tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Speed imparts his beautiful tone and interesting improv to these word games. Trombonist Johannes Lauer and pianist Achim Kaufmann blend with Speed for full-throated voicings on compositions like the swinging "Deep Speed." Sieverts, in addition to maintaining the bottom and displaying some lovely arco work, has cleverly imbedded his own musical palindromes into each piece. This allows the more theoretically inclined to uncover the symmetrical A-B-A-B-A form of the gentle "We Few" or the symmetrical augmented triads in the free-formish "Emit Time." Hollenbeck is his usual perfectionist self, adding the ideal coloration through a multitude of sounds that include bells, pops, dings and taps or providing spot-on rhythm for the more traditional swingers.


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The surgery on the Green Eggs and Ham socks did not go as planned:
No regrets, though. I wasn't loving these socks, so now I"ll just knit them over!
There's been a definite shift in weather over the last day or so. I noticed it this morning when I had to forgo my usual choice of footwear for my winter footwear:
Speaking of winter….snow is supposed to fall tonight.
I should probably find my snow shovel.


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All has been quiet on the Raw Food SOS front lately, but that doesn't mean there aren't shenanigans-a-plenty brewing backstage. The recent silence here is mostly because I'm spending 22.5 hours a day finishing my upcoming book "Death by Food Pyramid," which should be available towards the end of this year. More on that soon!
In the meantime, if only to drown out the incessant chirping of blog crickets, here are some things.
Thing one:
I recently did an interview with the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) about food ethics, my dietary history, and what "Death by Food Pyramid" is all about. When I first got an email from a place that had Animal Interest in its title and whose address was only a few miles away from where I live, I thought PETA had finally found me, and spent the next few days on the lookout for unmarked vans and mango-baited, human-sized cages. But then I went to NAIA's website and read their position statements and thought Oh hey, I actually agree with this stuff. We cool, NAIA. And that was the end of this anticlimactic story.
You can read the interview here.
Thing two:
Thing three:
As many of you probably already know, the Underground Wellness Paleo Summit recently rocked the internet, and I had a presentation that was up for 24 hours for free on March 1st. Someone with better planning skills might've posted this before the summit started instead of after it was over (can you see why I've never been hired for a marketing job?), but if you're reading this before midnight Pacific Standard Time today (March 5th), you can still catch some awesome encore episodes with Chris Kresser, Jack Kruse, and Tom O'Bryan. If you're not registered already, you can do that here. And if you like to buy things, the entire summit plus a bunch of eBooks and more videos are for sale here as a package deal (discounted today before the price goes up tomorrow).
Thing four:
A few months ago, the fabulous Richard Nikoley generously sent me a copy of his new eBook, Free the Animal: Lose Weight & Fat With the Paleo Diet. As anyone who's ever tried contacting me should know by now, I chronically run about eight months behind on email-answering and my inbox is generally one of the most frightening places accessible to man. But for whatever reason, I ended up opening the eBook attachment (maybe to make sure Richard wasn't up to mischief sending me a virus), and a couple hours later found myself on the last page thinking: 1) Wow!, and 2) Super wow.
Among the many things I adore about Richard are his non-sugar-coated honesty, his obvious passion for helping people, what appears to be an allergy to diet dogma, and his magical ability to summarize huge gobs of information in a totally coherent way. I rarely plug specific-diet-oriented books on my blog because so many of them contain at least some parts I consider questionable, but Richard's book is seriously one of the best and most comprehensive "Ancestral Health 101" resources I've ever come across. I can recommend Free the Animal with total sincerity to anyone who wants a complete overview of everything related to paleo eating and living, or who just wants to "get" what the heck the paleo/ancestral/primal movement is all about. (And no, Richard didn't bribe me to say any of this!)
(ADDENDUM: Richard is currently letting you get five copies of his book for free when you buy one—so definitely check it out if you want to give some fantastic paleo intro material to friends, family, coworkers, or the ex-girlfriend you're stalking.)
Thing five:
This year is going to be packed with goodness, and I really, really hope to see some of you at one of the cool health-related events coming up. I'll be at the TEDMED conference in April, presenting at the Low-Carb Cruise in May (while no doubt getting fellow non-low-carber Chris Masterjohn to help me smuggle fruit aboard), presenting at the Ancestral Health Symposium in August, and—if my finances aren't totally drained by then—attending the Wise Traditions Conference in November. It seriously makes me really ridiculously happy when I get to meet you guys in non-internet land, so if any of you are going to be at one of those events, please come say hi to me and I'll love you forever.
Thing six:
I'm about to add a concise(ish) summary of everything that's wrong with "The China Study" on my main China Study page, as well as add a "For Vegans" page with health advice for folks who want to avoid animal products for ethical or religious reasons. (Whether any vegans will actually stay on my blog long enough to find this page is another question entirely.) I'll update this paragraph with links once those things are up, but I wanted to get this blog entry posted as soon as possible in case anyone wants to take advantage of the last free day of the Paleo Summit.


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One of the best things about becoming a parent is getting to dress your kids up as chest-bursting, brain-devouring zombies (or, provided you've raised them as good little Browncoats and Whovians, getting to see them choose an awesome costume all on their own).
Nerd Babies — which over the weekend became one of my new favorites Tumblrs — captures the essence of pint-sized geekery in all its glory, including some ridiculously adorable cosplay (we've picked out a few choice examples). Kick off your week with a hefty serving of d'aaaw.
Zombaby, via mindlessnate
Via styleobsessed
Via invisiblebee
Via thefrogman
Via itsallhappening
Many, many more photos over on Nerd Babies.


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Steven Seagal Sworn In As Sheriff's Deputy to Patrol Mexican Border
Illegal aliens, beware!
Steven Seagal has officially joined the fight against illegal border crossings after he was sworn in as a sheriff's deputy in Hudspeth County, Texas over the weekend.
Seagal has signed on full-time to help secure the Texas/Mexico border. Of course, police work is nothing new for the action star. Seagal has been a deputy for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana for almost 20 years.
His work in Louisiana even spawned an A&E reality series called 'Steven Seagal: Lawman,' in which he takes viewers along for the ride as he and his team of deputies respond to crimes in progress in Jefferson Parish. However, a rep for Seagal insists his new role on the Texas border has nothing to do with the reality show.
A local sheriff confirmed Seagal's sincere interest in protecting American borders, saying, "It became very clear to me that Mr. Seagal is not in this for the celebrity or the publicity … He's like the rest of us that live down here, he has a sincere passion for his country and he wants to do more to help."


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We Don't Have A 'Wild West' Internet Now, But We Will If SOPA Or Similar Is Passed
from the exactly-wrong dept
Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, has the sad distinction of being in the vanguard when it comes to really bad ideas concerning the Internet. On his initiative, France became the testing-ground for the three-strikes approach of throwing people off the Internet upon multiple accusations of copyright infringement, without the need for proof or a court order, known there as HADOPI. He also helped put into circulation a view that is much in vogue at the moment:
"Internet is a new frontier, a territory to conquer. But it cannot be a Wild West, a lawless place"
That's what he said in 2010, during a speech he gave in the Vatican. Since then, the "Wild West" Internet has become the standard justification for bringing in harsh new laws like SOPA and PIPA. After all, the argument goes, just as the Wild West had to be tamed in order to become civilized and productive, so must the Internet.
Of course, this overlooks the fact that the Internet is already subject to a whole host of laws in every country. Indeed, often it is subject to multiple jurisdictions because of its global reach and complicated legal position. But there's an even deeper sense in which the idea that the Internet is a Wild West that needs far-reaching laws like SOPA and PIPA imposed upon it is exactly wrong.
To see why, consider one of the key ideas of SOPA in the original version:
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the companion bill to the Senate's PROTECT IP Act, would further privatize adjudication and punishment. Title I of that law (dubbed the E-PARASITE Act) creates a "market-based system to protect U.S. customers and prevent U.S. funding of sites dedicated to theft of U.S. property." It achieves this by empowering copyright owners who have a "good faith belief" that they are being "harmed by the activities" of a website to send a notice to the site's payment providers (e.g. PayPal) and Internet advertisers to end business with the allegedly offending site.
That was removed in December, but another section granted immunity to service providers for taking voluntary action to stop infringement. As we noted back then, in many ways that was even worse. Not only would sites on the receiving end of a notice claiming infringement have a huge incentive to take that voluntary action, rather than risk losing immunity, but there were also no counternotice rules, or anything requiring any process for those cut off to be able to have any redress whatsoever.
The payment providers and advertisers that receive the notice must stop transactions with the site. No judicial review is required for the notice to be sent and for the payments and advertising curtailed -- only the good faith representation of the copyright owner. Damages are also not available to the site owner unless a claimant "knowingly materially" misrepresented that the law covers the targeted site, a difficult legal test to meet. The owner of the site can issue a counter-notice to restore payment processing and advertising but services need not comply with the counter-notice.
What both of these approaches and France's HADOPI have in common is that they all seek to institute a system that is extra-judicial, with no requirement for proof of any kind, and which is hard or impossible to appeal against. It is the very definition of arbitrary vigilantism, where private actors get to be judge, jury and executioner. In other words, far from taming a "lawless place" online, SOPA and its ilk would create one where there is none currently.
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ROCKFORD — The Hip Hop Congress of Rockford will host its free Writers Blok event from 1 to 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at Sinnissippi Park, 1300 N. Second St.
The event will feature 18 artists painting on plastic-wrapped walls and performances by Psalm One, Sidewalk Chalk, Hustle & Culture, Gabe Gizz and various DJs. Food and clothing vendors will also be on-site.
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In recent years, advances in semiconductor electronics have pushed the instrumentation of our world to unprecedented levels. Sensors are now all around us: many cell phones contain GPS receivers as well as cameras, doorways have motion detectors, stop lights sense vehicles at intersections, and satellites orbiting overhead are constantly imaging the Earth. Additionally, we have data sourced electronically: feeds from social networking sites, crawls of Web pages, repositories of medical images, results from computer simulations, etc. Many of the data objects from these sources are collected for analysis, archived, subjected to re-analysis, cross-correlated with other data objects, and processed to create additional, derived data sets.
The result is that we live in a world that is data rich. In this article, we consider two types of data sources: stored and streaming. A stored data object is just that, information that has been archived in some way. A corpus of digital images stored on a collection of magnetic disks would be an example of stored data. Streaming data objects have a real-time component; a live video feed is the canonical example of streaming data. The two types of data present different processing challenges in that applications operating on stored data are often throughput-sensitive, while those operating on streaming data are often latency-sensitive. While the two types of data present subtly different performance constraints, both require significant, scalable computing resources. For example, an image search application operating on stored images may need to scale out depending on the number of images or complexity of the search. Similarly, an application executing a face-detection algorithm on live video may need to scale out if faces are detected and more compute-intensive face recognition algorithms are invoked.
Cloud computing technologies enable many users to share modern computing clusters while providing mechanisms for scaling applications as needed. As a result, researchers in Intel Labs are investigating what challenges arise when leveraging cloud computing technologies in the context of rich data applications operating on either stored or streaming data, and what solutions may address those challenges. This research program includes support of the Open Cirrus research test bed, development of an open source software stack for operating on stored data, development of a runtime system for operating on streaming data, and exploration of the benefits resulting from integration of optical networks in compute clusters.
Supporting Open Research in Cloud Computing: Open Cirrus
When considering the topic of cloud computing on large data sets, many questions suggest themselves at an early stage. How should the data be organized and stored? What are the important system software components that enable access to the data? How should those components be organized? What are the appropriate user interfaces? How can the data be processed in the most efficient manner possible?
Answering such a broad array of questions is difficult for a single research organization. Tackling a broad research agenda naturally requires a vibrant research community. To help provide cloud computing resources to this community, Intel, HP, and Yahoo!, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, sponsored the Open Cirrus cloud computing testbed [1]. (Open Cirrus is a trademark of Yahoo!)
The goals of the Open Cirrus project are to:
- Foster systems-level research in cloud computing.
- Encourage new cloud computing applications and applications-level research.
- Collect and share experimental datasets.
- Develop open-source stacks and APIs for the cloud.
To achieve those goals, Open Cirrus provides a world-wide, federated collection of cloud computing sites and a software architecture designed to unify those sites into a coherent platform. The sites (shown in Figure 1), each of which includes a cluster of at least 1,000 cores, are provided by the Open Cirrus collaborating institutions: HP, Intel, Yahoo!, the University of Illinois (UIUC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of South Korea, the Malaysian Institute Of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS), and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
The Open Cirrus test-bed is intended to support research at various levels of the cloud-computing stack from the lowest layers that interact directly with hardware to the highest application layers. However, research in the upper layers requires that lower-level software be available and stable. Consequently, the Open Cirrus community has adopted a common software service architecture; the core services of this architecture are shown in Figure 2. All core software components are open-source projects managed by the Apache Software Foundation. Intel Labs has made significant contributions to the development of Zoni and Tashi, and Yahoo! has made significant contributions to the development of Hadoop and HDFS.
The primary responsibility of the lowest software layer (Zoni) is to partition the cluster into domains. A domain is a set of compute servers that are network-isolated from the rest of the servers in the cluster (by the use of VLANs). When users experiment with system software that interacts with key networking components, such as DHCP services, they, or the cluster system administrators, will first use Zoni to create an isolated domain for the experiment; in this way, if the experiment goes awry, it cannot affect the normal operation of the cluster (and other activity in the cluster cannot interfere with the experiment).
Most of the research that does not interact with core networking services, however, will take place in the primary domain of the cluster. This domain is considered to be for production use. Experiments in the primary domain are isolated from other activity by operating in virtual machine environments, and the virtual machines are managed by a cluster management layer such as Tashi. Tashi enables users to rapidly deploy virtual machine instances in the cluster by specifying attributes of the virtual machine (such as number of processors and the amount of memory) as well as the software that should run within that virtual machine.
However, the data sets in the cluster are potentially valuable to many users, and consequently, are ideally not stored in virtual machine images. Instead, the Open Cirrus core services include a cluster file system that resides beneath the virtual machine layer. In this way, data stored in the cluster file system are accessible from any of the virtual machines operating in the primary domain. After evaluating many cluster storage options, the Hadoop File System (HDFS) best fit the needs of Open Cirrus.
By leveraging the virtual machine layer, the cluster administrators can provide any number of application-level services. The Open Cirrus software service architecture explicitly suggests one such application runtime: the Hadoop map/reduce framework. This framework is particularly suitable for enabling cluster users to process data stored in the cluster file system.
Naturally, the utility of these clusters would be quite limited if they only hosted the development of these core services. Fortunately, many of the cluster users are not involved directly in research on cloud computing; instead, they simply use the Open Cirrus clusters as computing resources in the course of conducting research in some other field. This use of the cluster is welcome and encouraged, because these users provide a realistic context for evaluating the system software by providing authentic data-rich workloads.


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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
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Several of the movements are constructed of short sections which repeat, with da capos (i.e. ending with the opening section repeated) and these are detailed below to help in following without a score. However, as listeners will discover, there is nothing stiff or formal about this construction; Milford's invention flows with enviable fluency.
In the short 'Introduction' (dated 15 December 1928) Milford sets Stevenson's words for soprano before launching on a sequence of seven pieces for flute and strings, each movement concerned with one aspect of the verse. The first movement 'Thy Garden' is a lyrical duet between flute and viola, the cellos and basses walking throughout – in the flow of the melody this is perhaps the nearest in idiom Milford came to his friend Finzi. This is followed by 'Meat in Thy Hall', a minuet consisting of a ten-bar introduction, followed by a ten-bar section which is repeated. The flute only plays in the trio which follows, itself consisting of two sections of eleven and twenty-three bars, each repeated and rounded by the opening minuet returning.
The third movement, 'Thy Bin of Wine', is more vigorous and consists of two eight-bar sections played twice, on the second playing of each the flute being more brilliant an octave higher. 'Thy Wit' is unexpectedly quietly lyrical. Here we have an eighteen-bar opening section which is repeated and followed by a brief varied middle section before the opening music returns.
The slow treatment of 'Thy House and Lawns' as an affecting Adagio certainly evokes a nocturnal vision, or perhaps one at dusk. This is actually only eleven bars long, but in this small span Milford provides the central focus of the suite, a gorgeous interlude for strings alone. It is followed by 'Thy Living River', another movement short on paper but big in impact, now featuring the flute accompanied by muted violins and a softly sustained D on the muted violas. Here two four-bar sections each repeat, followed by one of five bars leading, on a trill, directly into the slow jigging 6/8 of 'Thy Nightingale' with which the suite ends. Here we have Milford's formal treatment at its simplest, a middle section which is repeated before the first thirteen bars of the opening bring the piece to an end. Curiously, given its title, Milford makes no attempt to evoke the nightingale's song.
from notes by Lewis Foreman © 2004
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Whether or not you are familiar with the musical "Chess," you will want to include this beautiful song from the show in your patriotic repertoire. �"I cross over borders but I'm still there now... My land's only borders lie around my heart." �As performed by Josh Groban, this inspiring song is simply breathtaking!
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Where Have All the Ex-White Sox Gone?
While Sox favorites Jermaine Dye and Joe Crede are still looking for new homes, a number of other former Pale Hosers are with new teams–for example, Jim Thome (Twins), Jose Contreras (Phillies), Scott Podsednik (Royals) and Jon Garland (Padres). The following is a list of the most recent ex-Sox to sign: one fairly significant, the others not so much.
* The well-traveled, but talented, shortstop Orlando Cabrera is now with the
Cincinnati Reds. For the record, this is the "fairly significant" signing.
* Timo Perez, a reserve outfielder on the 2005 World Champs, signed a minor league
deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
* Josh Fogg, a one-time closer candidate for the Sox, inked a minor league
pact with the New York Mets.
* Lefty hurler Jimmy Gobble, who had a cup of coffee with the Sox, is now with the
Colorado Rockies after agreeing to a minor league contract.
* Catcher Gustavo Molina, not related to Bengie, Jose and Yadier, signed a minor
league agreement with the Boston Red Sox.
* Pitcher Horacio Ramirez, who had a short stint with the South Siders, just signed
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24 x 19 cm | 9 x 7 in
Subject: People
Tags: Women, Blue
Original painting in mixed media on paper.
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Lapsa-Malawska uses a monochrome palette, to seamlessly blend ideas within a dimension of stark simplicity and suggested form. The artist believes in fewer strokes, to achieve clarity and space to invite her audience to use their own imaginations. In her works, she explores the relationship between people and art in public space. Transience, urban loneliness and the issue of isolation and emptiness. The artist avidly watches people, observing lives that inevitably inspire her, as she transposes them and her personal experiences into the hinterlands of her imagination.


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All-new for Pearl's MTS-3000 is the addition of an extending support arm. This support arm adds increased stability to the stand and will aid in preventing the backbar from bending and sagging. Simply slip the drums on to the two main posts via the backbar included with the CX Airframe or MX T-frame carrier and set the drums into the support arm and your drums are ready for hours and hours of playing on the most advanced hardware ever made by Pearl.


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NAS 102 Anishinaabe Language, Culture and Community II 4 cr.
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- Applies toward the human expression (hume) general education requirement.
- Prerequisite: NAS 101 or equivalent.
An in-depth study of Anishinaabemowin language. This course is a continuation of materials introduced in NAS 101. Students will focus on higher-level use of the language and will apply it in situations related to contemporary Anishinaabe cultural issues and community structures.


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This 2011 Dodge Charger was spotted dolled up as a police cruiser on location in Puerto Rico for filming of the fifth installment of the Fast And Furious franchise, complete with a sexy new Challenger-like full-width taillight.
The next generation Dodge Charger's set to get improvements both inside-and-out, including a new 8-Speed automatic and more aggressive bodywork, as seen here on the set of FAF5. The taillight is a great-looking piece and a nice adoption of one of the Challenger's best designs, and also an original Dodge Charger styling cue.
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For a group of very smart people, the regents and senior leadership of the University of California can be unbelievably dumb.
That's the obvious reaction to the news that UC's leaders are putting together a funding plan that, they think, will provide predictable funding and keep the state government bear out of their house.
The idea is to tie tuition increases to cuts in state funding. The bigger the cut, the higher the increase in tuition.
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Under UC's proposal to the Board of Regents, tuition would rise no more than 8 percent in a year if the state also gave an 8 percent increase. But if the state gave, say, 4 percent, tuition would grow 12 percent. If the state gave nothing, tuition would increase by the full 16 percent.
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