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Brian's Status -- 19 May 2003 #

  • see: 19 May 2003?

Brian's Status -- 12 May 2003 #

Last Week -- May 5 to May 11, 2003

  • vacation
    • away on vacation all last week

Upcoming -- things to do next

  • reading
    • skim through last week's e-mail and get caught up

  • meetings
    • have 1:1 meeting with Michael?

  • data model
    • continue working on Data Model Issues?
      • replace the @@@ entries them with real entries
    • continue working on my Python schema program
      • check machine generated Data Model Schema? against old hand-written version
      • incorporate items and attributes from earlier OSAF schemas
      • incorporate items and attributes from current Chandler code
      • teach the program to generate an RDF document for the schema
      • replace the @@@ schema entries them with real entries
    • think about various schema issues?

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

  • reading
    • wiki pages
      • IssueSummaryTableOfContents?
      • DotTwoPlanning?
      • ChandlerEndUserDocumentation?
      • HowToWriteAParcelTutorial?
      • DbTotalBlueSkyBasics?
      • DbBlueSkyFundamentals?
    • Python
      • continue reading Python Programming Patterns
      • read about python
    • tools & standards
      • read about XPath
      • read about ZODB
      • read about Sleepycat's Berkeley DB
      • read about CAP
      • read about SWAD-Europe
    • process
      • look at the mojofat stuff on functional specs
    • inspiration

  • wiki
    • make a "Table of Contents" page (requires installing a TWiki plugin)

  • write-up wiki pages about my Chandler "wish list" features
    • pivot table view
    • contact entry view with freestyle-editing and transclusion
    • collections with names and other attributes
    • links and references appearing in text fields

Brian's Status -- 05 May 2003 #

Last Week -- April 28 to May 04, 2003

  • meetings
    • met with Katie? and talked about data model plans for 0.2
    • met with Katie? and Rys? and worked on data model priorities for 0.2 -- see our initial end-to-end data priority list?
    • met with Mitch? and talked about what I've been doing, what to do next, my future role with OSAF, etc.

  • data model
    • worked on my little Python program that represents the schema -- the program now generates a prototype wiki page for the schema?

  • reading
    • read Python Programming Patterns (pages 250 to 290)
    • read design list digests #203, #204, #205
    • read dev list digest #101, #102, #103, #104

Upcoming -- things to do next

  • vacation
    • gone until May 11

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

Brian's Status -- 28 Apr 2003 #

Last Week -- April 21-27, 2003

  • CSG document review
    • reviewed the Thursday draft and made editing suggestions
    • skimmed the Sunday draft and sent mail about a couple things

  • data model
    • worked on my little Python program that represents the schema and generates the wiki page for the schema

  • meetings
    • attended the Chandler BOF Wednesday evening?
    • came in for the dev meeting on Thursday, and ended up instead in the CSG meeting

Upcoming -- things to do next

  • data model
    • continue working on Data Model Issues?
    • continue working on my Python schema program
      • replace the current Data Model Schema? with a machine generated version
    • think about various schema issues?

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

Brian's Status -- 21 Apr 2003 #

Last Week -- April 14-20, 2003

  • data model
    • started writing a little Python program that can (a) represent the schema and (b) generate the wiki page documenting the schema (just a few hundred lines so far)
    • worked on Data Model Issues?
    • added a new section to the Data Model Introduction?
    • met with Katie? and talked about the code for mapping schema items to Python object

  • QA
    • installed Chandler on Windows 98
      • spent some time figuring out why Chandler wouldn't run on Windows 98
      • exchanged mail with Morgan, and verfied the fix in next nightly build
    • reviewed drafts of a few 0.1 release documents

  • sys admin
    • upgraded my computer from Windows 98 to Windows XP

  • meetings
    • attended the weekly dev meeting
    • talked with Mitchell? about a copyright licenses for the wiki page
    • talked with Rys? about the strawman data model? and my Observable Queries? paper
    • talked with Katie? about the mapping between Python objects and things in the repository

  • reading
    • read Python Programming Patterns (pages 70 to 140)
    • skimmed the new posts on the public wiki site?
    • read the new repository topics that Rys? posted
      • DbHumanReadablePetnameIDs?
      • ObjectDatabaseArticlesIndexApr2003?
    • read design list digests #193, #194, #195, #196
    • read dev list digest #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #95

Upcoming -- things to do next

  • reading
    • wiki pages:
      • ChandlerEndUserDocumentation?
      • HowToWriteAParcelTutorial?
      • DbTotalBlueSkyBasics?
      • DbBlueSkyFundamentals?
      • DataSharing?
    • continue reading Python Programming Patterns
    • read about CAP

  • data model
    • continue working on Data Model Issues?
    • continue working on my Python schema program
      • replace the current Data Model Schema? with a machine generated version
    • consider drawing an ER diagram of the Data Model Schema?
    • think about various schema issues?

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

Brian's Status -- 14 Apr 2003 #

Last Week -- April 7-13, 2003

  • meetings
    • met with Chao? and Katie? to talk about the data model? and the product road map
    • sent follow-up mail with my meeting notes?
    • sat in on Chao? and Katie's? meeting about calendar feature planning
    • talked with Katie? about the different alternatives she's worked on for how to handle the mapping between Python objects and things in the repository

  • data model
    • worked on the strawman data model?
      • moved data model up to ChandlerDiscussionTopics?
      • wrote the Data Model Introduction?

  • pet projects
    • finished drafting my page about Observable Queries?
    • read Python Programming Patterns (pages 20 to 70)
    • Python
      • downloaded Python and got it running on my machine
      • wrote my first (tiny) Python program

Upcoming -- things to do next

  • data model
    • continue working on the strawman data model?
    • consider drawing an ER diagram of the strawman data model?
    • think about various schema issues?

  • reading
    • continue reading Python Programming Patterns
    • read about CAP

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

Brian's Status -- 07 Apr 2003 #

Last Week -- March 31, 2003 to April 6, 2003

  • reading
    • read design list digests #180, #181, #182, #183, #184, #185
    • read dev list digest #84
    • read announce list digest #6
    • read new repository topics that Rys? posted
      • DB Content Securiy?
      • rap server axle: zero copy wanted?
      • matrix bulk rate copy for a item I/O?
    • read new posts on Mitch's blog
    • skimmed the new posts on the public wiki site?

  • data model
    • worked on strawman data model?

  • meetings
    • met with Katie? and Mitch? to talk about the data model?
    • sent follow-up mail with my meeting notes?
    • talked with Katie? about data model issues and general architecture

  • admin
    • exchanged mail with Jurgen? and got an OSAF e-mail account: skinner@osafoundation.org
    • added all my contact info to the osaf contact info page

  • pet projects
    • bought a book about Python, Python Programming Patterns, and started to learn Python
    • worked on my page about Observable Queries?

Upcoming -- things to do next

  • data model
    • continue working on my strawman data model?
    • consider drawing an ER diagram of the strawman data model?
    • think about various schema issues?

  • pet projects
    • finish the page about the Observable Queries?

  • reading
    • read about CAP
    • read Python book and start learning Python

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

Brian's Status -- 31 Mar 2003 #

Last Week -- March 24-30, 2003

  • reading
    • read design list digests #175, #176, #177, #178, #179
    • read dev list digest #80, #81, #82, #83
    • read process list digest #45
    • read general list digest #11
    • skimmed the new posts on the public wiki site?
    • read all the new repository topics that Rys? posted
      • OSAF Repository Nexus?
        • Database Plan?
        • DB Topics?
        • zodb storage glue hub?
        • persistent event queues?
        • ID coinage?
        • wheel metaphor?
        • end to end systems and dumb data?
    • read about MS Windows Longhorn
    • read osafdev posts

  • data model
    • continued working on my strawman data model?

  • email
    • exchanged mail with Katie? discussing my strawman data model?
    • sent mail to Rys? to introduce myself

  • pet projects
    • started working on a page about the Observable Queries?

This Week -- March 31, 2003 to April 6, 2003

  • reading
    • read about CAP

  • data model
    • continue working on my strawman data model?
    • consider drawing an ER diagram of the strawman data model?
    • think about various schema issues?

  • pet projects
    • finish the page about the Observable Queries?

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

Brian's Status -- 24 Mar 2003 #

Last Week -- March 17-23, 2003

  • data model
    • read through the documents that Katie? pointed me to
    • worked on my strawman data model?
      • wrote entries for about 10 classes
      • added stubs for about 70 classes (about 100 classes total)
      • wrote summaries for 10 discussion topics

  • pet projects
    • created a bugzilla account for myself

This Week -- March 24-30, 2003

  • reading
    • read about CAP

  • data model
    • continue working on my strawman data model?
    • consider drawing an ER diagram of the strawman data model?
    • think about various schema issues?

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

  • reading
    • look at the mojofat stuff on functional specs
    • read about python
    • read about Eastgate System's Tinderbox
    • read about Xerox PARC's Taskmaster
    • read about Xerox PARC's Bayou
    • look at Ecco

  • wiki
    • make a "Table of Contents" page (requires installing a TWiki plugin)
    • make table that shows what types of OSAF info live on what OSAF forums

  • write-up wiki pages about my Chandler "wish list" features
    • pivot table view
    • contact entry view with freestyle-editing and transclusion
    • collections with names and other attributes
    • links and references appearing in text fields

Brian's Status -- 17 Mar 2003 #

Last Week -- March 10-16, 2003

  • list of possible calendar features
    • worked on the list of possible calendar features -- temporarily posted here?
    • the list now has about 1,000 entries, about half of which have some note with a description or a reference or a use case
    • met with Katie? and Ducky? to talk about the feature list
    • sent follow-up mail with my meeting notes?
    • looked at Ducky's? feature prioritization spreadsheet
    • experimented with the Excel groups and outlines

  • reading
    • read design list digests #161, #162, #163, #164, #165, #166, #167, #168. #169
    • read dev list digest #76, #77
    • read announce list digest #5
    • skimmed the new posts on the public wiki site?

  • queries, subscriptions, changes, and view updates
    • met with Katie? (Wednesday 12 March 2003) and talked about:
      • queries, subscriptions, changes, and view updates
      • example: Who tells Week View that a new event now needs to be displayed?
      • ideas for tying together queries and "observer/observable" registrations
      • see RepositoryAccessProtocolAPI#Questions_and_Answers?

  • data model
    • met with Katie? (Thursday 13 March 2003) and talked about schema issues
      • python sub-classes vs. wrapper classes
      • derived attributes (e.g. start-time, end-time, duration)
      • schema imposed user restrictions (e.g. user can't set a start-time to be "Apples")
      • items that change type (e.g. notes that become events)
      • attributes that change type (e.g. text string "Katie" becomes link to the contact item for Katie)
      • user-defined schema, and schema evolution

This Week -- March 17-23, 2003

  • list of possible calendar features
    • take a temporary break from this
    • return to it after Ducky? has done some trailblazing about the best ways to organize and summarize and prioritize the Chandler feature lists
    • once I have something worth presenting, reply to the design list posts in digest #154

  • reading
    • read about CAP

  • data model
    • read through the documents that Katie? pointed me to
    • continue working on my strawman data model?
    • consider drawing an ER diagram of the strawman data model?
    • think about various schema issues?

Wish List -- things I'd like to do someday

  • wiki
    • make a "Table of Contents" page (requires installing a TWiki plugin)
    • make table that shows what types of OSAF info live on what OSAF forums

  • write-up wiki pages about my Chandler "wish list" features
    • pivot table view
    • contact entry view with freestyle-editing and transclusion
    • collections with names and other attributes
    • links and references appearing in text fields

Brian's Status -- 10 Mar 2003 #

Last Week -- March 3-9, 2003

  • list of possible calendar features
    • worked a lot on the list of possible calendar features -- temporarily posted here?
    • talked to Katie? about the feature list

  • reading
    • read design list digests #154, #155, #156, #157, #158, #159, #160
    • read dev list digests #75
    • skimmed the new posts on the public wiki site?

  • pet projects
    • worked on organizing my bookmarks and random notes

Brian's Status -- 3 Mar 2003 #

Last Week -- Feb 24 - Mar 2, 2003

  • meeting at OSAF
    • met with Chao? and other people at OSAF
    • sent follow-up mail with my meeting notes?
    • sent intro and meeting follow-up mail to Jurgen?

  • glossary
    • worked on the ChandlerGlossary?
    • added anchor tags
    • removed the section headings and merged the lists of terms

  • list of possible calendar features
    • met with Katie? and talked about creating a list of possible calendar features
    • started working on a list of possible calendar features -- temporarily posted here?
    • sent status mail to Katie?
    • created an account on the internal wiki site

  • reading
    • read design list digests #150, #151, #152, #153
    • browsed through past posts on the mailing lists
      • read all of Mitchell's? posts
    • read everything new that was posted to the public wiki site?
    • read Joel on Software about functional specs

  • pet projects
    • updated ChandlerProjectHistory? with February numbers
    • RAP
      • posted questions about RAP on the RepositoryAccessProtocolAPI? page
      • exchanged mail with Lou?

Brian's Status -- 24 Feb 2003 #

Last Week -- Feb 17-23, 2003

  • email
    • exchanged mail with Katie? and Mitchell? about volunteering
    • exchanged mail with Chao? and scheduled a meeting to talk about my wiki comments mail?
    • sent mail to Ducky? to introduce myself

  • reading

  • data model
    • worked on my strawman data model?

  • pet projects
    • re-organized the ChandlerJungle? page
    • created the ChandlerProjectHistory? page
    • created a bookmarks page?
    • got all my random notes in order

Brian's Status -- 17 Feb 2003 #

Last Week -- Feb 10-16, 2003

  • email
    • sent mail to Mitchell? to introduce myself
    • sent mail to Katie? with comments about the wiki?

  • reading
    • browsed through posts on the process mailing list
    • read about RDF?
    • read about DAML+OIL?
    • read other background material that Katie pointed me towards
    • looked at protege

  • data model
    • started working on a strawman data model?
      • added initial entries for about 20 classes

  • pet projects
    • posted a photo of myself & a mini biography on my wiki home page?
    • started a to-do list

Brian's Status -- 10 Feb 2003 #

Last Week -- Feb 3-9, 2003

  • reading
    • read everything on the public wiki site?
    • read everything posted to date on Mitch's blog
    • read about RDF?

  • glossary
    • created an account on the public wiki site?
    • added about 300 terms to the ChandlerGlossary? (from 3 terms to 300 terms)

  • meetings
    • met with Katie? to talk about volunteering

Brian's Status -- 3 Feb 2003 #

Last Week -- Jan 27 - Feb 2, 2003

  • meetings
    • attended Mitch's? Stanford talk
    • talked with Katie? about Chandler and OSAF
  • reading

-- BrianDouglasSkinner - 17 Aug 2003

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