Beware of the Professor

The professor has moved in to my room to constant observe what I do.

:)

Snow finally

Outside the PhD student "Module" is it heavy snowfall. It means that I have to do some body work when I return home.

Snow make me happy and soon will I be skiing in some better conditions than the local mountain can give. And one week later some off piste in Val D'isere :)

Skiing off piste is one of the best ways to charge my motivation, that during winter time can be less than high. It feels quite strange to realize that I within less than 18month is supposed to have my PhD finished and public defended.

The No 1 question is, what do I do then? Commit myself to skiing? Do not know....

//erik

Design for the unknown

Information in archives and in recordkeeping systems are going to be preserved for long time. Implicit does this result in a future use and future user that are unknown when the recordkeeping system or archivalmanagement system is designed.

In traditional information system design methods and techniques the users are those that through their needs form the system requirements. But how is this possible when the user is unknown?

This is the challenge I am struggling with at the moment. Design for the unknown and to satisfy an unknown users expectations and needs.

Present are we working on a theoretical method for combining techniques for strategic decision making together with some interaction design techniques. The research is this far very "drafty" but who knows..... Maybe it will result in some conference contribution?

But it is challenging

//Erik

CD

After this days "Dubbelkvarten" questions was raised about what kind of digital disc is recommended for secure preservation (CD & DVD). I promised to find some link on the topic, which here is presented:

http://www.sp.se/sv/general/publ/pof/pof-00-1.pdf
http://www.ev.se/index.530.html
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.72224
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.13967
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.974
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.1019

//Erik