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Added August 2006
Materials and links to keynote called interaction—cybernetics—citroëns, delivered at Itau Cultural Institute Symposium, Brazil, July 2006.

Added mid-2006
The body of material at Cyberneticians.com grows and Dr Wires has his Internet debut.

Added Early 2006
Summary page of materials related to Internet Search.

Added Autumn 2005
CyberneticLifestyles.com begins publishing content, some previously seen at pangaro.com.

Added Autumn 2005
More about search and conversational models, builing on previous comments about internet search and e-commerce.

Added Early 2005
Updates to cyberneticians.com movies and slideshow. Posting of talk at UC Santa Cruz in the Digital Arts and New Media. New description and links about THOUGHTSHUFFLER, a way of meaning-making at software interfaces, originally developed in 2001.

Added January 2005
Updates to summary page concerning 'human-computer interaction' and the design of systems for user experience, especially a personal view of the design process and a description of cybernetics for designers (PDF 2MB). Ruminations on the nature of 'internet search', including an argument for re-thinking where the solution lies.

Added March 2004
Paper by Michael C. Geoghegan and Paul Pangaro offering an extension of Ashby's notion of 'requisite variety' to apply to social, language-based systems.

Added January 2004
Notes on the Role of Leadership and Language in Regenerating Organizations, collaboration with Michael Geoghegan, Hugh Dubberly, Peter Esmonde, produced for Sun Microsystems, 2002 (PDF 160KB).

Added November 2003
Details of contributions to two conferences held in Vienna in honor of Heinz von Foerster.

Added August 2003
New text that outlines the Architecture of Conversations as explicated by Conversation Theory.

Added June 2003
Various updates including a recent resume and repairs to now-defunct links in the World Wide Web.

Added November 2002
An in-depth exploration of cybernetics from a personal viewpoint, including a reverse history, its epistemological underpinnings and contrast to artificial intelligence, and exposition of the architectural framework and knowledge structuring of Conversation Theory.

Added December 2001
New content for the site since mid-2000 includes a survey of software implementations and background concepts, 1982 to present, though most of the links are for content elsewhere on this site; a framework for judging the relative merits of software demos; the syllabus for a class at Stanford University called "Introduction to Cybernetics: An Humane Approach to Computing."

Added July 2000
EOM, a graphically scripted, simulation-based animation system (PDF file, 200K). Built in 1977 at MIT, this system used 2-dimensional scripts to define arbitrary simulations that resulted in color animations. The system was a complete, generalized programming environment that was graphical and based on data-flow, rather than linear code. One user interface innovation was the use of the locations of the elements on the 2-d script as starting conditions for the animation, making revision and evolution extremely fast. EOM was used to create animation sequences for the WGBH-TV "NOVA" program on Linus Pauling.

Added March 2000
Abstract and presentation slides of a talk for the Bay-area Computer-Human Interface meeting.

Added January 2000
Survey of interaction design links from this site, which includes a new abstract of a talk for the Bay-area Computer-Human Interface meeting.

Added November 1999
AOL Design Summit, material discussed in a presentation to the design community at AOL (including Netscape and Compuserve).

Modified September 1999
Personal Resume.

Added December 1998
THOUGHTSTICKER and Me: A Personal History of Conversation Theory in Software, and its Progenitor, Gordon Pask, written for the International Journal of Human-Computer Systems, Festschrift for Gordon Pask (in press).

Added Summer 1998
Cybernetics and Conversation, or, Conversation Theory in Two Pages, from a publication of the American Society for Cybernetics, May 1996.

Added Autumn/Winter 1997
Recent Development Project: Knowledge Acquisition/Enhanced Search Tool
Resume Update

Added on 16 June 1996
Gordon Pask 1928 - 1996, American Society for Cybernetics
Submission to the New York Times called "Missing the Internet and the Web: How did We?"
Tribute to Heinz von Foerster

Added on 1 May 1996
Cambridge Cybernetic Society: May Meeting

Added on 18 April 1996
Gordon Pask 1928 - 1996, London Guardian Newspaper

Added on 3 April 1996
Cambridge Cybernetic Society: April Meeting

Added on 19 February 1996
Cambridge Cybernetic Society: February and March Meetings

Added on 4 February 1996
Design for Conversations/Conversations for Design, May 1992.Written and produced for Du Pont, this seminar used MIT laboratories as a context for expounding the relationship between "citizen" and "producer", and the critical role of information technology at the core of all business in the "new commerce."

Added on 28 January 1996
Critique of Action Technologies' "Business Process Methodology"April 1994

Added on 3 January 1996
How Do We Mean? An offering of prose and Chinese pictograms on the relationship of meaning to symbols, including the 26 letters of our Western alphabet. Published in "26" by AGFA Corporation, 1992.

Added on 28 December 1995
Cambridge Cybernetic Society: 10 January 95 Meeting "Advances in Improbable Cybernetic Research", Marc Abrahams, Editor, "The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)

Modified on 17 December 95; again on 28 December
Software Philosophy, Design and Development

Modified on 20 November 1995
'Site Guide'

Modified on 17 November 1995
Recent Consulting Engagements

Added on 10 November 1995
Recent Consulting Engagements
Technology Strategy
Software Philosophy

Added on 9 November 1995
Cambridge Cybernetic Society: December 13 Meeting"To Grow An Ear", Sensory Evolution in Artificial Devices, Dr Peter Cariani

Modified 6 November 1995
'Site Guide'

Added on 2 November 1995
Citroën Guide

Added on 26 October 1995
Pask Archive at PANGARO Incorporated

Added 24 October 1995
SAFETY & UNDERSTANDING:DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT TRAINING, (Walter Lee and Paul Pangaro), American Institute of Chemical Engineers,1994. Description of a complex training aide developed for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Added on 19 October 1995
Workflow and Evolution of the Corporation MIT Center for Coordination Science, November 1994. Consideration of the meaning of "enterprise-wide computing" and workflow in the context of the evolution of the corporation.

© Copyright Paul Pangaro 1994 - 2000. All Rights Reserved.

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Recent Updates to Pangaro Web Site Added August 2006 Materials and links to keynote called interaction—cybernetics—citroëns, delivered at Itau Cultural Institute Symposium, Brazil, July 2006. Added mid-2006 The body of material at Cyberneticians.com grows and Dr Wires has his Internet debut. Added Early 2006 Summary page of materials related to Internet Search. Added Autumn 2005 CyberneticLifestyles.com begins publishing content, some previously seen at pangaro.com. Added Autumn 2005 More about search and conversational models, builing on previous comments about internet search and e-commerce. Added Early 2005 Updates to cyberneticians.com movies and slideshow. Posting of talk at UC Santa Cruz in the Digital Arts and New Media. New description and links about THOUGHTSHUFFLER, a way of meaning-making at software interfaces, originally developed in 2001. Added January 2005 Updates to summary page concerning 'human-computer interaction' and the design of systems for user experience, especially a personal view of the design process and a description of cybernetics for designers (PDF 2MB). Ruminations on the nature of 'internet search', including an argument for re-thinking where the solution lies. Added March 2004 Paper by Michael C. Geoghegan and Paul Pangaro offering an extension of Ashby's notion of 'requisite variety' to apply to social, language-based systems. Added January 2004 Notes on the Role of Leadership and Language in Regenerating Organizations, collaboration with Michael Geoghegan, Hugh Dubberly, Peter Esmonde, produced for Sun Microsystems, 2002 (PDF 160KB). Added November 2003 Details of contributions to two conferences held in Vienna in honor of Heinz von Foerster. Added August 2003 New text that outlines the Architecture of Conversations as explicated by Conversation Theory. Added June 2003 Various updates including a recent resume and repairs to now-defunct links in the World Wide Web. Added November 2002 An in-depth exploration of cybernetics from a personal viewpoint, including a reverse history, its epistemological underpinnings and contrast to artificial intelligence, and exposition of the architectural framework and knowledge structuring of Conversation Theory. Added December 2001 New content for the site since mid-2000 includes a survey of software implementations and background concepts, 1982 to present, though most of the links are for content elsewhere on this site; a framework for judging the relative merits of software demos; the syllabus for a class at Stanford University called "Introduction to Cybernetics: An Humane Approach to Computing." Added July 2000 EOM, a graphically scripted, simulation-based animation system (PDF file, 200K). Built in 1977 at MIT, this system used 2-dimensional scripts to define arbitrary simulations that resulted in color animations. The system was a complete, generalized programming environment that was graphical and based on data-flow, rather than linear code. One user interface innovation was the use of the locations of the elements on the 2-d script as starting conditions for the animation, making revision and evolution extremely fast. EOM was used to create animation sequences for the WGBH-TV "NOVA" program on Linus Pauling. Added March 2000 Abstract and presentation slides of a talk for the Bay-area Computer-Human Interface meeting. Added January 2000 Survey of interaction design links from this site, which includes a new abstract of a talk for the Bay-area Computer-Human Interface meeting. Added November 1999 AOL Design Summit, material discussed in a presentation to the design community at AOL (including Netscape and Compuserve). Modified September 1999 Personal Resume. Added December 1998 THOUGHTSTICKER and Me: A Personal History of Conversation Theory in Software, and its Progenitor, Gordon Pask, written for the International Journal of Human-Computer Systems, Festschrift for Gordon Pask (in press). Added Summer 1998 Cybernetics and Conversation, or, Conversation Theory in Two Pages, from a publication of the American Society for Cybernetics, May 1996. Added Autumn/Winter 1997 Recent Development Project: Knowledge Acquisition/Enhanced Search Tool Resume Update Added on 16 June 1996 Gordon Pask 1928 - 1996, American Society for Cybernetics Submission to the New York Times called "Missing the Internet and the Web: How did We?" Tribute to Heinz von Foerster Added on 1 May 1996 Cambridge Cybernetic Society: May Meeting Added on 18 April 1996 Gordon Pask 1928 - 1996, London Guardian Newspaper Added on 3 April 1996 Cambridge Cybernetic Society: April Meeting Added on 19 February 1996 Cambridge Cybernetic Society: February and March Meetings Added on 4 February 1996 Design for Conversations/Conversations for Design, May 1992.Written and produced for Du Pont, this seminar used MIT laboratories as a context for expounding the relationship between "citizen" and "producer", and the critical role of information technology at the core of all business in the "new commerce." Added on 28 January 1996 Critique of Action Technologies' "Business Process Methodology"April 1994 Added on 3 January 1996 How Do We Mean? An offering of prose and Chinese pictograms on the relationship of meaning to symbols, including the 26 letters of our Western alphabet. Published in "26" by AGFA Corporation, 1992. Added on 28 December 1995 Cambridge Cybernetic Society: 10 January 95 Meeting "Advances in Improbable Cybernetic Research", Marc Abrahams, Editor, "The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) Modified on 17 December 95; again on 28 December Software Philosophy, Design and Development Modified on 20 November 1995 'Site Guide' Modified on 17 November 1995 Recent Consulting Engagements Added on 10 November 1995 Recent Consulting Engagements Technology Strategy Software Philosophy Added on 9 November 1995 Cambridge Cybernetic Society: December 13 Meeting"To Grow An Ear", Sensory Evolution in Artificial Devices, Dr Peter Cariani Modified 6 November 1995 'Site Guide' Added on 2 November 1995 Citroën Guide Added on 26 October 1995 Pask Archive at PANGARO Incorporated Added 24 October 1995 SAFETY & UNDERSTANDING:DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT TRAINING, (Walter Lee and Paul Pangaro), American Institute of Chemical Engineers,1994. Description of a complex training aide developed for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Added on 19 October 1995 Workflow and Evolution of the Corporation MIT Center for Coordination Science, November 1994. Consideration of the meaning of "enterprise-wide computing" and workflow in the context of the evolution of the corporation.

© Copyright Paul Pangaro 1994 - 2000. All Rights Reserved.