Quotes...

"If it's not on the web, it doesn't exist." Tim Berners-Lee

"What's easy to do we make easy, what's hard we make possible." Larry Wall

"We do nothing really, but we can do virtually anything!"

"It's nothing really, but we can do virtually anything!"

"We'll build that bridge when we come to it!"

"You're not a community.  You're an anonymity!"

Marketing ideas

"As If" (future)  versus "As Of" (past in typical accounting system)

"So you want to see the future!  Join skyBuilders to get the administration-level access you need to see the future in your web database.

FEATURE LIST  (add them regularly or we will forget!)

25 word capsule description
user-built, user-maintained
database-backed, calendar-driven
modules 
productivity tool for organizations
time management
knowledge management
content management
financial management
all info accessible securely from any web browser
complement desktop databases and spreadsheets

Data paradigm for entries into the features ToDo (read Tasks):
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Project Name
	Task Name - Task Description - Priority - Status - Team - dependencies - d/t started - d/t projected finish - d/t actual finish - ?

Features already in the v.0.84 (alpha) release
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General Features/Benefits
	100% web-based, cross-platform, universal, password-protected tools
	timeTravel/timeRanger controls
	Calendar navigation
	timeLines Window (in addition to chrono vertical listings) (gone 0.96)
	variable Time Zone support (DST time rules)
	generation of power links (skyLink, skyRocket, skyView) for convenient, instant navigation into useful areas of the application
	skyLink - direct access into database
		skyLink generator, locates exact view.
	skyRocket - Password field for instant entry to a work point.
	skyView - generates HTML for the image tag to simplify publishing
	Automatic EMail notification to administrator on Reservations, Event additions, etc.

Help - in Context 2000/06/12

Welcome module
	Personal preferences/settings
	Administrator Preferences/Server settings
	PIM - ToDos (Rough draft) 
	
Members module
	members self-organize into interest groups
	Interest group Email
	

Events module Features/Benefits
	Email notification to Admin, member
	Automatic Generation for repeating events
	Associate Members, Attributes
	Search Events for keywords (in descriptions)

Resources/Reservations module Features/Benefits
	Email notification to Admin, member
	Multi-item Package reservations
	Click on empty interval in timeLine to reserve at that time
	Tentative requests, admin confirms with email
	Conflict detection
	Associate Members, Attributes
	Item types (people, places, things) receive different handling
		
Pages module Features/Benefits
	fully schedulable, archivable, static Pages timeLined onto your web site
	Schedule your Pages to be on your site at a certain date/time.  Pages appear in timeLines, click for details, Edit, Prev, Next.
	A Persistent Archive (parc) to list all existing files for this page.
	User commentary (moderatable)
	Upload of files and images (sharing)
	Secure file delivery?
	Your Web Pages are editable over the web from the browser - file editing and preview without ftp
	Or, edit in your favorite editor, and upload 
	directory maintenance
	auto-generation of HTML image tags
	Emails of Files for Print Publishers???
timeLines Pages - 
skyPages 
	

Calendars module Features/Benefits
	Multiple time-zone scheduling
	
Tasks module Features/Benefits
	skyProject can calculate Critical Path, but it does not attempt to do with algorithms what people should do.  It lets everybody (managers, teams) see the plan and fix it. (enough eyeballs - bugs are shallow)

Accounts module
	manual double-entry transactions
	balance sheet and income statement

TimeLines module
	cross-scheduling of pan-module entries

Core Development tools
	skyPorter(skyCap) - Page Porter tool, translator ASP/VB to Perl

Features needed for the v.0.9 (beta) release
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General
	workPage - a personal mission control - a page with a section for each of the modules that concern the member - listing all events, reservations, tasks, discussions, etc. that are relevant to the member as of the time selected on the calendar - any reminders for that time - your web-based email
	full PIM support - ToDos, Contacts, Calendar (personal scheduling)
	shared scheduling for organization-wide (even extra-organizational) appointment making and keeping
	Reminders
	Search Engineering - search flat HTML pages, timeLined Pages, Database information, etc.

Help
	Help links in every pop-up window, for in-depth contextual help
	Help content for all contexts
	Help commentary (community-based FAQ)
	
Members/People Features/Benefits
	People data model - Categories
	Organization Directory  - Contacts, etc.
	Automatic Member Pages* (Home Pages, workPages) - use email address to determine page name (replace '@' with '.') Or, generate uniqueness from their email address.
	Web-based email accounts*
	
Accounts module
	JS round to two decimal places
	DTEffective
	various reports
	spreadsheet?
	
Pages module
	Commentary should auto-email an associated discussion group, and email to the group should auto-append as commentary (should it be threaded?)
	
Tasks module
	critical paths, dependencies, priorities, threaded (discussion) list for email communication, detailed project reports (showing at-a-glance and timeLined durations, costs, interlocking tasks and teams, status and priority), budget (target) and actual costs and durations, etc.

Core Development tools
	skyCap - Page Porter tool, translator - ASP/VB to Perl, PHP, JSP, ASP/JS, 4D, Filemaker Pro, Lotus Notes?

Features needed for the v.1.0 (gamma? - commercial) release
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Shop Module
	e-commerce
	
Features needed for the international release
NB Localization vs. Internationalization (runs anywhere)
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global time zone support
full strings and help content translation to all supported languages (and customization)
timeLines, timeLinesBuilder, Calendar, DTMenus rewrite to handle different date/time formats

Features needed for the v.x (delta) release
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e-Commerce - Shopping Cart
Accounting

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See Products/Ideas.html for more sky Products.  Integrate these two.
skyLights - web pages, site front ends, with skyRocket links into modules

skyForums - discussion summaries of group emails (BF/VF

skyBallots - a Voting Module? a Members option?  Questionnaires, Multiple Choice answers plus Comments
			Radio button forms, text area, Reports, timed voting (8AM to 8PM)
			Secret Ballots, change your vote
			
skyMessaging - like AOL Instant Messenger but for Publishing Workgroups, to facilitate check-in/check-out

skyChat - related to above - minimal database capture or chat?

skyMail - web-based email (smallpig.net toolset, open source)
skyMailer - with unsubscribe link, listserv support

skyFiles, 
skyShare - GNUtela, other guy - open source.

skyLights - sample "skins" with skyLinks, skyRockets, and skyHooks

skyTimer, skyPulse, skyTick/skyTock (CRON/AT scheduler - calls a Server Page)

Bug and feature tracking system
Tools Module Development tools
	skyCap - Page Porter tool, translator ASP/VB to Perl
	skyBugs - Bugs reporting system, database with Search

Priorities system, (build on Tasks?)

Spreadsheets in theSky
Presentations in theSky
(Travel)Itineraries in theSky
Calendars in theSky

Films in theSky
Movies in theSky
Theatre in theSky
Concerts in theSky

Other sky terms - skyScraper  - our EventGrabber 
skyBox - a turnkey computer with timeLines (NICs, IP addresses, etc.)
skyBuilt (an expensive trademark)
skyBlue
skyClad
skyLine
skyORBit - Object Request Broker - provides XML Interface (Methods, Properties)
skyXML - A2A data interchange between timeLines databases. 
skyWay
skyWriter, skyWriting, skyWrite
skyTables (spreadsheet versions of database tables editable?)
skyTime, skyTimer
skyHelp
skyTools
skyPR - our Press Robot - a subset of skyMailer
skyRing - Web Ring manager - with Next, Previous, Random, List, Hit counters, and Keyword search!
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skyServices

skyMonitor - we send you error messages by pager, email on site errors

skyValidators - email and address validation (uses components at skyBuilders)

skyData - A2A XML transfers of Strings (multi-lingual, calendars, etc.) to enhance a timeLines database
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timeLines Scheduler
	A CRON/WinAT-like tick that initiates Reminders, Publishing events, etc.  Implemented with a perl executable.

DataBase Converters and Export/Import
	Converts 1.x > 2.x, etc.
	Converts Access > MySQL > SQL Server > Filemaker Pro, etc.
	Backup db file before purge
	Export/Import Calendars
	Database Creator/Generator/Initializer
	Database Validator

skyPorter (converts ASP to PHP, Perl, etc.)
	
skyMonitor (web-based and local desktop interfaces)
	A Browser page with performance indicators and admin tools
	System analysis/projected expansion requirements

timeLines Shop
	A fully featured cart (compare $1000 packages on web)
	Credit Card Validation (local = length, prefix, Mod 10)
	USPS Address Validation
	Email validation? for electronic online deliveries
	UPS/FedEx Shipping Expense calculations
	Order Tracking
	State Sales Tax calculations
	Credit Card Authorization
	Secure Transactions (requires SSL server and Digital Certificate)
	Cart contents (always?) visible in mini window
		
timeLines Auction (part of Shop module)
	A Dutch Auction of declining prices. (new approach)
	
timeLines Web Recorder (absorbed into Pages automatic archiving)
	Automates capture of URLs (Events) when pages change (SubEvents)

skyBanner - organization (ad?) space, database driven.

skyHook - power search skyLinks, with text input

skyTrans - dbConverter?

workPage, playPage, bookmarks

Will we need a drop down for these skyTools?

	
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Palm Pilot Integration

Bar-code reader support


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Developer Tools/Technologies

timeRanger (TimeTraveller) Engine (world Time Zone DST support)

builderPage/builtPage technology (timeLines Server Pages architecture)

Select/Option box automation

Color-safe web pallette, with named colors

Context-sensitive Help Pages (multi-lingual)

Multilingual Interface (OpenInternetLexicon)

Virtual Database Fields 

File Upload/Download (without a compnent)

Scheduler (skyPulse)

variable Time Zone support