Very encouraging note Tim. Thanks for taking that opportunity to
support Muse! Fingers crossed on the funding. I fully concur with the
discussion below. one thing we've certainly learned in the process of
developing Muse to this point is that its essential to create a clear
picture of the needs we're trying to meet and then articulating a solid
set of functionality specifications before launching into the
development phase. this is the ideal time to woodshed this idea while
we're "between programmers"!
Tim Poe wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> Thanks for your thoughts on this. I completely agree about the need to
> make Muse a financially secure environment. To that end, I did have a
> good dinner conversation with Doug Van Houweling at Educause about the
> need for sustainable funding for Muse, and why I think this is vital to
> serving the SEGPs (now providing $2,000,000 in I2 revenue). I REALLY
> hope that we can see the proposed doubling of Muse funding in the coming
> weeks.
>
> Let's talk more next week.
>
> All the best,
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Gross, Daniel wrote:
>
>> I don’t think it hurts to talk about it. The bigger issue right now is
>> that there is nobody who is employed for coding on Muse. It’s grown
>> beyond a hobby to needing someone versed specifically in working on
>> it, yet there is no money to make sure that person can eat. So part of
>> our discussions have been around trying to find out if there is enough
>> support from Internet2 available to help us keep the Muse framework
>> active and growing and developing new “modules” if you will.
>>
>> And that might be the other part of this – how much do we push into
>> Muse, and how much do we look at some type of federated identity and
>> SOAP type sharing that allows us to push/pull data out of other
>> applications? i.e. Can we use the work Instructify has done (haven’t
>> look at them yet) without having to reinvent the wheel, yet allowing
>> one identity across the services and data to flow freely between them
>> and be mashed up in ways beyond what we have imagined.
>>
>> So I like the idea. But I am a bit more concerned at least in the
>> short run about keeping Muse itself healthy and growing so that we CAN
>> add new modules/functionality like this. Don’t think it should slow us
>> down on the thinking side though! That way when we do get the
>> resources, we can hit the ground running!
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> *From:* Tim Poe [] *On Behalf Of *Tim Poe
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:56 PM
>> *To:* Gross, Daniel
>> *Cc:* James Werle;
>> <>
>> *Subject:* Re: Meeting today and call
>>
>> All,
>>
>> When we meet next week I'd like to talk about a possible proposal. I
>> have been talking for a while about a way for users to rate (think
>> Amazon ratings) collaborative tools. I'm imagining using Muse for
>> identities, and possibly looking to combine efforts with something
>> like Instructify (
http://instructify.com/ ). The idea would be that
>> folks with identities in Muse could provide feedback on various
>> collaborative tools, and others could view the ratings to help them
>> make informed decisions. We would factor in how current the ratings
>> are, so that you can view the last six months, twelve months, etc.
>> Does this sound like something that we could add to next week's agenda?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Gross, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>
>> News to me James - I just hustled back to the office to make it for our
>> call. Thought we were "standing" on this slot on Tuesdays now?
>>
>> Fine to take off today, but I think we should continue w/ Tuesday calls.
>> We never seem to have a lack of things that need brain cycles.
>>
>> Next week I *may* have two guests from WiscNet: John Pederson and Maddie
>> Covelli. Hope to get them both involved in K20 and supporting some local
>> K20 efforts as well.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Werle []
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:22 PM
>> To: Tim Poe;
>> <>
>> Subject: Re: Meeting today and call
>>
>> Hi Tim, we didn't talk specifically about doing the call today but i'm
>> guessing not due to the holiday. i'm offline most of the day but will
>> give you a ring tomorrow.
>>
>> best,
>> James
>>
>> Tim Poe wrote:
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>> James,
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a K-20 meeting today? Also, would you please call me when you
>>
>>
>>
>> have a minute?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
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> Tim Poe
> Senior Collaborative Technologist
> MCNC - Connecting North Carolina's future today
> 3021 Cornwallis Road
> Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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