Update Log

--Norbert 12:26, 23-26 July 2008 (EDT)

• Created Peer Journal and added pointer from Main Page
• Added two recent Nature articles to Concepts

--Norbert 13:05, 2-3 June 2008 (EDT)

• Created Notes on the Synthesis of Form and added pointer from Main Page

--Norbert 21:47, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

• Added May 15th Team Update to Current events
• Updated EBBT: Overview with pointer to Concept Map
• Updated Main Page with pointer to Wendell Berry's Solving for Pattern

--Norbert 18:00, 29 March - 12 May 2008 (EDT)

• created series of pages based on Maibritt's 'An ecosystem based biomimetic theory ...' (EBBT: Overview, EBBT: Sunlight, EBBT: System Optimization, EBBT: Local Context, EBBT: Diversity, EBBT: Life Enhancement, EBBT: Adaption and Evolution)
• updated Support Desk with fix for errors displaying image thumbnails
• updated IBE 2008 with plug by Mark Riley and Mark Eiteman for the Journal of Biological Engineering
• John updated discussion on Interdependence with literature survey on food webs and ecological networks
• Martha/Norbert updated discussion on Interdepdence on 'Ecological Networks'
• Martha updated discussion on Conducive to Life on 'System Costs'

--Norbert 16:01, 4-23 March 2008 (EDT)

• Eileen/Norbert: updates to discussion on Conducive to Life on 'System Costs'
• posted past team updates to Current events
• posted Maibritt's 'An ecosystem based biomimetic theory for a regenerative built environment' paper to List of Patterns
• updated Multi-Functional Materials with section on 'Relationship to systems thinking'
• updated Main Page with publicly-readable PDF of IBE charts
• updated IBE 2008 with final charts

--Norbert 16:01, 20-29 February 2008 (EST)

• finalize the February Newsletter submission
• Fil/Norbert/Martha: updates to discussion on Conducive to Life on distributed intelligence and swarm theory
• John/Martha/Fil/Norbert: updates to discussion on Interdependence on ecological networks

--Norbert 16:07, 05-19 February 2008 (EST)

• Posted and summarized "Self-Organization, Embodiment, and Biologically Inspired Robotics" in Conducive to Life#Applications
• Created Conducive to Life#Applications, Multi-Functional Materials#Applications and Interdependence#Applications
• Created February Newsletter with first draft of proposed update for February BioInspired! Newsletter
• John posted "Ecological networks and their fragility" to discussion on Interdependence
  • Norbert posted some initial thoughts
• Added insights from "Into the Cool" to [Talk:Exergy:_Schneider/Sagan|discussion on Schneider/Sagan] (initial and a more structured tabular form)

--Norbert 14:22, 28 January-02 February 2008 (EST)

• Fil/Martha updated discussion on Interdependence with ideas on boundaries and goals
• Fil updated discussion on Interdependence on greed/compassion
• Fil updated discussion on IBE 2008 with importance of using a pattern to model an existing problem/solution/context as well as showing it can solve problems currently without solutions, as well as a discussion on the definition of 'quality'

--Norbert 12:19, 23 January 2008 (EST)

• Created Exergy: Schneider/Sagan to capture key concepts from "Into the Cool"
• Martha/Norbert comments on Implications of Energy Quality/Exergy discussion

--Norbert 13:40, 21-22 January 2008 (EST)

• fixed typo in Ecosystems (2000)
• Fil/Norbert discussion on vortex motion in discussion on Apparent Contradiction in 'Efficient Vortex Motion'
• Created Exergy: Dincer/Rosen page with notes on their book, with pointer from Exergy
• Moved Kay notes from Exergy to Exergy: Kay

--Norbert 11:05, 2-21 January 2008 (EST)

• Added December 14 and January 17th team updates to Current events
• Posted acceptance of IBE abstract
• Added Leonard Olson to Community Portal
• Created Exergy discussion page (Vortex motion, implications discussion, relationship to simple phenomena such as 'wind')
• Created Exergy page with notes from various Internet sources, 4 papers by James Kay, implications
• Posted notes on efficiency/effectiveness from Fil to Concepts page and my response

--Norbert 15:01, 16-27 December 2007 (EST)

• Fil and Eileen posted their thoughts to Interdependence discussion page
• Posted initial thoughts to Interdependence discussion page
• Created Interdependence pattern template

--Norbert 23:26, 3 December 2007 (EST)

• posted Damian's comments in Discussion on IBE 2008
• finalized IBE 2008 abstract

--Norbert 18:30, 27 November 2007 (EST)

• added November 27 team update to Current events
• created IBE 2008 page with strategy and proposed abstracte

--Norbert 07:14, 01 October 2007 (EDT)

• posted Biomimetics 12 paper and presentation to Main Page

--Norbert 15:00, 30 August 2007 (EDT)

• responded to John's comments 'SOHO and the Design Process' section to Discussion on 'Conducive to Life'
• moved 'chaotic behaviour' paragraph in Conducive to Life to 'Therefore'
• added 'human priorities' and 'uncertainty' paragraphs in Conducive to Life to 'But'
• created Biomimetics 12 References page

--John 20:08, 29 August 2007 (EDT)

• added 'SOHO and the Design Process' section to Discussion on 'Conducive to Life'
• added information on 'mass-specific metabolic rates' to Conducive to Life
• added reference to Lotka to Conducive to Life
• improved flow of Biomimetics 12 Abstract

--Norbert 22:44, 27 August 2007 (EDT)

• posted recent team updates to Current events
• modified Biomimetics 12 Abstract
• created Multi-Functional Materials pattern
• created Conducive to Life pattern

--Norbert 17:47, 16 August 2007 (EDT)

• created a Concepts page, to 'anchor' the following material (also added to left navigator)
• created the SOHO Systems page, summarizing James Kay's article
• created the Deep Simplicity page, summarizing Gribbin's book
• created the Nature Abhors a Gradient page, for Martha's original insights
• created the Survival Strategies page, for Julian's listserver post on human/natural energy usage
• created the Biomimetics 12 page to start working on the next paper
• updated the Deliverables section of the Main Page re: the SEM paper and the upcoming Biomimetics 12 paper

--Norbert 14:16, 25 June 2007 (EDT)

• Uploaded files previously stored in the 'protected' folder to the Wiki
  • Julian Vincent's Biomimetics paper and appendices
  • John Reap's Holism ... paper
  • Maibritt's Draft Ecosystem Principles document
  • Aromar Revi's Goa 2100: the transition to a sustainable RUrban design paper
• Implemented file access controls - by default, you must be logged in to download any file or image
• Upgraded Patterns Wiki to 1.10.0

--Norbert 10:45, 19 May 2007 (EDT):

• Created Support Desk and added a link from the sidebar
• Updated Editing Help with section on 'How do I make a table?'
• Updated Editing Help with section on 'How Can I Link to a Section Within a Page?'
• Updated Talk:Conducive to Life with new 'Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics' section and moved Martha's comments
• Initial thoughts on SEM 2007 Presentation
• Created Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics summarizing Deep Simplicity by John Gribbin

Martha March 30, 2007:

• Updated Conducive to Life, Target: Design Firm discussion, on variability in biochemistry

Norbert March 18, 2007:

• Added March 18th team update to Current events - major milestone achieved!
• Updated SEM2007 Paper with current abstract and final paper
• Created SEM2007 Archive to capture development of paper and initial Word drafts

Norbert March 6-8, 2007:

• Created first draft of the SEM2007 Approach, SEM2007 Insights and SEM2007 Next Steps sections
• Fil added comments on Discussion on Conducive to Life
• Fil added thoughts on patterns in nature and intent to Discussion on Patterns

Norbert March 3-5, 2007:

• Added March 5th team update to Current events
• Created first draft of the SEM2007 Challenge and SEM2007 Methodology sections
• Created a SEM2007 Contents page

Martha February 27, 2007:

• Added insights from Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species to Discussion on Conducive to Life

Norbert February 9, 2007:

• Added notes on Feb. 5/6 calls to Current events
• Added discussion on Contradictions in Discussion on Conducive to Life
• Added pointer to Brad Appleton's document in the 'Characters of Good Patterns' in Patterns

Norbert February 7, 2007:

• John posted a comment to the Background to Draft Principles of Ecosystems discussion on the importance of operationalizing and validating principles in a design-centered context
• Norbert posted early ideas on an outline for the SEM2007 Paper

Norbert February 4-5, 2007:

• Denise/Norbert created a new pattern Conducive to Life - see Talk:Conducive to Life for discussion notes.
• Eileen posted comments on jargon and a question on 'emergent effects' in Talk:List of Patterns. Norbert responded to both, and posted a clarification from Maibritt on principle #7.

Norbert February 3, 2007:

• Updated Current events with today's team update and a pointer to the current conference call scheduling calendar
• Added pointer from Main Page to Applications
• Created Applications with information from the Goa 2100 RUrban design project

Norbert February 1, 2007:

• Added discussion with Tom on 'Project Goals and Deliverables to Discussion on Main Page
• Added discussion with Tom on 'Asynchronous Collaboration' to Discussion on Getting Started
• Added section on 'Working on a Remote Team' to Getting Started
• Added discussion with Tom on 'Patterns vs. Pattern Language Approach' to Discussion on Getting Started
• Added discussion with Tom on pattern structure to Discussion on Patterns
• Added pointer to Maibritt's 'Draft Principles of Ecosystems' to List of Patterns (see Discussion for background material).
• Added a section on 'Principles vs. Patterns' in Patterns.
• Updated Pattern Template with categories from Julian Vincent's paper and a scale dimension.

Norbert January 30, 2007:

• Updated Current events with minutes of January 24th conference call.

Norbert January 24, 2007:

• Eileen posted a comment on Redundancy in Talk:Diversity. I responded today.

Norbert January 18, 2007:

• Updated Clippings with a pointer to an article called "The Open-Source Solution". How do natural systems avoid 'creeping excess' that impacts usability?

Norbert January 15, 2007:

• Added section on spell-checking to Help:Editing
• Uploaded John Reap's article Holism, Biomimicry and Sustainable Engineering to a protected part of the Wiki (copyright restrictions prevent free distribution) Note: see June 25/2007 changes
• Updated Main Page with additional content in Deliverables section
• Added "What's In It For Me?" section to Getting Started

Norbert December 21, 2006:

• Updated Clippings with a pointer to an article on hybrid cars and their relevance to the electricity network. Possible patterns include introducing intelligence and buffers into the grid (today, significant human effort is required to balance electricity supply and demand).

Norbert December 20, 2006:

• Created Talk:Diversity with example of cost of diversity in Information Technology

Norbert December 18, 2006:

• Updated Main Page with pointer to a graphical site map
• Updated Current events with Dec. 18th e-mail to team
• Created Closed Loop pattern and added pointer in List of Patterns
• Created Diversity pattern and added pointer in List of Patterns
• Moved first two sections from Help:Contents to Guidelines, added 'Process' section,
• Created Getting Started, added to Navigator
• Added content to Guidelines page
• Updated Help:Editing with tip on adding color to text. Re-organized the sections.

Norbert December 12, 2006:

• Updated Community Portal with new and confirmed members.
• Created a Template:Pattern that will be used to structure all patterns. Added additional information.
• Updated Pattern Language page to distinguish it from Patterns. Added additional information.
• Created new Patterns page with information specific to patterns

Norbert December 6, 2006:

• Added Denise DeLuca to the Community Portal (new member of the team)
• Created Clippings to hold miscellaneous extracts that could be used as examples for patterns (page currently not linked from anywhere)
• Created Guidelines (linked from the navigator)

Norbert December 4, 2006: Updated Current events with original BioInspired! Newsletter 'call for volunteers'

Norbert December 3, 2006:

• Updated Help:Contents to expand on how to track Pattern Wiki changes
• Updated Help:Contents to better explain the discussion page and describe how comments can be appended to discussion text
• Updated the left (sidebar) navigator to include a link to New Pages (Note: by default, this will only show new pages in the main Namespace of the Wiki)
• Started a Help Discussion on monitoring new pages and changes using RSS/Atom feeds

Norbert December 2, 2006:

• Updated SEM2007 Paper with acceptance information
• Created Community Portal with list of team members (confirmed and unconfirmed)
• Created Current events with announcement of Wiki, lecture on green design by Dr. Ray Cole and acceptance of SEM2007 paper
• Updated/restructured the left (sidebar) navigator
• Created the Update Log page and added to
• Updated Help:Contents with pointer to Fil Salustri's Wiki/Xiki article
• Updated Help:Editing with formatting characters for indenting and highlighting text, steps to upload images/files, and the syntax for changing link display names

Norbert November 30, 2006: Populated Patterns Wiki content and announced to the team

Norbert November 29, 2006: Built, configured and customised the Patterns Wiki