Hi Marg!
I'm determined to see that baby of yours before he grows up, which will
happen faster than you'd believe.  I'll be away next week, but let's try to
get together after that.  We have a new deck which needs people to come sit
on it.
As for the Internet, I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I haven't used it
yet.  I have too much information in my life already, and it hasn't seemed
necessary to the kind of research I do, which is generally people- based.
If you wish, you could use my son Ben as an informant.  [log in to unmask]
He's finishing a Master's in Community and Regional Planing, uses the
Internet a lot, and for his thesis is evaluating a website he created for
Ecotrust on First Nations use of GIS.
OK?
See you son
Betsu

At 08:57 AM 6/29/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I apologize for the intrusion of these questions--but a community of
>researchers is exactly what I need to help me out with this interesting and
>ultimately useful project.
>
>The story is this: I'm working with a company which is focusing on providing
>solutions for people like us--folks who use the internet as a research
>medium. They are creating software solutions and a web resource for
>internet researchers. Their goal is to help people like us organize,
>retain, manage, consolidate and share Internet-sourced information. (I've
>walked through an early version, and it's going to be terrific - I wish it
>were ready for me to do this project!) My role is to help develop the
>content for the web site.
>
>Which is where (I hope) you come in. I want to build a site that will be
>useful to people like you and me--folks in search of great research tools
>and techniques. There are lots of great lists of links around, but I would
>like this site to create a sense of community for researchers like us. To
>that end, I'm hoping you will answer a few questions to help me in this
>venture:
>
>1. What subjects/type of data do you typically look for?
>
>2. How much time do you usually spend on-line each day?
>
>3. Where do you go now to find out the latest in research tools and
>techniques?
>
>4. Do you have a favourite homepage for research information or starting
>points?
>
>5. What do you use the internet for? What don't you use it for, but wish you
>could?
>
>6. What would bring you back to a site--what would like to learn?
>
>
>7. Do case studies (successes and failures) interest you?
>
>
>8. Would you be interested in beta testing their software?
>
>
>If you say yes to the latter, there should be something to show you in the
>fall.
>
>Thanks. Creating something new and useful is a great challenge and I
>appreciate your input. Let's hope the relationship formed through this
>intrusive solicitation might last. I'll let you know when the software comes
>out.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marg Meikle [log in to unmask]
>Free-lance writer, researcher, radio broadcaster (CBC)
>
>P.S. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone else you think might be
>interested.
>
Elizabeth L. Johnson, Curator of Ethnology
U.B.C. Museum of Anthropology
telephone 822-6788 fax 822-2974