tczarnik@cup.portal.com (Tom A Czarnik) (06/13/91)
The Profile Design Project was created to study the feasibility of
coordinating a work group over a Wide Area Network (WAN) such as
Usenet/Internet; and incorporate design theories into a graphically
based serial.
The graphic serial will be released on a monthly basis and support
various platforms; which allows us a greater audience. The serial will
be an attempt at a foundation toward an interactive medium for the
mass audience. Currently, a specialized viewer is under development,
which will incorporate design principles aimed at animation, sound
manipulation and viewing perspectives.
The issues will be compatible with all versions and have these features:
screen resizing, accurate color matching, portable sound modules, etc...
These issues will be posted to Usenet, other communication systems, and
distributed to the computing public through specialized channels, on a
monthly schedule.
The viewer design will be generic and implemented in C. Binaries for
the Macintosh, MS-DOS, Amiga machines will be posted, as well as source
for the NeXT and Sun systems. A general source version will be available
for other machine implementation and a method for distributing specialized
versions.
Currently more than 50 people from various regions North America are
volunteering their skills and time. Our schedule calls for the first
issue to be released around February - May. A total of 12 issues will
be released and the project existence will be limited to developing
the underlying the technology and distribution of the issues. At the
end of the project a report will be published detailing the problems
associated with the WAN work group, and the software and techniques
developed.
The project is a volunteer effort for a non-profit organization. Profile
Design is seeking a California state charter, and IRS registration as a
non-profit corporation. We are also actively seeking individuals who would
like to contribute. Or companies who are interested in a sponsorship.
Profile Design will incorporate visual identification of the sponsor
companies into the monthly issues. We reserve all rights granted to us by
the various copyright conventions. All software, art, music, and stories
cannot be used without our permission, except where the use constitutes
a research or experimental need and is not used for commercial activity;
the proper identification must be affixed to the software, art, music, or
story. Anything developed by us cannot be altered and distributed. Upon a
the termination of the project, all software, technical notes, and
standards
will become public domain. The specific date of termination will be decided
by the project's board of directors.
You can direct all inquires to the following address:
Profile Design Project
Suite 336
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
USA
Internet: profile@netcom.com
UUCP : apple!netcom!profile
Tom Czarnik
Project Director