The Profile Design Project

[Tom Czarnik]

   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 of 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 at netcom.com
        UUCP    : apple!netcom!profile



Tom Czarnik
Project Director