no wonder i'm frustrated

here's a copy of a list i made in a post from october of 2004
-- that's right, october of _2004,_ more than 8 years ago --
explaining the workflow of the infrastructure i'd suggested:

1.   the e-texts -- as they are now -- must be regularized.
2.   i can write programs to do most of that automatically.
3.   the results need to be checked for quality control, and
4.   some missing information will need to be re-inserted.
5.   once that is done, the files will be _finished_, in that
6.   my viewer will present them as high-powered e-books.
7.   users can push a button to create high-end .html files,
8.   or save text as an .rtf file, or print out to paper or .pdf,
9.   in a way that gives 'em customized high-quality output.
10.   my program will do text-to-speech, and screenshots,
11.   and let people explore the project gutenberg library,
12.   and easily report errors they encounter in any e-text.
13.   those error-correction reports will be automatically
14.   routed to a system that presents all the material, so
15.   a human only has to say "yes" to approve the mod, and
16.   change-logs will be updated and a notice distributed.
17.   this e-text standardization and ease of handling will
18.   nurture a flowering of synergistic uses of the library
19.   by an array of creative and imaginative programmers
20.   that will engender a book-driven revolution in thought.
21.   and everyone will live happily ever after.   the end.

still seems like a good plan to me...   then again, who cares?

-bowerbird

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