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In article <3439@sunybcs.UUCP>, rapaport@sunybcs.UUCP (William J. Rapaport) writes:
> >I don't know anything about this newsgroup but I want to
> >get the directory created.
> 
> I've been monitoring this newsgroup off and on for several months now,
> and this is the first item I've found.  Is anyone else out there?
> I'm a Ph.D. in Philosophy, now doing research and teaching AI,
> concentrating on knowledge representation and natural-language
> understanding.

	I am interested in human factors in computer systems design, since
some of my organization's work involves the design of industrial and chemical
process control systems, with such systems often being operated by persons
with "limited computer literacy".  I see very little discussion of this topic
on the Net, and what does appear seems to be scattered among various news
groups.
	Example problem: How does one design a process control human interface
program for use by a 55 year old man who barely finished high school, still
refers to a computer as an "electronic brain", never used even a typewriter
in his whole life, is all thumbs, and thinks a menu is something to be found
in a restaurant?  Don't laugh; some of our systems are used by this kind of
person!
	I'm not certain if this news group is the place for it, but it
probably beats no discussion at all...

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