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Phil...I would like to help....Joan Hartman [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Tompkins <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:29 AM Subject: Help finding PD info on the Internet > Dear Listmembers, > > I have begun a project to put together and maintain a PD-related web > site. The web site, which will be known as PDIndex, will consist of > an index of links to those Internet web pages that contain > substantial and/or useful information on PD. However, unlike the > current lists of links that I have seen, PDIndex will contain items > at a detailed subject-matter level, such as "DATATOP", "dry mouth", > "travel tips", and "Vitamin E", in alphabetical order like the index > to a book on PD. I estimate that eventually there will be over 500 > subject topics in the index. Carrying the book analogy further, the > web pages indexed by PDIndex will be like the book's pages, and the > clickable links of PDIndex will be like page numbers. > > This project has two purposes. The first is to make it easier for > people to find the information that they need. There seems to be a > lot of good information out there, but as web sites proliferate, it > gets harder and more time consuming to find just what is needed. > > I hope that eventually PDIndex will be one of the first places to > go to find PD information on the internet. This will make it > possible to achieve the second purpose, which is to make a appeal for > donations to research that will have a wide audience. > > As you can imagine, it will take lots of work to put this together, > so I would like some help. > > The initial task on which I would like help is to review a prototype > of PDIndex that I have put together, and to provide feedback on the > basic concept and on the design. Please e-mail me if you are > interested in helping at this, and I will send you the prototype as > html files which you can load on your computer and use as if it were > a web site. I will also welcome just questions or comments. > > Later I will issue a call for help in finding, reviewing and > indexing internet materials and in keeping the site up to date. > > This will be an entirely voluntary effort, me included. Your > conpensation will be my appreciation plus the satisfaction you > receive from working to create this facility. > > Phil Tompkins > Hoboken NJ > age 61/dx 1990 >