February 25th, 2004:

To give a real good idea of how Inklog will flow from end-to-end, I’ve written RequestFlowOverview. It should help you understand the core operation of Inklog. This write up was prompted by a Question in the Inklog forum written by someone whose questions have really helped me to fleshout the theory behind Inklog as well as begin writing the documentation for it.

First, I leave the house 30 minutes late. Then, it takes me an hour and thirty minutes to get to work, fourty-five minutes longer than usual. Then I realize I forgot my badge and have to get a temporary.

Just to get in to the parking lot I had to give the gate guard my name and social security number so he could look me up in the system and make sure I worked here. The guard in the door required my driver’s license and a phone call to my supervisor to verify my employment. Meanwhile, if I didn’t want a temporary badge, I could have parked down the street, walked to the building, and stood outside the back door and waited for someone to walk by, letting me in.

Ugh.