Then when Jim got to the last page, he read some words that pulled together a number of underlying concepts he'd been threading on the surface as he burned-in the knowledge he acquired on each page. And he raised his head and cursed because he realized that what he thought he understood at the front of the document was only partly right, and he would have to read it all over again to get the deeper interpretation for his true understanding and learning, to get his isometric perspective of the underlying knowledge isomorphism. In effect, he has seen a glimpse of the perfect square. But as he reached in to grasp it into perpetuity, he realized, in the end, that the perfect square is a circle with many sides--a multidimensional fractal that shapes itself to your experiential context like a mirror that helps you see as much as you care, each time you challenge it, reflecting what you are, and what you dare to know about what you can know.

True experts make complex things simple
Well, that's it. Except of course to suggest that the repetitions may not be repetitions at all if you look far enough under the covers, depending of course on where you are coming from, and how far you wish to dig. Perhaps they are knowledge fractals that will lead you to another space, turning apparent obfuscation on first glance into an emancipation, freeing you to gain the advantage in the knowledge-based economy.

I am continuously struck by the oxymoron of surfing (TV, Web sites, etc.) in the knowledge-based economy. Building knowledge is hard work. It requires significant energy to replenish the neurochemicals that are burned up in making the synaptic connections in the brain. By clearing away the infoglut that bars the door to the depths of knowledge abundant in today's document repositories, due to our inherent inability to work through massive details, modern Knowledge Management tools will expose readers to an exciting new frontier where their ability to harness the power of knowledge beneath the surface will be inhibited only by their confidence in themselves to wade among the deep treasures of the unknown.

Einstein said true experts make complex things simple. He's right. It all depends, however, on the density of knowledge you pack into a few words. Shakespeare used to do it continuously, where there was more to the meaning of what he wrote than was apparent on first reading. This approach was practiced by the great philosophers throughout the ages as well. I love to learn, I love to write, and I love to teach. And I love to pack a deep learning into layers that stretch readers into enlightened experiences that are engagingly addictive. I often twist the meaning of words, particularly in titles, by sleight of hand to create diametrically opposed concepts that bound the knowledge nuggets contained therein. In fact, I've automated that process in the software products we develop at CIRILab.

I thank you for the continued support and opportunity to practice and hone my writing skills through this magazine. I don't take lightly the responsibility extended to me, to capture and influence you, the DominoPower readership. And I am pleased that so many of you find my articles engaging.

Mick Moignard has been working and traveling with Lotus Notes since Release 2.0 in 1991. Mick is a DominoPower Senior Technical Editor and a Principal CLP with Unipart Expert Practices, a Lotus Advanced Partner in the UK. If you want to discuss anything to do with this article, or indeed anything else to do with Notes and Domino, contact Mick at Mick_Moignard@unipart.co.uk. Unipart Expert Practices will also happily discuss any opportunities you may have with any Notes and Domino application development or infrastructure projects you need help with. Unipart Expert Practices can be found at http://www.unipartep.com.