Kay, Jane, Doug, Shannon, and Rebecca were in attendance at the November 30, 1999, pre Mother Goose meeting luncheon,. Doug raised the issue of feedback systems as a method for collecting data about the site after it is launched. Doug cautioned us about the limits of counters and suggested that using the addresses of users would be a more useful approach. By studying the addresses of the users and their paths of use, we might be able to follow a user through the site in order to understand their intent in using the site. We might also try to understand if actual use of the site met with our initial intent for the site. He also suggested "Verbal Protocol Analysis" as a possible method for analyzing data.

After another lovely December 14, 1999, luncheon with Kay, Alex helped Jane and Becca expand their technical ideas for presenting the various images of Mother Goose. Becca and Jane had brainstormed with photocopied images of 20th century Mother Goose herself until they began to see things that were the same and different among and between the images. For example, they noticed hats, faces, animals, objects, etc., as well as a metamorphosis of Mother Goose from woman with goose, to half goose/half woman, to anthropomorphized goose.

As Alex was showing them the process of creating the type of translucent masking that Doug had shown us at a previous meeting and that was used in Museum sites, it became clear that small boxed portions of images, like thumbnails, could also be put to use. Alex showed us that, technically, pieces of images could be lined up to make a point (witness the hats). Alex again encouraged us to think about what would be the best way to convey something and that he could do the technical magic to make it possible---he stressed that one should not be trapped by a limited vision.

Later, Jane and Becca discussed the idea of also presenting 20th century Mother Goose in a form more interactive than the essay---by posing questions a la visual interpretive analyses--how did the illustrator portray this personage?