05322cidaa22007217i 4500 19567230 20250607074647.8 cr n|a|||||||| 170322s2012 txunnn t eng 19567230 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kere 2017-03-22 mkru 2017-04-28 mkru 2017-07-11 2016655462 DLC eng dacs DLC n-us-tx AFC 2012/006: 00335 Morrell, David C., 1957- interviewee. David C. Morrell interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-07-31. 2012-07-31. 1 sound file (WAV) (01:30) : digital, sound. 1 photograph : digital, JPEG file, color . recording log 1 item (.pdf) : text files. spoken word spw rdacontent audio s rdamedia computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Interviewer's note: The interviewer met with David Morrell several times to understand the HarborLights scheduling system. One particular characteristic of the interviewee that came across strongly throughout the interview was his insatiable curiosity about how processes worked. The underlying themes of his stories is a desire to improve or optimize systems. This is apparent especially in his involvement and development of HarborLights for the Houston Pilots. In his description of the revamped scheduling system, he incorporates several improvements into the system to improve a dispatcher's ability to interpret data. For example, in his attempts to improve data representation he tries to make logic of the colors. He made the tankers green, because they represented money; red represents emergency or hazardous materials, so when you take red and green and combine them, that makes a chemical tanker. In David Morrell's view, these schemes were designed within the commercial environment to be able to assess quickly the status of a ship. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded at the Offices of the Houston Pilots Association, Deer Park, Texas, July 31, 2012. David C. Morrell, born in 1957 in Humble, Texas, was educated in California, started his career at IBM, and returned to Houston in 1979. He has worked at the Houston Pilots at the Port of Houston since 1996. He describes the inspiration for the development of the pilot scheduling system for the Port of Houston called HarborLights, shares key moments from his career trajectory that would later be used in designing the system, and explains important details of day-to-day operations in the dispatch area. Working the port of Houston: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2011-2012 (AFC 2012/006: 00335) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. In English. Morrell, David C., 1957- Interviews. Harbors Traffic control. Marine terminals Communication systems. Computer programmers Texas Houston Ship Channel Interviews. Scheduling Texas Houston Ship Channel. Tracking (Engineering) Texas Houston Ship Channel. Ships Automatic identification systems. Ships Electronic equipment. Marine terminals Security measures. Pilots and pilotage Texas Houston Ship Channel. Denial of service attacks Texas Houston Ship Channel. Occupations Texas. Houston Ship Channel (Tex.) Deer Park (Tex.) event place. Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Interviews (Sound recordings) lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Potoczniak, Anthony, interviewer recordist. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. Working the port of Houston: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2011-2012 AFC 2012/006: 00335 (DLC) 2014655403 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc2012006_00335_sr01 afc2012006 David C Morrell interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-07-31 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2012006.afc2012006_00335 afc2012006_00335_ms01 afc2012006 1 transcript afc2012006_00335_ph01 afc2012006 Photograph of David Morrell, programmer at the Houston Pilots, and creator of the Harborlights scheduling system, 2012-07-31 afc/agf afc/ofp afc/2012006 Electronic Resource