Abstract: A Notes-based graphic user interface displays information relating to a database user and also connects to the user's world wide web home page. To that end, the GUI includes a display view having indicia related to the user, and a plurality of tabs adjacent to the display view for changing the indicia in the display view. Among the indicia in the display view is text identifying the user's world wide web home page address. Clicking on the world wide web address causes the computer to directly connect to the user's home page.

Abstract: A method and apparatus summarizes information in an easy and user-friendly format in a database that stores topics and responses to those topics. To that end, a graphical user interface is disclosed having a calendar view and an adjacent report view. The calendar view is a two-dimensional grid having a timeline displayed along one dimension, an index listing one or more topics along the other dimension, and indicia displaying the number of responses to each of the listed topics on the each day, week, month, or year designated in the timeline. Selection of the one or more topics displays the title, author, and date of posting of each response to the selected topic in the report view. Selection of the title of one of the responses in the report view, or the indicia in the calendar view, displays the content of the response.