A TB Starter Kit?

Thank you @Flailingaround

Why I came to Tinderbox

I do not remember when I came to Tinderbox (Eastgate’s records would), but the reason is the same reason I stay with Tinderbox:

  • I want to build information models. “Note taking” seems constrained and dull, as an occupational description. So I want to correlate information related to various problems, work and personal, as they come up.
  • I wanted a combination of flexibility – to support experimentation and recovery from false starts – and tools / features. The infinite attributional aspect of Tinderbox combined with textual and visual views of my content is excellent and sui generis
  • I wanted software that is enjoyable. Using Tinderbox is play. What more can I say about that :laughing:

What do I do with Tinderbox

  • Anything and everything – short list of work and play I have done so far
    – written and published blogs
    – managed projects
    – tracked tasks
    – collected and correlated book notes
    – solved numerous problems with quick, off the cuff models
    – “brainstormed” by dashing off notes and structure, repeatedly arranging, then when “aha” comes, deleting the file
    – doodled with words
    – Written formal documents and informal experiments for work and personal reasons

Where do I want to go next

  • More of the same, but focus on some more in-depth personal research issues overlapping cognition, consciousness and philosophy.

Where do I want Tinderbox to go next

  • Just keep on inventing new things – Eastgate has year by year made Tinderbox fresher and more creative, so I’m happy to ride along wherever Mark goes.
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