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
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.