Tinderbox Meetup, Dec. 28, 2024 (Video): Thinking & Publishing in Outline View—The End-to-End Exp.
| Level | Intermediate |
| Published Date | 12/29/24 |
| Type | Meetup |
| Tags | .each operator, Action Code, Attributes, Colors, Container, Displayed Expressions, Edict, Export Code, Flags, OnVisit, Outline Background Color, Outline View, Templates, Thinking with Tinderbox, WinterFest 2024, 5CKM, 5Cs of Knowledge Management, Eastgate, Identiy Praxis, Inc., Mark Berstein, Michael Becker, Tinderbox |
| Video Length | 01:50:16 |
| Video URL | https://youtu.be/pASjRW5Su1U |
| Example File | TBXMeetup 29DEC24.tbx (878.3 KB) |
| TBX Version | 10 |
| Instructor | Michael Becker |
In this Tinderbox Meetup, we had an epic end-to-end review of Tinderbox.
First, we kicked off the meetup reminding everyone of Winter Fest 2024, the bi-annual discount promotion where you can get deep discounts on leading tools for thought software and experiences—we highlighted a few programs, including Peakto (photo management), Avalance (photo catalog migration), Take Control of Books (expert advice from leading tech authors), as well as Becker’s Tinderbox 101 Cohort #2 kicking off on January 10, 2025.
Remember Schedule Change: We’ll kick 2025 off with the first TBX meetup on Saturday, Jan. 4 and then will keep to the every other Saturday and Sunday schedule. Also, we have the APAC TBX meetup on January 3 at 4:00 PM PST/Jan. 4, 9:00 AM JSP—APAC meetups will be held first Friday of every month.
We then worked on setting the agenda for the call.
We landed on Becker providing a comprehensive end-to-end example of “Thinking & Publishing in Outline View—The End-to-End Experience." We agreed that we’d do Part 2 of the Win Treese project/class management on Jan. 4. See Part 1.
Thinking & Publishing in Outline View—The End-to-End Experience
In this demo, Becker demonstrated how he created a client report by brainstorming concepts and issues in note names and then proceeded to incrementally formalize the report until it was published. Over the course of the meetup, he,
- brainstormed taking notes in Outline View,
- organized these notes into containers (inc. adding prototypes, badges, user-generated attributes—a few of sets and a boolean),
- used this organization to help facilitate thinking and the authoring of summaries,
- used a $DisplayExpression to help visually categorize the notes (qualitative data analysis) and the use of an $OnVisit stamp to generate the displayed expression for processor and workflow optimization automatically,
- created a template to
- visually show the $Category in the output for selected notes,
- dynamically set the HTML heading tags with action code in the templates,
- modify the appearance with CSS,
- create a bulleted list of children from select notes (manage the output with a few conditionals in the export code)
- publish the work, e.g., copy and paste the output into a Google Doc
Addressed a few of Win’s Questions
Becker demonstrated how to,
- how to use agents to create an index (e.g., topics, terms, etc.) in an output
- strategies for creating visual affordances on a note in outline view, including:
- $DisplayedExpression
- $Badgets
- $OutlineBackground Color
- $Flags
- $Color