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Thank you for sharing this! This genre of software tool is something that has been on my mind since at least 2010. Here* is a quick summary of my idea. I even a
by mikelago 6y ago
Thank you for sharing this! This genre of software tool is something that has been on my mind since at least 2010. Here* is a quick summary of my idea. I even applied to the first YC Fellowship in 2015 with the idea, but I didn’t make it past the application. I’ve come across many related ideas over years of reading HN (the general consensus is to just use org mode, so far I’ve been strictly a vim user xD), but this post is particularly inspirational!
I got my first job in software in 2017 and to this day I’m growing constantly. Before this first job I struggled to keep the motivation to practice and work on projects. I finally have the abilities to make projects come to life, and I’ll definitely be studying your project carefully as I get going on building one of my own.
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160806063444/http://mindengei.com/about https://web.archive.org/web/20160806063444/http://mindengei....
What's "MindEngei"?
Engei (園芸) is the Japanese word for gardening. I plan to build applications that help us organize our thoughts, experiences, and knowledge in a pleasant way. Too much of what we learn and experience gets sucked up by the applications we used and maintaining that information is either a hassle or impossible. I want to make applications that log everything we want to remember in a simple and relaxing way, allowing the user to pull in data from services, take notes, and document knowledge and provide quick and pleasant ways of viewing and sharing their content.
- teraku 6y agoI find it weird to tell people which exact tools to use. I also really enjoy knowledge management and I think I would really love org mode once I figured it out, but I just never got around to it. I am a Sublime user and really enjoy it, so I found other tools for my use cases and so far I am happy with the results. Could org mode provide me more value? Maybe. But it's not the point. Somebody might be taking more notes than others, because they are used to it, or because they need it, and it's totally okay and people should do what works for them. If your data was truly yours (data affiliation vs data ownership) this would be even less of a problem.