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I have an unorthodox system of things which is all quite interdependent. I prefer to just adjust things as I go. I know I'm reinventing the wheel at times, but

by HKH2 5y ago

I have an unorthodox system of things which is all quite interdependent. I prefer to just adjust things as I go. I know I'm reinventing the wheel at times, but I would rather a more personal UX than a UX for the lowest common denominator. I have a variable loader that I can use in scripts/programs so that I don't have to hardcode filepaths and so I can change settings quickly. Variables can refer to other variables, even in parts of them. I can quickly insert references to those variables into scripts/programs with a shortcut key. There is a note taker: a shortcut key immediately opens a blank file (which is named the date + time + a short unique ID to avoid any clashes). There is also a note reviewer: It shows the next note to refine. I can postpone any that are uninteresting yet incomplete for whatever duration, and archive any which are complete and can show up as relevant matches elsewhere in my system. This stage allows me to deal with bits and pieces at a time, and review things I'm still working on. It avoids hierarchical constraints on purpose, and it breaks things down into tags instead. I have a sort of data representation in which I can note how things/concepts are linked, and also express doubt, references, references to references and so on, to allow expressive representations of thoughts including incompleteness or ambiguity. I have a music player that devalues a track every time it is not played in its entirety. The faster it gets skipped the more it gets devalued (and there are meta keys to add more weight). If a track's rank doesn't meet a random threshold then it gets skipped. It basically stops the listener getting too used to a track even though they may like it.

brad0 5y ago
> I have a sort of data representation in which I can note how things/concepts are linked, and also express doubt, references, references to references and so on, to allow expressive representations of thoughts including incompleteness or ambiguity. Could you tell us more about this?
- HKH2 5y ago
  I use it mostly for memory completion. If something comes up in my mind and it's older than a few years, and I have no idea what prompted it, then I just record it and anything in relation to it. Some things I am not sure about so I prefix them with a question mark. If I'm not sure about the spelling of the word itself then I start the word with a question mark. If I was with the thing itself in the experience that a memory is referring to then there are no reference marks as prefixes (the symbol I chose may not have been the best choice), but if the thing was mentioned etc. then I put however many reference marks as a prefix to express how many jumps I was away from the thing referenced. So there are groups of things that act as a placeholder. When I am reviewing, sometimes I can quickly look at the placeholder and jump to a memory that is even 'fainter', and sometimes see what I think is the reason why the thought re-emerged in the first place (usually what seems to be residual curiosity). Sometimes it prompts me to quickly search for a name so I can see what the person looks/looked like etc. That way, labels that keep resurfacing become more than just empty placeholders; they become contextualized. It's basically just declaring curiosity, and I can just leave it as a placeholder if I don't care to explore it any further at the time. I also find it good at exploring situations I feel embarrassed or awkward about. When I write, I cut out any grammar, emotions, concern for style or correct wording, and just focus on what things I have associated with them, so that I can do more to 'see' a situation as it was, regardless of how I felt/feel about it. I think that has helped me a lot in accepting how things are.

by HKH2 5y ago

brad0 5y ago

> I have a sort of data representation in which I can note how things/concepts are linked, and also express doubt, references, references to references and so on, to allow expressive representations of thoughts including incompleteness or ambiguity. Could you tell us more about this?

HKH2 5y ago
I use it mostly for memory completion. If something comes up in my mind and it's older than a few years, and I have no idea what prompted it, then I just record it and anything in relation to it. Some things I am not sure about so I prefix them with a question mark. If I'm not sure about the spelling of the word itself then I start the word with a question mark. If I was with the thing itself in the experience that a memory is referring to then there are no reference marks as prefixes (the symbol I chose may not have been the best choice), but if the thing was mentioned etc. then I put however many reference marks as a prefix to express how many jumps I was away from the thing referenced. So there are groups of things that act as a placeholder. When I am reviewing, sometimes I can quickly look at the placeholder and jump to a memory that is even 'fainter', and sometimes see what I think is the reason why the thought re-emerged in the first place (usually what seems to be residual curiosity). Sometimes it prompts me to quickly search for a name so I can see what the person looks/looked like etc. That way, labels that keep resurfacing become more than just empty placeholders; they become contextualized. It's basically just declaring curiosity, and I can just leave it as a placeholder if I don't care to explore it any further at the time. I also find it good at exploring situations I feel embarrassed or awkward about. When I write, I cut out any grammar, emotions, concern for style or correct wording, and just focus on what things I have associated with them, so that I can do more to 'see' a situation as it was, regardless of how I felt/feel about it. I think that has helped me a lot in accepting how things are.