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I’ve gone through most of the notable note taking apps. About a decade ago, I tried to use Tinderbox[0] but it didn’t stick. I attribute that mostly to assuming

by rufius 4y ago

I’ve gone through most of the notable note taking apps. About a decade ago, I tried to use Tinderbox[0] but it didn’t stick. I attribute that mostly to assuming it would provide some structure. Recently, after giving up on Obsidian, I went back to Tinderbox. This time I read the creator’s book (The Tinderbox Way) and it clicked. The programmability with agents, note prototypes, and so on really works well with what I’m doing. Linking is simple, much like roam or Obsidian. It’s pricy and it has a bit of a steep learning curve but if you push through, it’s really powerful. [0]: http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/ http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/

Syzygies 4y ago
Mark was my college roommate! Ted Nelson was an earlier Swarthmore graduate whose visions for information anticipated the internet, and remain somewhat contrary to how the internet evolved. Mark took all this to heart. I had a brief influence on Tinderbox, when Mark got interested in hyperbolic geometry as one view of information. Mind mapping is a critical application of computers, still in its infancy. I have thousands of math articles in digital form that are beyond my ability to track from memory. My primary need isn't note-taking. I want a "Finder" alternative for managing digital assets, my own folder structure that I independently store and sync. I want to wander through old papers and open them in readers on both MacOS and iOS, at the speed of daydreaming. The timing of my herd paths, and some deliberate annotations, should be my gardening influence on a largely automated process for discovering proximities. I'm still not sure what tools to use, so I slowly write my own.
- rufius 4y ago
  FWIW the way you describe a “Finder” is how I use DEVONthink. I app-link articles I’m thinking about from Tinderbox to DEVONthink which is really handy. I store the database in a webdav share and often read/annotate on my iPad. Then I write any thoughts or notes in Tinderbox on my MBP. May work for you. It’s taken a long while to get here but I think I finally cracked my digital note taking needs. My one remaining need is a Tinderbox iOS/iPadOS app. Even if it’s reduced functionality, it’d allow me to get the meat of an idea down quickly.

by rufius 4y ago

Syzygies 4y ago

Mark was my college roommate! Ted Nelson was an earlier Swarthmore graduate whose visions for information anticipated the internet, and remain somewhat contrary to how the internet evolved. Mark took all this to heart. I had a brief influence on Tinderbox, when Mark got interested in hyperbolic geometry as one view of information. Mind mapping is a critical application of computers, still in its infancy. I have thousands of math articles in digital form that are beyond my ability to track from memory. My primary need isn't note-taking. I want a "Finder" alternative for managing digital assets, my own folder structure that I independently store and sync. I want to wander through old papers and open them in readers on both MacOS and iOS, at the speed of daydreaming. The timing of my herd paths, and some deliberate annotations, should be my gardening influence on a largely automated process for discovering proximities. I'm still not sure what tools to use, so I slowly write my own.

rufius 4y ago
FWIW the way you describe a “Finder” is how I use DEVONthink. I app-link articles I’m thinking about from Tinderbox to DEVONthink which is really handy. I store the database in a webdav share and often read/annotate on my iPad. Then I write any thoughts or notes in Tinderbox on my MBP. May work for you. It’s taken a long while to get here but I think I finally cracked my digital note taking needs. My one remaining need is a Tinderbox iOS/iPadOS app. Even if it’s reduced functionality, it’d allow me to get the meat of an idea down quickly.