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Assuming you keep track of this area, are there any other interesting projects out there?

by acous 14y ago

mgunes 14y ago
I assume you mean recent and active projects; there's nothing recent I can remember that attempts to do the kind of thing I tried to describe in the second paragraph of my comment. (Which is why I intend to start working on my own modest, desperate attempt at it in the following months.) However, there are various projects, some of them historical, that have attempted to tackle it in limited contexts, or implemented parts of it, or have envisioned it in holistic systems that are now outdated. Almost all of the somewhat interesting ones I've come across can unfortunately be classified as one of the following: 1) Productized, narrowly focused yet-another-app 2) Academic or overly specialized in-house or personal project with no real effort at widespread usability 3) Unmaintained and outdated 4) Essentially vaporware With that said, here are a few links of interest, with the forefathers noted first: * Xanadu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu * NLS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLS_%28computer_system%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLS_%28computer_system%29 * Relations: http://relations-rcp.sourceforge.net/ http://relations-rcp.sourceforge.net/ * Zettelkasten: http://zettelkasten.danielluedecke.de/en/index.php http://zettelkasten.danielluedecke.de/en/index.php * semantic-notes: https://github.com/jsomers/semantic-notes https://github.com/jsomers/semantic-notes * Synapsen: http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/shots_e.html http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/shots_e.html * flashbake: https://github.com/commandline/flashbake https://github.com/commandline/flashbake * ConnectedText: http://www.connectedtext.com/ http://www.connectedtext.com/ * The Literary Machine: http://sommestad.com/lm.htm http://sommestad.com/lm.htm * Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html * Smart Notebooks (currently seeking funding on Kickstarter): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-noteboo... * Bibkosh: http://www.bibkosh.com http://www.bibkosh.com * gitmarks: https://github.com/hmason/gitmarks https://github.com/hmason/gitmarks * Lifestreams: http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.html http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.html , http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/fflifestreams.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/fflifestreams.html * Locker: https://github.com/quartzjer/Locker https://github.com/quartzjer/Locker * Telehash: http://telehash.org/ http://telehash.org/ * Singly: https://www.singly.com/ https://www.singly.com/ * pan.do/ra: https://pan.do/ra#about https://pan.do/ra#about * Papers: http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/ http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/ Some related reading: * http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/1.html http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/1.html * http://takingnotenow.blogspot.co.uk/ http://takingnotenow.blogspot.co.uk/ * http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/notebook.html http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/notebook.html * http://web.archive.org/web/20100422130439/http://gilest.org/luvly/20040322-lion.html http://web.archive.org/web/20100422130439/http://gilest.org/... * http://web.archive.org/web/20100108034547/http://software-libre.rudd-o.com/Streams_vs._documents http://web.archive.org/web/20100108034547/http://software-li... * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book * http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/xuDation.html http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/xuDation.html * http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/reading-with-the-stars-teaching-with-the-highbrow-annotation-browser/37591 http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/reading-with-the-stars... * http://www.openannotation.org/ http://www.openannotation.org/ * http://www.katsommers.com/2010/11/02/web-narrative/ http://www.katsommers.com/2010/11/02/web-narrative/ * http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/tag/dymaxion-chronofile http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/tag/dymaxion-chronofile * http://www.jagshouse.com/swyft.html http://www.jagshouse.com/swyft.html * http://al3x.net/2009/01/31/against-everything-buckets.html http://al3x.net/2009/01/31/against-everything-buckets.html
- pirateking 14y ago
  Thank you very much for this list.
- andrewflnr 14y ago
  This will supply research material for a long time. Thank you.
- wallflower 14y ago
  Lifestreams was co-opted by Apple for their Time Machine interface. I think Apple settled with David Gelernter.
- SudarshanP 14y ago
  Will your work somehow integrate/interface with the work these guys are doing: http://hypothes.is http://hypothes.is Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNrAS979MfA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNrAS979MfA
  - mgunes 14y ago
    I'm in the preliminary research phase, and it's too early to tell. But I'm investigating the feasibility of using the Open Annotation data model (draft: http://openannotation.org/spec/core/ http://openannotation.org/spec/core/), which they are also basing their work on, so the possibility is open.
- drothlis 14y ago
  * Smallest federated wiki: http://wardcunningham.github.com http://wardcunningham.github.com
  - mgunes 14y ago
    Thanks; I forgot about it somehow. Previous HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4199260 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4199260
- melloclello 14y ago

Assuming you keep track of this area, are there any other interesting projects out there?

by acous 14y ago

Assuming you keep track of this area, are there any other interesting projects out there?

I assume you mean recent and active projects; there's nothing recent I can remember that attempts to do the kind of thing I tried to describe in the second paragraph of my comment. (Which is why I intend to start working on my own modest, desperate attempt at it in the following months.) However, there are various projects, some of them historical, that have attempted to tackle it in limited contexts, or implemented parts of it, or have envisioned it in holistic systems that are now outdated. Almost all of the somewhat interesting ones I've come across can unfortunately be classified as one of the following: 1) Productized, narrowly focused yet-another-app 2) Academic or overly specialized in-house or personal project with no real effort at widespread usability 3) Unmaintained and outdated 4) Essentially vaporware With that said, here are a few links of interest, with the forefathers noted first: * Xanadu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu * NLS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLS_%28computer_system%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLS_%28computer_system%29 * Relations: http://relations-rcp.sourceforge.net/ http://relations-rcp.sourceforge.net/ * Zettelkasten: http://zettelkasten.danielluedecke.de/en/index.php http://zettelkasten.danielluedecke.de/en/index.php * semantic-notes: https://github.com/jsomers/semantic-notes https://github.com/jsomers/semantic-notes * Synapsen: http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/shots_e.html http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/shots_e.html * flashbake: https://github.com/commandline/flashbake https://github.com/commandline/flashbake * ConnectedText: http://www.connectedtext.com/ http://www.connectedtext.com/ * The Literary Machine: http://sommestad.com/lm.htm http://sommestad.com/lm.htm * Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html * Smart Notebooks (currently seeking funding on Kickstarter): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-noteboo... * Bibkosh: http://www.bibkosh.com http://www.bibkosh.com * gitmarks: https://github.com/hmason/gitmarks https://github.com/hmason/gitmarks * Lifestreams: http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.html http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.html , http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/fflifestreams.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/fflifestreams.html * Locker: https://github.com/quartzjer/Locker https://github.com/quartzjer/Locker * Telehash: http://telehash.org/ http://telehash.org/ * Singly: https://www.singly.com/ https://www.singly.com/ * pan.do/ra: https://pan.do/ra#about https://pan.do/ra#about * Papers: http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/ http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/ Some related reading: * http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/1.html http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/1.html * http://takingnotenow.blogspot.co.uk/ http://takingnotenow.blogspot.co.uk/ * http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/notebook.html http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/notebook.html * http://web.archive.org/web/20100422130439/http://gilest.org/luvly/20040322-lion.html http://web.archive.org/web/20100422130439/http://gilest.org/... * http://web.archive.org/web/20100108034547/http://software-libre.rudd-o.com/Streams_vs._documents http://web.archive.org/web/20100108034547/http://software-li... * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book * http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/xuDation.html http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/xuDation.html * http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/reading-with-the-stars-teaching-with-the-highbrow-annotation-browser/37591 http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/reading-with-the-stars... * http://www.openannotation.org/ http://www.openannotation.org/ * http://www.katsommers.com/2010/11/02/web-narrative/ http://www.katsommers.com/2010/11/02/web-narrative/ * http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/tag/dymaxion-chronofile http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/tag/dymaxion-chronofile * http://www.jagshouse.com/swyft.html http://www.jagshouse.com/swyft.html * http://al3x.net/2009/01/31/against-everything-buckets.html http://al3x.net/2009/01/31/against-everything-buckets.html

pirateking 14y ago
Thank you very much for this list.
andrewflnr 14y ago
This will supply research material for a long time. Thank you.
wallflower 14y ago
Lifestreams was co-opted by Apple for their Time Machine interface. I think Apple settled with David Gelernter.
SudarshanP 14y ago
Will your work somehow integrate/interface with the work these guys are doing: http://hypothes.is http://hypothes.is Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNrAS979MfA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNrAS979MfA
- mgunes 14y ago
  I'm in the preliminary research phase, and it's too early to tell. But I'm investigating the feasibility of using the Open Annotation data model (draft: http://openannotation.org/spec/core/ http://openannotation.org/spec/core/), which they are also basing their work on, so the possibility is open.
drothlis 14y ago
* Smallest federated wiki: http://wardcunningham.github.com http://wardcunningham.github.com
- mgunes 14y ago
  Thanks; I forgot about it somehow. Previous HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4199260 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4199260
melloclello 14y ago