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This is the first of a series of screencasts I want to do demoing different writing and collaboration tools I find interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcb-y8X8xKQ

I talked to a friend yesterday about all the artifacts I collect and want to collect. I have a growing collection of software from Living Videotext, a complete set of Mondo 2000 magazines, and I was debating whether or not I wanted to spend $500 on Origins of Cyberspace. He...

In this video, Douglas Engelbart answers a question about issue-based structured argumentation. I'm very interested in the idea of structured text. I've referenced Dorian Taylor's The Symbol Management Problem before, which is where I first learned about an IBIS (issue-based...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmtaARlUmMY Notes Bullet Journal TomatoTimer Pomodoro Technique

I have a friend that writes node.js code with callbacks. There are some cases where I think using promises or async/await syntax might be advantageous. Here, I'm going to try to connect the dots. Here is an example of an asynchronous function that uses callbacks: function...

The more I look at FedWiki, the more overlap I see with the work Dave has been doing with outliners and publishing. Especially with Trex and the World Outline. The World Outline is like the World Wide Web, except instead of a web of linked pages, it's an array of outlines that...

Following my intuition keeps leading me to fun coincidences. I've been following the work of Dorian Taylor, learning more about how he uses linked data. App::IBIS is interesting, but also how he's using attributes on links on his website. Here's an example: <a ...

Knowledge Byproducts When I took Building a Second Brain, one of the concepts was "knowledge byproducts." The idea that as you're doing your work, you're creating things that could be useful later on in a different project. I decided that what I'd like to do is find a...

I'm pretty new to the idea of the Fediverse and Federation in general. I recently signed up for Mastodon to participate in the Podcast Index Community. Mastodon is built on top of a protocol ActivityPub, which seems pretty straightforward. I recently hopped on a Zoom call...

I have a bunch of saved searches on eBay looking for interesting things. One of those things is "Living Videotext". Today my latest addition, a copy of ThinkTank 128 arrived. Still need ThinkTank 512, Ready, and MORE. My ThinkTank Collection Later that year we released...