Author Archives: x28

Intelligent textbooks, rejected

Posted on June 25, 2020

As expected, they rejected the paper, and probably they did not notice how much their response confirmed my observation: Continue reading →

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Large maps

Posted on June 23, 2020

This is the third description of use cases for my tool. It is about very large maps.
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Sense-making workflow

Posted on April 20, 2020

In a previous post I showed screenshots of processing my own notes and ideas. Here, I want to describe how I use my tool trying to make sense of an existing text by someone else.
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Remote work (updated)

Posted on March 6, 2020

Quick summary of a post and a video I made before the virus occasion. How does a large mural full of post-its fit on a screen?
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Notes workflow

Posted on February 25, 2020

In a previous post and video I described the workflow of my notes processing in an abbreviated sample demonstration. Now here are three screenshots of the authentic processing. Continue reading →

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Gaps

Posted on February 20, 2020

Know more, or convince this audience?
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Snake oil serendipity?

Posted on February 9, 2020

I am skeptical that a massive accumulation of links might generate more serendipitous ideas.
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Automagical links?

Posted on January 17, 2020

Which kind of tools work for me and which do not, part 3. Think tools should not consume my attention with their autonomous creations, but help me sorting things out for myself.
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Inspiring or distracting?

Posted on December 11, 2019

Some tools come with plenty of pre-selected ‘sand moulds’ for our thought contents. Maybe for some users, such offers may function as an idea generator or a creative muse. For others (like me) they do not work.
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Dependence

Posted on November 29, 2019

Stephen Downes’s talk “about a way to redefine ethics” contains a lot that sounds plausible to me. In particular, I liked this: “we learn ethics, but we learn them in such a way that we feel or experience a moral sense, rather than fully formed general principles” (slide 70)
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