Category Archives: Tools

Technically confirmed authorship?

Posted on January 10, 2023 by x28

I want to know who thought up what I am reading. The only way to ensure it was a human, is via successful networks of personal trust. Continue reading →

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No prediction

Posted on December 28, 2022 by x28

Difficult to guess: either, bullshitters and gaslighters will have a harder time,
or tech will lure us even more effectively into relying on patronizing prostheses. Continue reading →

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Minimal GitHub for reassurance

Posted on August 26, 2022 by x28

Finally I have found the minimal GitHub procedures for my simple use case: just reassuring me a safe way back from trying out changes of my code. Continue reading →

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Conversations with tools

Posted on August 13, 2022 by x28

The ‘conversation’ with GPT-3 certainly creates inspirations, and it can be compared to blog reactions, or to Luhmann’s communication with his Zettelkasten. But it is a matter of preferences. Continue reading →

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Cognition at scale

Posted on June 17, 2022 by x28

My thoughts about the story of the ‘sentient’ chatbot LaMDA, considering scale as strength of IT.
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Reclaim filing

Posted on September 22, 2021 by x28

If students do no longer understand how files and folders work on a computer, the problem is not that they should *know* how apps work ‘under the hood’ but that modern apps and operating sytems keep them away from *using* their own files and folders.
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Predictions

Posted on December 31, 2020 by x28

My prediction for the upcoming year.
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Large maps

Posted on June 23, 2020 by x28

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 by x28

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 by x28

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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