Subconscious
What if every button in your app had an email address? What if apps could email each other? What would they talk about? This might sound absurd, but it is not far off from the philosophy that makes Unix such flexible infrastructure for software. Expect the output of every progra…
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The goal of Subconscious is to generate self-organizing ideas. Organizing ideas through sheer force of will is difficult, and I am lazy. Luckily there …
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Wikis are like the Minecraft of tools for thought — very simple, very open-ended. The simplest thing that could possibly work
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Hypertext wants to be refactored. Ideas are written down in one place, then rewritten, moved, titles changed, links redirected, pages split and merged.
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This week’s update is little bit different. Instead of sharing the ideas behind Subconscious, I want to share some work in progress. While building Sub…
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The important thing here is that the music is not in the piano. And knowledge and edification is not in the computer. The computer is simply an instrum…
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I find that I interact with notes in two distinct ways: inward and outward. To unpack what I mean, here are two scenarios: Scenario 1 (Outward): I see …
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My goal for Subconscious is to create a system capable of provoking emergence. Minecraft, the web, wikis, spreadsheets, and legos are all examples of s…
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