I wrote, "I think TW has changed the way I think" > Now this is very interesting. Can you say more on this?
Yes of course, its a pleasure to be asked, and valuable to me as well. OK, I am thinking about a couple of my recent posts on the icons and tagging [1] thread. It's the whole TW environment and interacting with it has some influence on the way I think. I combine the experience with other things too. I was talking about Action Learning in a phonecall today, and how a TW could be use in an Action Learning set, and how another community -- one interested in creativity in healthcare instance (which uses Action Learning) and -- might learn from the way in which the TW community works. I like cross pollinate things - it is the Manchester way - (the symbol of Manchester is the bee). I've learned a lot about answering and asking questions by being involved in the TW community too. I sometimes catch myself thinking about tiddlers and TW problems in the back of my mind as I walk (I'm interested in city wandering or Dérive [2]). The non-linear path though the city, and TW? Kind of the same? Maybe not, but I'm happy about not being rational all the time. Mistakes are good! I was inspired by reading The Acsent of Man [4]. Jacob Bronowski quotes Micheal Angelo, who, as well as being a sculptor dabbled in poetry. He wrote about the tool and mind making sculpture having the purpose of pushing the boundaries of what it is possible for one to think: the mind can't do it alone, the artifact is a by-product. I made a video [3] a while back about a tool I co-produced. (It was an attempt to build a thematic analysis tool using TW.) Unfortunately the link to the exact moment on the Acsent of Man on the youtube does not work - the video has been taken down, copyright no doubt. But i think it does get some of my ideas across about location, toolmaking and chance, if only in a rough form. I was introduced to praxis [5] when studying visual art. At the same time I got a computer with Tony Buzan software on it to help me with my learning difficulties. It made matters worse. After getting my own broadband I discovered TW via delicious when I read about tag clouds in the Guardian Technology section, way back when it was still printed. I then thought that TW could be a writing tool to develop ideas, and one that could be adapted. I hope to escape the tyranny of the tool - where the tool influenced the thought process. Of course TW does influence the thought process - like any tool or instrument of composition: a harmonica, an electric guitar a piano, any composition made using these instruments would sound like what has gone before. My theory is that at least if the tool is adaptable and living, then to possibility of creating something new exists. Its fine if the ambition to create something groundbreaking is not primary. Finally, I like the concept of osmosis and software (Osmosoft) - everything stacks up nicely from my perspective. I like linking things together. TW and the TW environment is a good place for this kind of thing. Alex [1] https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/browse_thread/thread/d5a4edfe82066a1f?hl=en [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9rive [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiXbQ55rMc [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Man [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_%28process%29 [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis On 8 April 2011 11:31, Dani Zobin <danizo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Alex Hough <r.a.ho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think TW has changed the way I think. I arrived at TW after using >> many tools - mindmaps and Compendium (an open university hypertext >> mapping project) > > Now this is very interesting. Can you say more on this? > Which aspects of TiddlyWiki changed the way you think? And how? > I myself seek this kind of change. Actually I came to this tool (which I > haven't adapt yet in practice), because I was seeking exactly this > features , to organize my thought. (Extensive tagging, fast search, > wikilinks, and besides those - one bucket for all) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
