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To CRIMP or Not To CRIMP: Depends on what you are doing.
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Posted by MenAgerie
May 18, 2011 at 07:58 PM
Oh dear, I’m afflicted.
Thanks Steve, its good to have a name for it.
Jeff
Posted by MadaboutDana
May 19, 2011 at 08:01 AM
Blimey, I’ve got a seriously bad case, then… and it’s going to get worse. I’ve been playing with news readers FlipBoard, Zite, Pulse and SkyGrid on the iPad, and now I’m looking for an information manager (kind of outliner, I suppose, so not TOTALLY off-topic) which allows you to input and access information in the same flowing, scrolling way. It’s amazingly natural once you get used to it, as is the drilling down from brief summaries (of articles) into the main article content. It could also be a great way to write a book.
I’m sure semantic concepts like this exist in the outliner world, but I can’t think of any really good ones (as in: intuitive/easy to use) apart, possibly, from MyInfo, which is actually quite clever (sorry, you can tell I’m in CRIMPing mode…), and my other favourite Smereka.
Can anybody think of somebody who’s invented a kind of tiled outliner with summaries, thematic association (autotagging, as I like to call it) and a nice, intuitive interface? Suggestions welcome!
Posted by critStock
May 20, 2011 at 12:11 AM
To CRIMP or not to CRIMP: that’s not even a question.
Whether ‘tis nobler of mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of spousal contempt
or, by leaving the forum, end them….
Posted by Gary Carson
May 20, 2011 at 12:21 AM
CRIMP is a form of compulsive buying disorder. I’ve had it for years.
“Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) is characterized by excessive shopping cognitions and buying behavior that leads to distress or impairment. Found worldwide, the disorder has a lifetime prevalence of 5.8% in the US general population. Most subjects studied clinically are women (~80%), though this gender difference may be artifactual. Subjects with CBD report a preoccupation with shopping, prepurchase tension or anxiety, and a sense of relief following the purchase. CBD is associated with significant psychiatric comorbidity, particularly mood and anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and other disorders of impulse control. The majority of persons with CBD appear to meet criteria for an Axis II disorder, although there is no special “shopping” personality.”
Searching for the perfect outliner is a variant of CBD. The only cure is poverty.
Posted by Cassius
May 20, 2011 at 12:50 AM
While GrandView was highly usable (through Win 2000) and capable, I felt no CRIMP sensations. After it became unwieldy (in Win XP), I did develop CRIMP and tried a plethora of software. I finally settled on a relatively few programs (the MS standards and Jot+, myBase, Inspiration). Although I used a few others for a while (NoteMap, Ecco, TreePad) I finally abandoned them.
Lately, although I’m now retired, I’ve been feeling a bit CRIMPish again. Possibly because Jot+ is getting a bit long in the tooth (as am I) and development of it has almost stopped. However almost all of the newer software I’ve looked at seems to offer little more than what I have, but with high learning curves I do not wish to scale. One exception is Cinta Notes, which is easy to use for making quick notes.