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Posted by JBfromBrainStormWFO
Jul 19, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Hi guys,
I am the inventor of Cyborganize, a text-based info management and productivity system.
It is similar in scope to GTD, but based or radically different principles.
You guys are my target audience, and I’d appreciate it if you’d take a glance.
If the page doesn’t hit you square between the eyes right away… well, then I haven’t done my job.
Some user quotes:
“Cyborganize is a system for real people.”
“You could have the kernel of something bigger than Facebook or Twitter there.”
“It?s funny but it?s just the thing I?ve been looking for, without knowing it.”
Here’s the link: http://www.cyborganize.org
Thanks,
JB
Posted by Graham Rhind
Jul 19, 2011 at 01:15 PM
JB,
:-) There’s a fine line between marketing and pomposity, in my eyes - I normally wouldn’t hang around for long on a site that blew it’s own trumpet quite that much!
I’m afraid I’m one of the “huh?” group. Too much text, too much time required to work out what you’re doing and why, and no structure to help people understand (and the graphic doesn’t help - not me, anyway).
I’m probably not the type you’re aiming for, because I reckon I’m better organised even that the likes of David Allen, but you definitely need a two-minute overview somewhere to make it clear what you’re advocating (without the BS).
Graham
PS: bigger than Facebook or Twitter??? In these cases I don’t think size and quality can be equated ;-)
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 19, 2011 at 02:00 PM
Hi there, JB,
At first I thought Graham was being a little rough on you, but having visited the website: phew! What a load of, well, “interesting” claims! Apart from anything else, I don’t like enthusiastic jargon which isn’t immediately defined (or linked to a definition): what on earth do you mean by “lossless” and “frictionless” - and where do I find out? If you think I’m going to wade through reams of web pages just to find out, you’re sadly mistaken! So link those two to something resembling a definition for starters. Second, the phrase “Don’t be Overwhelmed” is unfortunately ambiguous: do you mean “don’t be overwhelmed by the volumes of data/info you’re having to process every day” or (and this is the meaning which suggests itself due to the juxtaposition of other elements like “fastest way to start using”, “workflow” etc.) do you mean “Don’t be Overwhelmed by Cyberorganize? For me as an info junkie, that’s an immediate turn-off. As Graham and others have remarked elsewhere on this forum, an info management system that has a steep learning curve is - more or less axiomatically - a poorly designed one. And yet everything on your introductory page suggests that Cyberorganize is complex and requires first, that users should understand a number of basic premises (your particular take on left-brain/right-brain interaction) and second, that they should make those premises the basis for managing their information. Not what I would call intuitive! Finally, the lack of clarity as far as the modular structure is concerned (I mean: BrainStormWFO - WTF?) does not encourage further exploration, especially since it takes quite a while to find any actual essential details in the explanatory pages. The graphic is pretty, but essentially useless.
I don’t mean to sound negative - but appreciate that I do. It could be absolutely amazing! But when you develop a system that promises to help people to clarify their own thoughts (in a lossless, frictionless way!), it is vital that your own exposition should be as clear, limpid and frictionless as possible. At present your website is merely confusing and discourages in-depth exploration. Sort that out, and you could have something that’s genuinely worthwhile. I look forward to exploring it (eventually).
Best regards,
Bill
Posted by Lucas
Jul 19, 2011 at 02:19 PM
It took me a little while to figure this out, but the Cyborganize system is based on the use of of BrainStormWFO, which is discussed here:
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/2794
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 19, 2011 at 03:28 PM
Eventually I worked that out, by which time all interest in checking out BrainStorm WFO had deserted me, especially since NoteLiner seems to do all the same things (more or less) for free… Basically BrainStorm is a single-pane outliner, apparently with cross-referencing (the latter a nice idea, but by no means unique). Have I missed something?
BTW, if you want a really fast single-pane outliner with tagging and a good search function, try ThinkBook on the iPad (sorry, CarbonFin Outliner, I’m deserting you!). Of course you’ll need an iPad!
;o)
Bill