Cyborganize launched - the ultimate outliner productivity system

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Posted by JBfromBrainStormWFO
Jul 20, 2011 at 08:03 AM

Graham: Feel free to pay no further mind, then. I’m not interested in converting people who don’t want to be convinced. And I note this is the first instance of the “This was already obvious” response.

Alexander: I approached BrainStormWFO’s new owner some time ago about redoing their marketing efforts. So I’m now involved. That was after I’d developed Cyborganize. Cyborganize itself is free. And it seems one can limp along using MaxThink instead of BrainStormWFO, if one likes. So BrainStormWFO is not a necessary part of Cyborganize.

Yes there are plans for BrainStormWFO’s development… they are still being kept under wraps by the new owner for the time being.

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 20, 2011 at 10:12 AM

JB,

Like you said earlier, this is a tough crowd. It is nice of you to offer your system free, especially since you also promote Brainstorm, software that I admire. I took a quick look at your site when you first posted. It wasn’t obvious to me that you were talking about a system and not an additional piece of software, and I didn’t understand it was free until reading your most recent post.

I DO like videos, finding them a good way to learn (see the PersonalBrain web site for the best video collection around). In fact, I’ve viewed a couple of your videos on the Brainstorm WFO site. I think they help explain what your system is and will probably be useful for others, but you should keep them short—cover the same material, just in shorter chunks, starting with the basics.

Good luck.

Steve Z.

Posted by JBfromBrainStormWFO
Jul 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM

Thanks Steve. Cyborganize’s presentation still has a long way to go, and I’ll be acting on all the valuable feedback I’ve received here.

I think I’ve made major progress in a short time though… it used to be totally incomprehensible to nearly everyone. Now I can proudly replace “totally” with “mostly”.

Posted by JBfromBrainStormWFO
Jul 23, 2011 at 10:24 AM

I have written a new post directly comparing GTD to Cyborganize. It explains what concepts I’ve borrowed, and where I’ve differed and why.

This might be a less confusing way to introduce Cyborganize. It immediately establishes what category Cyborganize fits into.

Perhaps this will help people understand more easily the reasons for various design features. The entire system could be seen as a revolt from GTD. I borrow many GTD concepts, and my explanations tend to assume familiarity with GTD.

Basically, my thesis is that GTD was designed for the pen and paper era, whereas Cyborganize was designed from the ground up to take advantage of computer text processing power. And therefore Cyborganize is the next generation productivity workflow.

Here’s the link: http://www.cyborganize.org/got-gtd-blues-join-the-digital-age-with-cyborganize/

The title is “Is GTD Too Much Work? Join the Digital Age with Cyborganize”

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jul 23, 2011 at 02:37 PM

Whether GTD designed for pen and paper or not, I think the point is that it has lended itself to digital use quite readily - and there’s any number of good applications for this - see the thread on Nozbe - http://www.nozbe.com/a-A3F240E3 - which I began this week.

I do not want to prejudge your system because I realize it is in the formative stages and that you are seeking new ways to describe it. However I see some issues which may be more methodological than a reflection of the system itself:
1. Given the early stage of your system I think it unfortunate that you’ve made such great claims for it - the claims may over time prove themselves to be warranted, but in making them now you are in a sense setting yourself up for responses in the light of the claims.
2. The right and left brain analogy - I’m not sure it fits all that well, and like the claims for the system, may set you up.
3. You tie your system to one particular software tool - this may be limiting your potential market, and at this time limiting the number of people who will join you as the “beta” testers of your system. While Brainstorm is a very capable piece of software, it is not one which all of us feel comfortable with. As well as developing using Brainstorm, you might find the free program Noteliner an alternative - there could be ways to use its table tool to create what you want, or in other software such as MyInfo the cloning capabilities & columns. Just a thought.

I’ll continue to follow your progress with interest.

Daly

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