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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 21, 2011 at 04:13 AM
jimspoon wrote:
>Aren’t we all trying to use these programs to retain, organize, and recall and as much
>of the information in our lives as we can?
Building on from Dr Andus’ comment here http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3155/0/from-mindmaps-to-outlines-on-the-ipad I’d say that, for the last 20 years at least, when confronted with major and/or complex information-related tasks, I’ve often thought “there must be an easier way to do this” and went off to test some software that could perhaps help me to do it more effectively. Secretly I would maintain a hope that the software would also make the task more enjoyable.
So, in brief:
1a. I CRIMP because I have things to do
1b. and hope to do them more effectively
1c. and enjoyably,
2. but remain unsatisfied by many of the solutions I’ve already tried
3. On the road to the ‘perfect’ solution I find that I enjoy the hunt itself (as many others here have pointed out)
4. which means that there’s a danger of sticking to the hunt instead of the work
5. That said, I can think of several instances where without some of these tools I would have been defenseless in the face of major undertakings; i.e. the hunt did pay off
6a. A key factor in getting work done is deciding that a tool is ‘good enough’ to actually start using it
6b. Otherwise… (back to point 2.)
Posted by tradercclee
Sep 21, 2011 at 05:02 AM
Aexander wrote:
“1a. I CRIMP because I have things to do
1b. and hope to do them more effectively
1c. and enjoyably,
2. but remain unsatisfied by many of the solutions I?ve already tried
3. On the road to the ?perfect? solution I find that I enjoy the hunt itself (as many others here have pointed out)
4. which means that there?s a danger of sticking to the hunt instead of the work
5. That said, I can think of several instances where without some of these tools I would have been defenseless in the face of major undertakings; i.e. the hunt did pay off
6a. A key factor in getting work done is deciding that a tool is ?good enough? to actually start using it
6b. Otherwise? (back to point 2.)”
I almost mapped this out in Flying Logic! :)
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 21, 2011 at 02:08 PM
tradercclee wrote:
>I almost mapped this out in Flying Logic! :)
Now there’s a program I have yet to try!
Posted by JBfrom
Sep 21, 2011 at 04:12 PM
Dang Jimspoon, have you been reading Cyborganize? This is the second thread where I"ve agreed with everything you said and copied down your ideas to paraphrase in my own website. I can’t help wondering if it’s coincidental convergence or cross-pollination.
Posted by Foolness
Sep 22, 2011 at 03:20 PM
There’s lots of emotional reasons I have that matches w/ many of the ones posted here however the main reason I CRIMP is because formatting operating systems is too complicated even as a guest OS and many of the software I’m using is already sentimentally linked to my desires.
Finding a new software not only allows me a blank space but it challenges both my personal execution in handling things but also the design of the software and the way I use my current collection. Even in things like previously uninstalled updated software, I sometimes go back to them because it drives new ideas as to what I’m searching for. It also reminds me of previous places I might have visited and then forgotten.
This forum being one example. I only ever recall this forum if I’m remembering Surfulator or UltraRecall. Even though it’s in my bookmark, I never have any intention to go back here first because my first thought often comes up thinking: “I’m not looking for outliners.” Then I fail to find forums that links to unorthodox software. I go back here. And my failure of finding out programs I want to find satisfies that nagging curiosity in me and then I leave OutlinerSoftware again.