Query regarding definitions...

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Posted by Q
Jun 20, 2008 at 04:37 AM

Over the course of yesterday evening (it’s 12:35 am right now)

I went through all the ‘pages’ of threads (not all the threads but the pages and selected at least 2-3 threads on average and read them completely).....however, I am still confused about two definitions

1- CRIMP / CRIMPER

2- ADM

It would help quite a bit learning the definitions! - Thanks!

Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 20, 2008 at 07:05 AM

Hi Q,

CRIMP is an in-forum joke, and means “compulsive-reactive information management purchasing”, and CRIMPERs are people who have this “disease”. Basically, it described the compulsion many of us here have to try and purchase any new information management tool or outliner released, and move data constantly between them, never quite deciding to stick with any one of them.

ADM (“Advanced Data Management”) is a defunct software, much missed by some, at http://www.adm21.net/ . Don’t purchase it, though, as there’s nobody behind the site any more to send unlock keys. There seems to have been internal differences in decisions about the direction the software was taking. Don’t get us started on that, though .... :-)

Graham

Posted by Q
Jun 20, 2008 at 04:20 PM

Hi Graham,

Thanks for the info!

You guys can chalk up one more to the club - namely me!

Thanks for the info on ADM!

Best,

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jun 22, 2008 at 08:19 PM

Graham, when you talk about internal disagreements in which the software was taking, what are you referring to—is there some specific intel on the Arnie and Eric show. I suspect you’re right, but it is sheer speculation on my part.

I do not see why Arnie has frittered away whatever good will was remaining by going incommunicado in the same way Eric did.

Thanks.

Daly

Graham Rhind wrote:
>Hi Q,
> >CRIMP is an in-forum joke, and means “compulsive-reactive information
>management purchasing”, and CRIMPERs are people who have this “disease”.
>Basically, it described the compulsion many of us here have to try and purchase any new
>information management tool or outliner released, and move data constantly between
>them, never quite deciding to stick with any one of them.
> >ADM (“Advanced Data
>Management”) is a defunct software, much missed by some, at http://www.adm21.net/ .
>Don’t purchase it, though, as there’s nobody behind the site any more to send unlock
>keys. There seems to have been internal differences in decisions about the direction
>the software was taking. Don’t get us started on that, though .... :-)
> >Graham

Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 23, 2008 at 03:46 PM

Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Graham, when you talk about internal disagreements in which the software was taking,
>what are you referring to—is there some specific intel on the Arnie and Eric show. I
>suspect you’re right, but it is sheer speculation on my part.

No, I know nothing that I didn’t glean from this forum. I may have built an impression over time that there were internal disagreements, but I could be completely wrong. I was never an intensive ADM user - it had too much wrong with it and it was too strange and idiosyncratic in use for my liking, so I didn’t follow the forums etc. very closely.

Graham

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