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Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 26, 2017 at 08:33 PM
Here’s a “thinking with Curio” map I used to make myself step back and sort out my work planning processes.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Nov 26, 2017 at 09:44 PM
Funny thing. “Thinking on paper” means for me: thinking things through. I do that by mulling over things, writing thoughts down, connecting thoughts (through words and sentences I write down), getting new ideas, writing them down…
This kind of process involves a lot of words (written, deleted, moved…). That’s nothing I’d do in Scapple (or a mind mapping tool). I use Scapple for writing down words or short sentences, for arranging them on screen, connecting them, rearranging them. Sometimes I use Scapple for creating diagrams I use in books/articles/presentations.
What I am still looking for is a tool that lets me combine both: long text and visual representation, visual arrangement - and, hopefully, the ability to discover connections visually that did not occur to me when writing.
I tried several wiki-style apps (TiddlyWiki, Dokuwiki, ConnectedText) but none clicked. Tinderbox might be what I need but it’s Mac-only - and I do most of my writing/thinking on Windows machines. TheBrain is another candidate, I’ll give it a try after I finish my current book project.
Posted by Robert Luke
Nov 26, 2017 at 09:53 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
Here’s a “thinking with Curio” map I used to make myself step back and
>sort out my work planning processes.
>
>http://d.pr/i/2MZKPm
Aargh. This graphic finally tipped me over the edge and I just upgraded from Curio version 10 to 11.4. Of course, I also have Scapple, Tinderbox, Devonthink, Evernote, iThoughts, Day One, OmniOutliner, Aeon Timeline,and on and on… :-)
I’m a long time lurker, finally registered as a user here.
Robert
Posted by Dellu
Nov 27, 2017 at 01:06 AM
>This kind of process involves a lot of words (written, deleted, moved…). That’s nothing I’d do in Scapple (or a mind mapping tool).
Of course, you can write extended text on one of the single bubbles in Scapple.
I revised one dissertation on one panel of Scapple where I wrote extended texts on one entry at times.
You don’t see why you cannot write long text on any of the bubbles.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Nov 27, 2017 at 08:26 AM
Dellu wrote:
>Of course, you can write extended text on one of the single bubbles in
>Scapple.
>I revised one dissertation on one panel of Scapple where I wrote
>extended texts on one entry at times.
>You don’t see why you cannot write long text on any of the bubbles.
I didn’t say I COULDN’T. I find writing in Scapple unwieldy, And having - let’s say - 3 notes, each with 30 or more words, on screen defeats the advantage I see in Scapple, Cmap etc: Having a number of “notes” on screen that I can move around, group, link…
I find something like the map view in Tinderbox more handy: several notes, each with a short note title and room for as much text as needed.