(2022-05-26) My ToolsForThought talk

I gave a talk for the ToolsForThought-Rocks crowd. Now subtitled "Speedrunning 30 years of hypertexting". Here are my notes/links.

meta

my goals/mindset

share cool/fun stuff
SenseMaking/share/spread a worldview
- now: Network Enlightenment
"it's all connected, maaan"
- "everything is deeply intertwingled"
  - so tags/categories suck
    - not enough
    - not inline/contextual
ChangeTheWorld: Augmenting Human Intellect
- contra Grand Challenges
- TheoryOfChange
anti-goal: write Medium posts
- InfoProducts

my hot-takes

it's Claims all the way down
language is a model
- wrong but useful
- until you treat it as True/objective as context expands
so automation is suggestive, not trustworthy
so KeepItSimple, WorseIsBetter
more people need to BrainFart in Public

pre-WWW
- HyperCard, Guide
blogging
- 1998 manual HTML
- Dave Winer service
1999: discover wiki, start local PrivateWiki
- inherited note files from Palm3 - Palm5 → MsOutlook
- later ran on 2 linux handhelds
2002: launch wikilog-engine1: zwiki
2003: hosting service
- team-wiki
- wiki-log
2010: migrate to wikilog-engine2 (MoinMoin)
2013: HackYourLife ebook
- "I can't believe everyone's using Evernote instead of something with Backlinks!"
2016: wikilog-engine3: flask
2020: PrivateWiki to flask
2021: launch FluxGarden service

connections/comments

private

Bill Seitz