Mat wrote: > > If you, like me, are interested in the topic of "note taking" then you > will like this blog ... > http://takingnotenow.blogspot.se >
Ciao Mat. Its an interesting blog. Partly because it harks back to an earlier time when "textbases" were more of a hot topic. My interest in notetaking, and my interest in TW also, stems from by background as an anthropologist. At one time the issues fieldworkers (ethnographers) had in notating field-notes were at the cutting edge of developing these kinds of tools. Its worth mentioning a few things that characterised the mindset of that time that are still relevant now. -- "Textbases" were considered to be tools that *combined structured data and unstructured notes* in a tool that *resembled a word-processer* but with additional data fields you could define at will as needed (sound familiar? :-) -- There was great concern that "*pattern can emerge*", not be strictured. At the time textbases emerged it was part of an effort to get away from overly "pre-structured data-slot" systems that were fine for counting bodies in Newcastle but were useless for helping an anthropologist log a funerary ritual in Somalia that, as yet, they could not understand, only observe and note. -- Importantly they had ideas of "*definable emergent structure*" too. I.e. you need time to see pattern, but you can't explain it sociologically well unless you can go further and demonstrate how those patterns function empirically (say relating marriage to cow herd size amongst the Masai). This is one thing TW can do *extremely well* and much more usefully than most any other tool of its family type. I could go on. But I think you get the idea. There is a long history. And its nowhere near completed yet. Best wishes Josiah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c92d7219-5759-4671-8719-1a524becaff9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
