Douglas Barone
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1. Abstract Coding
Most people want to use multiple axis of data identification to work with their notes. (meaning they want to get at their information from different directions at different times). The frustration users have with topic folders is the limitations of the one axis categorization that comes with a file or folder name. It’s the old paper journaling problem transferred to the 21st century. Journals are either perfectly chronological or perfectly topical.
Each slip was also either a chunk of text I had created, which I called “Thoughts”, or things other people had created, which I called “Notes” The split between “Thoughts” and “Notes”, this distinction between what others have produced (inputs into your creative process) and the syntheses which follows (what you do with it), is really at the core of academic and artistic work.
