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24  Computers are supposed to be "information technology,"  Computers are supposed to be "information technology,"
25  to help you to keep your information organized. But  to help you to keep your information organized. But
26  we still have no good **tools** to help us **remember** our tasks,  we still have no good **tools** to help us **remember** our tasks,
27  ideas and obligations; no tools to organize what we  ideas and obligations; no tools to **organize what we know**
28  know about a thing, so that we can **understand** it better;  about a thing, so that we can **understand** it better;
29  no tools to **structure our thoughts**; no tools,  no tools to **structure our thoughts**; no tools,
30  when grappling with our problems today,  when grappling with our problems today,
31  to remind us of the solutions of yesteryear.  to remind us of the solutions of yesteryear.
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76  We propose to **build a whole computing environment**  We propose to **build a whole computing environment**
77  around this concept, organizing information around items,  around this concept, organizing information around items,
78  rather than files on a desktop.  rather than files on a desktop.
   
   
 Instead of having separate  
 applications, we would have **views** for specific kinds of  
 information, which would be seamlessly integrated into the system.  
   
 For example, a historian might  
   
79  Documents and emails would be items,  Documents and emails would be items,
80  connected to other items they relate to, for example the  connected to other items they relate to, for example the
81  meetings they propose or the problems that they solve.  meetings they propose or the problems that they solve.
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83  .. figure:: document-connections.gen.png  .. figure:: document-connections.gen.png
84    
85       Figure 2: (a) An e-mail, with connections to other items.
86       (b) After clicking on "Rewriting chapter three."
87       The contents of the e-mail are hidden. We can get back
88       to the view of (a) by clicking on "Re: book."
89       (`Larger image`__)
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91       __ full-document-connections.gen.png
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93    Instead of having separate applications, we would have **views**
94    for specific kinds of information, which would be seamlessly
95    integrated into the system.
96    
97    For example, a historian might XXX
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