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- structure our thoughts |
- structure our thoughts |
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We need a computer that helps us keep track of |
We need a computer that helps us keep track of |
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- "Personal information": addresses, appointments, birthdays |
- "Personal information": addresses, appointments, birthdays |
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- Work: budgets, employees, phone calls, courses we have taken, marks we got, types of plants, classes in a program and structures in a plot |
- Work: budgets, employees, phone calls, courses we have taken, marks we got, types of plants, classes in a program and structures in a plot |
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Instead of being centered around irrelevant computery |
Instead of being centered around irrelevant computery |
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abstractions like "files" and "directories," such a system |
abstractions like "files" and "directories," such a system |
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should **center around the things we care about**, |
should **center around the things we care about**, |
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the people, appointments, and so on. We propose a system |
the people, appointments, plants, articles we read and so on. We propose a system |
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in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things |
in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things |
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that can be connected to each other; we propose, |
that can be connected to each other; we propose, |
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in technical terms, a hypermedia system in which items |
in technical terms, a hypermedia system in which items |
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- intent: combine into applitudes, have metadata |
- intent: combine into applitudes, have metadata |
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An example applitude combining multiple structures: FenPDF |
An example applitude combining multiple structures: FenPDF |
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.. [#can-use-structcomp] An operating system with support |
.. [#can-use-structcomp] An operating system with support |
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for Structural Computing [XXXref] would provide a good |
for Structural Computing [XXXref] would provide a good |
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basis for implementing this. |
basis for implementing this. |