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# Line 33  we still have no sufficiently good **too Line 33  we still have no sufficiently good **too
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34  - structure our thoughts  - structure our thoughts
35    
   
36  We need a computer that helps us keep track of  We need a computer that helps us keep track of
37    
38  - "Personal information": addresses, appointments, birthdays  - "Personal information": addresses, appointments, birthdays
# Line 42  We need a computer that helps us keep tr Line 41  We need a computer that helps us keep tr
41    
42  - 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
43    
44    Programs such as personal information managers only allow us to capture a small
45    part of these in a fixed schema [#see-related-work]_.
46    
47  Instead of being centered around irrelevant computery  Instead of being centered around irrelevant computery
48  abstractions like "files" and "directories," such a system  abstractions like "files" and "directories," such a system
49  should **center around the things we care about**,  should **center around the things we care about**,
50  the people, appointments, and so on. We propose a system  the people, appointments, plants, articles we read and so on. We propose a system
51  in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things  in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things
52  that can be connected to each other; we propose,  that can be connected to each other; we propose,
53  in technical terms, a hypermedia system in which items  in technical terms, a hypermedia system in which items
# Line 244  Fenfire structures are defined by as sim Line 246  Fenfire structures are defined by as sim
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247      - intent: combine into applitudes, have metadata      - intent: combine into applitudes, have metadata
248    
249    Free software
250    
251        - situation in the software market is such that it's not likely
252          a new type of product could succeed commercially.
253    
254  An example applitude combining multiple structures: FenPDF  An example applitude combining multiple structures: FenPDF
255  ----------------------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------
256    
# Line 444  ACM Hypertext'97 proceedings, 96-101. Line 451  ACM Hypertext'97 proceedings, 96-101.
451  Notes  Notes
452  =====  =====
453    
454    .. [#see-related-work] There are systems that allow new schemas
455       and information connecting - see `Related Work`_.
456    
457  .. [#can-use-structcomp] An operating system with support  .. [#can-use-structcomp] An operating system with support
458     for Structural Computing [XXXref] would provide a good     for Structural Computing [XXXref] would provide a good
459     basis for implementing this.     basis for implementing this.

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