I've been playing around with a piece of software called Tinderbox. Tinderbox is simply amazing. It allows you to mind map, outline, rearrange ideas and present information visually. It is software that I have been waiting for my entire life. It thinks like I do.
So once my interest was peaked by playing around with it for a while, I googled around the Eastgate site and found Mark Berstein's blog. I was struck by his diversity of interest, his socially minded projects, and emphasis on making peoples lives better. (And not just with software.)
Over my life I have met a few people that have really inspired me. Looking back at these people they tend to have a few things in common:
- Varied interests. From science to art to building stuff.
- Project Oriented. They get an idea and follow it through.
- Community minded.
- Passionate about their area of expertise.
- At peace with what they do.
Mark seems to be one of those people. I was so impressed with his article on writing for the Living Web, an excellent primer for young bloggers like myself. I like his focus on continuing development, which is kind of a theme in my life. You should also take a look at his lecture notes which looks mostly at software aesthetics.
Very cool guy. I'm sure that I will have more to write about Mark and Tinderbox as I get into it.
Sounds like a cool program, like it might be good for school presentations too. Where did you find it?
I was googling around on content management. I’m leading a redesign of my yacht clubs website and I needed a tool to keep track of pages. The really cool thing about tinderbox is that it can export to xml, so content created in Tinderbox, can be imported into the back end database for the site. Shoudl make writing a lot easier.
I would imagine that it would be great for taking notes at school.
Check it out: http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox