metamitya ·
unlike other zettelkasten systems in which users work to create graph representations of their mind state, knovigator works "at the leaves" by working to make organization emerge organically from the writing process itself with as little explicit organization as possible
metamitya ·
[[social zettelkasten]]
metamitya ·
What this means is that you just start writing. Each Quest or Message in Knov is also a query which can be expanded to curate the relevant thinking and research you've already done and if you so desire to quote it into your existing thread.
metamitya ·
The power of search is that no explicit link has to exists for you to make a connection. You can create an explicit link by quoting the search result into the thread you are writing but in Knov you do not rely on the state of your graph to inform you, instead you submit to its search algorithm. [[!twitter: find things embed context]]
metamitya ·
For those in #roamcult it would be as though roam was reduced to the query feature and unlinked references to do your work. Knovigator's contention is that this is actually all you require and can in fact be a superior way of working because your focus is then on your writing than on making connections in a knowledge graph.
metamitya ·
In Knovigator, these connections still happen, a graph emerges, but as a by-product of your "in the moment" thinking and writing.
metamitya ·
The idea of submission to an algorithm is somewhat controversial, especially in the age of twitter and facebook's assault on your attention. But Knov has an entirely different premise and incentives [[!twitter: knov values attention]]
metamitya ·
Knov's [[!twitter: conversational canvas]] is a kind of scaffolding in which you will be able to embed various algorithms. Knovigator asks: how can I make AI, machine learning, and full text search work for you instead of harvesting your attention.
metamitya ·
when anyone first starts a writing project they have to do one of two things: start writing | start researching
Treechat ·
!quoted by metamitya