knovigator origin story #inprogress #knov #meta
knovigator origin story #inprogress #knov #meta
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what is the matrix
famous digital worlds
Of course, the idea of cyberspace had been around for a long time and had inspired the movie, but it was the first time I had encountered this mental model.
A single scene seared itself inside my mind.
"I know Kung Fu." https://youtu.be/6vMO3XmNXe4
I thought of this scene many times in 2011. I had just quit the family business developing real estate because I had decided to become a software developer.
I decided the best way to learn was to use the tutorials and stackoverflow posts freely available online.
Every time I banged my head against a concept I didn't understand I dreamed of downloading the knowledge I yearned for directly into my mind.
optimize learning
I started building Knovigator.
Knovigator started out as a modified bookmarking tool.
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knovigator inspiration
i can write question and answer threads that separate my thoughts into packets of ideas.
the idea is to make ideas short, easily consumable, and to organize them in a way so that you only get the information you need when you need it.
i can launch threads from each packet to import research to back up my idea, or expand on it providing more detail.
i call the branching structure of writing multi dimensional writing and it lets me shed my thoughts. It is similar to writing in an outline but instead of a tree of bullet points knov lets you write a tree of threads. hierarchical streams
it also lets me connect my writing to past ideas that i have had so that everything i write is connected.