knovigator origin story #inprogress #knov #meta

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.

search diary

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.