Kim Heintz

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New social app.  Definitely worth investigating.

Two articles passed my way which involved the book is going to die and the web is dead.  There’s a lot of “death” going on.  I view the book, the web, internet, etc as tools.  They are tools at which I gather information to increase my knowledge.  To understand, to know, to laugh, to cry, to…something.  It helps us to connect to something.  That is the heart of everything.

As my knowledge increases, I find that the tools that are available to me is not enough.  Now that data has become more open, better tools are needed to organize, manage, and understand.  So that is my current focus. I’m on a mission to come up with a solution to best find and organize this information.

Because seriously, the ones out there right now ain’t cuttin it.

While on the quest to organize my brain dump (looking for/building an app that I can keep track of terms/trends/people/blogs/academic/industry/conferences related to a subject and allows for cross referencing and validation…) , I came across some stuff from Google which I never knew.

• Wonder wheel
• Timeline
• Squared

As stated in an earlier post, I’ve been working on trying to come up with a strategy on managing my brain dump.  My brain dump consists of all types of information such as notes (on actual paper) and internet links/articles, etc.

I have moved beyond bookmarking.  It does not work for me anymore. It’s gotten out of control.  So what is it that I am looking for?  Here are my requirements:

1. I need to be able to merge the physical (ex. handwritten notes) and non physical information together (ex. internet information).
2. Back up the information.
3. Host it myself.  I do not like relying on a website to host my information.  What if the website disappears or does not allow me to export the information that I have gathered?
4. Internet information:
   1. Need to be able to snag a screenshot of the website
   2. Automatic citation
   3. Ease of saving, sharing, etc.
5. Allow the use across various devices and platforms.

Apps that I have looked at/used:

• Delicious
• Zootool
• Zotero
• Evernote
• Google Docs
• Tumblr
• WordPress
• Posterous

Apps that I need to try:

• All the software by Omnigroup
• Yojimbo
• Devonthink

GAH!

Secret vault of words rejected by the Oxford English Dictionary uncovered – Telegraph.

Wow.  Who knew?  Now I’m curious to see what other words there could be…