The Aesthetics and Beauty of Knowledge
Shih was the opposite of facts and raw information; shih was the elegance of knowledge, the insight and skill to organize knowledge into meaningful patterns. As an artist chooses colours or light to make her pictures, a master of shih chooses textures of knowledge – various ideas, myths, abstractions, and theories – to create a way of seeing the world. The aesthetics and beauty of knowledge – this was shih.
– David Zindell, The Broken God, 1993
Geek Attitude
The attitude thing is about flexibility, portability, creativity, sociability and jamming (ran out of suitable “ity” words!). It’s about improvising – in the practical and musical senses of the word; not getting tangled in boundaries and the “right” way to do things.
Definitely the only way to travel.
– Martin Delaney – “Laptop Music”.
Kuehleborn's Unfathomable Thoughts
TiddlyWiki
Two Months ago someone told me about David Allen’s Getting Things Done. Only two weeks ago I felt like googling the meme and I was amazed about the idea. Best part was the discovery of the TiddlyWiki – concept. Besides the TiddlyWiki by Jeremy Ruston, there are also many offsprings, like TiddlyWiki Plus, MonkeyGTD and d-cubed. These are more written for integration with GTD, but I like it for my information-management. Here you see my personal TW, work in progress. TiddlyWiki is easy-to-carry and easy-to-edit.
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