ConnectedText; any case studies?

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 22, 2012 at 11:26 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>Steve,
>thanks for the blog post. I’ve experimented with wikis many moons ago but this
>is the first time it truly clicked for me how I might be able to use one. I’m starting to
>think that a wiki like CT might be really good for academic writing because it could
>help with becoming more disciplined with defining new concepts, as I could just
>create a new link/page for each new concept as I use it, and then return and
>develop/define those concepts in more detail later, rather than disrupting the
>flow. It might also help with managing the overall size of the writing, as I could see
>all the extra definitions I’ve created that would need to be fitted into the overall
>text. Also, sounds like superfluous chunks of text could easily be sunk into the
>background, without completely losing them. Would you agree?

I do agree. In case you didn’t see it, Glen Coultard (who I contributes to this forum) put together a video showing how he uses CT for academic purposes. You can find it here:

http://www.connectedtext.com/movies.php

Also, Manfred Kuhn, who blogs at Taking Note, has a long article about using CT for research, which you can find here:

http://www.connectedtext.com/manfred.php

Either of these resources can be a little intimidating, because of the advanced CT features they talk about, but they are both interesting. And remember than you don’t need to dive into the power features right away. At its most basic, CT is a note card filing system.

Steve Z.