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Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 26, 2019 at 01:50 PM
Tinderbox doesn’t generate mind maps on the fly, based on a parameter-based query. I don’t know of any “mind mapping” product that does that—at least among the major players out there.
However, Tinderbox has the very powerful (and a bit mis-named) Attribute Browser view which can easily be used for examples like your Hatfield/McCoy investigation.
Posted by mathew
Nov 26, 2019 at 05:36 PM
Curio 13 has a very powerful new feature called References. Using that feature you can link to multiple different objects (in current Curio project or another one) and/or URLs. I think the documentation on this feature is a bit sparse, but it’s quite wonderful. I don’t know if this will fulfill @Amontillado ‘s needs, but it’s certainly worth exploring.
Links are from a “thing” in Curio to another “thing”. Links/references can be colored by tags that you create.
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 26, 2019 at 08:36 PM
Interesting - 20 minutes ago as I drove to lunch I was thinking that if one object could link to another, I’d probably have to grab a copy. Otherwise, I am truthfully happy and productive with tools like Devonthink.
I have a new project to write, so this is a good time to give Curio a spin. It’s certainly has a polished look.
Thanks for the info, Matthew.
mathew wrote:
Curio 13 has a very powerful new feature called References. Using that
>feature you can link to multiple different objects (in current Curio
>project or another one) and/or URLs. I think the documentation on this
>feature is a bit sparse, but it’s quite wonderful. I don’t know if this
>will fulfill @Amontillado ‘s needs, but it’s certainly worth exploring.
>
>Links are from a “thing” in Curio to another “thing”. Links/references
>can be colored by tags that you create.
Posted by mathew
Nov 26, 2019 at 10:08 PM
If you run into any problems, let me know. I can work up a short video on how it all works. It confused me at first. But once you know how it works it’s quite elegant.
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 27, 2019 at 01:12 PM
Very generous of you, Matthew.
The first clue that Curio is awesome is Zengobi writes product documentation in Curio. That old saw about eating your own dog food is true. If you have to use the tools you develop, you’ll develop better, more useful, tools.
I see one minor divergence in Curio from its documentation, and I take that as a sign the company is thinking on its feet. That’s a good thing.
You’re supposed to be able to create an empty project by option-clicking a Project button, but the option key doesn’t seem to make any difference. No biggie. I think you can just delete the initial ideaspace and have an empty project.
I don’t like subscriptions, particularly as expensive as Curio, but I can see an argument for it in Curio’s case. This is the 13th major version, assuming the numbering matches releases, and the initial copyright was 2003. If there’s a significant version jump every year or so, that takes the sting out of subscriptions.
If the company goes belly-up, I hope they would trade permanent licenses for subscriptions. Worst case, they sell permanent licenses.
I’m considering the subscription for myself, because if I use a product I always buy upgrades.
I still couldn’t do without Devonthink, but it’s a different tool with different strengths.