#outlining

So now I'm on the cusp of releasing a tool that allows you to write directly onto the web in an outliner. The distance between the content on your machine and it being on the web is one mouse-click. That's exactly how far you want it to be. My father is not alive to see this, but if he were, he'd probably die from excitement. This is something he and I shared, at a genetic level, in our DNA, is this idea that the human mind can reach outside of itself, onto a computer, to make even more powerful and useful intellectual structures. Honestly, I wish he were here to share this with me. permalink

"You put this stuff in without any plan, yet, like all good atoms, they form themselves into molecules."

"I would say that avoiding the temptation to write, and outlining in fanatical detail, is a very high-value activity for writing a book that’s hierarchically organized like this. "

Twitter + Outlining = Instant Outlining NG? "Then it occurred to me that Twitter and the outlining tool would probably be nice when used together, which led me to wonder if Twitter had an API, which it turns out it does."

"Here are 20 different ways of tracking your to dos, with examples of each."

"Hi everyone! I'm proud to announce the release of HyperScope 1.1."

"You want to include an OPML node inside your outline. The problem is that you want to get just one node from an outline and include it. Here's where Opath comes in."

"Outlining, I've lately been thinking, is something best suited to the writing environment we call the Web."