Albert, (01)
Help me understand compendium.... (02)
I agree with what you say below, but I am still
on the outside. (03)
Can you walk thru an example of why I want to
invest in learning complendium? (04)
I can immediately see why I want to use Photoshop.
I have an image, I want to change it to make
X happen. (05)
What is the story that illustrates why I want to
use compendium. (06)
"Albert Selvin" <albert_selvin@hotmail.com> writes: (07)
% I'm more of a Compendium obsessive or monomaniac than a mere advocate :-) ,
% but I have a few provisional answers to Eric's question below.
%
% - there is a relatively high cognitive barrier to entry to starting to use
% Compendium (or probably any other tool that appears to require 'extra' steps
% like choosing node types, chunking text into nodes at first entry, etc.)
%
% - the tool doesn't answer the question "why should I use you" in an
% immediate and obvious fashion
%
% - it seems to be a harder way to do something relatively simple (structuring
% discourse) than simpler approaches provide
%
% - it's sort of hard to do it well, or at least it requires some skill and
% thought to do so; it's easy to make unfollowable messes of nodes and links
%
% - the approach seems to work best for communication oriented to the shaping
% of some sort of communal artifact (a knowledge base, a repository of project
% information, a set of models, a bunch of interrelated stories/narratives,
% etc.) then for informal, free-form communication
%
% Having said that, there are many other powerful and tremendously useful
% tools that share at least some of the same characteristics (I always think
% of Photoshop as an example there, and many programming tools). If the above
% aren't barriers, and if one has the patience, personal orientation, skills,
% and/or suitable end goals in mind, Compendium can be of immense value, a
% faster and more expressive way to create 'discourse objects' than any other
% that I've found (sorry if that sounds fanatical again :-) ).
%
% Al
%
%
%
% >From: Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@blueoxen.org>
% ...
% >Another example: We have two strong Compendium advocates in this group
% >-- Al and Simon. I'd like to consider myself one as well, as the tool
% >is an integral part of my work, but sadly, I'm less vocal. Danny,
% >Matt, Eric, and Jack have all posted thoughts on IBIS. Why aren't
% >more people trying Compendium?
% >
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