From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: ThoughtBack Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:11:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87d3heyxbm.fsf@gnu.org> <87r55rlniv.fsf@mean.albasani.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36148) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhmr3-0000tW-0P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:11:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhmqx-00050F-Ek for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:11:12 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52]:56513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhmqx-00050B-15 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:11:07 -0400 Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so2638937fxd.39 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:11:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87r55rlniv.fsf@mean.albasani.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Memnon Anon Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Memnon Anon wrote: > > John Hendy writes: > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Bastien wrote: > [...] > >> Or did I miss something? > > > > Don't think so. Googling produces little, either. > [...] > > So... looks like notes + some other feature set that's unexplained? > > I found some stuff, e.g.: > http://vimeo.com/16594128 [which I did not check] > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k4CXVFcgDg [which I just watched] > http://www.facebook.com/thoughtback > > > But I wholeheartedly do *not* recommend it: > I agree and think that vimeo 1min video makes it look fairly stupid, at least to me. > > ,----[ https://thoughtback.com/ ] > | Put Something In > | > | Enter something in that you find important. Do it through your iPhone, Mac, or Browser. > | > | Get Something Back > | > ! We store it and then randomly send you back something from the past. Keeping your brain flowing. > | ^^^^^^^^^^^ > `---- > > Who would want to keep his data, especially when it is easily and > quickly captured (to use org terminology) - i.e. probably some very > personal stuff - to be saved "in the cloud"? > > I did no serious investigation on this, please correct me if I am > wrong, I don't want to spread FUD about a new project! > Well, my take is about what one might want to get back. Regardless of what it is, I think there are better ways. - if it's learning material... use something proven to work like spaced repetition methods/software (anki, mnemosyne, etc.) - if it's GTD stuff, isn't that what calendaring (deadlines, scheduling) is for? I wouldn't want important stuff coming back *randomly*! - I *could* see the point with inspirational messages or something, but think that spaced repetition could do that just as well I guess I'm just not sold on what, exactly, makes it useful except for being a bit new/different and perhaps allowing interaction via the web/mobile devices. John > > Memnon > > > >