Jacob Sam-La Rose

Start pages are still “a thing”.

https://jon.bo/posts/new-tab/

Call me old, but I can glom onto the notion of a start page more readily than I can an MOC, and there’s a lot of crossover between the two concepts.

There’s a whiff of this in my daily log/journal template, but having read this post, I realise there’s more I can do (without overdoing it).

in search of a new tab

A few months ago my friend Eli was sharing his screen and opened a new tab on his browser. Instead of the usual inspirational quote or clock extension, commonly-visited tabs, or my personal pet peeve - recent breaking news articles and photos from disaster zones - his new tab was a map of his internet and most important documents: I was enthralled: it was the most useful thing I’ve ever seen on a new tab page, completely personalized to his needs and his perspective on the internet.

up & to the right
Feb 20, 2024 at 8:14amWeb
Show threadJacob Sam-La RoseFeb 20, 2024

Not only does it keep some useful reference items close at hand, but it can help stave off the issue of losing track of notes over time in a graphless #PKM app like #draftsapp (alongside regular review of a workspace for untagged notes).

…and having something like this somewhere other than the browser could help towards rewiring attentional behaviours…

Show threadjakeFeb 20, 2024
@jslr I use TiddlyWiki as my start page, it is my bookmark manager and net-notebook. It has proven over the years to be a great asset, letting me keep and find things easier.
Show threadJacob Sam-La RoseFeb 20, 2024
@jake Lots of love for Tiddlywiki! It's one of those apps I've always been curious about but never dove deeply enough into. Was thinking about using it for a family tree for a bit— something I could put some effort into and send off to members of the family that might want to access it, without them having to install anything. Might still do this at some point, when I've got a minute to dig in... :)
Show threadJacob Sam-La RoseFeb 20, 2024

@jake would love to hear more about how you use it, though. For bookmarks I use Raindrop; my notes live mostly in #DraftsApp.

Do you have a bookmarklet or extension for capturing bookmarklets? And how do you deal with "collision detection" (if you save the same link again without realising)?

Show threadjakeFeb 20, 2024
@jslr i was a nerd and wrote up a quick thing a few years ago: http://jacobhaddon.com/2018/12/22/tiddlywiki-home-page/

I started with it years ago, when I kept it on a thumb drive (128 MB drive!) as my notebook!
TiddlyWiki Home Page – The Jake of All Trades

Show threadjakeFeb 20, 2024
@jslr (just saw the second half...) i do not, i know they exist, but I am doing things by hand. Mostly because for me it makes me pay attention to how i'm saving things, rather than just dumping links.

it makes for a slight bit of maintenance, as sometimes i have two listings for the same thing, but where it shines is when a link is dead, but i've saved the information I needed from it already.
Show threadjakeFeb 20, 2024
@jslr that would be a great use for it. it is both straight forward and simple, with a lot of power if you dig deeper.
Show threadTanguy ⧓ HerrmannFeb 20, 2024
@jslr nice!
Show threadCris has moved serversFeb 20, 2024
@jslr MOC?
Show threadJacob Sam-La RoseFeb 20, 2024
@cristhomas Map of content. Popularised in some #PKM circles, particularly amongst some #Obsidian users. Not sure how widely the terminology spread beyond that. I may have misunderstood, but I think it was essentially a table of contents for a specific domain or subject area in your notes. A way of providing an overview, spine or central trunk that could point towards related branches or clusters. 🤓
Show threadCris has moved serversFeb 20, 2024
@jslr ah ok. Thanks!
Show threadMike CosgraveFeb 25, 2024
@jslr @cristhomas A lot of the history of PKM was about efforts to work out how to do this: John Locke’s work (yes, him died 1704) was on how to index a common place book. Coleridge, the romantic poet, struggled with it as well. Jillian Hess has a good but not light book on it.