Exobrain: building and inspiration

via native emacs org-mode export, see https://github.com/karlicoss/exobrain-compiler/blob/master/src/build.py

https://github.com/karlicoss/my-awesome-list
wonder if some sort of cat (or use references instead)
mention bookmark archiver as smth that is used for checking url integrity?

linkcheck - a backend which will check that all links are valid

https://mobile.twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/1202663202997170176
map my exobrain onto vr somehow?

(defun alala ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((res (om-parse-headline-at (point))))
    (edebug)
    (om-headline-set-title! "SUP" nil res)
    (message "%s %s" (point) res)))

;; (om-headline-set-title! "SUP" nil res)

I don't know wtf is wrong. I don't get how to extract title from the note. (om-get-property :title res) returns some irrelevant shit

I'd be happy to mentor you through the process and review code

good explanation

https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/knowledge/blob/c978beb37bc769a9925fa6664ed9a4f3be183697/other/wiki-workflow.md#similar-wikis-i-liked

https://github.com/RichardLitt/meta-knowledge

ugh. not possible?

collect all ideas repos and search over them?
basically, add to a private search engine thing

ugh. not sure about this way… at least it's gonna be deterministic then

• repulsive force: charges (forceManyBody)
  
  • distanceMin is interesting (e.g. set to 1000000). pushes unrelated stuff far, but it ends up clumping
    
  • distanecMax – if I lower it, it ends up clumping + some circular artifacts (although they might be intesting too!)
    
  • strenght: setting to something like -400 effectively has the same effect as default zoom? they are just a bit more spread apart
    ok, -200 is good enough
    

• attractive force: forceLink
  

  return 1 / Math.min(count[link.source.index], count[link.target.index]);
  

  • defaultStrenght: low value makes it appear like a blob
    
  • defaultStrength: smth like 10 completely breaks the simulation?
    
  • changing min to max results in 'leafy' nodes pushed very far apart
    
  • adding Math.pow(count, 2) – weird. I guess pow has similar effect and reduces the force effectively
    
  • changing distance to large values – again, weird cicrular artifacts??
    I guess it's sort of an 'expected distance'? and at some point it's dominated by the repulsion anyway. default 30 is good enough
    

for now, suppressing in the config…

e.g. sometimes file has a filetag, but a task is there because it's related for example to exobrain.
but then it's gonna link the while filetag with the exobrain, which is somewhat misleading

• use org-ql-search summary (e.g. broken down by tags)
  
• if it doesn't belong anywhere, refile to the same file so it 'sinks', esp. useful with 'misc' files
  

That's also an example of how can I use porg

also how to post-process stuff post-factum? I guess need a way to assign meta-data to stuff.. ugh
maybe need to generate uid as a property…. simple

• some of my oldest notes are on category theory, quantum physics etc. etc (demonstrate some old notes?)
  
• same with qs (demonstrate some stats form 2015?)
  

Or maybe you want to utilise your node and link attributes to change the sizes of some nodes over time. You’d use a custom force.

nice indication of links (via background)

Click to expand/collapse nodes (source)

wow, this might really be useful

add a note that it's convenient to explore the graph
also need to add link to main exobrain (for now just share it alongside)
mention mess & slowness

can be answered instantly without waiting for my response!
again, it's not that removing 'real' interaction is the point, so I'm happy to answer anyway. But it can lead the person to ask a more specific question, for example.

• need more toggles/dimension adjustment/graph distance etc etc
  
• and… need to be decoupled from a specific app
  

danieldToday at 7:35 AM
There is certainly beauty in randomness.

How about an option which presents you a visualisation of a set of random connections in the daily notes (as a link to a new data visualisation page)? Maybe with options to turn on and off certain branches of thought (in cases you are working on something specific). This way you get your daily inspiration right in your daily notes (or you can turn it off if you don't like it).

Ultimately, it would be very unique if these random connections also generate a page with all block and page references to the visualised links. Basically you forgo the problem of an empty page, not knowing where to start.

I am a Social Scientist and my daily bread and butter is to synthesise knowledge, reproduce it, change it and generate new knowledge. However, most importantly, use that knowledge to have an impact in non-academic contexts (where it matters the most, I think).
Jeff Tang 🏛Today at 8:51 AM
I was especially thinking about making a Twitter-like feed for mobile, to explore random blocks @danield

I'm fascinated by @andy_matuschak
 digital garden of his notes at http://notes.andymatuschak.org. At the same time i'm disappointed by the tools available to navigate those kind of information spaces. So here is quick thread how I got from the hairball graph to a readable concept map 1/5

recent changes is nice…
but gonna be tricky with org-mode
maybe enough to generate a view sorted by timestamps

I try to be reasonable, e.g. I won't post private conversations without conscent, but might link to a conversation on twitter. If you'd rather that I don't, please don't hesitate me know – I'll move it away from public exobrain, no gripes? strings??

up to you; I think it would be nice if the links worked and led to your site? although I did see some longer ToCs that might not flow well in the context of other notes