It's kind of like an operating system with its own file system,
database, and programming language, with linking and describing
metadata. It's also a content management system. And a pim. And the
wickedest outliner ever. And, well, whatever. I've been programming on
four platforms for twenty three years (since I was twelve, starting with
a C128) and it's about the most interesting software I've ever seen,
with the exception maybe of AutoCAD, Mathematica, and a couple of
programming languages (including Ruby). It's a bit cumbersome to keep a
task list or a log in, for me, because I'm cross-platform. But its
capabilities for project, content, and information management are
astounding. I do all substantial writing in it. And much of my software
design (yeah, instead of the UML ... I can execute parts of my design in
Tinderbox). It's the only thing I've ever seen that lets me write one
document and then generate several other documents based on it by
filtering and transforming based on metadata. Once you've gotten used to
it, how natural it is is scary. The little icons in the outline, for
example, yellow with age. The little icons also show the basic shape of
each note's contents. God it's awesome. Just go download the demo. If it
fits your needs, you'll become a zealot. Just read the manual that comes
with it.

Megpie - what can't you do? Maybe I can help.

1. http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/index.html
2. http://www.eastgate.com/wiki2/
3. http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/Exchange.html

{ nut - megpie } wrote: