Categories
Uncategorized

MaxThink – Some History

Monday Musings: MaxThink, The Only Idea Processor


“…The human brain is the ‘idea generator’. How do you process ideas?…”

http://www.eatonhand.com/maxthink.htm
“…I tracked down the program Maxthink …. It was an incredibly simple concept: write a plain text file which includes information and link the file to related files simply by including the related file names in <> brackets. …it was not simply fast, it was instantaneous.  More impressive than this was the philosophy of this technology woven through the help files and instruction manual – how to set up a large hypertext system to encourage thinking. Even more impressive were the group of utility programs used to automate the construction and maintenance of large scale hypertext systems. The author of these products, Neil Larson, leapfrogged all other programs with the simple implementation of his vision of information, knowledge and wisdom and the programs to accomplish this in an automated manner…”

Misc Links:

—————
http://awarewriter.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/max_000.png
http://dupuytrens.org/
http://www.blogger.com/profile/14002192647332351820
http://brainstormsw.com/outliner/
http://brainstormsw.com/outliner/competitor-comparison/