Bye Bus!

gone, originally uploaded by Dandelion Vicious.

There's a big empty spot in my back yard where this

there, originally uploaded by Dandelion Vicious.

used to be. It's gone to Barnswallow Corner to be visibly for sale.

going 3, originally uploaded by Dandelion Vicious.

"Oh good," says Mom, "it's still in the family, then."

(If I'm ever in meetings with you, don't read this)

This is what's really going on when it looks like I'm taking notes.

Brain dump from early 2007:
I want it to be web-based.
I want a blank slate to start with, into which I can type, chuck photos, toss files, drop addresses, doodle with a tablet.
I want to dump the information first, then decide what to do with it.
I want it all to go into a big pool where I can fish things out by folder or tag or type of thing it is or date or any one of a bajillion other criteria.
I want to be able to hook any one piece to another or to a calendar date or chuck it into a folder.
Then I want to be able to change my mind.
I want to be able to do things in batches.
I want a calendar, and I want it to sync with iCal and Google Calendar.
I want folders.
I want tags.
I want a thought cloud.
I want drag-and-drop.
There are lots of great things out there with lots of different ways to retrieve information, but the input part is limited. I don't want to have to think about how to fit what I want to say into a one-line box, or any kind of set fill-in-the-blank thing.

Not quite there yet, but getting closer all the time, but not quite there yet ... etc. Google Wave, Scrivener, Flickr, Shove Box ... I like these, starting to get kinda sorta close to what I want.

Dowdy Thaumaturgy

To Do list brought to you by Short Attention Span Day, title brought to you by Two Word-Of-The-Day Calendar Widgets

Dear Donnan,

I don't know who you are, except that you're a student at one of the schools in my neighbourhood. I saw you and your teacher and classmates sneaking up to mailboxes this morning and wondered what you were up to.

Thank you so much for the wonderful handmade holiday card in my mailbox.
I hope your holiday is great, too!