Creating a new notes philosophy - Neuron

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Sridhar Ratnakumar

Neuron needs a moto. Something like "_Your_ notes, for _life_". The idea is to emphasize two things that distinguishes neuron from other systems:

  1. Notes are, ultimately, stored on _your_ system (be it local computer, or a remote Git repository)
  2. Notes are available for the _entirety of your lifetime_. Even if the author of neuron (me), or the upcoming web app, vanishes into thin air - your notes will remain alive in non-proprietary format (plain-text), and somebody will take over the mainternership of the open source app neuron so you can continue to use it.

I wonder if I should also create a GitHub organization to capture this philosophy (see example). Wonder what a good name for that would be ...

Open-source editions of public domain literature. Currently focused on, but not limited to, the works of James Joyce. - Open Editions
Nadrieril

Does it make sense to make an organization when there's only one repo?

Nadrieril

Related question: are there other projects you would like to group in the same organization? That might guide naming

TheMatten

Neuron: Take note of your mind

Nadrieril

FYI I've heard the term "digital garden" (https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners) to refer to the kind of collection of notes we do

Resources, links, projects, and ideas for gardeners tending their digital notes on the public interwebs - MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners
Nadrieril

While we're at it we might want to change neuron's name to be more googlable

Sridhar Ratnakumar

Would also need a name for the to-be-announced webapp (alas the current name for that is equally ungoogleable)

Nadrieril

Hmm, how about some random mythological name or something?

Nadrieril

The name "dhall" came from a character in a video game for example

Nadrieril

The target is a community building together shared knowledge, right? I like the image of tending to a garden in that context, does that ring true to you?

Nadrieril

That feels a bit too soft maybe

Sridhar Ratnakumar

The goal/theme is two-fold:
a) Plain-text notes, stored in your own disk (or git repo) without proprietary app format.
b) Replaces Community wikis (the web app would especially be useful here; which I plan to make free for open source communities), and integrates with Git for revisioning and branching work)

Sridhar Ratnakumar

That feels a bit too soft maybe

Doesn't seem problematic to me. Let's generate all sorts of names ... and then pick what sounds best.

Sridhar Ratnakumar

FWIW I gave up on renaming before, because I'm not totally convinced that we have to rename the project. The bear app doesn't have a googleable name either, but it seems to do well in regards to mindshare.

Sridhar Ratnakumar

theme idea:

Seconds Brains / Digital Gardens

from https://github.com/KasperZutterman/Second-Brain

A curated list of awesome Public Zettelkastens 🗄️ / Seconds Brains 🧠 / Digital Gardens 🌱 - KasperZutterman/Second-Brain