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Nodal Knowledge book list

Nodal Knowledge book list

Recommended reading List from preaccelerator

  • The Innovators Playbook
    The Innovators Playbook
    Nathan Baird
     
  • The Right It
    The Right It
    Alberto Savoia
     
  • Jobs to be Done
    Jobs to be Done
    Anthony Ulwick
     
  • Escaping the Build Trap
    Escaping the Build Trap
    Melissa Perri
     
  • The Mom Test
    The Mom Test
    Rob Fitzpatrick
     
  • The Lean Startup
    The Lean Startup
    Eric Reis
     
  • Testing Business Ideas
    Testing Business Ideas
    Alexander Osterwalder
     
  • Value Proposition Design
    Value Proposition Design
    Alexander Osterwalder
     
  • Business Model Generation
    Business Model Generation
    Alexander Osterwalder
     

CDL Meeting 2025-02-07

CDL Meeting 2025-02-07

CDL meeting for the 7th of February, 2025

Attending: Marc-Antoine parent, Carl Gieringer, Jack Park

01.30 – Marc-Antoine update – working on frame representations
03.15 – Stocks vs flow – information categories
05.35 – Carl referring to automerge
05.42 – Carl update on sphistree
22.55 – Bluesky protocol
24.20pixelfed.org and other apps based on bluesky protocol. At proto owned by Bluesky
28.50 – Exploring Sophistree example – Mike Masnick map
33.10 – Compound arguments in sophistree
37.15 – keepoo?

CDL Meeting 2025-01-03

CDL Meeting 2025-01-03

CDL meeting for the 3rd of January, 2025

Attending: Jack Pack, Marc-Antoine Parent, Bentley Davis

5.40 – Reason tracker update by Bentley
7.15 – Mention of Hank Green’s video about drugs vs gambling
15.00 – Bentley discussing animation for his reason tracker
20.00 – Bentley mentions Benjamin Franklin method of Moral or Prudential Algebra
21.15 – Scoreboard discussion on aesthetics
24.50 – Seniors? – Not sure what Marc-Antoine is referring to
31.40 – Frames, nested frames and various uses

CDL Meeting 2025-04-04

CDL Meeting 2025-04-04

https://youtu.be/KYEm4O3piaU?si=ckXIhCvm2jTL3Ist

Attending: Marc-Antoine Parent, Bentley Davis, Shawn Murphy

01:07 – Bentley description of… way of scoring topics/discussions online for use elsewhere
02.50 – Shawn Murphy description of project – knowledge visualization work
07.10 – Demo of shawns projects
07.50 – HuViz
12.40 – thinkertoys.app
27.30 – ponder.noosphere.org
32.47 – Discussion

Nodal Knowledge research links

Nodal Knowledge research links

A page to list related information.
Link Comments
https://medium.com/canonical-debate-lab/what-is-an-epistemic-weapon-0f4aa0c7f6e4 A discussion by Timothy High on the importance of epistemology within society and how this can be targeted and attacked.
The Society Library  This site appears to be for an organisation with similar ideals.
04-Mapping debates A PP slide discussing course work based on debating. Discusses debate maps and has some preliminary topics – but is not much use on its own. The actual course would probably be interesting…
https://automerge.org/ Need to check out
https://docs.rs/argmap/latest/argmap/index.html Look at
Dale’s take on information flow and the need for Nodal Knowledge

Shared Excel Tools Website

Shared Excel Tools Website

Shared Excel Tools (sharedexceltools.com) is a website aiming to provide quick solutions to tasks commonly performed in MS Excel. I wanted this tool many years ago when I started to write VBA scripts to automate various tasks. It has always seemed crazy to me that we have such an effective tool with Excel VBA, but because there is no structure or organisation, it becomes very inefficient. It is common for the same routines to be rewritten many times by various people and sometimes even the same person when they loose access to their data for some reason. My original idea was to have advanced selection criteria around a central list of Excel solutions.  Users could use various search methods (ie groups, tags and search terms)  to narrow down on the area they are interested in. Also, if enough users contributed, feedback and suggestions could be used to make various solutions more solid and the available scripts more numerous. I intended on having functionality to allow people to contribute to solutions with a system of version control. A bug reporting section would be important and could also be used to allow users to make suggestions. After being put aside for many years, the time and place for this site seems to have come and gone. VBA can be expected to lose popularity in the years to come and git is now a common way for people to contribute to projects. Still, I wanted a location to keep my scripts that I can access whenever I like and to share with others as well. Hence I have gone ahead with version 1.0.   It’s a watered down version of the original idea but it has the benefit of requiring much less time and effort to implement. Version 1.0 is pretty much in place at: sharedexceltools.com Some ‘minor’ things still need to be ticked off and, more notably, the bulk of the scripts still need to be added. Those will need to be checked and sometimes, modified. It can take some time. I am also putting my solutions on github as well (github.com/drared/SET_Solution_Archive). This mostly takes care of version control for any scripts that I want to update. If it turns out well and time permits, I will consider updating the site to 2.0 which will be closer to the original concept.  

Evolution Simmed – v2.0 – 2022 Update

Evolution Simmed – v2.0 – 2022 Update

Some progress but mostly in the back end. Namely I have changed the platform from the custom setup it previously had to wordpress. Hopefully this will allow modifications to flow more smoothly. EvolutionSimmed.com The new look is mostly in place. Mostly I have tried to remove unnecessary clutter and add some more styling. This is yet to be done to the actual simulator: Evolution Simmed simulator page Current ‘to-do’ items on the list are:
  • Update the front page to be informative and styled
  • Add the news/blog section to allow news to be seen
  • Ensure footer items (contact page, privacy etc) are in place
  • Update simulator functionality including:
    • Allow changes to grid size
    • Report to show info of selected species
    • Styling
    • Allow importing, exporting and editing of simulations
At that point I will need to reassess what needs to be done. There are a lot of features that could be added for educational purposes.

Random thoughts on Online Storage Tool – 22.02.2022

Random thoughts on Online Storage Tool – 22.02.2022

Description: I want a program that lets me organise files by tags and dates. This is already available of course but I want control and I don’t want to be tied to a companies product which may or may not be supported into the future. Basically this will be a database that stores the information about files in the way I desire. Random thoughts on Online Storage Tool…
  • All files are renamed to have unique id at start of filename ie ‘ID-A001_Old-file-name.jpg’
  • Actual file location can be anywhere on network but required folders should be locked or protected to a degree
  • DB also stores tags and other relevant information to cover files that are not structured to store such information
Table 1: ID | file_name | location | file type Table 2: Item id | type |

Random thoughts on nodal knowledge – 30.05.19

Random thoughts on nodal knowledge – 30.05.19

Random thoughts on nodal knowledge tool…
  • Is there scope to have a purely preference based scoring system that does not rely on consistant logic?
  • For stuctures that do not rely on all evidence being apparent, arguments such as “just a feeling” etc will likely be used to fill gaps which may be a good thing if it helps people identify their reasoning and possible weaknesses in their reasoning.
  • Some nodes whien new evidence becomes available will need to be restructured to accomodate changing logic/conclusions
  • Structures will need to be condensed/compressed so structures can be recorded without excessive duplication

Innovation cost chart

Innovation cost chart

It is not unusual to find a situation within a company where an opportunity for innovation exists but management resists the idea for fear of the potential costs. It is an understandable fear. Putting time and money into an idea that is unlikely to pay off is in nobody’s interest. However, there are times when failing to act on an idea will cost the company in the long run. I think this scenario where managers need to decide on whether to invest in innovation is a common one that most people are familiar with. To make it easier, I intend to make a chart which will allow basic inputs so the cost of innovation can be fairly estimated and the likely returns in the long run will be clear. Hopefully, when people see output like this: it will be a little easier to convince the bean counters to invest when in innovation when they should. I have spread myself quite thin at present so I expect this will have to wait a few months before I make a move on it.