▨ distraction-free

Capturing ideas must be quick and distraction-free: it must launch quickly, and finish quickly, i.e. categories optional, titles optional, map placement reviseable. Notes can be curated later. See the video.

A tool for thought must not distract from thought. Neither from the new thought that needs to be captured as quickly as possible, nor from the previous thoughts that may have sparked the new thought. Complex, patronizing, sovereign assistance tools eat up too much attention.

Some tools come with plenty of pre-selected ‘sand moulds’ for our thought contents. Maybe for some users, such offerings may function as an idea generator or a creative muse. For others (like me) they do not work, they are too distracting.

Which kind of tools work for me and which do not, part 3: Think tools should not consume my attention with their autonomous creations and dominate our joint efforts, but help me sorting things out for myself.