Dave's Captain's Log

Dave Rogers, on his use of an everything bucket:

The impetus for building Captain’s Log came from some success I was having automating the marmot, working with guys like Jack Baty, and the folks at the Tinderbox meetups and at the forum. The inspiration was Proteus.

Having created it, using it has been, well, a hit or miss affair. Mostly miss.

But today, it’s becoming an integral part of my life, to the point where I’m beginning to alter my daily habits to better exploit its value. (I found the link to the Proteus paper in Captain’s Log, because I knew I’d bookmarked it. Searching on “notebook” surfaced it quickly, though it’s clear I need to do some organization.)

Like Dave, I was inspired by Thomas Erickson’s Proteus HyperCard project. So I, too, built a Tinderbox for daily logging—I call it my “LifeBox”.

I’ve been adding entries to my LifeBox for over a year now. The entries are mostly personal journals, but also reading notes, project reference material, and other odds and ends.

While I can’t claim that the logging practice has helped my memory, it has been an outlet for processing my interests, feelings, and daily musings. I’m most excited to use my LifeBox to see how my thinking evolves over time. As I noted, I’m only a year in, but I plan to continue this practice until I no longer have the will to write.