Many of us have been on this quest for years now.
#toolsforthought have to be multi-player to support the networked orgs that exist throughout our family, personal, and professional lives.
#toolsforthought have to be multi-player to support the networked orgs that exist throughout our family, personal, and professional lives.
Why is #roomy being made with fancy schmancy p2p, lofi, CRDT tech? Because we want to realize multi-player Message Gardening.
blog.muni.town/chatty-commu...
blog.muni.town/chatty-commu...
Chatty Community Gardens
In the virtual world we think of digital gardens first and foremost as individual, personalized spaces. Yet in our physical cities the pro-social concept of Community Gardens is much beloved and far m...
blog.muni.town
February 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Many of us have been on this quest for years now.
#toolsforthought have to be multi-player to support the networked orgs that exist throughout our family, personal, and professional lives.
#toolsforthought have to be multi-player to support the networked orgs that exist throughout our family, personal, and professional lives.
Any folks on here doing things around #notetaking and #ToolsForThought ?
October 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Any folks on here doing things around #notetaking and #ToolsForThought ?
I am decommissioning the toolsforthought .social Mastodon server, and taking the opportunity to test moving my boris @ tft account to my main atproto account.
This should happen somewhat automatically thanks to @anew.social's Bounce service bounce.anew.social
This should happen somewhat automatically thanks to @anew.social's Bounce service bounce.anew.social
Bounce
Bounce lets you migrate from one decentralized social network to another, keep all of your followers, and keep many of the people you follow.
bounce.anew.social
September 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I am decommissioning the toolsforthought .social Mastodon server, and taking the opportunity to test moving my boris @ tft account to my main atproto account.
This should happen somewhat automatically thanks to @anew.social's Bounce service bounce.anew.social
This should happen somewhat automatically thanks to @anew.social's Bounce service bounce.anew.social
The first ad we ran ThinkTank outliner in 1983. #toolsforthought
May 4, 2024 at 9:13 PM
The first ad we ran ThinkTank outliner in 1983. #toolsforthought
📣#CHI2025 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
#HCI #cogsci #AI #GenerativeAI #GenAI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
#HCI #cogsci #AI #GenerativeAI #GenAI
. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76dadnfugqbss4iwekw5blc/bafkreib3vcyby2ohginelta4sv7gse2r63znah2ot3sfmd5ec6qtlsu7n4)
January 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📣#CHI2025 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
#HCI #cogsci #AI #GenerativeAI #GenAI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
#HCI #cogsci #AI #GenerativeAI #GenAI
🚀 @logseq is evolving!
From Markdown & Org-mode in v0.10.12 (Desktop + Mobile, Beta) →
To a new era with v0.11.0 (Desktop + Web + Mobile, Alpha) powered by a database 🧠✨
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
From Markdown & Org-mode in v0.10.12 (Desktop + Mobile, Beta) →
To a new era with v0.11.0 (Desktop + Web + Mobile, Alpha) powered by a database 🧠✨
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
June 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚀 @logseq is evolving!
From Markdown & Org-mode in v0.10.12 (Desktop + Mobile, Beta) →
To a new era with v0.11.0 (Desktop + Web + Mobile, Alpha) powered by a database 🧠✨
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
From Markdown & Org-mode in v0.10.12 (Desktop + Mobile, Beta) →
To a new era with v0.11.0 (Desktop + Web + Mobile, Alpha) powered by a database 🧠✨
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
I wanted an outliner that works the same on Mac and iPhone, so I'm making Kosshi. It's on Product Hunt today.
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
Kosshi: Simple, fast outliner for Mac and iPhone. | Product Hunt
Kosshi is a simple native outliner for macOS and iOS. Fast and focused outline editing.
www.producthunt.com
May 23, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I wanted an outliner that works the same on Mac and iPhone, so I'm making Kosshi. It's on Product Hunt today.
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
Bon, ça se voit que j'ai eu des périodes chaotiques... (toutes les notes orphelines, soit point unique).
Le nettoyage, c'est maintenant
#Zettelkasten #toolsforthought
Le nettoyage, c'est maintenant
#Zettelkasten #toolsforthought
November 24, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Bon, ça se voit que j'ai eu des périodes chaotiques... (toutes les notes orphelines, soit point unique).
Le nettoyage, c'est maintenant
#Zettelkasten #toolsforthought
Le nettoyage, c'est maintenant
#Zettelkasten #toolsforthought
Please come share your unique perspective! :)
📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
January 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Please come share your unique perspective! :)
📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI
🌐https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop
🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
no idea why @betaworks.com did not link properly 🤔
Give them a follow. Cool outfit that I have been following for a while (eg involved with #ToolsForThought community and people like @j3rry.bsky.social and @gordon.bsky.social among many others!)
Give them a follow. Cool outfit that I have been following for a while (eg involved with #ToolsForThought community and people like @j3rry.bsky.social and @gordon.bsky.social among many others!)
August 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
no idea why @betaworks.com did not link properly 🤔
Give them a follow. Cool outfit that I have been following for a while (eg involved with #ToolsForThought community and people like @j3rry.bsky.social and @gordon.bsky.social among many others!)
Give them a follow. Cool outfit that I have been following for a while (eg involved with #ToolsForThought community and people like @j3rry.bsky.social and @gordon.bsky.social among many others!)
🚀 New Obsidian Plugin Showcase!
This week we’re featuring 12 amazing plugins, including:
✅ AutoFit Tabs
📅 Organized Daily Notes
⚡ Runsh
📊 SQLSeal Charts
...and more!
👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
@obsidian.md #obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
This week we’re featuring 12 amazing plugins, including:
✅ AutoFit Tabs
📅 Organized Daily Notes
⚡ Runsh
📊 SQLSeal Charts
...and more!
👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
@obsidian.md #obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
obsidianjourney.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚀 New Obsidian Plugin Showcase!
This week we’re featuring 12 amazing plugins, including:
✅ AutoFit Tabs
📅 Organized Daily Notes
⚡ Runsh
📊 SQLSeal Charts
...and more!
👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
@obsidian.md #obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
This week we’re featuring 12 amazing plugins, including:
✅ AutoFit Tabs
📅 Organized Daily Notes
⚡ Runsh
📊 SQLSeal Charts
...and more!
👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
@obsidian.md #obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
I'm making Kosshi, an outliner that works the same on Mac and iPhone. It's on Product Hunt today, and I'm honestly surprised to see it currently at #8 on the daily leaderboard.
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
May 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I'm making Kosshi, an outliner that works the same on Mac and iPhone. It's on Product Hunt today, and I'm honestly surprised to see it currently at #8 on the daily leaderboard.
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
www.producthunt.com/products/kos...
#toolsforthought #indiedev #producthunt
🧠 @Logseq - Storage Format Deep Dive
Ever wondered how your graph data lives in Logseq?
Markdown mode = plain files
Database mode = SQLite + exportable Markdown and EDN
Same memory model, new storage engine. Logseq-DB is built for the future 🛠️⚡
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
Ever wondered how your graph data lives in Logseq?
Markdown mode = plain files
Database mode = SQLite + exportable Markdown and EDN
Same memory model, new storage engine. Logseq-DB is built for the future 🛠️⚡
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
June 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🧠 @Logseq - Storage Format Deep Dive
Ever wondered how your graph data lives in Logseq?
Markdown mode = plain files
Database mode = SQLite + exportable Markdown and EDN
Same memory model, new storage engine. Logseq-DB is built for the future 🛠️⚡
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
Ever wondered how your graph data lives in Logseq?
Markdown mode = plain files
Database mode = SQLite + exportable Markdown and EDN
Same memory model, new storage engine. Logseq-DB is built for the future 🛠️⚡
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
Throwback to Feb 2020 👀, when I first started designing StoryAI–a textual low-code editor.
After struggling to explain how the editing should "feel", I ended up having to dust off my After Effects skills one weekend to draw this up!
#buildinpublic #design #nocode #toolsforthought #rip #storyai
After struggling to explain how the editing should "feel", I ended up having to dust off my After Effects skills one weekend to draw this up!
#buildinpublic #design #nocode #toolsforthought #rip #storyai
November 27, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Throwback to Feb 2020 👀, when I first started designing StoryAI–a textual low-code editor.
After struggling to explain how the editing should "feel", I ended up having to dust off my After Effects skills one weekend to draw this up!
#buildinpublic #design #nocode #toolsforthought #rip #storyai
After struggling to explain how the editing should "feel", I ended up having to dust off my After Effects skills one weekend to draw this up!
#buildinpublic #design #nocode #toolsforthought #rip #storyai
Do you have a half-baked idea for tinkering with your personal knowledge management system #pkm? Maybe it's an idea for an #Obsidian plugin, local #RAG over your notes, or a much overdue Notion database rehaul? Stop by at the #ToolsForThought hack day on Sunday, November 16th.
luma.com/h2mjbhjf
luma.com/h2mjbhjf
tools-for-thought Vancouver hack day · Luma
Hello everyone!
It's been a while since our last tft meetup, so we thought we'd start up again with a project-focused hack day!
Do you have a half-baked idea…
luma.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Do you have a half-baked idea for tinkering with your personal knowledge management system #pkm? Maybe it's an idea for an #Obsidian plugin, local #RAG over your notes, or a much overdue Notion database rehaul? Stop by at the #ToolsForThought hack day on Sunday, November 16th.
luma.com/h2mjbhjf
luma.com/h2mjbhjf
Tool hunters: this is the boring efficiency layer AI coding needs. TopoAccess is free repo intelligence that helps agents spend fewer calls finding context and more calls doing work. #SaveTheTokens #ToolsForThought #AItools #DevTools #OpenSource #Codex github.com/mikeanderson42/TopoAccess
April 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Tool hunters: this is the boring efficiency layer AI coding needs. TopoAccess is free repo intelligence that helps agents spend fewer calls finding context and more calls doing work. #SaveTheTokens #ToolsForThought #AItools #DevTools #OpenSource #Codex github.com/mikeanderson42/TopoAccess
I think if we treat research questions as categories that contain more concrete questions, a shared ontology of questions would be really helpful to explore research spaces.
orca is an app I made with Claude Code based on that idea
#ToolsForThought #OpenScience
orcaconcepts.org/thoroughly-c...
orca is an app I made with Claude Code based on that idea
#ToolsForThought #OpenScience
orcaconcepts.org/thoroughly-c...
Thoroughly Conscious Ignorance
An essay on questions, the mapping of ignorance, and how orca helps the research community taxonomize the questions that drive science.
orcaconcepts.org
July 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I think if we treat research questions as categories that contain more concrete questions, a shared ontology of questions would be really helpful to explore research spaces.
orca is an app I made with Claude Code based on that idea
#ToolsForThought #OpenScience
orcaconcepts.org/thoroughly-c...
orca is an app I made with Claude Code based on that idea
#ToolsForThought #OpenScience
orcaconcepts.org/thoroughly-c...
Twitter didn't support hashtags on day one either. Folks just started using 'em. Anyway, time to go fishing for all my niche subcultures:
#rust #hypertext #toolsforthought #html #gltf #web3d #noosphere #subconscious #webcomponents #opensource #gamedev #bicycle #www #geist #tft #p2p #cybernetics
#rust #hypertext #toolsforthought #html #gltf #web3d #noosphere #subconscious #webcomponents #opensource #gamedev #bicycle #www #geist #tft #p2p #cybernetics
April 10, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Twitter didn't support hashtags on day one either. Folks just started using 'em. Anyway, time to go fishing for all my niche subcultures:
#rust #hypertext #toolsforthought #html #gltf #web3d #noosphere #subconscious #webcomponents #opensource #gamedev #bicycle #www #geist #tft #p2p #cybernetics
#rust #hypertext #toolsforthought #html #gltf #web3d #noosphere #subconscious #webcomponents #opensource #gamedev #bicycle #www #geist #tft #p2p #cybernetics
My handwriting plugin (Ink) for #Obsidian is in the official community plugin list now!!! 🙂
#toolsForThought
#toolsForThought
April 13, 2024 at 10:34 PM
My handwriting plugin (Ink) for #Obsidian is in the official community plugin list now!!! 🙂
#toolsForThought
#toolsForThought
If you care about the future of work with AI, take 15 minutes to be inspired by this thoughtful, amusing, and hopeful video.
In his TEDAI Vienna talk, Advait Sarkar from our #ToolsForThought team pushes back against AI that thinks for us, and shows how AI can help us think better.
In his TEDAI Vienna talk, Advait Sarkar from our #ToolsForThought team pushes back against AI that thinks for us, and shows how AI can help us think better.
Microsoft senior researcher, Advait Sarkar, recently presented at TED AI Vienna, where he spoke about AI’s role in elevating human thought.
How to stop AI from killing your critical thinking
Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to "middle managers for our own thoughts," says AI and ...
msft.it
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If you care about the future of work with AI, take 15 minutes to be inspired by this thoughtful, amusing, and hopeful video.
In his TEDAI Vienna talk, Advait Sarkar from our #ToolsForThought team pushes back against AI that thinks for us, and shows how AI can help us think better.
In his TEDAI Vienna talk, Advait Sarkar from our #ToolsForThought team pushes back against AI that thinks for us, and shows how AI can help us think better.
🆕 Unfiltered & Unedited: @logseq DB Library Feature
Discover how the new Library in @Logseq DB helps you manage pages by automatically grouping namespaces—making hierarchies a breeze 🌱🗂️
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/l1xpHrZKGIY
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
Discover how the new Library in @Logseq DB helps you manage pages by automatically grouping namespaces—making hierarchies a breeze 🌱🗂️
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/l1xpHrZKGIY
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
Unfiltered and Unedited - Logseq DB Library
YouTube video by H D
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🆕 Unfiltered & Unedited: @logseq DB Library Feature
Discover how the new Library in @Logseq DB helps you manage pages by automatically grouping namespaces—making hierarchies a breeze 🌱🗂️
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/l1xpHrZKGIY
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
Discover how the new Library in @Logseq DB helps you manage pages by automatically grouping namespaces—making hierarchies a breeze 🌱🗂️
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/l1xpHrZKGIY
#Logseq #PKM #ToolsForThought
"What would you rather have: a tool that thinks for you, or a tool that makes you think?"
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
advait.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"What would you rather have: a tool that thinks for you, or a tool that makes you think?"
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
🚀 This week’s Obsidian Plugins Showcase is LIVE!
Featuring: 🧠 Vision Recall ✅ Asana integration ✍️ Write Good 🏷️ AI Tagger 📌 Zettel Sidekick ...and more!
Level up your vault 👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain @obsidian.md
Featuring: 🧠 Vision Recall ✅ Asana integration ✍️ Write Good 🏷️ AI Tagger 📌 Zettel Sidekick ...and more!
Level up your vault 👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain @obsidian.md
Obsidian Plugins Showcase - Apr 8th, 2025
Welcome back to your weekly dose of plugin-powered productivity! This week’s Obsidian Plugins Showcase is packed with tools designed to elevate your workflows — from AI-powered tagging to memory-enhan...
obsidianjourney.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚀 This week’s Obsidian Plugins Showcase is LIVE!
Featuring: 🧠 Vision Recall ✅ Asana integration ✍️ Write Good 🏷️ AI Tagger 📌 Zettel Sidekick ...and more!
Level up your vault 👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain @obsidian.md
Featuring: 🧠 Vision Recall ✅ Asana integration ✍️ Write Good 🏷️ AI Tagger 📌 Zettel Sidekick ...and more!
Level up your vault 👉 obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain @obsidian.md
🔍 New Obsidian Plugin Drop!
This week’s lineup features:
📚 Student Repo
📎 Paper Clipper
🎨 CSV All-in-One
🔊 Annotate Audio
🏷 Tagvis
📁 Colored Folders
...and more!
→ Read here: obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
@obsidian.md
This week’s lineup features:
📚 Student Repo
📎 Paper Clipper
🎨 CSV All-in-One
🔊 Annotate Audio
🏷 Tagvis
📁 Colored Folders
...and more!
→ Read here: obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
@obsidian.md
Obsidian Plugins Showcase - Apr 23rd, 2025
Welcome back to the Obsidian Plugins Showcase, where we explore the freshest innovations shaping the future of personal knowledge management.
This week’s collection is a brilliant mix of student-focus...
obsidianjourney.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🔍 New Obsidian Plugin Drop!
This week’s lineup features:
📚 Student Repo
📎 Paper Clipper
🎨 CSV All-in-One
🔊 Annotate Audio
🏷 Tagvis
📁 Colored Folders
...and more!
→ Read here: obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
@obsidian.md
This week’s lineup features:
📚 Student Repo
📎 Paper Clipper
🎨 CSV All-in-One
🔊 Annotate Audio
🏷 Tagvis
📁 Colored Folders
...and more!
→ Read here: obsidianjourney.com/posts/obsidi...
#obsidian #plugins #obsidianmd #toolsforthought #smartnotes #SecondBrain
@obsidian.md