Submitted by KeithB on 2018/05/22 22:17
I saw this post on the outlinersoftware.com site.  What struck me was the "I just don't quite know how to drive it" quote.
 
 
" ... Infoqube:  This one has me very intrigued right now.  It’s perhaps more powerful than any of these and infinitely configurable, which I normally love.  Pierre is an amazing developer.  He’s my spirit animal if my IQ was 30 points higher, I was much more disciplined, and Canadian.  The new mind-mapping trick it does to display connections like CT is huge.  I even like that it used to be called SQLnotes and the forums are still based there.  Just reminds you that this is the ultimate personal database.  It’s the optimus prime of all of these.  Just do a bunch of tinkering and it’ll be CT or UltraRecall or some mutant thing in-between.  It’s even got GANTT CHARTS.  Who doesn’t love gantt charts?!  Only me then? Right on.  I’ve poked around with it a bit and just can’t get past the initial lost stage.  That says a lot more about my capabilities than the software though.  I’m looking for a personal wiki that has solid database functionality.  IQ feels much more like a free-form database that can act like a wiki.  Really, there’s no difference in function, they are all databases, we are just debating GUI’s here.  It feels like every time I have the thought “I wish OneNote could do X” it’s IQ that’s always is ready to step up to the plate.  It truly checks every box and I think it can be the ultimate two-page outliner….I just don’t quite know how to drive it.  Maybe part of the problem is I’m so mesmerized by it’s functions that I have trouble just using a subset until I’m ready to make the leap to next-level PKM-ing.  OneNote is the only one I can drive without the interface getting in the way.  Perhaps my migration needs to be using something else just like I use OneNote and slowly grow from there rather than being overwhelmed by features and paralyzed with indecision ..."
 
It seems to me a short impromptu google hangout (or comparable) session, would ideal to try as a "driver's training" for a person like this.
Just Pierre and/or a few users of whatever ability, showing their way around IQ, and tailoring it in response to basic questions. It wouldn't have to be recorded either.
Thoughts?  
And unfortunately, though I've participated in hangouts a few years ago, I'm not well versed in what the conferencing options are right now.
 

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A good idea.
I think though what is most important now and in the near future, is
(1) making IQ more immediately accessible (which Pierre has started doing) and
(2) preparing some sort of 'Quick-Start' guide that will give people a basic understanding of how IQ works** and allow them to get going without too much beginner-stress.
 
** e.g. the concept that with a grid you are simply filtering all items is very important to understanding IQ and to troubleshooting in many situations.
 
So, the 'Quick-Start' guide is very important imo, ideally testing on new users and taking their feedback into account.

nathanb131

2018/07/02 12:11

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Hi friends, that quote from Outlinersoftware is me.  I feel honored!  I've been lurking about in the forums and fumbling about with the software and have been making a little progress.