Recipe for a simple Epiphany Suit[e]

• FastDial
• Either social bookmark tag cloud (e.g. del.icio.us) or equivalent (e.g. A-List)
• Search Engines/Plugins» and/or Hyperword[firefox Add-On, website]

Combine ingredients. Practice using this new suite of tools, as an Epiphany Suit. Enjoy.

NOTE: The Mycroft project provides a collection of Sherlock & OpenSearch Search Engine Plugins for Mozilla browsers (e.g. Flock, Firefox) and for the Internet Explorer browser.

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Hyperwords for Windows, not just for Browsers anymore (or soon, at least)

As HyperWords works so well from my Mozilla Browsers (Firefox and Flock), I am taking the alpha version* of Hyperwords for Windows, for a test drive. Have not decided anything yet, besides that it is looking good, albeit somewhat annoying as it interferes with copy (control-c) after highlighting text, but this is not that different from the Hyperwords Browser Add-on Version. Hyperwords is "working to shorten the distance between curiosity and knowledge", and "makes very word on the web interactive"

Is anyone else trying it out? What do you think of it?

* will expire in 30 days

How to use existing software to implement a first generation Epiphany Suit

Using existing software, it is possible to begin to implement the first generation of the Epiphany Suit, albeit without the contact lens and the clothes, using a Mozilla browser Addon called "Hyperwords", Mozilla browser Search_Plugins», and My_System». Hyperwords allows for search, in-line [language] translation, and many more things, straight from any web page!!! Have a look at the demo. Also, using a more traditional solution that uses a familiar paradigm, Search_Plugins» can be added to your Mozilla browser (e.g. Firefox, Flock), and searches can occurring from the browser's search box*. And using My_System», you can categorically record things that you learn about or research, for future reference. For example, use a single starting place full of links to your various subjects/topics. For example: My A-List - My Epiphany Suit / My Annotated Tag Cloud: High-level topics / tags, that are important to me, that are linked to individual documents, on that subject. Sort of like having a personal Wikipedia.

Any other means of implementing?

References:

• Hyperwords[firefox Add-On, website]
• Search_Plugins»
• My_System»

* Example of search box, with many search plugins:

The Singularity

"The technological singularity is a hypothesized point in the future variously characterized by the technological creation of self-improving intelligence, unprecedentedly rapid technological progress, or some combination of the two." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_singularity

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Rainbows End: A Novel With One Foot In The Future

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Vernor Vinge Paints the Future at AGC

Vernor Vinge Paints the Future at AGC

"Award-winning science fiction Vernor Vinge, speaking at the Austin Game Conference, gave his vision of a future in which connectivity was literally in the air around us. Author of Rainbows End most recently, Vinge painted a picture of ubiquitous connectivity similar to the one narrated in that novel. So well connected will we be, according to Vinge, that “post-human” capabilities will arise from groups of people networked together. “It will be a very glorious thing to be an early post-human artist,” Vinge said. “Virtually every aspect of purpose, faith and fantasy could have a constituency in such a world.” His vision was compelling, though it remains to be seen how quickly it will be realized, or whether the discrete functions Vinge described won’t more likely take fuzzier forms as they come about." - Read More...

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The wheels are still churning

Still have this idea in the back of my mind: How can I implement a portion of the Epiphany Suit?

The power of possitive thinking! That's the Secret!