New features in Fargo.io make it even stronger
And my academic worknotes get even more awesome
I’m not sure I’ve written about Fargo.io here — I covered its little cousin in a previous post — but the newest release of Dave Winer’s outlining software adds a powerful new feature.
Fargo.io is web-based outlining software that connects to Dropbox so that users can access their outlines from any computer with an internet connection. It’s simple to use: Visit, authorize a connection to Dropbox, and get going. With the new feature, if you create a “named” outline, you can press a button to view any part of the outline on the web.
This is a powerful feature because it means that any bit of text that you write — whether it’s 140 characters or a novel — can be accessed quickly.
I use this system to manage my academic worknotes. I spend a lot of time each day playing with data, but sometimes it’s a few days, weeks, or years before I revisit it again. This is why worknotes are essential for keeping track of ways I’ve looked at the data. The same goes for meetings and projects, too.
The great thing about this is that I can now easily send my comments, worknotes, and thoughts to a colleague or boss with just a click of a button or two. It’s super convenient.
As the data we want to remain on the web suddenly gets deleted while that stuff we want deleted sticks around forever, it’s going to be increasingly important to control our own content. Fargo, through Dropbox, enables such a philosophy.
