Terminology — Taxonomy —Glossary — “Naming of parts”
“Would you be able to come up with 10 or so words that you think every Thortspace user should know to get started?”
see: https://www.facebook.com/groups/235075123710450/permalink/342577662960195/
Yes! Here they are:
Thort, thortgroup, path-step, path-type, path, sphere, sphere network, category, category set, arrangement, viewpoint, journey, embedded sphere, linked sphere, private sphere, public sphere, modes.
Below is a description of what each of these words means, in the context of using Thortspace.
(1) Thort — a Thort is a visual container for a thought — visually it is a disk which can coaggulate with other thorts to make groups just by touching them together
(2) Thortgroup — a group of thorts
(3) Path-step — a connector from one thort or thortgroup to another thort or thortgroup
(4) Path-type — the selection you made from the list of path-types on the path-types panel
(5) Path — a series of path-steps of the same path-type that all connect together
(6) Sphere — a 3 dimensional place on which to assemble thorts
(7) Sphere network — a set of spheres connected together in a structure
(8) Category — a way of identifying thorts which belong to the same set along a particular dimension — eg. they are thorts written by the same person or they are all the same level of urgency
(9) Category set — a set of categories
(10) Arrangement — a particular arrangement of thorts, thortgroups and paths on a sphere — a sphere can have multiple arrangements and switch between them
(11) View point — a particular view of a particular sphere whilst in a particular arrangement and with a particular category set being applied
(12) Journey — a series of view points in specified order
https://thort.space/journey/110898789587140112950_5129815931640490948_2023071682883803580/1
(13) Embedded sphere — a sphere that has been embedded in a Thort
(14) Linked sphere — a sphere that has been connected to another sphere
(15) Private sphere — a sphere that has a restricted set of editors and/or viewers
(16) Public sphere — a sphere with no restriction on who looks at it
(17) Modes — the four usage modes of Thortspace. These are Think mode, Do mode, Present mode and Explore mode.
