Omnisio extended

[Jack Seay <jackseay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Omnisio extended - April 1, 2008

Within an hour of looking at http://omnisio.com I had edited together  
68 Youtube videos totaling almost 10 hours that teach the Rebol  
language: http://www.omnisio.com/v/xumrz8rdjhG/rebol-programming-tutorials-by-nick-antonaccio

I also added a first comment.

I think Omnisio may introduce millions of people to the advantages of  
transcluding content. I started to think of how to make it better:

Clips can be text and/or sound (in a scrollable window) or even a  
complete web page.

You can switch into a mode that resembles edit mode (a timeline), but  
now has intersecting timelines that can be selected and viewed.

Comments can contain clickable URL's (including pop-up windows with  
more content).

Instead of just a single window, have windows connected zigzag style  
(later in a multi-user 3D world), with the focus window only playing.  
All movies would remember where you were at when last watching it and  
start from there. You could also add private bookmarks.

A timeline can consist of a speed-controllable scrolling text string  
with intersecting text strings that can be selected. Multimedia  
windows can be inline with the text and viewed at any time. You can  
see moving video and hear sound in them as they "pass by" while reading.

Add a xanalogical permascroll to the list of sources.

Here's something I wrote January 14, 2000: "A few years ago I dreamed  
I was flying through floating streams of text, video images, and  
sounds. Trailing off from the main thread I was following were related  
threads I could also follow, and trailing from them were other  
threads. I called this Thoughtspace. This was before I had heard of  
cyberspace. Something like this will be the Future of  
Information." (Later, I learned that Ted Nelson had already used the  
word "thoughtspace". I don't know if he was the first. "The Future of  
Information" is my favorite book by Ted.)

Jack Seay
Galileo Galilei “In questions of science, the authority of a thousand  
is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”