Category Archives: Topic maps

NotesMappr for Web

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Brett

A fair amount of NotesMappr (for Android) users have requested a web-based version of NotesMappr and I must admit that I’m genuinely attracted to the idea. I would consider developing a web-based version of NotesMappr for a variety of reasons. … Continue reading →

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Note taking and the power of the (semantic) web – Part II

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Brett

NotesMappr’s semantic features have been enhanced to include automatic detection of associated images. That is, if on creation of a note [based on a Freebase query] NotesMappr detects that the note has an associated image it will inform the user … Continue reading →

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Note taking and the power of the (semantic) web

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Brett

NotesMappr version 1.2 has just been released and is available on the Android Market. This version of NotesMappr is special… it is the first version of the app that is integrated with the semantic web.   If you take a … Continue reading →

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Why NotesMappr? A different kind of note taking app

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Brett

People sometimes ask me what problem am I trying to solve with NotesMappr. It’s a valid question and one I would like to try to answer in this blog post. In a nutshell… with NotesMappr I am trying to solve … Continue reading →

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How to study? Mind maps and note taking

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brett

When it comes to studying, (effective) note taking is a key study skill. What’s more, note taking can be considered a key phase in the transmission of knowledge. Obviously, there are different note taking systems including (but not limited to) … Continue reading →

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Features for the future

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Brett

This post, perhaps more than anything else, is a request to the readers of this blog to contribute ideas with regards to the future direction of NotesMappr. Subsequent versions of NotesMappr could include the following features: The ability to attach … Continue reading →

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Context is king – The benefit of using NotesMappr

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Brett

There are many note taking apps available on both the Android Market and the Apple iPhone App Store. The majority of them are very good; however, none of them, as far as I am aware, has the ability to semantically … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Brett

Well, this is it. The beginning of my own mISV (or Micro ISV). Designing and developing software is my passion. So, this is my stab at pursuing that passion. The first software product that I am developing as part of … Continue reading →

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