It may seem like the image file should be the key mechanism for storing andmanaging software projects, but in practice that is not the case at all.

without any spooky action at a distance.

The behaviour of a unit of code should be as obvious as possible by looking only at that unit of code

A system is a composition of objects thatare abstractions, which hide data andexpose behavior*

Object metaphors are powerful, both because they leverage something familiar to introduce something new, and because they lean into our natural cognitive strengths for spatial reasoning and object manipulation.

"attention transactions"

Building blocks encode a useful trait. A building block note encodes an idea.Building blocks are atomic. You want your BB-notes to be as small as possible, but no smaller. This maximizes combinatorial surface area.Building blocks are composable. BB-notes are focused on composition too. Big ideas are composed from smaller ideas, through hyperlinking and transclusion.

Introduce mutation.

A conversation can happen between yourself and yourself, across time, through the notes your past self took for your future self.

There is a growing need for open standards for formats used to represent text, images, video and other collections of data, so that one producer's data will be accessible to another's software.