As inspired by this exchange that I found while lurking the Tinderbox forum.
To sum it up software can assume an array of roles in any given desktop environment. The impression that this metaphorical set gives me is something like:
- The kitchen as space that incorporates a variety of utilities or “appliances”
- It’s an application for preparing and assembling the things that contribute to a finalized piece of work
- The oven is a standalone appliance that is not necessarily a part of your “kitchen” per se
- It’s an application where what is prepared in the “kitchen” assumes its intended final output (e.g., Microsoft Word, Scrivener, Canva, etc.)
- The bread dough…
- I guess this refers to the raw materials assembled and finished in both the “kitchen” and the “oven”
I’ve offered a fair share of metaphors for Notenik, like this:
And whatever all this is about…I’m sure there’s one in there somewhere:
I’m rather fond of Dominique Renauld’s description of Tinderbox in the previously linked discussion:
In my experience, a Tinderbox file is something like – it’s just an analogy – a kitchen. I mean: an interior place with a good temperature or a sweet envelope and both a dough I could infinitely knead while, as you probably know, a dough does not need to be indefinitely treated in this way, but the fact is that it is very enjoyable to do it.
And I think that Notenik fits this description for me too, even to the extent of an observation that Dominique makes in his complete comment. Notenik can satisfy the conditions of an “oven”—a complete kitchen in essence.
I’m curious how the rest of us perceive our use cases for Notenik according to this set of analogies.