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# History <!-- Metadata: type: Outline; created: 2018-02-23 10:56:27; reads: 102; read: 2018-07-10 07:13:44; revision: 102; modified: 2018-07-10 07:13:44; importance: 1/5; urgency: 1/5; -->
# History <!-- Metadata: type: Outline; created: 2018-02-23 10:56:27; reads: 186; read: 2018-10-10 18:20:33; revision: 186; modified: 2018-10-10 18:20:33; importance: 1/5; urgency: 1/5; -->
[Donald Knuth](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ervin_Knuth) implemented [TeX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX) because he was not satified with existing typesetting systems and he wanted to write beautiful research articles and books.

[Linux Torvalds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds) implemented [Git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git) because he was not satisfied with existing version-control systems and he wanted to efficiently maintain
Linux kernel source code.

I admire both of these men. Both of them stopped the work and implemented tool which they were
desperately missing. Then they returned back to do what they know best. My motivation is exactly the same.

[I](http://me.mindforger.com/) implemented MindForger because I was not satisfied with existing knowledge
management tools and I want to learn exciting things for the rest of my life.

Forger part of MindForger name is inspired by _forger_ character from [Inception](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/fullcredits) movie by Christopher Nolan (Tom Hardy as dream property forger). This is also why the first release
title screenshot has been based on Eddie character from [Venom](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270797/) movie
(Tom Hardy w/ symbiont).

[MindForger](https://www.mindforger.com) is my fourth attempt to implement a good knowledge management
tool. Therefore it has relatively long history - it is successor of
[RDF Spiders](#rdf-spiders), [MindRaider](#mindraider) and [Coaching Notebook](#coaching-notebook). Actually it's a bit more
complicated...
# RDF Spiders <!-- Metadata: type: Note; created: 2018-03-18 09:12:54; reads: 38; read: 2018-05-10 12:48:36; revision: 36; modified: 2018-05-10 12:48:36; -->
# RDF Spiders <!-- Metadata: type: Note; created: 2018-03-18 09:12:54; reads: 41; read: 2018-10-10 18:12:17; revision: 36; modified: 2018-05-10 12:48:36; -->
![RDF Spiders](history.spiders.jpg)

[RDF Spiders](http://mindraider.sourceforge.net/gallery/mindraider-incubator/index.html) was
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It required good knowledge of RDF which limited
number of potential users. This is why I decided to implement more user friendly
[MindRaider](#mindraider).
# MindRaider <!-- Metadata: type: Note; created: 2018-03-18 09:12:59; reads: 17; read: 2018-04-24 17:18:33; revision: 4; modified: 2018-04-24 17:18:33; -->
# MindRaider <!-- Metadata: type: Note; created: 2018-03-18 09:12:59; reads: 19; read: 2018-10-10 18:12:19; revision: 4; modified: 2018-04-24 17:18:33; -->
![MindRaider](history.mr.jpg)

[MindRaider](http://mindraider.sourceforge.net/) is a 90s Java-based
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on [GitHub](https://github.com/dvorka/coaching-notebook) under Apache license.

Then I decided to return back to the roots.
# MindForger <!-- Metadata: type: Note; tags: cool; created: 2018-03-18 09:14:07; reads: 6; read: 2018-05-10 12:51:32; revision: 5; modified: 2018-05-10 12:51:32; -->
# MindForger <!-- Metadata: type: Note; tags: cool; created: 2018-03-18 09:14:07; reads: 8; read: 2018-10-10 18:12:20; revision: 5; modified: 2018-05-10 12:51:32; -->
![MindForger](mindforger.png)

[MindForger](https://github.com/dvorka/mindforger) is desktop
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