These theories are going to be collected in this circle.

PEOPLE will generate and debate these theories.

Ideally,

fundamental laws of interaction will be discovered.

I am leaving traces of my existence all over METANOTES.

I am the ghost in the machine.

And if you catch me in action, i am there.

Even though I’m here on my couch, i’m there on your screen too.

it’s eerie.

we are what we note.

This is a domain that I have had for a long time.

I have been waiting for the right time to unleash it.

Now that METANOTES is underway, I figure it’s a good time.

let’s figure out society, together, in this PEOPLEMATH circle.

it’s an iphone app too so you can take metanotes with you wherever you go if you have one of those.

• Invite your friends to a space when you are on there too.
• Their notes will pop up dynamically while you watch.

• if you want to create a bulleted list in a metanote,
  • and i know you do…
• you need to know what an asterisk is.
• it’s the little “star” that shows up when you hit Shift-8 on any standard keyboard.
• If you begin any new line in a metanote with “asterisk” and then a space, this will begin a BULLET LIST automatically!
  • To make sub-bullets, enter two asterisks at the beginning of the line.
• It’s very simple once you get used to it!!!

• click it to “zoop” to the top left of the entire space!
• this is a quick and good thing to do if you get lost on a page or want to go back to the beginning.

Double-click the background to create a new note. Then just start typing. Hit TAB to save.

when you create your own first space. this is just sort of the help documentation – start creating spaces and notes on your chosen topics as soon as possible !!!

• MetaNotes is a new way to take notes and store and arrange content either solo or in a team.
• MetaNotes is made of NOTES ON SPACES which contain your ideas and those of others.
• we are still sort of pre-launch so pardon our dust & tell us if you have any ideas.
• please don’t violate copyright, pretty please, or else we’ll have to delete your notes upon request. thanks.
• everything here is public space right now – we are trying to create a culture of sharing and openness.

• Scroll WAY to the west and to the south !!!
• You’ll be able to create spaces with hundreds of notes on them.
• Click and drag the background to scroll around the space really fast.
• You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard.
• finally, see that little arrow on the top left corner? click that from anywhere to return back to the top left of the screen.

You see an image you want to see again and again, so you want to save it to your MetaNotes account! All right:

• right-click the image.
• select “Copy Image Location”.
• create a new note and title it.
• *type ”!” then “ctrl-v” then ”!”.

Here’s an example:

For a permanent image link, upload your image to a free hosting service (like photobucket.com) and embed the ‘direct link’ url into a note. Don’t forget to flank the link with exclamation points!

you can change the background image of this or any space. you will need to find the image you want to replace it with first. just surf around until you find a background you like. then, in Firefox:

• right-click the image
• select “Copy Image Location”, which copies the URL of the image into your clipboard
• come back to this space
• go to the Tools menu and select Space Preferences…
• PASTE the desired image URL into the “Background Image” field of the Space Preferences wizard.
• Then click “Submit”, and then click anywhere else to make the wizard go away.