What is This?
My Name is Martin Silcock. Over my career, I have come to realise that I have an insatiable appetite for ideas and making connections between ideas in different disciplines and fields. When this happens I am compelled to pursue them. This site is a place I will use to record past, present and future pursuits in the hope others will be stimulated to follow ,and maybe become inspired to create new ideas from the connections the site may help them make.

My original website was created with that great tool MindManager, MindMapping software from Mindjet.

In 2004 I began working with Millward Brown Millward Brown the brand advertisng research company, however I wanted to keep my URL and use if for something useful. I'd followed the development of Blogging and Wikis over the past few years, and could see their potential, especially in a corporate setting.

TiddlyWiki seemed like the ideal tool create a new Explorate website. A website that is easy simple to maintain, but rich in content, and that truly exploits the power of the hyperlink.
For now Twiddlywiki will be my webhomepage.

I came across TiddlyWiki in May 2005 and was captivated by its simplicity and potential. It took me back to the early 2000's when I "played" with my friend Will Rowan of The Customer.co.uk

As I get used to using the tool I intend to record my TiddlyWikiIdeas here.

Best

Martin Silcock
 
What is This?
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Explorate
Ideas That Seem Worth Pursuing
I\nbought MindManager in 1998, whan I went independent as a consultant.\nI'd known about the software through the 1990's as shareware, but never\nfelt able to justify buying. It was that time of the dotcom boom in the\nUK and there was a multitude of OnlineTools available free on the web.\nOne was Egroups, and it was ther that I set up the MindManager Egroup\nbefore they were became Yahoogroups.\n\nThe MindManagerYahooGroup
The\nlargest community on web devoted to MindManager MindMapping software.\nStarted by me in 1998. Now has nearly 3000 members.\n\nFind it at\n[[MindManagerYahooGroup|http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mindmanager]]
OnlineTools
Here\nI am going to list and describe some of the online tools I think are\nuseful when exploring and innovating on the\nweb.\n\n[[Furl.net|http://www.furl.net]] - a place to save and store\nnotes about web pages\n[[Surfsaver|http://www.surfsaver.com]]
The\nname came from an joining together of "Exploration" and "Innovate.\nThese two qualities seem to sum up my motivations and mindset.
MindManager\nis MindMapping software, but it can also be used for project planning,\nwebsite development, and many other applications. It is produced by the\n[[Mindjet|http://www.mindjet.com]
Here I am going to list ideas for applications for TiddlyWikis\n\nToDoLists\nProjectManagement\n
Based near Burton on Trent, my email address is\n\nmsilcock at explorate dot co dot uk
[[What is This?]]\n[[Who am I?]]\n[[Plans for the Site]]\n[[Resources]]\n[[Contact]]\n\n
From 1998 until 2004 I worked as an independent marketing and branding consultant under the name [[Explorate]].
I\nmet Will via early [[FastCompany Magazine|http://www.fastcompany.com]]\nmeetings in London during 1998. We played with as many new technologies\nas we could find. Neither of us were techies, just curious at the\npotential the Internet was bringing about. \n\nWill, of [[The\nCustomer.co.uk|http://www.thecustomer.co.uk]] has written two\nbooks\n\n[[The E-commerce Pocketbook (The Manager Series)\n|http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1870471822/]]\n\n[[Digital\nMarketing: Using the New Technologies to Get Closer to Your\nCustomers|http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0749436646]]\n\n
Here I will write about how I plan to develop the site further, as I get used to TiddlyWiki.
My\nName is Martin Silcock. Over [[my career]], I have come to realise that\nI have an insatiable appetite for ideas and making connections between\nideas in different disciplines and fields. When this happens I am\ncompelled to pursue them. This site is a place I will use to record\npast, present and future pursuits in the hope others will be stimulated\nto follow ,and maybe become inspired to create new ideas from the\nconnections the site may help them make.\n\nMy original website was\ncreated with that great tool [[MindManager, MindMapping software]] from\n[[Mindjet|http://www.mindjet.com]]. \n\nIn 2004 I began working with\nMillward Brown [[Millward Brown|http://www.millwardbrown.com]] the\nbrand advertisng research company, however I wanted to keep my URL and\nuse if for something useful. I'd followed the development of Blogging\nand Wikis over the past few years, and could see their potential,\nespecially in a corporate setting.\n\nTiddlyWiki seemed like the ideal\ntool create a new [[Explorate]] website. A website that is easy simple\nto maintain, but rich in content, and that truly exploits the power of\nthe hyperlink.\nFor now Twiddlywiki will be my webhomepage.\n\nI came\nacross TiddlyWiki in May 2005 and was captivated by its simplicity and\npotential. It took me back to the early 2000's when I "played" with my\nfriend [[Will Rowan]] of [[The Customer.co.uk|\nhttp://www.thecustomer.com]] \n\nAs I get used to using the tool I\nintend to record my TiddlyWikiIdeas here.\n\nBest\n\nMartin Silcock \n