Meaning of digital garden | Babel Free

Definitions

A public, evolving online space for cultivating ideas, notes, and knowledge, unlike a traditional blog's finished posts; where thoughts grow organically, are continuously edited (like pruning), linked together non-linearly, and shared in various stages from "seedlings" (raw ideas) to "evergreens" (mature concepts).

Examples

“See⟳ also: digital gardening, wiki”

“The new wave⟳ of digital gardens discuss⟳ books and movies, with introspective journal entries; others offer thoughts on philosophy and politics. Some are works of art in themselves, visual masterpieces that invite⟳ the viewer to explore⟳; others are simpler and more utilitarian, using Google Docs or Wordpress templates to share⟳ intensely personal [...]”

“A digital garden is an online space at the intersection of a notebook and a blog, where digital gardeners share⟳ seeds of thoughts to be cultivated in public. Contrary to a blog, where articles and essays have⟳ a publication date⟳ and start⟳ decaying as soon as they are published, a digital garden is evergreen: digital gardeners keep⟳ on editing and refining their notes.”

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