# "Tools for Thought" have many different mediums
[[Tools embody mediums to enable a workflow within a context]]
See a list under [[Lab Notebook/Evergreen Notes/Tools for Thought|Tools for Thought]].
- [[Outliners are a medium for thinking]] - org-mode, Roam, bullet points, etc
- Hypertext - Prose - Bear, Notes, etc, Markdown
- Graphs (Knowledge graphs) -
- Spatial organizers - Muse
- Mind maps
- Nested boards
- Index cards
- Relational data model
- Spreadsheet
- Mind maps
- User stories
- Timeline
- Flash cards? Definitions?
- Need to read [[Andy Matuschak]]'s How to Write Good Prompts
- Video
- Audio notes
- Sketching? too general?
- A Program! An Algorithm!
- Nothing beats running code
- Simulation (see [[Knowledge Representation]])
- Annotation as a medium for thinking?
- Highlights, marginalia, special symbols in the underline
- Parallel text
- Hypothes.is
- Index cards
- ADRs as a medium for thinking?
- ADRs as a facility