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I've spent most of my sanity trying to find a note taking app. I haven't been looking for a note taking app, I was looking for a study app and didn't even realise it. I use OneNote for day-to-day and converted to Remnote today for studying. I feel like I finally have some structure

Remnote has it's own concise tutorials I watch. I would recommend those. It's been a month, you still looking into remnote?

Appreciate the kind words!

It always requires tons of work to switch from another tool, that's why choosing a tool that is future proof (has a good export feature) is a good plan. Never used Roam but I believe they use json so exporting notes might be a challenge. Remnote has great import tools so switching might be easier. Remnote is a really versatile tool and I can easily recommend it to anyone.

@@Slipbox exporting JSON should not be a challenge for notes, but the files are not exported from Roam

Glad it helped! It's an excellent tool.

Thanks for the insight. I have to agree that the team haven't been focusing on the task management side of the app. When I reviewed the app it was very bare bones. Now there are a few improvements, but I would not use the app for task management. I am actually making a video on how I manage my tasks coming out soon. I would love that side of the app get an upgrade as there is a lot of potential in Mem for managing work with the new AI assistant.

Yeah! Really surprised by the quality of the development and the app. Love the mobile app!

Hello, did you test Heptabase ? What is your thinking about this one? Thankss

@@ARNBNDL Have it on my list, definitely looks amazing.

@@Slipbox I've seen the video! I was planning to find an intuitive tool for simple outlining, taking notes for life stuff. Which tool would you think better suit my needs, remnote or tana? I would like the supertag feature to organize different things and classes in my life (books, literature notes, zk system, meetings), and I don't quite need todos. Which would be a better way to enhance the workflow?

Great insight, thanks for sharing! I am currently exploring and adjusting my literature note workflow. I can identify with you on the overflowing of information. The challenge for me is the way I like consuming books and podcasts on the go (commuting on the bike etc.) a lot of the information gets forgotten. I return to it through the readwise highlights, which is helpful. I am experimenting with voice notes on the go as well as physical notes in a notebook. It sounds like you have found a system that works for you, so that's really great 👍

Thanks for the question! I started my PKM journey using workflowy and progressed to Logseq then Tana, all node-based systems. Workflowy was a massive shift in terms of productivity due to the node system. For a visual person nodes are great as you can see the whole thought “tree” in a glance. Additionally, you can hide nodes to make the view more manageable. You can instantly reveal and hide vast amounts of information. It's great for organising information. The cons are when you are writing long-form. Anything longer than a line feels like the information gets bunched and ugly. Transferring the writing to other formats is a slight hassle. So summary: Nodes together with tags are imo best for organising short concise information. Obsidian works really well for longer-form writing. The organisation system (tags, meta etc.) in Obsidian needs some native solutions as the community plugin works but gets heavy over time (it's on their roadmap). I love the canvas feature and is overhauling my workflow in terms of note-taking. Hopefully, this answered at least partly your question!

Hi, sure! I used the native screenshot tool on mac cmd+shift+4 to quickly take a screenshot and then just drag the new jpg file into the note on the canvas. Hope that helps.

@@Slipbox Thanks! I found Greenshot for windows. It works really nice.

​@@guanche617do you know about windows snip tool? Windows button + S, I think.

Appreciate it, thanks!

Thanks for the request! Will take a look at some point!

That's a great point! I don't use ghost reader very often. Having a summary sometimes lets me know if it's an article worth reading.

@@Slipbox this is exactly the use case. if there is a long form article I think might be worth my valuable time, I'll use ghost reader to summarize it and that summary can help determine if the value I initially felt in the subject/author is actually worth the time investment.

Thanks for sharing@@canyonblue737-8 !

Hi, sorry for the late reply. Its free to try but 9€ monthly / 72€ annual.

Thanks! Are you reffering to the font of the Obsidian theme? The theme is Obsidian gruvbox.

@@Slipbox I couldn't tell if that was the default font or not which can be changed in appearance settings thanks for letting me know the theme tho I will check the theme out

Hey David! Thanks for watching and sharing 😉 I am aware of your great contribution to the Tana community 🤘 1. I actually recently added the #journal tag to the time log for all my more personal ideas. The reason for the changes is that I am refining the more important part, which is the review workflow -> How do I go through the entries weekly and come up with meaningful action points. I have found it sufficient to go through the #shutdown, but adding a more personal #journal is also useful. 2. To be honest I have not really experienced any friction in the current way. Are you suggesting that the IJ be written under one node without fields and tags? I saw a video by Tana Nodes where he uses AI tools to extract actionable tasks from a single wall of text. Can't wait to give it a try! 3. Not 100% sure I understand the question, but I don't find it a problem as they are tagged and I find the nodes in the searches under the #day tag even though the original node gets stuck in time. I use IJ mostly for reflection. I notice that when I write, my thoughts are more concrete. 4. I saw the video by Cortex on microcycles where he wrote his thoughts after finishing the task. I personally am not great with this, but sometimes when moving to the next task I would reflect on the previous task, but usually, I just focus on the next. In the #shutdown, I reflect on the tasks of the day.

@@Slipbox I saw your additional explanation in Slack community, too. Great, one. 100% aligned. What I meant with the [3. Question] is better with an example: when you work on a project task, you can face it just from your Day node because you planned it previously, but also from a top-down way, meaning from the Project or Area node that task belongs to. If that is your case, you are no longer working on the Today Node. Using the IJ approach from there means: 1. You go to the Today node and write down there, or you write where you were and tag your IJ with some supertag. The second way seems convinient to remove any friction, but using it I miss the attraction power that writing into the "journal" (today node) means. I hope it makes more sense. You are doing an inspiring job with your video's style.

Thanks for the comment. I have had a chance to play around with Capacities a little. It seems promising! Will have to get my hands dirty and really test it out with some real workflows.

Hey! If you want the organizing AI feature (suggested connections) you will have to upgrade to the memX plan: Write with AI-powered writing assistance, connect the dots with Similar Mems, and search the way you think with Smart Results. Access expanded storage (100 GB), unlimited email syncing, and unlimited file upload size.

Those are great suggestions. I believe scrintal are always open for improvement ideas. The export feature definitely still requires some work. I will be revisiting scrintal in a new video soon.

Hey Fred! Thanks for the great suggestion. I will definitely make a video on setting up a readwise workflow. Meanwhile, if you want to get started and test it, there is a 1-month free trial in the link in the description. Connect your readers through the readwise (not reader) web app. From the Obsidian community plugins page, find the readwise official plugin and follow the instructions provided to set up the sync. You must have an active account to sync your highlights. Remember to assign a folder for the readwise highlights in your vault. Hope this helps! Stay tuned 👍

Thanks Stephen!

Thanks for the comment! There currently is no way of formatting text in Tana. I mentioned that its not the greatest tool for longer form writing. That said I am confident they will add some sort of formatting further down the line. They have a very active development team as they are shipping features at a crazy pace.

@@Slipbox Thanks for taking time answering, I didn't know if it was me missing the obvious.

Hey! There are no folders in Tana. Its really not necessary with the hierarchy created with the node system. When you create a new node (or bullet) in the daily note for example, you could think of it as creating a new folder. Then create a new bullet under the new node, that would be your first file within the folder. Keep adding nodes under the original and you have a folder with multiple files under them. You could also separate the "folder" nodes with emoji's if you like ✅ and then add them to the side/nav bar (cmd + K - move to -> [workspace] -> home)

Hey! Thanks for letting me know your thoughts 😅 was testing out a more mobile friendly format. I was not sure if its a good thing or not that great. Glad you like it!

Thanks Tom! It’s funny you mention it, I was just working on a video like that. Hopefully out next week 😀

@@Slipbox I'm looking forward to that. I'm a few weeks into Tana and still trying to figure out a solid workflow.

Early 0.13 in this video. This was pre-dark mode. Loving dark mode btw. Could make an updated video on the new looks and features.

@@Slipbox which is the mindmap app at 0:14 and which app at 0:16 ???

@@kian6287 Thanks for clarifying 😄 Its Logseq's graph view -> logseq.com/

@@kian6287 In the start of the video the mindmapping tool is Whimiscal -> whimsical.com/

Thats a great point! The challenge with copying the highlights is the multiple different sources of highlights. I listen to podcasts, read kindle books and articles online and having all the highlights from all these sources are convieniently placed into one folder in obsidian. This definitely clutters things up though as you said. In this case I really like the convinience, but If you are able to move the highlights directly its probably a lot neater. I am curious: what notetaking app are you currently using?

@@Slipbox Hi Tomi, I'm using Logseq and am very happy with it. It made my notetaking so structured and i became so motivated that the problem of "taking too many notes" soon arose. i guess thats the downside of almost no friction with a second brain. my current goal is therefore to limit my input and only add notes if they are not alredy in a similar from or shape in my graph.

This is a great question, and something I have also struggled with. I have been going down rabbit holes and discovering new creators the deeper I go. Would love curated lists of content creators worth reading. Google will definitely not help in this case. That said it all depends on what you are interested in. My rabbit holes usually start in twitter, where I am able to tap into the communities of a given topic and then go down from there. Love the question, thanks!

Thanks Santi! Love your content ⚡️

@@Slipbox thanks man!!🙏

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Glad it was helpful!

Hey Alejandro! Have not had a chance to try it out yet. Would love to test it out soon.

I believe the power of the Canvas lies in how you can keep building these visual mindmaps within one canvas. I can then continue adding new ideas and concepts and easily visually see how the ideas connect together. Its important to note that I am a very visual thinker. Having a way to create mindmaps and relationships between the ideas on a visual board help me in my thinking. You are spot on in that you can build this completely without the canvas and that's perfectly fine! I would love to hear Zitrolena how you use canvas if at all and have you found the new feature useful for your second brain? Thanks for the comment!

Yes thats right! It creates a new note with the date as a title. You can then search the cards with a specific date.

Hey Patrick, if I understand correctly you are referring to the sign-up typescript? What exactly would you like to know?

Thanks for the question! I have been using both tools in parallel for a month now but I still require more intensive use. There are a few important points that need to be included in a comparison: -> What is the main use of the tool: PKM, task management, writing, second brain...etc? -> Take into account that Obsidian is a well developed tool, Tana is in Alpha Would love to make a comparison, but that would have to be closer to a release version of Tana. Great question, thanks!

@@Slipbox thank your for your answer. I personnaly use obsidian every day and I love it

@@countryman6083 I don't think you can even compare some 'tool' to Obsidian until is is free to use (for basic functioning) and your data stays with you. When both these marks are checked, you can put something against Obsidian, without it, there's not even a beginning for a comparison. And even after that, after you have checked both the boxes, Obsidian still wins.

for me, yes, altough its pretty new tana works way more into the way my brain works, as obsidian quickly becomes a mess. I'll still use both, but tana will be my main one

I really appreciate the kind words and I am glad the video was useful, kiitos!