Alright friends - hate to be the bearer of bad news, but turns out that one of the larger sources of problems with our new synchronization system seems to be how it interacts with @roamhacker's Roam42 extension.
If you're having any sync or performance issues - try removing that
We're going to try to get to the heart of the bug, and hope to have an update soon that will fix -- so you can use both Roam42 and the updated sync system (which otherwise is much faster)
First we're working on a url that will let you fall back to old sync if u need Roam42 more
The good news is - as far as I can tell, this is only a problem on multiplayer graphs where you have collaborators editing at the same time as you.
And we have not yet rolled the new sync system to the book club -- so very few folks seem to be affected by this bug
Full details
To be extremely extremely clear
1. This issue probably didn't affect you 2. If it did, was in no way @roamhacker's fault. 3. Next tweet will have instructions that will let you try old sync system - so you don't have to give up on your roam/js modifications
Stopgap solution
About half of the roamgraphs are on a new sync system which in most cases seems to be faster and more reliable.
If you want to try it out -- add
?uselink2=true
to the end of your url (check for updates first)
If you're seeing new bugs, try
uselink2=false
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I think the first #RoamGames challenge was a bit too large, and poorly scoped.
We need something more concrete, and an urgent deadline so you aren't tempted to procrastinate
So, new challenge, with awards of $10,000 in cash, or Roam Stock (if legal) granted over next 5 days.
Context:
Roam is far from done - so when hit profitability last year, our focus shifted back towards to R&D the open questions we have around Collective Intelligence.
New folks keep signing up though - we keep adding new features - and we keep NOT providing onboarding
We've felt pretty good leaving things this way
Without a doubt, the best tutorials, guides, case studies, and explanations of what Roam is have all come from the #RoamCult.
But when we saw @roamhacker's Roam42 was obvious we needed to follow their lead
In one of my favorite talks, Yochai Benkler claims that if your friends invite you to dinner at their house - and you leave a $100 bill on the table at the end of the meal, it does not increase the odds you'll get invited back.
The audience agreed, but he was speaking at TED...
Anyway - whole point of this is - money can be weird - especially when you're wanting to pay someone for something that they're pretty much doing on their own anyway.
Something here feels profane - like the money after dinner - but also worth trying
The thing I want to figure out, how do you actually set up a system where people are really intentionally thinking about who they got inspiration from -- thinking not just about producing finished work, but blocks for others to ref
Excited to watch the other Conor (@TheNotoriousMMA) fight tonight
When @RoamResearch had less than 10k in the bank and @hashbrown490 was not yet on the team, his path from plumber to 2 belt champion in 5 years was big part in getting my mind right to win
I sold my first company to Aol at 23, but we sold because we couldn't find a way to make it work.
For years, folks treated me like a success, but I felt like a fraud, and was deeply afraid I'd end up living the phrase
"He had a great future in his past"
When I quit that job, was making more money than anyone in my family had ever seen
But in the 5 years it took to build first version of Roam, the thing which convinced @MeadowsRichard to invest, and Josh to join, I was broke.