Thread by @KenVeerman

A year ago I started using Roam as a note-taking app that replaced Evernote.

I was not disappointed.

But what I didn't expect was how good this app turned out to be as a project management tool 👇🏼 #roamcult

After a crazy 2020-2021 I am preparing for a short break. This morning as I was finishing up a year of work on various projects, I was struck by how effortless @RoamResearch has made it to follow up on projects.

In the last year I finished up about 50+ projects. Some large, some small. I kept a single Google Drive folder per project for timesheets and documents but all the rest went into Roam.

I didn't set out with a fixed structure and that is where I feel @RoamResearch really shines.

Over the year my workflow has evolved tremendously (from having a separate [[project:]] page for every project to just working in the Daily Notes Pages) but Roam has adapted with it.

I love the idea of not having to put thought and energy in elaborate project management architecture before you can actually start working.
But I also love the fact that this free working doesn't result in chaos and loose ends.

Great note-taking software shouldn't be about deliberate information architecture before you start working but about automatically surfacing the right information when you need it.

Are you a free worker too? Or do you prefer a solid pre-set structure to work with? Let me know!

TL;DR
• Good note-taking software should be about resurfacing info when you need it, not about heavy information architecture
• @RoamResearch does a stellar job here
• I not only use it as a note-taking app but as a project management tool