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Sep 30 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Welcome to the future.

Tana is a new graph-based Tool for Thought that sets the bar to a totally new level.

I have had the privilege of being an alpha tester since early this year, and my conclusion ...

It is the best graph-based TfT's I have ever used. #TfT
2/ This has everything you want under one hood:
+ Outliner - #roamantics will be satisfied
+ Supertags - tags on steriods, function like a database (Yep, a Notion of a real DB)
+ Strong query support designed for humans but powerful enough for programmers
+ Multiuser collab
+ API Image
3/ A crucial factor in choosing any Tool for Thought are the people behind the product.

Tana crew is fantastic. If I didn't have a job, I would be applying to work for them.

Amazing design & engineering team.

Friendly team, easy to work with, open to feedback. Image
4/ Check out this Tana tutorial by one of the TfT community leaders @cortexfutura.

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5/ You can get early access to the tool:

tana.inc

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Sep 5
1/5 In this video Cal Newport, author of the popular productivity book "Deep Work" discusses his personal system.

Interesting note, he is a @obsdmd user.

Let me note a few highlights I appreciated from the video. #TfT

Cal Newport is one intense dude.

2/5 Weekly he reviews the "values" by which he lives his life and looks at how that feeds into what he plans to accomplish in the coming week.

Our personal values are vital ways to keep us tied to who we are (or who we want to be).

Don't let your tasks dictate who you are.
3/5 Cal uses a work shutdown routine. Not a bad idea: at the end of the work day, process all tasks captured and put them in their places.

He wants to eliminate open loops. "GTD" everything is in its place. Reduces stress.
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Aug 30
1/7 The power of a NAP

Yes, nap as in sleeping during the day. For many years I have had the habit of a brief nap in the afternoon. Anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes.

Do naps help you in your thinking?

I personally think that napping is a Tool in our Tools for Thought
2/7 When we think of a tool for thinking, we are interested in anything that will help, not just software. Tools for Thought are any device, method, or thing that helps us improve our ability to think, connect and create.

Napping is such a tool.
3/7 For me personally, a power nap helps in the following way:

+ Refreshes the mind and renews energy
+ Balance the effects of sleep debt

Most Importantly, helps with creative thinking and problem solving.
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Aug 29
1/4 Recap of my series on the HIDDEN dangers of the GTD Inbox

Why can the inbox be a potential trap? I highlight a few reasons in this thrad.
2/4 STRATEGY ONE: Escaping the black hole

One of the great dangers is losing information into the masses of your captured ideas.

Here are some tactics to prevent this.
3/4 STRATEGY TWO: Uninviting the unwelcome equalizer

We collect a lot of ideas, but they are not all equal, and yet we may fall into the hidden trap of treating them as equal
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Aug 24
1/7 I am a big fan of @readwise. It is a crucial tool for #TfT

Readwise is the platform for readers to harvest and reuse the gems they find in their reading. I have written several times about Readwise.

Link to Readwise: bit.ly/3T6gAOq
2/7 Readwise has a built-in daily review system to help you recall important ideas from the material you have read.

3/7 Leveraging Backlinks in Obsidian and Readwise Export

In this article, I show a simple method to increase the connectivity of Readwise highlights exported to your @obsdmd vault.

link.medium.com/9DDg9egVKsb
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Aug 19
1/ Strategy 3 for overcoming the hidden dangers of the GTD INBOX

Getting to one INBOX and not having INBOXES

In a previous post, I discuss the potential danger of having more than one INBOX.

I will share my tactics for avoiding this potential trap.
2/ The solution is simple and hard.

+ Simple concept: do everything you can to have just ONE inbox

+ Hard reality: Sometimes your life just requires having more than one INBOX. For example, I have to have one for work and another for personal life.
3/ It's not that I want to have two INBOXES, but my work INBOX contains confidential information and information tied to internal corporate systems.

I also don't want to mix my personal information into my work data.

So I have to have two INBOXES.
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Aug 17
1/ Playing with @RoamResearch today (All day). I try to give it a fair shot every few months. It is improving & has some unique features. But it still lacks the love and finesse of a product that is $15 a month.

I want to love it. I would love to return. But....

#roamantics
2/ Playing with mobile you see it's the mobile version of their website wrapped in a mobile container. it is poorly optimized for mobile, and lacks basics for mobile use.

No drag and drop of nodes, no gestures on a block level.

p.s. Obsidian stinks in this category as well.
3/ Here is the mobile app and its menu. I am in the mobile app, but it offers to "Install Roam".

I am confused: I am in Roam, but now I should install Roam?
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