Man, I hate that expression. While this term has its place, somehow, in the #TfT space, it has become a way to throw mud at others. (competitors, jealousy, etc).
Tana is not a shiny object. Their Slack is proof something good is cooking.
2/ I did not record any official numbers, but before their early access announcement, I am sure slack was sitting around 200-300 users. As of today, it is 3000+.
That is a significant and overwhelming increase in just a matter of a few weeks.
3/ In the introduce-yourself channel on their Slack, numerous new people introduce themselves daily.
These are amazing, smart, sincere & exciting people.
They want to be a part of something special. I applaud them for investing time and energy in Tana's early development.
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Let us build something interesting together, Tana and community!
2/ Obsidian and Tana are not easy to compare. They are in the same competitive space: Tools for Thought, but they solve different problems. So there is overlap, but they are fairly different.
Obsidian is the best choice for Markdown, TNO, and long-form writing. Single-user work.
3/ Tana will be best for outliner database-like functionality: (everything is a database record). So stronger for more structured content and querying against that. Multi-user collaboration.
Tana solves many problems within the product that other TfT tools need plugins for.
A lot of buzz about @tana_inc & people patiently (impatiently) waiting for their invite for early access.
Many compare Tana to Notion and Roam, but Tana is its own thing and in its own class. #TfT
2/ Recently @SantiYounger did this great 9-minute video on what Tana is. Well worth watching. He also calls it a tool that brings in all the features he wants from tools like @todoist, @NotionHQ, @RoamResearch & @logseq.
3/ Also, @jcfischer, the other day, compared Tana to Lotus notes, which is also a great comparison.
Tana is the first tool I have seen that uses an outliner metaphor for collecting data with little structure to as much structure as you want, all built on a real database.
/1 A rant, sponsored by the good folks at the #TfT Hacking foundation
I sadly notice increasing criticism toward content creators, with sarcastic expressions like "Shiney new objects" or of creators generating content about news tools.
Like they have selfish or evil intentions.
/2 I don't consider myself a content creator, but let me apologize on behalf of all those content creators who FORCE you to read their content on Twitter, medium, etc, or FORCE you to watch their videos on YouTube.
Please take note of the sarcasm in this last statement.
/3 People, we are the masters of our own domain (browser, inbox, etc). If you feel overwhelmed, use the "unfollow" button & don't open videos on YouTube.
Please, don't make these people feel bad for the self-sacrificing effort they put into providing us with educational content.