1/ Because I am crazy and can't help myself, I am deep diving into @logseq. I have been promising my #TfT buddy @rroudt that I would do this for a while, and well, with the winter months upon us, it's a good time.
One initial impression: I like their sync service.
2/ I value tools that offer TNO sync capabilities, and not many do. I have to commend @obsdmd and @roamresearch since they offer TNO.
TNO is Trust No One Security
It means I provide the password (key) for the encryption between the client and their servers.
3/ For those rare "very sensitive" use case scenarios, this allows me to use their cloud services and be sure that even though they can get to my data, the data is encrypted with a key they don't have, thus the data is useless to anyone without the key.
4/ Logseq's sync beta is based on TNO, and in fact, I don't see that you can use their service without being TNO.
Logseq has to deal with one issue that all the others have on iOS devices.
5/ I love Apple, but it's frustrating that they don't allow other services to background sync (or it's constrained). Such tools like Logseq need to sync while their apps are open on iOS. This means you need to monitor if you're synced.
FYI: Obsidian and Roam have the same issue.
6/ Logseq makes this easy. There is an icon showing if your data is synced or not. I like they made this always visible, as opposed to Obsidian which, on iOS tucks away its sync indicator. (FYI: Obsidian sync is excellent, this is just one small complaint)
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Today I forced myself to take meeting and planning notes all day in Logseq. I am an old-time Outline lover. And I have to say it feels very natural. #TfT
I will continue the rest of the week doing so.
2/ Outlining is smooth. The keyboard is responsive and works the way an outline should regarding indenting, outdenting, zooming, page navigation, and rearranging nodes between levels and hierarchy.
If you like outlining, you will feel at home.
3/ I created a bunch of namespaces for organizing primary nodes I often use in note-taking into logical structures. Namespaces never really did anything in Roam, so I was "educated" today on their value in a tool that supports them.
In this essay, he talks about the amazing work of Edwards Deming, specifically the PDSA model.
PLAN
DO
STUDY
ACT
It's a model for continuous improvement by iterating through multiple workflows to achieve desired results through trial & error (honest examination of results).
The idea of PDSA is that it involves multiple loops of PDSA.
Rarely in life do we reach our intended goals with just one attempt, rather we succeed over multiple iterations, with each iteration getting closer to the desired result.
Do you use YAML in your notes? (frontmatter or inline fields)
Do you like YAML?
What do you dislike about YAML?
YAML is cumbersome to work with but does add a "database" like layer to our notes. #TfT
2/5 While I don't find YAML hard to work with, it does create a fair amount of "busy" work in Obsidian. This si one of the appeals to me of a tool like Tana, which provides more UI for quickly working with schema and inputting data.
3/5 On the other hand, Markdown is not a database and doesn't have a way of capturing schema like information. This is why some tools like Obsidian have added a "schema" layer.
1/ In the spirit of sharing, here is my folder structure.
I keep things shallow for "active" documents. I only keep active notes and projects on the root. That way, they are super easy to get to. I archive them once done to prevent the structure from becoming overwhelming. #TfT
2/ I have built plugins for many Tools for Thought. Obsidian, Craft, Roam, Readwise & Office (Excel, Word, SharePoint -- if you consider them to be TfT).
This opens doors to meeting many wonderful users and developers of Tools for Thought. I learn so much from each conversation.
3/ Many of us use plugins for our tools and don't think much about the effort that goes into them. We know there is a lot of effort, but we know we don't really know.
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.