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.
Logseq has a cool "hierarchy view."
4/ I am just starting to dive into their task system, but as I have hinted, it seems to have some solid functionality. Will report back.
Also, played with the whiteboard feature. The @obsdmd crew has some catching up to do, that is all I can say.
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I am on day 3 of my deep dive into Logseq. Also, I am using Tana in parallel, inputting the same data, tags, and structure into each tool. (Is anyone curious about my observations? 😏)
However, today's thread is about Logseq's template feature. #TfT
2/ This is another important feature, and Logseq has us covered.
It is super easy to define a template with bullets, structure and metadata (properties).
As shown here, right mouse click on a node and define it as a template.
To use the template, type /Template
3/ The template feature allows for inserting dynamic variables for dates and current page. Perhaps there are more variables? I don't know. Here is what is documented:
1/ I have been doing a test phase with @culturedcode's Things 3.
I admit it's a crazy thing to do, but I had to put this app through the "#TfT Hacker" productivity test.
So this probably has no value to my reader base, but I feel compelled to talk about this app.
2/ Things is a task manager known for its beauty and simplicity.
The Things UI is done right.
For some reason, when I see my daily task list in Things, I don't feel overwhelmed due to its focus on what is relevant right now and its generous use of luscious white space.
3/ They say Beauty is only skin deep. But don't be fooled, while Things is praised for its beauty, it's not just another "pretty" app.
It embodies a true and tested system for dealing with your tasks and projects.
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.
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