Open challenge for a live "notes tool utilization" contest.
I'll represent @RoamResearch, someone can represent @evernote or @NotionHQ
Audience chooses a topic we agree on, then we have 30 minutes to put together the best outline possible on the topic using only our tool.
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Counterexamples: Many greats discussed process, while also building tools and systems that were hugely influential Doug Engelbart - Augmenting The Human Intellect Rich Hickey - Simple Made Easy, Design Composition and Performance, etc etc
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Theres a way you can say all those meta-thoughts about process are "blogging about note taking systems" If you say they aren't, seems like "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Writing is a tool for thinking Changing how you write changes how you think.
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That's a notch too strong a generalization as stated. But only a notch. I don't think it's an accident that Luhmann wrote "Communicating with slip boxes" near the end of his career.
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There are some rare exceptions.
@waxpancake and@simonw come to mind.
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In this vein, I’ve been thinking about how tools can help me: - navigate complex, branching lines of thought, without losing one’s place - find conflicts between existing ideas - combine and build upon existing ideas - make relevant, but forgotten ideas available
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I'd say my Roam is currently developing in a very positive direction with 1, 3, and 4, but not yet 2.
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Is it fair to measure note taking against that goal? Isn't note taking merely a tool for processing, storing, connecting, and retrieving info? (Which I'd argue is a worthwhile goal in itself) Dont novel, powerful ideas come from something/somewhere else?
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Also, we need a name for this weird sub-culture of note taking geeks (which is a branch of the weird productivity sub-culture), mostly so we can remind ourselves how particular (and a bit funny) this little sub-culture is. (I say this as a card-carrying member of course)
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