Notion.io is my new favorite

Posted by nathanb
Jun 18, 2019 at 03:12 PM

First, Garland Coulson is a dang cool name!

I’m intrigued at how much success you’ve had using it as CRM. I keep wavering between migrating some of our shared work excel lists to Airtable or Notion. Your description of ‘database meets wiki’ is perfect and it’s why I like Notion so much. I haven’t tried to create heavier relational databases (like a functional CRM) in Notion though. I think of Airtable as the gold standard of ‘no code’ custom light databases. I know that Notion tables aren’t as functional as Airtable’s nor does it have the reporting/charting/dashboarding functionality. But of course Airtable doesn’t have any knowledge base function beyond note fields in its tables and you can’t embed and nest content like Notion.

My impression is that if I try to build a fairly intricate relational database in Notion that it’d be fairly easy to accidentally break, especially if non-nerds are collaborating with it. Apparently your experience is different?

Also FYI, Notion reps have indicated that gantt charts and backlinks (“what links to here”) are on the horizon. I’m excited for those.

Garland Coulson wrote:
I use Notion every day.
> >While it isn’t perfect, what I love about it is that it lets me create
>my own solutions for myself and my clients. I usually describe it to
>people as database meets wiki. I use it for task management, CRM,
>workflow process management, checklists and a lot more.