InfoRapid - revisited

Posted by MadaboutDana
Nov 11, 2020 at 10:38 AM

I’ve just reinstalled the InfoRapid Knowledgebase Builder (iOS, macOS, Windows, possibly also Android?) on my Mac after buying the iOS version.

This after a lengthy search for a piece of knowledge-mapping software that wasn’t just an overblown mind-mapping app.

It’s a profoundly impressive piece of software, with a huge range of useful features and a very good search function. In many ways, it’s the perfect embodiment of the Zettelkasten concept, allowing you to view (and export – a vital point) information in many different ways, from many different angles.

Because of the fairly steep (but by no means vertiginous!) learning curve, I had failed to appreciate just how powerful and yet user-friendly it is. It’s worth spending time on the tutorials (of which there are many, accessible both from the apps and on the InfoRapid website). Yes, at first glance the GUI is slightly old-fashioned, but the more you use it, the more you appreciate the speed and efficiency with which you can input and manipulate information.

I’ve also found the 3D rotating view amazingly conducive to meditative states wherein sudden insights appear as you watch the informational elements gently circulating… no, really!

As I wait for Christian and Sascha’s The Archive to evolve into a world-beating Integrated Thinking Environment (https://zettelkasten.de/the-archive/roadmap/), I’m finding Knowledgebase Builder a very satisfactory alternative.

Cheers,
Bill