Ken
6/21/2022 5:08 am
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the link to your article. It was a useful read, and is helping me better understand both the concept behind these types of apps and how they can meet some of my needs. I do not believe that I will give up Clickup for my task management, as I really like how it can be set up as to how I think, but it is clearly not the program for what I had tried to use Zoho Notebooks for. Reading your article and watching a bunch of YT reviews of Walling and Milanote (and xTiles) has helped me to better understand why these drag-n-drop type boards are better for things like research and planning. They have come a ways since I used Trello to plan a trip in 2019, and for the better.
I now have free accounts at xTiles, Walling and Milanote and will try to run all three through one project I am working on to see which one seems better suited to my needs. I can easily see how an app like this could be very handy. I seem to be researching more issues in all parts of my life and finding more data than my brain can both absorb and retain. Now, the big question is if I can successfully incorporate one of them into my life.
Thanks,
--Ken
Hi, Ken,
Walling has cards (which they call bricks) and allow you to move them
around on their boards (which they call walls). I am not sure that you
can nest walls, but you can use tabs and set up sections on a wall). For
something a little more free-form than xtiles, you might look into
Scrintal or Heptabase, which use the card metaphor and allow you to
create boards. In Scrintal you can link to other boards (mimicking
nesting).
My problem with xtiles is that you can't open up a card... that is focus
on it... which makes long-form writing a bit cramped. Milanote is
excellent, but it isn't really a database. But you can put a lot of
different types of information into a board. It is a little like an
online Curio... only a little like, though.
Scrintal is still in beta and there is a waiting list, and Heptabase
costs $70 to get into their beta, though there is a money-back period...
which I took advantage of at one point.
I wrote about Walling, xtiles, Heptabase and Scrintal on Medium:
https://stephenjzeoli.medium.com/card-based-whiteboard-pkms-5608dfe4a771
Steve
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the link to your article. It was a useful read, and is helping me better understand both the concept behind these types of apps and how they can meet some of my needs. I do not believe that I will give up Clickup for my task management, as I really like how it can be set up as to how I think, but it is clearly not the program for what I had tried to use Zoho Notebooks for. Reading your article and watching a bunch of YT reviews of Walling and Milanote (and xTiles) has helped me to better understand why these drag-n-drop type boards are better for things like research and planning. They have come a ways since I used Trello to plan a trip in 2019, and for the better.
I now have free accounts at xTiles, Walling and Milanote and will try to run all three through one project I am working on to see which one seems better suited to my needs. I can easily see how an app like this could be very handy. I seem to be researching more issues in all parts of my life and finding more data than my brain can both absorb and retain. Now, the big question is if I can successfully incorporate one of them into my life.
Thanks,
--Ken