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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 27, 2021 at 12:27 PM
I’ve been intrigued by Moo.do for a while. It seems like a “light” version of Roam, with some additional features (i.e. calendar and Google Calendar integration). With the seismic news that Dynalist might be fading into the sunset, I thought I’d take a look again.
Moo.do has a lot to recommend it. It’s outline based, provides easy bi-directional linking (though no embedded or reference links that I’ve seen so far). You can open multiple panels for simultaneously referencing different information areas.
I was easily able to copy information out of Dynalist (using the OPML export option) to paste into Moo.do and it brought that all over nicely.
Anyway, I am wondering if anyone here has experience with Moo.do and can offer some insights, good or bad.
Steve
Posted by jaslar
Feb 27, 2021 at 08:42 PM
I was very taken with moo.do when it came out. Spending a couple hours with it gave me a fresh perspective on a lot of projects—a reordering that I then carried with me into Dynalist. I also liked the ability to set up multiple views of data.
I admit I haven’t kept up with all the changes. But like so many apps these days, it seems optimized for collaborative project management. For me, I seem mostly to want a writing and knowledge base tool. I thought that was your focus, too, Steve. Do you find it effective for those needs? I remember the outliner as being a little lightweight for writing.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 27, 2021 at 09:43 PM
It is remarkably powerful, although there’s a bit of a learning curve, and the limitation to Google is what (foolishly, in retrospect) put me off. But if you treat it as a pure outliner/info management app, it’s got pretty much all you could need. And the multidimensional framing is bloody clever.
Takes a little time to appreciate just what it can do, however.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 27, 2021 at 09:53 PM
Actually, as far as I can tell from the website, Moo.do is aimed at individuals. Collaboration isn’t even mentioned. Also, if you use the computer apps instead of the browser app, you have the option to store your files locally… I haven’t tried this… but that also speaks to individual use as opposed to teams.
I do want a knowledge and writing tool, but I also need project management and tasks. It seems to me that Moo.do might be a solution for both these, but I’m still feeling it out.
Steve
jaslar wrote:
I was very taken with moo.do when it came out. Spending a couple hours
>with it gave me a fresh perspective on a lot of projects—a reordering
>that I then carried with me into Dynalist. I also liked the ability to
>set up multiple views of data.
>
>I admit I haven’t kept up with all the changes. But like so many apps
>these days, it seems optimized for collaborative project management. For
>me, I seem mostly to want a writing and knowledge base tool. I thought
>that was your focus, too, Steve. Do you find it effective for those
>needs? I remember the outliner as being a little lightweight for
>writing.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 27, 2021 at 10:44 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Actually, as far as I can tell from the website, Moo.do is aimed at
>individuals. Collaboration isn’t even mentioned. Also, if you use the
>computer apps instead of the browser app, you have the option to store
>your files locally… I haven’t tried this… but that also speaks to
>individual use as opposed to teams.
At the bottom of the main page they write about real-time collaboration:
“Moo.do synchronizes in realtime between all your devices and collaborators.”
Which is supported even in the free plan.
I wish they’d support Outlook calendar.