Dr Andus
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TheBrain 11 - Beta Testing Started
4/16/2020
Thanks for all the feedback. I'll try to install it again and see if it runs any better on my hardware this time.
Someone on Reddit made a list of Roam-like open-source alternatives:
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/f0z6yd/open_source_alternatives_to_roam_research/
We might add that ConnectedText is the most "Roam-like knowledge manager," or more precisely, Roam is the most ConnectedText-like knowledge manager." ;-)
Take e.g. Manfred Kuehn's approach to task ma...
TheBrain 11 - Beta Testing Started
4/13/2020
Now that TheBrain 11 has been released, what is the verdict?
Is it an all new / much improved version?
I gave up on TheBrain when I tried it two years ago and I just couldn't run it on my Windows ha...
Useful Article Explaining Zettelkasten
4/13/2020
Luhmann wrote:
>will be inspiring a whole new class of apps. Already one of the Dynalist
>developers is working on a similar app (her's will meet your demands
>since it is just a folder of markdown fi...
Useful Article Explaining Zettelkasten
4/13/2020
Luhmann wrote:
>It isn't an open beta yet, so I would feel bad about sharing the info
>here, but I found out about it myself on the Roam Slack channel. You can
>look there. It is very early beta so fa...
Useful Article Explaining Zettelkasten
4/10/2020
Paul Korm wrote:
I have two blocks against doing anything substantial with Roam. First,
>the site seems flakey. Yesterday I waited 10+ minutes, twice during
>the day, while the site spun that compa...
Paul Korm wrote:
Some years ago a topic here discussed the biographer Robert Caro's
>outline for his "The Years of Lyndon Johnson".
>
>https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3934
>
>Caro recent...
Strength and solidarity
4/8/2020
Smithers wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>Paul Korm wrote:
>>As a cloud-fan, I reluctantly agree: alcohol-based solutions are much
>>more effective in this case.
>
>I like your thinking Dr Andus. When the en...
Strength and solidarity
4/7/2020
Paul Korm wrote:
>Will probably want to avoid a cloud-based solution though
As a cloud-fan, I reluctantly agree: alcohol-based solutions are much more effective in this case
Outliner for granular writing?
4/4/2020
Outline 4D is another possibility but I wouldn't recommend buying it at full price (there are several promotions throughout the year).
https://drandus.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/outline-4d-for-drafting...
infoqube update
4/1/2020
Thank you, Pierre, that was very helpful!
infoqube update
3/31/2020
Pierre,
How would you define the essence of InfoQube?
And what is the quickest route to getting to grips with it?
Dr Andus wrote:
>BTW, I recommend using the Stylus extension with this dark themed
>stylesheet:
>
>https://userstyles.org/styles/180163/roam-research-dark
I took this screenshot for another purpose, ...
"Rudimentary Roam replica with Org-mode"
https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam/
Looks very cool, I'd love to have something like this but I can't see myself going into the trouble of learning Org-m...
White board software
3/10/2020
washere wrote:
>He updated (v1.0.2) it in August:
>
>https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases
Thanks for that. Turns out my version is from Sep 13, 2015...
White board software
3/9/2020
washere wrote:
>He's still
>developing and updating it when he finds time.
Would you know the version no. of the latest Windows build?
There used to be a page with the versions but it no longer is ...
An interesting discussion about Roam Research vis-a-vis Dynalist:
https://talk.dynalist.io/t/roam-research-new-web-based-outliner-that-supports-transclusion-wiki-features-thoughts/5911
Dr Andus wrote:
>For me to fully commit to this system I'd need an automatic daily backup
>to Google Drive or Dropbox and similar.
I see that someone has actually created an automated backup system (...
Actually I was maybe a bit too reserved in my comment.
I bl**dy love this thing!!!
Beck wrote:
It's been a month since Roam came on my radar and wondering if anyone
>here is finding it useful?
Still just experimenting... It does take some concentrated effort to watch the videos and...
Nomatica wrote:
>Do you know how it compares to
>Wikidpad? I believe that connected text allows you to see your entries
>and collections in some interesting ways. I used wikidpad for a while
>and it...
Nomatica wrote:
>I have heard some individuals complain that is is not stable in Windows
>10- they seem to be migrating away and looking for alternatives.
I'm still on Windows 7, and it works perfec...
If it were still being developed, I would have suggested ConnectedText, which is the closest thing to RoamResearch offline that I'm aware of.
CT is still fully functional, but it's no longer being de...
Elementary OS on a 2011 Macbook Pro
1/28/2020
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Oh, hang on, having sniffed at the Xubuntu site, I see that the old
>Windows executable doesn’t appear to be available any more. Okay,
>so here are some instructions: https:...