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So I gave it a solid try.
Great: Having a native app that works offline and syncs to my phone.
Better than I thought: The current version of Obsidian has come a long way, and there are starting to ...
NotePlan 3 public beta (and subscription)
10/30/2020
I haven't used NotePlan but I'm on the mailing list and the latest updates are interesting:
1. Now can use the .md extension for files, allowing you to use the same documents in other markdown apps t...
Another new app
10/29/2020
I couldn't find what Washere was talking about at first, but turned out to be this tweet:
https://twitter.com/pretzelhds/status/1321205962682892289
Read Later Services and Paywalled Sites
10/25/2020
As they state on their website, if a site is behind a paywall they just send you a link, not the actual article.
JDS wrote:
I have found emailthis seems to work behind paywalls. It is slightly
>more...
Read Later Services and Paywalled Sites
10/21/2020
There are a growing number of read later services these days, but almost none of them allow for offline storage of paywalled articles. Only Instapaper and Pocket seem to do this, each in a different w...
Obsidian in public beta
10/20/2020
In the latest "insider build" Obsidian has found a way to have block level linking and embedding by adding a unique string of characters to the end of any linked paragraph. This brings it a step close...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
10/5/2020
Another interesting alternative to Roam is SiYuan:
https://b3log.org/siyuan/
A bit like Obsidian, but seems to have solved the problem of treating markdown paragraphs as blocks. Haven't tested it ye...
Obsidian in public beta
10/5/2020
It is hard for me to evaluate based on price since I got in on Roam as a beta user and so still haven't had to pay. Obsidian is free for everything except publish, so if you are price conscious that i...
macOS Checklist App
9/23/2020
Todoist has a template function.
Dynalist has the ability to create templates as well.
Those are my two favorite apps for making lists, and both have generous free tiers before you have to pay.
You c...
Evernote reinventing itself
9/19/2020
This is similar to what happened with Apple Pages and Keynote when they refactored the code to make it work more consistently across all platforms on a new code base. At first they did dumb it down an...
NotePlan is based on plain text files as well. The latest update allows you to set the extension, to allow better integration with other markdown apps. For instance, you can access the same documents ...
TiddlyResearch
9/14/2020
Progress is really moving fast on this. Here is the changelog for 1.2:
Fixed major glitch in tiddlyresearch-reference plugin
tiddlyresearch-reference now uses better filters
Added a new level of refe...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/14/2020
RE: @ Oxytoxine
Yes, Rem Note deserves to be on the list. Thanks.
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/14/2020
Thanks. I had posted that link earlier in a separate thread, but I came up with this list because I strongly feel there are diminishing returns in lists that are too long or whose criteria are too vag...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/6/2020
Being in the App Store doesn’t mean it’s a native app. Workflowy and Dynalist both have apps, but the experience is not as nice as a true native app like Bear… Many of these are elec...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/6/2020
Thanks Dr Andus. One of the reasons I made this list is a lot of the lists I see are of apps that don't really accomplish any of the things you mention in your post. These don't necessarily accomplish...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/4/2020
I'm still using Roam, but keep an eye on what is happening out there with the various alternative projects. These are the ones that seem the most promising to me right now:
- Obisian https://obsidian...
TiddlyResearch
9/2/2020
Version 1.0 of TiddlyResearch was just released. Already pretty robust. Only annoying thing is that you have to manually add a certain tag to some items for them to show up as backlinks... (See the tu...
Docxmanager, looks nice
8/30/2020
Worth mentioning that, according to the website, this is only available for Windows.
I think the new features are: Markdown based notes, integrates with iCloud Calendar and Reminders
It is actually pretty nice. $60 a year though is a bit much for what it offers compared to Roam, Obsi...
Or, I should say, I don't want to watch a video to find out.
What is new in the beta? (Couldn't find this info easily...)
If you would like to have better support for Markdown and LaTex with Paperpile, please fill out this survey:
https://forum.paperpile.com/t/survey-and-roadmap-for-latex-markdown-overleaf/5518
See announcement here:
https://forum.paperpile.com/t/paperpile-for-ios-android-and-word-now-available-for-everyone-in-public-beta/5517
TiddlyResearch
8/23/2020
An interesting project to merge Roam Research and TiddlyWiki. Unlike an earlier project I may have mentioned earlier, called Streams, this one seems to be under more active development:
https://githu...