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Hi @cyrialize , Hopefully this is an acceptable level of self-promotion. It sounds like my browser extension, BrainTool might be useful in your workflow. It's kindof a bookmark/tab…

I've been on this bandwagon for a long time! I proposed org as an interchange format for Productivity and PKM tools several years ago [0]. Org allows me to unify my bookmark manage…

I've been working on my PKM/Browser extension app for several years, adding features, hand rolling everything in plain JS/HTML/CSS and evolving my style and conventions over time. …

I've been watching this trend toward SDD. Makes sense but it feels like the process pendulum is swinging back toward the pre-agile era of functional specs and design documents. Not…

Take a look at BrainTool. It's a bookmarks/tabs/todo-manager browser extension that writes to an org-mode syntax text file. Allows you to capture notes, containment hierarchy, to-d…

Thanks for the pointer to Writing Studio! Note also that LogSeq is an org-mode based PKM ( https://discuss.logseq.com/t/logseq-org-mode-compatability/8... )

org is timeless for sure! Personally I've been using emacs since the 80's. But as the developer of a personal knowledge management application I was hoping that an ecosystem of spe…

Completely agree, on both counts. Users often ask me how they can edit their BrainTool.org file outside the extension. There's no way I can in good conscience point the average kno…

"Growing support is easing collaboration via org files." The same month this article was written (4/22) I tried to make the case for org as an interchange format for productivity t…

Totally agree with this, having been in the situation multiple times. It's hard to get credit and additional resources for problems avoided and emergencies that don't happen, espec…

The Edge store was stricter in some ways but I find I can submit pretty much the same bundle to both. Note also that Edge runs fine on MacOS.

While there aren't visibility-boosting features, don't downplay SEO on the app stores. That is, if your's is the kind of extension that people will be searching for when looking th…

I think it's like marketing any other type of software or service online - SEO, find user communities, influencers, ads/paid promotions etc etc. In my case I got lucky and impresse…

I've heard good things about ExtensionPay[1]. It didn't have what I needed at the time so I hand rolled my own on Firebase using a Stripe integration component[2]. As you probably …

FWIW I wrote a blog post on how to get off of Tabs Outliner: https://braintool.org/2024/07/01/The-best-Tabs-Outliner-alte...

^This!^ With my app, BrainTool ( https://braintool.org ), I emphasize a visual hierarchy, but also allow notes and full text incremental searching across all saved content. Along w…

Give BrainTool a look. Its designed to address tab hoarding by making it easy to file and close out tabs and tab groups and then re-find them with search and hierarchy and notes. A…

I've often wondered how important the tides are to the migration of fish onto land and our subsequent evolution. Our moon's relative size is another earthly anomaly and without the…

Late to the conversation but in case the OP is still listening - great post and I'm totally aligned with your thinking. You mentioned my app, BrainTool, in the post (thanks for the…

Have a look at BrainTool ( https://braintool.org ) Saves bookmarks into a nested topic hierarchy with associated notes. Text search and full keyboard controls. Everything is saved …

I think the general message here is that complex and complete architectures tend to fail in favor of simpler solutions that people can understand and use to get things done in the …

+1 to this! Support your local tool maker building on text! My thoughts: https://braintool.org/2022/04/29/Tools4Thought-should-use-Or...

Tabs == To-do's Every open tab is a pending to-do, if only to come back and close or bookmark it. Having hundreds of open todo's in your face the whole time takes a mental toll. Fo…

I think there's going to be an increasing push for people to own their own data, from whatever application it is they are using. Tim Bernes-Lee's Solid [1] is aiming at that idea a…

Interesting theory! I have seen previous replies on here saying non-FF is a deal killer. But any numbers I see show FF Thus far my time is better spent elsewhere but the code is op…