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Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by chenxi9649 »

rckoepke wrote: post #49
chenxi9649 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A very good question! I think given the amount of manpower we had, it was the best choice to make the browser version first. If we desperately want a desktop version, we can use Electron or some tools to convert the browser version into a desktop version. The performance may not be the greatest, but it's cheap. We can do the same for iOS and Android. This may just be me, but I feel like the app is somewhat like my ki…

I will feel like my note-world is my kid if I spend a year putting notes into this. Will I lose all my notes if you shut down the app?

If somehow I can't work on this any more for the rest of my life, I'd probably still just keep it running. The amount of credits we have for these hosting services is enough to keep it running for a long time.

Also, it's quite unethical to just shut the app down without giving people the ability to export the notes. I can't really see myself doing that. And I don't think neither of my 2 teammates would allow that to happen.

Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by emmanueloga_ »

When I heard about "memory palaces" I thought it would be cool if there was some sort of "hashing function" from concept to 3D space, to initially accommodate the thoughts/notes of a certain kind in a certain area of that space. That way you would get closely related concepts closely together in space too.

Wilmot's Warehouse also comes to mind [1] :-)

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAcyPIJYOx4

Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by xrd »

gonational wrote: post #50

@dang - is this some kind of marketing post that was promoted? There’s very little chance that there are this many people this excited about some note taking app where you drag your notes as trees and park benches on a windows 95 looking map UI. Also, the number of people requesting a native app for purchase and talking about pricing… Something isn’t right here.

I'm not the only one who thought exactly the same thing, eh?

Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by mbreese »

walterbell wrote: post #43
OmarShehata wrote: post #40

Their pricing page really bothers me: > We are just three engineering students in an apartment living room, eating lentils everyday, and spending every waking moment of our lives trying to make Nototo into something that people love. > Therefore, we really can't afford to spend time and figure out the best way to take money from you. I really dislike this trend of "formulating a business plan for our business isn't i…

Absence of pricing != absence of business plan, e.g. note data is valuable in its own right. They publish a privacy policy.

Mining notes for data is a terrible idea and a very quick way to guarantee that you never get any users.

Pricing in this regard is a signal for stability. If you’re paying for a service, it is far more likely to stick around. And the more stable the product, the more likely is a user to actually use the app — especially for a note taking app.

Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by spc476 »

My initial reaction was "Cute, in a 'dots I's with hearts' type of way, but not really for me." And after watching the video and reading the site, I still feel that way, but I can see where you are going with this, with spatial memory. It isn't a bad idea.

But I do have a question though---I have my island with the "World Domination" plans on it. On that, I have a plateau with plans for the "Mega Death Laser". But those are related to Tesla's patents, and all his stuff is over there on the other island. Is there a way to link the Tesla patents "over there" with the Mega Death Laser plans "over here"?

Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by bromuro »

OmarShehata wrote: post #40

Their pricing page really bothers me: > We are just three engineering students in an apartment living room, eating lentils everyday, and spending every waking moment of our lives trying to make Nototo into something that people love. > Therefore, we really can't afford to spend time and figure out the best way to take money from you. I really dislike this trend of "formulating a business plan for our business isn't i…

Yet i remember the times where people where doing things on internet for free.

Re: Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes

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Post by wtmt »

chenxi9649 wrote: post #11

Hey! I'm actually one of the makers of Nototo. I'm quite surprised to find my own project trending on HackerNews! If anyone has questions feel free to ask me here! or at chen@nototo.app

The idea looks cool and useful. But I’m not a fan of hosted services for such needs. I’d very much like a (paid) mobile/desktop app that can manage everything locally and allow syncing through any of the several cloud storage services available.
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