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Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by brainburp »

Interesting. But, I'm surprised no one mentions the 'originator' of this type of application: TheBrain from TheBrain Technologies LP. Perhaps because this is closed source commercial product? This product and approach was invented over 20 years ago and has all the features mentioned. One use case, Jerry's brain, has over 500K nodes and is still useful graphically.

Two problems with these types of things is 1. the graph is most useful on large displays. I have not tried the mobile apps. On a large data set I would imagine scrolling and zooming would be needed. 2. Search is still a key feature. Even with fully linked graph structure, finding something would take too long, 'tip of the tongue' recall problem.

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by stevekemp »

githubalphapapa wrote: post #135
stevekemp wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the same, a lot of personal projects have notes on paper. But I've been keeping a daily work-journal for the past few years, and that has been very handy. I have one org-mode file for each company I've worked in, and each day I insert a new block with headings that make sense "Meetings", "Stories/Tickets/Projects", "Problems", etc. I make notes of commands, recipes, and tag things literally so get an integrated t…

Do you mean that you have a tag-cloud in Org? Is there a package for that?

Uploaded a cut-down version of my diary.org file here:

https://github.com/skx/org-worklog

That shows the tag-cloud and the necessary magic to update it on-save.

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by githubalphapapa »

stevekemp wrote: post #142
githubalphapapa wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean that you have a tag-cloud in Org? Is there a package for that?

Uploaded a cut-down version of my diary.org file here: https://github.com/skx/org-worklog That shows the tag-cloud and the necessary magic to update it on-save.

Thanks, that's a great example of how Org documents can integrate code that provides interactivity. I shared it on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/jj2ok0/skxorgworklog...

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by WClayFerguson »

esperent wrote: post #132
WClayFerguson wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do plan on moving the IDW Podcast list to under my own personal blog node instead, and not directly on the portal, only because politics should be kept separate from career stuff imo.

Wouldn't it be better to just not give these crazies any more publicity?

Thanks for your opinion. Fighting BigTech censorship was one of my reasons for creating Quanta.

https://quanta.wiki/u/WClayFerguson/social-media-revolution

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by garettmd »

evo_9 wrote: post #70

I have tried a number of note taking apps including Bear and Notable; I recently switched to MS OneNote because it's cross-platform from OSX to PC, making it easier for me to consolidate all my notes in once desktop app. It's likely an unpopular choice given it's from 'Big-Co, Inc', etc, but it's hard to beat. My favorite feature that sold me is the ability to tab and instantly create an inline table (with each subse…

I like OneNote, but the main sticking point for me is that the mobile experience (at least on Android) is pretty terrible. It's so free-form that when you get to a smaller screen, I end up having constantly scroll around to view everything (maybe they should make it responsive like most websites?).

Also, it has quirky, but very annoying behavior, like how it won't save my position on a page after the screen turns off. This makes it challenging to get back to the step I was on in a complicated recipe (what I mostly use OneNote for now).

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by ww_wpg »

esperent wrote: post #132
WClayFerguson wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do plan on moving the IDW Podcast list to under my own personal blog node instead, and not directly on the portal, only because politics should be kept separate from career stuff imo.

Wouldn't it be better to just not give these crazies any more publicity?

Evidently OP is eager to promote the people on that list and believes they are serious thinkers

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by bnj »

jeromenerf wrote: post #76
detritus wrote: post #26

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I do most note-taking on paper. Problem with paper is that it's not searchable, as I discovered to my cost trying to find some specific reference details for a job I did last year and am repeating today. My problems are probably more due to ad hoc disorganisation - particularly, sometimes going off-piste and making critical notes on random sheets of paper, away from my main notebooks. I'd love some kind of e-paper so…

> Problem with paper is that it's not searchable, as I discovered to my cost trying to find some specific reference details for a job I did last year and am repeating today. Our brain works wonders, yet mysteriously. I can somehow locate notes I wrote by hand on notebooks years ago. I remember the sketches, the color and size of the notebook, the location on the shelves ... and sometimes, finding the note isn’t impor…

I definitely agree that our brains work wonders and I'm not denying the main point you're making at all, but there is also an element of confirmation bias inherent here because you'll never look for the notes you don't remember taking. Going over old notebooks I've been astonished at the patterns I've uncovered of thinking about similar ideas and having similar insights over and over, each time not recalling that I've been on the same path at an earlier time.

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by lazyasciiart »

dTal wrote: post #125
lazyasciiart wrote: post #98

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Not the poster you asked, but I keep one at the end of a notebook for exactly this reason: I don't have to guess how much space it will need.

And you write it backwards from the end? Otherwise I don't see how this solves the issue.

Yes? I've also considered doing the index only when the notebook is full, allowing 10 pages or so. Haven't tried it yet.

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by brainburp »

Naac wrote: post #7

Just quickly watched this[1] video showing an intro to Dendron. I'm currently using tiddlywiki[2] so that's primarily what I'm comparing it too. Both tiddlywiki and dendron look very similar, supporting various forms of linking to one another. Dendron seems to have a more complete hierarchical way of combining pages, at least compared to the way that I use tiddlywiki. Tiddlywiki's advantage is the amount of plugins i…

There is a TiddlyWiki plugin for relating different tiddlers: TiddlyMap. It allows creation of concept maps.

Re: Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought

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Post by 21eleven »

clarkmoody wrote: post #105
solumos wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This sounds sort of like what Remarkable[0] claims to be (not affiliated). I pre-ordered one because I'm very similar with my notes - I have a ton of ad-hoc notes taken on legal pads floating around. [0] https://remarkable.com/

Request for HN submission: in-depth Remarkable 2 review after months of daily use. Have they got a good data format & transfer story? Does the tech work? Context: every time Remarkable hits Hacker News I'm intrigued, but I couldn't pull the trigger on a pre-order. I love the idea they're selling.

I too would appreciate such a review. I have a preorder for v2 but no experience with the first version of the device.

The customers at the top of the preorder queue for v2 got their tablets about a month ago[1] so the number of people able to write such a review will be limited for the next month or so.

Worth noting there is open source tooling for modding/ssh access to remarkable tablets[2].

[1] https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000264587...

[2] https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable

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