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Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by cmehdy » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #10

does anyone know a simple app that allows hyperlinking within notes? I want to create a roam-style knowledge base, but most tools are too heavy for my purposes. I prefer to keep things cross-compatible and future proof with .txt or .rtf, but to my knowledge, neither allow hyperlinking to documents

Yesterday there was a Show HN about Obsidian[0] which you might be interested in.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23324598

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by Enginerrrd » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #10

does anyone know a simple app that allows hyperlinking within notes? I want to create a roam-style knowledge base, but most tools are too heavy for my purposes. I prefer to keep things cross-compatible and future proof with .txt or .rtf, but to my knowledge, neither allow hyperlinking to documents

Depends what you mean by "heavy", and what platform you're looking for. Vimwiki maybe?

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by Enginerrrd » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:27 PM UTC

x32n23nr wrote: post #8

raspyberr wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should get into the habit of actually checking the network requests. The site looks minimal but it's 1.1MB w/o Google analytics. It's what Maciej Cegłowski( https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm ) would call Chickenshit Minimalism.

You're right - spoiled by the internet connection. I guess I was referring more to the UI.

I'm just happy that the homepage mostly zooms the way it should.

Nothing in the modern web pisses me off more than a developer trying to decide how my zoom behavior should work for me. Zoom is a very basic concept, I want to make the whole page larger or smaller. For some reason people insist on messing with that to make some menu, banner, or image popup appear the way they think I (or they) want it to when I try and zoom in or out, rather than just let me zoom as I please.

This site still manages to fuck it up when I click on one of the images though.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by cryptonode » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:29 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #10

does anyone know a simple app that allows hyperlinking within notes? I want to create a roam-style knowledge base, but most tools are too heavy for my purposes. I prefer to keep things cross-compatible and future proof with .txt or .rtf, but to my knowledge, neither allow hyperlinking to documents

Take a look at https://www.notion.so

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by codemac » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:31 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #10

does anyone know a simple app that allows hyperlinking within notes? I want to create a roam-style knowledge base, but most tools are too heavy for my purposes. I prefer to keep things cross-compatible and future proof with .txt or .rtf, but to my knowledge, neither allow hyperlinking to documents

org-mode allows linking within notes.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by gexla » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:32 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #10

does anyone know a simple app that allows hyperlinking within notes? I want to create a roam-style knowledge base, but most tools are too heavy for my purposes. I prefer to keep things cross-compatible and future proof with .txt or .rtf, but to my knowledge, neither allow hyperlinking to documents

Why not Roam?

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by inetsee » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:33 PM UTC

There is a book titled "Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques". The last edition was published in 2006, so it's fairly dated by now. I found it very interesting back then, but it wouldn't have much about more recent tools or ideas.

There is a summary of the book here https://www.ethos3.com/books/thinkertoys-a-handbook-of-creat...

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by putsjoe » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:33 PM UTC

raspyberr wrote: post #6

x32n23nr wrote: post #5

Side note: Also, nice minimal site. Refreshing to see well-designed, clean sites this days.

You should get into the habit of actually checking the network requests. The site looks minimal but it's 1.1MB w/o Google analytics. It's what Maciej Cegłowski( https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm ) would call Chickenshit Minimalism.

Thanks for the link, a great talk

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by drewcoo » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:37 PM UTC

So an "iceberg model" is about trends and patterns over time? That's adding a dimension to the iceberg's ocean and I think the analogy breaks. Usually icebergs are to describe partial occlusion.

Also alarming is that in the example for that model QA is something that happens post-release. If so, I expect quality to be a looming iceberg.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:37 PM UTC

cryptonode wrote: post #14

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #10

does anyone know a simple app that allows hyperlinking within notes? I want to create a roam-style knowledge base, but most tools are too heavy for my purposes. I prefer to keep things cross-compatible and future proof with .txt or .rtf, but to my knowledge, neither allow hyperlinking to documents

Take a look at https://www.notion.so

notion is a proprietary format, unfortunately. I also want to keep things in local storage for security reasons