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Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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

gexla wrote: post #16

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?

Roam is closed-beta and a proprietary format.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:38 PM UTC

codemac wrote: post #15

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.

still a bit too heavy for my purposes, but it looks like it may be the only option. I was trying not to resort to `.md` files, but that may be a more future-roof option to be honest.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

Enginerrrd wrote: post #12

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?

I can keep things on local storage and preferably in `.txt` or `.rtf`

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:46 PM UTC

cmehdy wrote: post #11

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

you need an account for it though, right? meaning they have access to your stuff. and because they use unique formatting such as `![[filename]]`, it may not be easily cross-compatible

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by nighthawk454 » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:51 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #24

cmehdy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yesterday there was a Show HN about Obsidian[0] which you might be interested in. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23324598

you need an account for it though, right? meaning they have access to your stuff. and because they use unique formatting such as `![[filename]]`, it may not be easily cross-compatible

I believe in yesterdays thread there was mention of the app storing all files locally in a portable Markdown format

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by Hates_ » Thu, May 28, 2020, 9:59 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #24

cmehdy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yesterday there was a Show HN about Obsidian[0] which you might be interested in. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23324598

you need an account for it though, right? meaning they have access to your stuff. and because they use unique formatting such as `![[filename]]`, it may not be easily cross-compatible

No account needed. It just works off local markdown files.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by Rochus » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:03 PM UTC

Outliners are definitely missing, such as https://github.com/rochus-keller/crossline/. You can structure your thoughts while you type, even while you're talking to other people. And you can make cross-references and make appear thoughts (or action items and such) in other places using translucent active links. Or copy/paste structured text from the web or aggregate links with notes, etc.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by ImprobableTruth » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:16 PM UTC

M5x7wI3CmbEem10 wrote: post #22

codemac wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

org-mode allows linking within notes.

still a bit too heavy for my purposes, but it looks like it may be the only option. I was trying not to resort to `.md` files, but that may be a more future-roof option to be honest.

if you do decide to check out emacs, look at org-roam. My experience with it has been amazing so far.

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by paulorlando » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:23 PM UTC

Good list. You might also like this one focused on thinking about systems: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/

Re: Tools for Better Thinking

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Post by jpitz » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:32 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

TiddlyWiki https://tiddlywiki.com/