Gingko

Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 16, 2018 at 10:08 PM

kjxymzy wrote:
Bumping up an old thread =>
> >Anyone still using Gingko these day? Any interesting use cases?

Here are some use cases:

http://community.gingkoapp.com/t/use-cases-care-to-share/17

I have two main uses for it:

1) for structured brainstorming and outlining of new pieces of writing from scratch. The final writing-up eventually happens in WriteMonkey, but I use the Gingko outline as a reference, ticking them off as I write up each card.

2) for reminders: for things I want to be reminded of on a daily basis, such as a list of todos or books I want to read - by setting Chrome to open those Gingko trees automatically when I launch the browser.

Gingko is particularly good for isolating topics or thoughts or todos by using one topic etc. per card, so it’s like a set of virtual index cards that are easy to move around or browse.

I tend to use Gingko for relatively small projects (10k word pieces), as once you have too many cards in a tree, things can become confusing or overwhelming after a while (just like any other outliner).