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Posted by avernet
Dec 28, 2020 at 05:09 AM
Luhmann wrote:
>That makes sense. I was an early user of Roam so I have access to a free
>“graph” (as they call each database) which they say I can use
>indefinitely without paying.
Do you remember where you might have read that Roam will continue to provide free access to that free graph indefinitely?
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 28, 2020 at 09:57 AM
avernet wrote:
>Do you remember where you might have read that Roam will continue to
>provide free access to that free graph indefinitely?
It was discussed many times on their official Reddit page, and the founder might have commented on it on Twitter as well. There was no 100% guarantee given that it will stay that way for ever. My understanding is that they didn’t find it worthwhile to spend coding time on locking out the free beta users.
From a marketing point of view it was the right decision, as beta users tend to be the ones who would be creating word-of-mouth buzz about the service on various forums (as it happened over here).
Posted by Luhmann
Dec 28, 2020 at 12:39 PM
I’ve seen it on Twitter, Reddit, and the Slack channel. Basically, you can keep your existing graphs, but can’t create any new ones without paying.
I like Obsidian a lot, and I like the developers a lot, but I want an outliner and Obsidian is not an outliner. (As I define it, I know some forum members have a more flexible idea of what constitutes and outliner.) However, the Obsidian developers did suggest they might start work on “Dynalist 2.0” after they are done with Obsidian. Basically, a re-write of Dynalist that includes some of what they learned from making Obsidian. That sounds ideal to me, but it could be a long way off (or even never, they didn’t make any promises).
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 28, 2020 at 01:11 PM
Luhmann wrote:
>However, the Obsidian developers did suggest they might start
>work on “Dynalist 2.0” after they are done with Obsidian. Basically, a
>re-write of Dynalist that includes some of what they learned from making
>Obsidian. That sounds ideal to me, but it could be a long way off (or
>even never, they didn’t make any promises).
That would make a lot of sense as I suspect Dynalist appeals to a much broader market (e.g. WorkFlowy users) than Obsidian, which is a bit of a niche (it doesn’t even fit my use case, and normally I’d be all over this kind of stuff).
Posted by Drewster
Dec 28, 2020 at 01:33 PM
jaslar wrote:
>Right, who knows if it will last. But for me, I’ve noticed that
>Dynalist, over the past couple of years, has quietly moved to the center
>of my work. It’s a journal, a project management tool
For me, it seemed that Dynalist was the best choice when I came to the somewhat obvious realisation that everything is an outline. Mind map? It’s an outline. Kanban board? It’s an outline. Chapters and paragraph styles? It’s an outline. Diaries and daily notes? It’s an outline.
So if everything at its essence is an outline, why not use an outliner? So here I am.