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Posted by jsamlarose
Dec 9, 2021 at 11:27 AM
Mmm. I’ve had a few strange experiences with developers that have coloured my experience of the apps they’re working on. Which is to say that I empathise, even if I haven’t had that same experience with Heptabase— though I did find their onboarding a little anxiety inducing! They wanted to observe me using the tool when they’d just introduced me to it, which makes sense and sounds fairly reasonable, but I completely spaced in the moment and focused more on “performing” knowledge work than actually figuring out how this new tool might work for me…
Lucas wrote:
Yes, I’ve personally been keeping an eye on Heptabase. I definitely look
>forward to trying it out! Last I checked, the only way to try it was to
>set up an onboarding call, and the next opening was months away. I went
>ahead and scheduled one. I then got in touch directly with the developer
>and asked if I could try the software sooner. He said that might be
>possible, and then asked if I use Zotero. I said yes. And then he said I
>can’t try the software yet because the Zotero feature hasn’t been added.
>It was like a trick question. The exchange left me feeling like the
>developer is rather pretentious (or at least has an odd way of
>communicating), but no matter, I look forward to trying out the software
>eventually.
Posted by jsamlarose
Dec 9, 2021 at 11:41 AM
Thanks for the recommendation/reminder. I’d tried TheBrain on iPadOS a while back, and didn’t quite take to it, but I’ll take another look…
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
If Gems interests you, I suggest you take a look at TheBrain, which
>appears to me to be a lot more feature-rich. The one thing that TheBrain
>lacks that Gems appears to have is a graphical window that is as
>malleable. But it makes up for that with a very flexible hierarchical
>scheme. Plus you can add a lot of meta data to your notes (called
>Thoughts in TheBrain). The note area of TheBrain has improved immensely
>in the new version. A nice feature, for example, is that you can import
>a screen shot right into the note.
>
>TheBrain has native apps for Mac and Windows, as well as an iOS version
>(which I don’t use, so can’t comment on). It is a bit expensive, but not
>that bad given the cost of apps like Roam and what Gems is going to
>cost.
>
>I am not saying TheBrain would be a better choice than Gems, but I think
>if you haven’t looked at it in a while, it is worth another try.
>
>Steve Z.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 9, 2021 at 04:42 PM
I’ve just been reminded by my weekly NessLabs newsletter that Anne-Laure Le Cunff has lots of useful tips on brain organising/stimulating apps. In fact, she writes well and generously on a whole variety of brain-related stuff, including the organising of information.
This week’s interview with the founder of Dendron is well worth a read: https://nesslabs.com/dendron-featured-tool
This would probably also interest you, Larry, as part of your search for the perfect brainstorming environment?
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by karel
Dec 27, 2021 at 02:29 AM
@Cyganet
Cyganet wrote:
>If I’m writing a book, I use InfoQube https://www.infoqube.biz/
I am on Ultra Recall, but I am definitely keeping my eye on InfoQube. So far I did not use it for anything, though. Your comment caught my attention. Could you hint at how you use InfoQube for writing a book, pls?
:)
k
Posted by NickG
Jan 15, 2022 at 10:09 AM
I notice that to get “early access” to Heptabase, you now have to subscribe at $6.99/month. I had intended to try it out, but I’m not inclined to sub for early beta (maybe alpha) software. I understand the reasoning of the devs, but I’m not convinced it’s sound.