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191 points shibaobun | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 19:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.341s | source
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coldblues ◴[12 Apr 25 22:52 UTC] No.43668550[source]▶
I still feel like Roam Research did it best. Conor was truly a pioneer in the digital note taking field. I still miss the times when all of it was new, it was so exciting and everything felt revolutionary. A lot of Roam users are still using it even though the pricing hasn't changed a bit and neither has the design, but I don't think there's anything better even now. Zettelkasten is severely underrated and misunderstood. Notion and Evernote are disgusting, and PARA is a nonsensical grift. If you need more context regarding that, I recommend reading Conor's Twitter threads and watching interviews and livestreams featuring him.
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1. kstrauser ◴[13 Apr 25 02:51 UTC] No.43669677[source]▶
I was sure Zettelkasten was going to blow my mind, but it didn't. It seems like a nice way to organize thoughts to write. I'm usually not writing, just trying to externalize my brain. And for that Zettelkasten doesn't seem to offer much over Linking Your Thinking. (TL;DR pervasive wikilinks.)

I bought “How To Write Smart Notes”, but it’s misnamed: it should've been “Why To…”. I hoped it would tell me how to use Zettelkasten, but by the end it seemed to be a long sales manual without a how-to guide.