Yes, I read (most of) that earlier this afternoon. Good stuff!

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 8:34:02 PM UTC-6, Diego Mesa wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Like you Im *very *impressed. Take a look at the white paper (presented 
> in Roam):
>
> https://roamresearch.com/#/v8/help/page/Vu1MmjinS
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 8:12:31 PM UTC-6, David Gifford wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> The bi-directional thread I started this morning referenced Roam. Since 
>> that thread got things moving in one direction, the topic of Roam needs to 
>> go in this separate thread.
>>
>> I have been playing with Roam (https://roamresearch.com/) off and on 
>> today. It is pretty amazing. It is still in beta and has huge rough edges. 
>> But what it does, it does really well.
>>
>> 1) Has most of the functionality of other outliners. So it is really fast 
>> for writing.
>>
>> 2) The bidirectional links is more than just displaying the link. Here is 
>> a link to my experimenting: 
>> https://roamresearch.com/#/app/giffmex/page/I1UV-3WO-
>>
>> 2.a) Follow a tag or a link on that page (for example 'Jealousy' - note 
>> that at present tags and links are functionally the same in Roam), to see 
>> not only the link back to El Placer de vivir, but also the lines with those 
>> links - and that section is editable (when not in read-only mode). 
>> 2.b) If you change a page title, it automatically changes all links. 
>> 2.c) Oh, and in that editable sectoin of backlinks, it also shows 
>> unlinked references to the present page, and gives you a button to 'Link 
>> all'. 
>> '
>> 3) In the left sidebar, click on Graph overview. Click on a node to see 
>> its relationships light up. Then right-click a node and choose View in cose 
>> layout'
>>
>> 4) In the left sidebar, click All pages to see and search all the pages.
>>
>> 5) Right-click the page title (El placer de vivir... or whatever page you 
>> have open at this point) and choose open in right sidebar. You can have 
>> that open and edit it while going to another page, and have them side by 
>> side.
>>
>> 6) Feel free to read my comments in the "Thoughts on Roam" page, linked 
>> to from the left sidebar shortcuts area
>>
>> 7) There are numerous features you can't see in a read-only page: 
>> diagrams, tables, emojis, quick embedding of Youtube videos, tasks and 
>> scheduling, etc. If you want to play with the editing features, go to 
>> https://roamresearch.com/#/v8/help/page/1308. 
>>
>> 7.a) Try typing a / in the text somewhere to see the insertion options 
>> menu that comes up.
>>
>> 7.b) Right-click a bullet to see more options
>>
>> 7.c) Lots of valuable pages in there about knowledge management and 
>> Getting things done, and other topics, as well as help for Roam. See the 
>> All pages section.
>>
>> I am not requesting feedback, and it is not a matter of comparing Roam 
>> and TiddlyWiki (largely a case of apples and oranges), nor am I requesting 
>> these features. I am just posting this because I was impressed, and thought 
>> you all might like to see this. This makes the production of topical notes 
>> based on research and reading very easy on a very huge scale. Enjoy.
>>
>

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