- Mar 2022
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nesslabs.com nesslabs.com
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This quote from G.R.R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire and other novels, offers a good illustration of the key difference between Roam and Notion: “I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they’re going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there’s going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don’t know how many branches it’s going to have, they find out as it grows. And I’m much more a gardener than an architect.”
A good way to think about Roam vs. Notion.
Notion is more for the "architects" and Roam is better suited for the "gardeners."
The thing is, we ALL have parts of our life that require precision and parts where we need creativity. Both tools might be used successfully.
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- Jul 2021
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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While the programming part creates a lot of flexibility, the creation of this system seems awfully heavy and kludgy.
I wonder about the long term stability and data ownership, but it seems so heavy I'm already turned off.
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- May 2021
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www.zylstra.org www.zylstra.org
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I started using Obsidian to make better notes (Notions as I call them), and link them together where I see relevance.
Interesting that there is also a silo version of Obsidian called Notion, which is also similar to Evernote. I wonder if this had any influence on your name? This is a reasonable indicator that it's a good name for these.
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- Apr 2021
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www.notion.so www.notion.so
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Example of dissertation being researched using Notion.
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madland.ca madland.ca
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An interesting outline of how Colin Madland uses Notion for his Ph.D. research work.
He's got a good list of some pros and cons at the bottom. The export sounds a bit hairy on one front, but at least gives you some sort of back up in case the worst were to happen.
Not sure it's the thing for me and I'm happier with my workflow using Obsidian at the moment, though some of the ideas about process here could be helpful.
It looks like he's got some of the same issues in using Grav for his knowledge work as I do in WordPress, though the taxonomy and Webmention portions do tend to help me a bit.
Colin brought this to my attention at the OERxDomains21 conference.
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zettelkasten.de zettelkasten.de
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Goal, is to figure out if I can do this with Notion.
The zettel is the smallest unit, a note entered into the system. It requires a unique identifier, the body/content for the note, and footer/references.
Actively include citations to other Zettels.
Two types of structures depicted graphically
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- Feb 2021
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every.to every.to
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For instance, Notion has a sort of straightforward design that’s meant to be easy for anyone to use and learn. They prioritize making it obvious for newcomers, whereas Roam is more focused on power users who are willing to put quite a bit of effort into learning a new paradigm.
Notice the difference in user interface and onboarding between [[Notion]] and [[Roam Research]].
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- Nov 2020
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www.nateliason.com www.nateliason.com
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This is another area where Roam really stands out from Evernote and Notion. Have you tried to link to another page in either of them? It’s a nightmare of right clicks or slash commands, it takes way too long. In Roam it’s so seamless that you can do it without interrupting your typing flow.
A big benefit of Roam is the speed with which you can make a link to a another page.
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Evernote’s is based on three levels: Stacks, Notebooks, and notes. Each note lives in one notebook, which lives in one stack. Notion, Workflowy, and a few others allow infinite nesting. A note lives in a note lives in a note and so on.
Two top-down approaches to note taking.
In evernote your notes live in Stacks, notebooks or notes.
In Notion and Workflowy you've got blocks than can be infinitely nested.
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- Oct 2020
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www.notion.so www.notion.so
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learningnocode.com learningnocode.com
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- Sep 2020
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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book recommendation: making work visible.
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- May 2020
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techwiser.com techwiser.com
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Notion is more about creating a hub of knowledge or a knowledgebase
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- Dec 2019
- Sep 2019
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stackshare.io stackshare.io
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- Feb 2017
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episteme.univ-nantes.fr episteme.univ-nantes.fr
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filaments
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