This Note-Taking App is a Game Changer - Roam Research

Is Roam Research the best note-taking app ever created? Let's take a look.
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[@Thomasfrank]

UPDATE: My friend Nat Eliason (who is way more knowledgeable about Roam than I am) launched a course called Effortless Output in Roam: collegeinfogeek.com/roam-course 👈 check it out if you want to quickly gain a deep understanding of how to use Roam to its max potential. (this is an affiliate link) --- Discount bearded Justin Bieber here - and here's my 1% Rule log for this video: - Used a second camera on a slider to mix up the A-roll. The crews I've worked with on my Skillshare classes have done this, but I'd never done it myself. Couldn't bring myself to cut to Camera B without looking at it, though. - Got a lot better at using multi-camera sequences. There are three "cameras" running - the two normal cameras, plus a screen recording. Making them all a multi-cam sequence kept everything in sync; I was then able to make copies of that multi-cam sequence, using the 2nd for the screen recording and tweaking its timing relative to the main copy in order to make things smoother. - Learned how to reverse a clip for this video! Bet you can't figure out which clip is reversed (hint: It could be video or audio) What is the 1% Rule? Essentially, it's the idea that you should aim to get 1% better with each piece of work you do, instead of pressuring yourself to create "perfect" work. Over time, these 1% improvements add up as long as you're consistent. More info, along with my journal for all videos, here: thomasjfrank.com/my-1-rule-journal/ P.S. - What note-taking app are you using these days? And are there any other apps for which you'd like to see a similar video?

[@xonarofficial]

Thanks for this! It really helps to remind myself that I can slowly improve. Thanks again :)

[@2jacko5]

Hi Thomas, quick question: is it weird when you say 'quite FRANKly' and your last name is FRANK? For some reason I wonder that every time you use that word in your videos, thought I could ask xD

[@davidjames666]

I didn’t know there were shortages of soap and shampoo. get out of your studio and take a shower. you are going to give yourself a rash somewhere.

[@ritme7769]

I'm working on my own app for action-capture. Quick pitch; I take a ton of notes of next actions, but I have no way to decide what to do first. Cardinal is going to make that question more intuitive and free up work memory for work. Whenever I use a note app, I inevitably use it for my GTD items and it always disrupts my workflow, even though I still have to do them. So I came with the idea of an app that's somewhere between my notes and my to do-ist app. Codename; Cardinal. This is how it works; each task bullet point is entered as a single card. Then, out of this pool of cards, a dividing card is chosen at random and you compare all other cards with this one random card individually, swiping left and right. Swiping right means something is high importance compared to the dividing card. Swiping left the opposite. You do that until you sort through all the cards. You then do it again, this time for high urgency and then again for 'high requirements'. The app then makes a recommendation based on how each card ranks on those three categories what sequence you should stick to, so you're always doing things that add the most value. It's supposed to be a step between a note-taking system and a todo-list system. Or just it's own, more limited todo-list. What do you think?

[@xxplosive100]

@@ritme7769 add pomodoro counter , and i will buy

[@tanmoy.mazumder]

i can't take my eyes off of them hair

[@lightman2258]

Actress basics: never let your hair cover your face, if it has no sense for the scene. It only disturbs.

[@DemetriPanici]

#hawt

[@iCanonKiD]

Did he lose a bet or something?

[@elya5593]

2000 Emo Style 🤟

[@larissaheydandrade9785]

YES

[@theicecreamalicorn]

Why is 2010 justin bieber teaching me about note taking

[@manvendrasingh6896]

You precious humour.

[@b4haa7]

Huge *

[@DemetriPanici]

will my views go up if I look like that?

[@gamil867]

It's cause of that helmet

[@ticklemeelmo73]

Very first thing I thought as well.

[@JoshuaCodes]

Before even looking at the comments I already know what people will be commenting about 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@SincerelyMaria]

same here!

[@Theeesiiii]

I only came to the comments to see people talk about Thomas's hair =P

[@aliabdaal]

This video will be iconic

[@vantascuriosity4540]

do you use roam ? or do you prefer notion ?

[@tabbywarrior]

@@vantascuriosity4540 I think he prefers notion still.

[@nielshansen3208]

You two literally are iconic! More inspiring and game changing then any app

[@rdt27]

yes it will be

[@mikastrohle8809]

good stuff

[@blushingbearhere]

The linking system is perfect for my PhD research!! Often I find a quote when doing reading and make a note put this in chapter 3 and then when I’m planning for that chapter have to do control f to go through all of the results to get those quotes which takes hours. I haven’t found an alternative system that doesn’t interrupt my flow of reading. This is perfect!!

[@jeffgrimm]

Yes. I'll be using it for my Master thesis

[@OmarRBR]

Wish I had this just a few months ago, would've made it a LOT easier. Best of luck on your PhD :)

[@sophiac8824]

Same but for my undergraduate dissertation, not as advanced as PhD or Master's but interlinking all the same on a lower level :) Thank you for posting Thomas!

[@Majubs]

I wish this existed two years ago D: my research is spread in excel tables, latex documents and simplenote lol

[@MuniraHoosain]

Finally! A system that looks like it will work for grad students!

[@rithikamadhusha1708]

his hair gives me anxiety

[@DemetriPanici]

Rithika Madhusha so edgy and Biebery at the same time

[@rudylabsilica2286]

He can’t get a haircut too, like the rest of us.

[@rithikamadhusha1708]

@@rudylabsilica2286 where do you live that you can get a haircut, literally everywhere is locked down

[@XAE_A_Xii]

@@rudylabsilica2286 i started shaving my hair with electric shaver, and first time wasn't great (but who care, only my wife really sees me and she accepted i am ugly :)) but second time was a lot better. And a lot easier than anyone wihtout experience can imagine

[@snowflake8191]

justin bieber hair

[@albericponcedeleon2696]

Therapist: "Thomstin Freiber isn't real, he can't hurt you." Thomstin Freiber: 6:54

[@lupipacifica]

I have been using Roam for a month now and I absolutely _love_ it. I used to be a Notion user, but now Roam is my one and only. Loved the video, thank you!

[@emersonvolkova6715]

This app nails it. I especially like the mind-map. It's a perfect reflection of the mental chatter in our heads, and this app brilliantly lays that out for us. I'm a big fan of this cerebral design. Thanks for sharing!

[@sjay4673]

+1 to your Roam Research video, Thomas. I've been using it for the past 6 months for writing and research. It's been the perfect note-taking utility for me. Smart notes (Zettelkasten) + Roam Research = Awesome!

[@sweta9880]

that one strand of hair reaching his nose is actually like literally making this video hard to watch

[@mightsnipe]

In the last half hour from watching this video Ive already fallen in love with this app, wow exactly what Ive been looking for! Thanks Tom!

[@FishGuts92]

Im disappointed in everyone for talking about Thomas' haircut. Like, did no one notice them rollerblading skills?

[@wangxunan1409]

FishGuts92 That clip made me nervous… Looked so dangerous！

[@tsukepen]

This looks great! Thank you for making so many detailed videos on note taking apps I'm still searching for the one that works for me but its great to have you curate and showcase a variety of them!

[@thart522]

I tried Notion and found it too overwhelming for use at work mostly for meeting notes. It was too customizable almost like how I felt when trying out android for a week before going back to iPhone. Roam seems perfect. Will try it out! Hope you do more videos on how you use Roam!

[@mrssmurf55]

Omg the quarantine hair i couldn't stop laughing 😂

[@VishalSharma-rl1ko]

Thomas: Notion is the best note taking app! Me: Oh, cool! Let's move to Notion. Thomas: The Best Note taking App - Roam Research Me: Dang! Will I have to move again!?

[@Valen12valen]

Wait 6 months to the new best note taking app!

[@anthony.s6889]

Valentin Ojeda Villegas wdym?

[@abigailshanae2803]

THIS WAS ME -_-

[@OmarRBR]

If it works for you, then stick to it. There's a lot going in to migrating your stuff and getting accustomed to new systems unless it's *that* much better.

[@faustinejules2777]

He said it's a game changer for research, and Notion is still amazing XD

[@GilWandered]

I just downloaded this and I CAN'T GET ENOUGH! This is so fluid I love it

[@sagek674]

I've been following you for a couple months now and watched a couple of your videos. Just wanted to say I like how well-researched and well-edited your videos are. Keep up the good work!

[@BenSemisch]

Looks handy. I think I've decided that the best route for me is 3x5 note cards. I like hand writing notes, and not having the bound in a notebook lets me move them around and shuffle them. Then when it's time to make the thing, I throw them up on a corkboard as my outline and go from there.

[@daasocialninja4804]

So from this video I had signed up for the Roam Research app primarily how Thomas Frank explained its functionality and uses in associating info which is really great but especially because it is free, this is no fault of Thomas but this app has suddenly required you to pay for an app previously free, and now any notes I had taken previously that needs to be accessed is no longer made available until payment is made. Ofcourse If i knew this was not a free app or continually be made free I would have never joined.

[@tabbywarrior]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@kristaschumacher27]

Thanks for the great overview of Roam. When you were discussing how you track your notes from books in Roam, it make me think of importing Kindle notes and working with them in Roam. Seems like a powerful way to make use of all those Kindle highlights I never go back to.

[@hayden8630]

Thinking of heading to university this summer so began researching productivity apps etc. Your videos are high quality, informative and straight to the point. Keep it up!!

[@andi2578]

One more breakthrough Note taking app. Bring it on!!!

[@cileft011]

wow this seems so intuitive i can't believe no one's made this app before

[@mahmouddaker3936]

This video is produced at a level of its own! Great work Thomas!

[@SuitcaseCoder]

I signed up and have been using roam research since your video first uploaded, and I absolutely love it! I've used it for my own youtube and podcast scripts, as well as to organize some upcoming projects. Great video, thanks!

[@heimerscott]

Roam looks like it could be a great/useful app for Bullet Journaling for folks who enjoy a digital experience more than pen and paper. It really looks like it would be great for Ryder's general minimalist flow, and has all the features needed for the daily log, the monthly log, threading, and creating and linking projects.

[@soundninja99]

The beauty of bullet journal is that it's infinitely and instantly customizable in a way that a digital solution never can be. You can makeit not only perfect for you, but it evolvs with you and you can't outgrow it. It would still be a good alternative to people that want to do daily journaling with a mouse and keyboard, but it's so different to the concept of bullet journal that I wouldn't call it bullet journaling at that point.

[@lapoppy7680]

I was reading How to take smart notes while I found roam so it’s perfect timing. This thing is fantastic, which doesn’t mean we need to leave notion -they have different use cases. Roam is like a personal idea factory and Notion is a master to get things organized.

[@muhammedosman823]

la poppy haw was the book, How to take smart notes ???

[@researchzero4745]

Sorry to disturb you. I am transferring my Roam Research's Beta Account: 1 Graph. Contact me if you need to. Support to e-mail reset and change the password·A beta account can allow users to use roam research for free without paying

[@dannydelgrosso]

This looks like a very interesting note taking app and I am definitely willing to try it but as a software developer I think the best I have used so far is Boostnote (the older app). With easy and quick typing and code integration I've been really enjoying it.

[@MiTsUhIkOHaShIoKa]

The collapse function is a must for me. That's why I've been using text editors for coding, but I'll give this one a try. Thx for sharing!

[@marcocotas6]

Thomas you are getting "Quarentine hair" :D Love from Portugal

[@krzysztofmitko4953]

Português é o melhor língua. Amo-o.

[@diogobernardino54]

@@krzysztofmitko4953 talvez 😁

[@HsinTsungChu]

Great video! Tom, you seem to use quite a few note-taking apps. I am curious to know why you use multiple note-taking apps instead of just one. I understand each app is best suited for a specific task (project management, brain dump, or web clipper, etc). However, the notes aren’t shared between each app after all. I can imagine it’ll be sometimes difficult to remember where a particular note is stored. Plus, you can’t search across all your note-taking apps at once. In this case would it be better to limit oneself to just one app?

[@xtradelite903]

I like that visual aspect “mind map” to all the text that is entered. It’s a great way to record many types of thoughts, see them, and remember them.

[@stephaneenglish4661]

But grey? With no colour blocks, sketches or pictures? That misses the main point of a mind map, which needs mental hooks to help you navigate and memorise it.

[@brandonlange2260]

Just started using roam, and I must say, that as somebody that enjoys taking notes through pen and paper, the simplicity of roam combined with its functionality is starting to make me rethink my life choices

[@DemetriPanici]

But... Notion... All of my work was for nothing :( haha great video Tom

[@Thomasfrank]

I'm definitely not leaving Notion ;)

[@DemetriPanici]

@@Thomasfrank from the bottom of my heart thank you for inspiring me. You've gotten me out of a rut this past year and got me to start making my own self-development content. You're awesome

[@riyaansarfraz8136]

Thomas Frank what else are you using notion for? I cant really think of any other functions than planning and note taking, what’s stoping me from downloading to-do and using that with roam?

[@caelis8568]

@@riyaansarfraz8136 Did you watch the video? Minute 10:45 😀

[@aniyahl24]

This seems perfect for writing a dissertation.

[@hi.kingharry]

Aniyah Watkins think so for my thesis

[@RobertThompsonEshun]

This will definitely help with my creativity and my disorganization. As well as when I do peer reviewed research of clinical trials.

[@shai1254]

This video was produced VERY well! Thank you for going over it so thoroughly. Definitely considering to use it.

[@shamoonsaqib]

Thomas looking like he came straight outta Star Wars fanclub

[@DemetriPanici]

Agreed 😂

[@omipatwa9564]

hahaha

[@Atemu12]

Look at the last line of the video description Coincidence? I think not.

[@sanniichigo949]

Wish I had known about this a year or two ago when I started doing notes for my final high-school exams 😭😭

[@JohnTheStun]

Exactly... I'm in the middle of my uni finals prep and I desperately need this app-but now they're closed for new users.

[@Komatik_]

@@JohnTheStun Can I interest you in an unknown newcomer app called OneNote? You can fold text in bulleted outlines like above and writing [[an existing page's name]] makes a link to that page - you'll have to double-click if you want to collapse/expand with the mouse and have to follow the link you wrote into the new page (just nav over it and press enter) and then write the backlink into [[the page you came from]] yourself since the features haven't really been updated for modernity - they're only 17 years old after all.

[@eljefe4300]

Komatik OneNote is 17 years old?

[@Komatik_]

@@eljefe4300 Yes, the first version was released in 2003 (it didn't have all the fancy cloud features we're used to nowadays - it just read notebook files from disk. SkyDrive integration came circa 2007-2008, around the time Evernote launched. It's funny seeing people say Microsoft copied Evernote :P)

[@eljefe4300]

@@Komatik_ mhmmm interesting. whatcha say about fantastical subscription?

[@Skyora]

I always appreciate the breakdowns Thomas gives. I just started upgrading my notetaking game with Notion and when looking into the different ways people use it, I came across several recommendations for Roam Research. Now that I've seen his explanations on both, I'll stick with Notion for now for notes, project management, organization (because it's miles better than what I was using before) and add Roam Research for writing research later when I can afford it.

[@yudibakshi9445]

could you share you approach to note-taking with Notion ? I have been researching about notion for some time, i haven't been able to figure it out the most effective/best way for me to take notes with it. It'd help, if you could share your approach(if you have written it down) or share the resources from which you found your approach.

[@adilsayeedofficial]

Haven't watched the whole video yet but already love it. Thank you for the time you took to explore and explain this app.

[@thelastcube.]

At one hand are databases and their linking On the other is interlinking blocks and pages They both serve different aspects but seem to be similar. I'd say Roam is more geared towards note taking, and while Notion is pretty good at noting also, it has the benefit of databases and proper organising. Quite something

[@EddySand]

He looks like one of the cartel leaders on Narcos Mexico 😂😂😂

[@tsukusuyomi]

OMG i cannot unsee it now

[@hi.kingharry]

Bad Boys For Life?

[@glubgalub9496]

Lmaooo

[@kevin2share]

El chapo

[@karakurie]

Oh my god, you've sold me in just the first few minutes. I've been looking for a better note taking app than evernote for writing plotting notes, because I like to plot details from big ideas down to each page, down to the dialogue, down to a sentence, and it's soooo frustrating on evernote so I gave up and started writing on post it notes and a notebook. But this solves a lot of my issues. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@SincerelyMaria]

This is actually really helpful! I'm going to try this for my youtube channel! Thanks Thomas! :)

[@kingdavidfrancis]

Nice hair. Bustin Jieber 😂. Great content.

[@Ieonaa]

Well, Roam Research has a waitlist and plenty of questions for those seeking access... An interesting thing, hope it won't take long until they approve people. It sounds like a great project so far. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@Ieonaa]

Actually, I found tiddlywiki.com exists and is a great, insanely customizable opensource that allows you to host and keep your data with no monthly fee and such. I will use that instead. Highly recommended it.

[@MightBeCale]

I really appreciate that this is all genuinely useful information instead of just shilling hard for the app and only speaking positively with no depth, like a lot of other app reviews.

[@ErwinOliva]

Interesting review. Seems an interesting way to capture your ideas/notes and organize them. Been using Evernote but this seems fit for people who love to take a lot of notes, and organize them--research is also up there. Thank you for this.

[@nicolydandara9753]

When you tweeted that your hair was long I didn't think it was LONG

[@prateekmanta2097]

Notion does all these things, except , that mind mapping network... It's linking is also the same !! Bottom line, intense competition between Roam and Notion 😁

[@paulryan8764]

Yeah for me, I don't think it holds a candle to Notion, much more powerful but I guess they are serving a different purpose!

[@sizzlinsj8135]

Checkout tiddlyroam if you can

[@sibylina127]

Finally one comment that is actually related to the content and not Justin Bieber. Lol. I was thinking the exact same. I'll stick with Notion. 👌🏼

[@MyVishnu007]

Actually no, I don't there's any competition between the two as both of them serves two different purposes. RoamResearch's bidirectional link is way more powerful than Notion's linked database as the use case for RoamResearch is for having networked thoughts or as the founder calls it "Idea sex" where you can take a concept or idea from Marcus Aurelius, Albert Einstein, and Arnold Schwarzenegger and connect it together in a way that you produce (or reproduce) a new idea. Which is actually very powerful because what is an original idea? It is a combination of your own experiences or mental models plus the content that already exists in the world which you've consumed in different ways which you mix and match together. And RoamResearch aides you in making those connections better. Whereas Notion's use case is more different, as Ivan Zhao, the founder inspired by the Computer visionaries of the 70's I think wanted it to be a single tool for building tools or workflow for non-developers. And also a place where you don't need to separate your word file, from your excel sheets or bookmarks or Trello board or job tracker or project management, etc. Like a lot of SaaS tools are unnecessary when you can do most of it in Notion with a bit of learning.

[@ryanbloomfield781]

Love this vid man! As I do all your content! I am just getting into notion and was curious if you happen to have any tutorial vids or recommendations on how to create an advanced workspace within notion! Thanks, Thomas Frank, you da man!

[@chaos_monster]

This reminds me extremely of Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten - and then I heard it in the video while writing this I use markdown files within iCloud and the original numbering as file names for my personal Zettelkasten for quite some time. This forces me to work also with my Zettelkasten, when I want to add new notes. For research I mostly use my ipad with goodnotes next to be read book and afterwards I use the universal version of goodnotes on mac to create actual notes for my Zettelkasten

[@MarcFitt]

Your hair can’t be real. What is this type of sorcery?

[@jedisentinel4879]

It's called redbones hair. I also have the blessing/curse.

[@JOSEMiguel-yd6ij]

Not sure what to focus. The app's potential or Thomas' hair🤔

[@ethicalathlete8520]

I love your Chanel so much! You’ve helped me so much over the years! Have been really enjoying mind maps lately so roam seems almost perfect

[@aarond9563]

Oh my goodness. This is so complicated, robust, and powerful. I'm overwhelmed but I'm also intrigued and tempted t get it.

[@viniciusbortoletto5737]

Is this like a parody of that Seinfeld episode where they don't have water pressure in the building?

[@ivankontra3446]

how nice to find..... ON THE END OF MY LAST SEMESTER

[@mkunruh44]

Love, love, love ROAM research. It's perfect for how I read, take notes and think. I just hope it doesn't go away.

[@seanhernandez1183]

Dude! Thank you! I'll have to try it out to be sure, but I'm positive this is what I am missing out of my 'productivity suite'. All the tools I use there is nothing that quite captures the way I like to brainstorm and note take - which as much as I try to do in Notion, Keep, Docs, and brain mapping apps, I end up going to paper. Nothing wrong with going to paper (aka Rocketbook), but from what I can tell from your video it looks like I can just straight brain dump and then get close to automating all of the association that would normally take quite a bit of time for me to do manually. Thanks!

[@KoiAcademy]

😎 Love the new hairstyle man it fits you well. But is it by design or by obligation ?

[@DemetriPanici]

Ok but if I grow my hair out like that will my views go up?

[@paquinki]

that's exactly how it works

[@MidnightStar13]

Thank you for this, I hadn't heard of Roam and it seems like it will be really useful for all the job-based research I'm doing at home right now!

[@binguslevine]

Thanks for the effort you put into all of your videos. This video sold me on Roam Research, but I wonder if you'd have time to potentially go a little more vertical and show how you would/could use this program specifically (exclusively) within the Zettelkasten system? Either way, thanks very much. Very helpful.

[@angelinapagano547]

literally reddit for notetaking

[@hidekigomi]

I can’t help myself saying “inner beauty, inner beauty” but the gap from the profile photo made me say “maybe”

[@Axelortega]

This note - taking seems really amazing. Im really exited to use it. Thank you. I dont know what I would do without you, Thomas Bieber.

[@mibreit-photo]

Thanks for the video. I think this will be interesting for me once they've done the following: "... want to get to the place where there is a close to plain text representation of your Roam workspace on your file system that syncs both ways" ... I understand that currently it's still only running as a service in the browser. It would be great if they standardize some of the linkage stuff they are doing in the future, so it can be used more widely

[@SuilujChannel]

hey i just found the open source app trilium. i think it is a better solution than roam research because you own your notes and still can sync them between instances. it does include all the features of roam research (including backlinks). perhaps you can make a video about it.

[@juliamikhailova2573]

Thanks for recommendation! Love the app so far :D

[@Speckles143]

Great video! Roam has very appealing features, but I'm getting quite overwhelmed with the amazing tools out there (e.g. notion, roam, evernote, keep) for organization/productivity/note-taking. How do you recommend setting up a cohesive system so you can easily use the right tools for the right tasks?

[@BillBrandon]

I feel your pain. I am also looking for an app that will help in my work. I believe that what it takes is to identify the key tasks and workflows in my work and get the best fit(s) for those. If Roam had an API, it might serve as the center point, but it does not have an API. I write and also edit an online magazine for instructional designers. Lots of research, lots of projects and deadlines, tons of email with writers and experts, plus my own list of to-do items. And I read and take notes constantly about “everything” never knowing when some odd idea is going to strike the.right spot. I tried Roam months ago but dropped it because the blog entries and fan-grams were so hard to make sense of and eventually I gave up. This video helped clear away a lot of the fog, so I’m thinking of trying again . My regular apps include Evernote (since 2008; it’s a hopeless mess now), Notion, WorkFlowy, Fantastical, Drafts, and Scrivener. Most of them do not talk to the others and do not offer an effective way to port their content for so as to move old notes somewhere else. As I said, I feel your pain.

[@Sahilvstheworld]

Woooo , I’m early. I love you man, keep doing what you’ve been doing. You inspire me to make videos

[@PriDrummond]

OMG, that's what I was creating for me! So good it is already done! Thanks for the video.

[@philipgeorge3472]

Roam owns all of your data and can access it at will. They'll eventually have the data stolen and the world will have your inner thoughts, priorities and overall style/personality.

[@Yunghamz]

Yup. Encryption is poor and data storage is unreliable. They came on twitter to say they are going to start charging $15 a month without fixing the faults. Anyone who pointed out faults got angsty responses about how their product is not for them. Amazing what little hype does to you.

[@jaimesuarezpa]

Great, the access to this app is closed to new users and to get on the waiting list I have to answer a lot of non-sense, at the end of the day, the app looks interesting but they can kiss my entire note-taking az.

[@rohansth]

One of the question was who would you take advice from: some guy or a racoon (trash taking panda)

[@vishnuprasanth4725]

@@rohansth Yeah, I should've selected the magical racoon.

[@NathanielHarari]

@@vishnuprasanth4725 I selected the racoon. Then again, maybe it was because I answered it around 2am.....

[@TheEnneagram]

I, too, selected the Magical Trash Panda as my guide; it seemed the obvious answer to a trick question.

[@amcleanYT]

Yep me too

[@nikkidatlangin6603]

I love roam!! Been using it to write up notes from books and articles ever since I saw it in the newsletter.

[@GM-qi8pw]

you can also do what roam does in Onenote. if you double click the selected paragraph, the paragraph below it that are "Tabbed" will collapse. and then if you double click it again, then you will expand it again.

[@Akshatgiri]

Thomas - Note taking app Everyone in comments - JuSTin BiEbER

[@mheabardouille2651]

Quarantine Hair. 12/10

[@pereenbandal2854]

A video and app I have been looking for. Thank you :)

[@mydailyburger3924]

You're the best! This is so insightful!

[@petor95]

Goldmine! I'd like to ask you all for help; What do you think about using this ALONGSIDE notion for creativity?(creativity = generating new ideas by associating old knowledge). Seems challenging but Notion as a database + Roam as a capturing area for your new ideas could be a valuable combo. Would appreciate opinions on this 🙏🏾🙃 ALSO Thomas - Big thanks for the detailed review/making me aware this exists! ✋🏾👍🏾

[@Thomasfrank]

That's essentially what I'm doing! I still prefer to write my video scripts in Notion, and for project management and building documentation for my team, Notion is still hands-down the winner due to the Loom integration, ease of pasting in screenshots, and template engine. With just a couple months' experience, I'm still kind of a Roam noob, but I'll most likely be using it primarily for idea capture, research and book notes, and messy video outlines.

[@osse1n]

Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure.

[@ethaniel7551]

Or Tom's hair

[@krb7775]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to do the research on this. 🙏🏾✨

[@stevesloan5935]

I often struggle between using a mind-mapping application and another app for notes, brainstorming, research, so Roam seems to address this. FWIW my favorite mind-mapping apps so far are Xmind (elegance, speed) and Ayoa (real-time collab). Questions: where do you think the balance point is for using apps with some overlap, such as Roam, Evernote, Notion? Do you find yourself copying content from one to the other, and if so, how much? What is your favorite app for voice dictation into a document?

[@toetoe2]

I love the concept. But I am concerned about lock-in. If I am dumping all of my notes into the tool and the company ever were to go bust all of that work is stuck in there. Given the proprietary nature of data model with links etc, exporting it to another tool might be hard or even impossible, without losing much of the meta information associated with all the links.

[@ceankarlos5233]

”zuko, its time we have a talk,... about your hair... its gone too far”

[@ry.0]

hahhaha

[@kshitijkadiya7804]

This 😂😂😂

[@yonathanzahavi458]

Hahaha avatar reference is always appreciated

[@g.hopperova4708]

I went to the comment section just to check comments about Thomas' hair and I'm not disappointed! But great video again! Thank you for motivating me now during these difficult times!

[@nim_yo]

Awesome content! The filmography is great as always!

[@coryhames9331]

Dear Thomas Frank, Long ago Just like the cut you die to get again Barbers are so far from you Cutting on Just like the trim you wish to partake again The hairs of everyone you know And what's the shave you take From every blade you break And like the shirt you'll stain We're all in quarantine tonight What's the worst that I can say? Your hairs are better kept this way? So long quar-and-tine So long quarantine ~My Chemical Comment Section

[@ChasingObstacles]

Am I the only one that was surprised by the roller blades skills?

[@makecowsnotwar]

I've been trying to find a program for a personal wiki/zettelkasten for a few weeks now! This is all the usability I've been searching for in programs like zimwiki or notion. Thanks Tom!

[@alanw4803]

Question: When should we use Evernote vs. Roam? I use Notion as a Wiki but am confused about using Evernote and Roam

[@prasanna4399]

Hairstyle: Justin Bieber Face: Liam payne

[@anisaelmer7199]

4:41 Каталог из русской библиотеки :) Кто-нибудь ещё заметил?

[@WhereWhoMe]

Another interesting tool. I might use it as a way to go through my notes to study for my finals. On my list of things to check out... after the project.

[@johnespino886]

The linking thing is something that I've been really wanting to implement on my Notion stuff, and that's why most of my notes and thoughts are in tables and linked databases. That said that system can get very finicky and there's a lot of duplicate things I have to do to achieve it. For example, if there's a KZbin video I watched, below my notes there's usually a section for references. This could be books, films, other KZbin videos and the like. This page itself is part of a database that has time, link, etc. attributes. I could put all of the reference links on the bottom of the note, but I also create linked databases to my Books, KZbin, etc. databases. It's a ton of work but it really helps me ground what is the reason why I wanted to get into a book or something. Another example is when there is a film that's recommended by someone (in a review, or a personal message to me). I often keep detailed information where I got the recommendation and what led me to want to watch a specific film, and that's all governed by this same database and database-linking system. It could get tedious however when I'm linking a book/film/etc. to different databases-someone recommended it to me, someone made a review of it, or someone made mention of it in a KZbin video. The current system is workable, as I could immediately see where it's link, but you really have to dedicate yourself to keeping this system intact and in check. (I take the time to do this because I find it extremely useful for me and my learning style.) Roam tries to accomplish this linking through a very simple inline-based linking with the benefit of having a visual overview of the links that you've made. BUT a database/table view would also be very useful for this. That's really just the only thing that kept me from jumping all into Roam Research for research and structured learning note taking purposes. The lack of a mobile app is sort of forgivable, if not because Notion has a bad mobile app as well. Truthfully, the fastest and best way for me to use Notion is through a web browser on the laptop or tablet/mobile, and with Roam that's the only way you can do that anywhere. ALL THESE SAID, I really, really, really, really think both apps have to improve on the UI and UX. There's so many ways to display these beautiful pieces of data that could be truly meaningful and accessible to the user, and neither is really 'there' yet in terms of polish (Roam more than Notion, but Roam is a relatively newer product so there's that).