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Also -- for folks asking about how we're different from Workflowy or Evernote or existing wiki tools Key claim we have is that knowledge doesn't really fit int
by conaws 7y ago
Also -- for folks asking about how we're different from Workflowy or Evernote or existing wiki tools
Key claim we have is that knowledge doesn't really fit into the tree structure of a file system (nearly 100% of knowledge management tools follow that structure)
In Roam, you can organize things hierarchically -- using indentation -- but when you link to another page, the paragraph or bullet point where you made that link appears in the "references" for that page.
Pages -- like a page for a person, or a concept -- end up getting a sort of implicit definition from all the other places where you talk about them.
So, a page for Alice or Bob for example has all the tasks that have been assigned to them, and all notes from meetings that involved them.
A page for a concept like [[Paul Graham recommends Clojure]] pulls in all the paragraphs or bullet points where you used the term -- and the bullet points nested below.