6000 words discussing the differences and why you might choose one over the other
Table of Contents
- My Note-taking Background
- It Took Some Time
- Plain Text Files + Local Storage = Future-Proof
- Privacy
- Data Loss
- It’s Beautiful
- Plug-in Methodology
- Backlinks, Linked Mentions, Unlinked Mentions and Tagging
- Block Structure
- Block References
- Note Outline, Tag Panel and Pinning Panels
- Boolean Search
- The Graph View
- The Developers
- The Community
- Pricing
- Conclusions (aka: tldr)
My Note-taking Background
This will be a long read, but hopefully a helpful one for folks trying to decide between these two applications.
For some background, I am a fairly long-standing Roam user, having used the application since around February 2020 up until the last few months.
Let me start…
The Discovery of Viagra
In 1989, sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient for Viagra, was failing.
Classified under the low-priority project, UK92480, sildenafil was undergoing testing in South East England as a potential new agent for the treatment of high blood pressure.
The results were underwhelming.
It was so close to failure that people weren’t coming to meetings. I mean, you know how people sort of smell failure and disappear? It was that close.
— David Brown (Pfizer chemist); Excerpt from Bloomberg Interview
The team were given an ultimatum. Come back with results or the project gets canned.
Fortunately, that’s when results began emerging from…
Niles Wyler
A would-be writer, trying my hand. Interested in tools for thought and the anti-productivity movement.
