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Roam Research

app · in 12 sources (2020)

Sources by year: 2020: 12

Also known as: Roam

Threads

Also named in the threads: Workflow, Ali's series on Nebula of deep dives into how he uses his apps

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Workflow series (6) · Nebula (8) · Notion (17) · Evernote (9) · second brain (5) · Drafts (5) · Apple Watch (4) · Building a Second Brain (3) · Slack (2) · Day One (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-05-05 · My Favourite Mac Apps · What's on my MacBook Pro? — Ali: Roam Research is the app Ali uses for thinking: he writes daily notes and links them with double square brackets into a graph, since Roam tries to replicate how the brain links knowledge. — 00:05:52
    • Ali still uses Evernote: no app handles everything you throw at it as well, and it is the long-term memory of his second brain. — 00:08:08
    • Drafts is Ali's quick-capture tool: he dictates notes into it from his Apple Watch, say while listening to a podcast in the car, and later moves them to Evernote, Notion or Roam Research. — 00:09:27
  • 2020-06-03 · All the Apps I Use in a Day — Ali writes in Roam Research while a piece of writing, an idea or a video plan is at an early stage, then moves it to Notion to write the final video script or the final version of an article or blog post. — 00:03:24
  • 2020-06-23 · My Favourite Productivity Book of All Time — Ali says he pays energy less attention than he should: simply sleeping on time, eating well, drinking lots of water and exercising would probably boost his productivity more than discovering Roam Research, Notion or the latest app. (hedged) — 00:09:11
  • 2020-07-21 (said on 2020-07-20, implied) · How I Organise My Life — Ali: Two key features set Roam Research apart from Evernote and Notion; the first is the daily note: each day the app opens on a new blank page, with no folders or notebooks. — 00:00:58
    • Roam Research's second key feature is bi-directional linking: a phrase put in square brackets becomes its own page, and that page lists every note linking to it as linked references. — 00:02:17
    • Ali's daily Roam Research template gives him six categories of things to focus on each day: create, connect, consume, celebrate, coordinate and consolidate. — 00:10:21
    • Roam Research costs $15 a month, one of Ali's most expensive subscriptions, with a 31-day free trial. — 00:16:58
  • 2020-08-23 · The Perfect Note-Taking App — Ali: Hopping from app to app out of shiny new toy syndrome, from Evernote to Notion, Roam Research and Obsidian, is probably unfulfilling, Ali says: you only go round in circles. (hedged) — 00:06:55
    • Ali uses a combination of four apps for his note-taking: Notion, Roam Research, Evernote and Drafts. — 00:07:56
  • 2020-12-20 · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life — recommendation: Ali: Following Paul Graham's essay The Top of My Todo List, based on The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Ali writes five commandments atop his to-do list: don't ignore your dreams, don't work too much, say what you think, cultivate friendships, be happy. — 00:00:58
  • …and 57 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020