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What are folks using PKMS for? (self.pkms)
submitted 2 years ago by micseydel to c/pkms
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I recently used linked thinking in Obsidian to do some critical meme analysis for therapy. It was a good exercise in creating index notes, e.g. a meme crossing over Marvel and The Good Place wouldn't fit in a folder for either one.

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[-] Callie 4 points 2 years ago

Been using Roam on and off for a while. A friend of mine calls it her exocortex and I’ve been feeling similarly. As someone with ADHD it’s so nice to be able to offload a bunch of mental overhead to a place where I can just review it later without having to struggle to recall what I wanted to remember!

[-] micseydel 2 points 2 years ago

Even though I prefer Obsidian now, Roam was like being able to run after only having crawled with Google Docs. It changed how I approach thinking.

[-] Callie 2 points 2 years ago

Can you describe what you like about Obsidian vs Roam? You’re not the first person I’ve heard say they switched.

[-] micseydel 2 points 2 years ago

There are lots of different ways to compare, but with Obsidian I like

  • that I spend zero ongoing cognitive energy on security/privacy/availability concerns
  • first-class aliases
  • speed
  • easy to backup continuously
  • local graph view
  • (while I don't use it much,) the mobile app is much more solid
  • the leadership and the business
  • I find it easier to do long-form writing

I do miss Roam's outliner and backlinks sometimes, but not enough to have bothered with a plugin yet. I also wasn't sure about Roam's future, and remained a paid subscriber to support them until I saw how the CEO had decided to moderate the subreddit.

[-] Callie 1 points 2 years ago

I hadn’t been following the CEO’s behavior. The rest sounds excellent, I’d kill for a decent mobile app. My single greatest frustration with roam is the glacial loading speed on mobile since I’m usually using it to hastily type a note while out doing other things. Thank you for the rundown, I’ll definitely be looking into switching over.

[-] micseydel 2 points 2 years ago

I honestly don't use the mobile app much, but when I tried to use Roam's app in a doctor visit, it was embarrassing to wait 30 seconds for it to load. It was doubly embarrassing when I compulsively closed the app and had to open it again 🙃

I hope you post about your experience experimenting with Obsidian :)

[-] micseydel 1 points 2 years ago

Hey, I wanted to take some time to re-find it but this video was what pushed me to make the switch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x54XJrECvk

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