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😊 Fico feliz em te ter por aqui. Alguma sugestão do que você gostaria de ver?

@@BiaResearcher adoraria ver casos de uso e exemplos mais avançados no Scrintal!

Unfortunately not yet. It seems there are different import/export options in their roadmap but I don't have much information about that yet

You can share a board via a publishing link but there is no paywall embedded. If you want you can do the same people would do with Notion Templates in the past. Create your paywall and only give the board link after the paywall. The problem is that (like Notion) people may end up redistributing that link.

I never used Apple FreeForm so I wouldn't know for sure.

I understand as I also use mobile quite a bit. I used to use the browser on mobile with version 1 but haven't tried the playground yet. In any case the screen of the phone is too small to properly work with boards. I suppose that a mobile version would be focused on quick capture, search, and etc. Not sure how the visual part of it could work 🤔 Any thoughts?

@@BiaResearcher Yeah, I get what you said regarding checking the board on the phone, but it's still important to be able to access cards. Heptabase did quite a good job with their mobile app where you can access cards but also boards. You can also capture information directly from the iOS sharesheet for example. While Scrintal looks appealing the fact they're really not planning to launch a mobile app (read a few comments from them about that topic) will be difficult for user adoption.

@@BiaResearcher Heptabase has mobile apps with editable boards, I believe

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@@BiaResearcher Firs, thanks for the video. Loved to know the new features and the really made me want to check it out again. Regarding the mobile, I agree that the main focus could be for quick capture, access information of pages, blocks on the go. But even the visual board, it's possible to provide good enough experience to justify the necessity of it, just check Heptabase, Obsidian, Miro, Mural, MindNode, MindMeister...they all provide great experience on the visual board ✨

That's a perfect use case for it 😊

@@BiaResearcher 🙂

The PKM Mindsets are real, 30 and counting 😊 I teach them in my courses and mentorship programme but I don't have a book yet.

I have that workflow as well 😊

They are in the same niche but the experience in using them is different.

Thank you 😊 I am not sure. By tables you mean visual tables or databases?

@BiaResearcher database table where we can sort and filter etc.

You are welcome 😊

Yes. I would expect Obsidian would have at least some plug-ins improving the Canvas by now. Perhaps it is not a priority?

@@BiaResearcher It seems that most people who use obsidian prefer note-based link navigation from note to note. I like being able to see all my notes in one spot, and often get lost if I can't get a bird's eye view. If Scrintal had a mobile app for recording fleeting notes and such it would be perfect, but for now I just use other apps for that.

Thank you for the kind words 😊

I am happy it was useful 😊

Let me know if you want to see anything else in particular and I will be happy to share a bit more 😊

That's cool! Anything in particular that caught your attention?

Glad it was interesting! 😊

I am happy it helps 😊

Yes, the potential is incredible 😊

Evernote is still the best app for capturing sources and also quick for capturing ideas so I don't think that is absurd 😊 If all you want is simplicity then it works well. The unique problem, in my opinion, is when we start to have too many notes and want to make sense of them all. In that case, having a visual board where you can spread ideas around and connect them really helps. Do you know if Evernote already allows exporting notes in Markdown?

Scrintal has a new version coming up in a few days: ruclips.net/video/Q2WhJtCn5eY/видео.htmlsi=II3geKFVt5s8PbPz

One of my clients uses Obsidian with the Hover editor but it is not as powerful when it comes to making sense of things using the Canvas.

I used to have that issue but then it got fixed as they improved the platform a few months ago.

Thanks 🥰 I am usually too self-conscious about my accent and pronounciation, so your comment warms my heart. For developing plots you may want to check the new version of Scrintal they will be releasing the next days: ruclips.net/video/Q2WhJtCn5eY/видео.htmlsi=II3geKFVt5s8PbPz

Thanks for the feedback. It is always challenging to create interesting videos 😊

I am glad it helped

Yes, Hover Editor is what I use for this instance, really helpful.

@zbyszeks3657 It is currently on-line only. You can use it offline if you are logged into the app but if it logs off then you need internet. Their main use case is synch between devices and collaboration by teams, so I guess that's why they took this route.

Yes, when we link something "new" to something "known", it is easier to remember it it. And yes, I am Brazilian 😊

I have heard about Milanote but have never tried it so I can't say much. The way I see is that Milanote is for visual note-taking (you call it "graphical") whereas Scrintal is for the visual organisation of notes or how to make sense of information by arranging content blocks in space. They have added "arrows and lines" in the version they are releasing soon, but no support for visual note-taking yet. I am not sure if that is part of their goal to be honest.

@@BiaResearcher @BiaResearcher Thanks a lot for your answer and comment. Just the addition of arrows and lines could be tools that help a little my way of note taking. In my opinion, future possible "visual" little tools in Scrintal would not change its "original soul" ... In the meantime I'm looking forward the new update...

Yes. You can get a free trial if invited by a current customer. I am not sure if they are releasing a public free trial after the official launch though.

That's wonderful! I hope you enjoy the process as it is a process of learning about ourselves as well 😊

Yes, I tried it. Anything in particular you want to point out (or ask)?

Sometimes the friction comes from the app, sometimes it comes from the methods we are using. One example I like to give is to "organise notes". Organisation of notes can be super tedious or become a form of active procrastination. I used to become frustrated when organising my notes, that's why I changed it to "organising my ideas" (and that's where linking enters for me). Linking becomes a form of making sense of what relates to what rather than "structuring my notes" (if that makes sense 😅) I wonder if your friction with linked notes may be related to that. Also, thank you for your kind PS. It brought me tears (no kidding) 😊🙏🏻

Thanks for the feedback and I am glad it helped 😊 Only in my workflow alone there are other points of comparison, most in favour of Scrintal but some definitely in favour of Obsidian as well. Your comment inspired me to think about other videos I could be recording. I won't promise but I will definitely keep it in mind. Thanks a lot!

I love the idea behind Excalidraw. I don't think it solves the problem I mentioned in the video (I may be wrong as there is sometime already since I last tested it), but it opens up the possibility for something that I would love to see as reality: linked diagrams. No other app is so close to it as the Excalidraw plugin, I believe. That's the idea where the different "shapes" in a diagram link to different notes/boards. So rather than representing everything as a graph, we can represent things as graphics. I don't know any other tool that can do that apart from the Excalidraw plug-in. (do you know any?)

@@BiaResearcher No I dont know another that does it like excalidraw. Its a game changer but I see your point most defineately. Keep the videos coming. You earned a new subscriber 🙂

oh thanks. I just hope my next videos won't disappoint 😅

Dá uma olhada no Excalibrain, que é usado junto com o Excalidraw. Acho que é essa a solução para o que vc quer!

Yes, I agree. I have changed apps a few times and I don't regret it 😊 The problem, as you mentioned, is mindless switching, often with the hope that "the next app will be better" but without thinking "better for what?"

I am glad to hear you have found an app that brings you joy. I believe that is the most important 😊 Also, you got me curious on the Graph Banner plug-in, now I need to check it out (I won't move away from Scrintal, but it can help my students who want to use Obsidian). Thanks for the pointer.

I am glad it helped 😊

I agree. The app is a means to an end, and jumping from app to app without knowing what we are trying to do will just bring frustration anyway. Having said that, there is one thing we disagree on and one thing I would like to play devil's advocate about 😊 I disagree that we should master the tool (and fully implement that tool's process) before improving the process. That would be like using a hammer to fix a screw before we decide that twisting it is a better process. Some tools may throw our minds in the wrong direction to the point where our processes can't be optimised for what we want to do. So I believe, instead, that we should focus on our processes before fully focusing on a tool. Of course, to get started choose any tool, stay with it for a while, discover what you want, and then find a tool that suits your mindset and methods best. But it doesn't mean to marry the tool before thinking about the process. On the Devil's advocate side, there is one reason I find it useful to keep an eye on new apps, which is to: learn new ways of thinking. It doesn't mean to jump from app to app, but keep an eye on them. These new ways of thinking can provide a perspective on why we are finding friction in our processes, and then we can decide how to use our current app with that new way of thinking.

In Scrintal, the notes live independently of the boards, so you can move them in or out of boards as you wish. In fact, a note can exist outside of all boards (you can find it via the Archive, links from other notes, or the search). The general graph tends to have too much information to be useful for this use case. If I open my Scrintal graph in Obsidian I can't really see the "empty space" between connected components. The local graph wouldn't work as I wouldn't know which local graphs to have opened. We only know after seeing all cards created within that "section". Someone mentioned ExcaliBrain, but I haven't tried it so I am not sure if it would work. Maybe worth a try? I only confidently made the move to Scrintal when they added the option to export all my notes as Markdown files, so I always have my own backup. Having said that, I wouldn't try to convince you to go out of Obsidian. Each person has their own needs (and honestly, Obsidian is great!) so if that works well for you, I don't see why you would need to move 😊

@@BiaResearcher I’m always looking at alternatives, it’s not I find Obsidian perfect~ Thanks for the info! If you export your Scrintal notes in MD, and you open the folder as a vault in Obsidian, would the connections work? I.e. does Scrintal use the same way of connecting files (at least in the exports) as Obsidian and co?

Yes, the notes work and the exported links are like the ones in Obsidian. Having said that, the export function in Scrintal is not the best. In the filesystem, each file needs to have a unique name, but in Scrintal two or more cards can have the same title if you want to. So when they export, the name of the file is a code rather than the title of the card, which is not good if you want to know what is inside a note. That's something we have reported so let's see when the team will change that.

@@BiaResearcher very useful, thanks!