Heptabase: Deconstructing ideas visually (personal knowledge management tips)

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VIDEO OVERVIEW
In this video, we explore the art of deconstructing ideas using whiteboards and visual note-taking with the Heptabase app.
Inspired by an email from Julian Shapiro on generating consistent novel ideas, the video demonstrates how to transform your favorite articles, newsletters or books into a visual masterpiece on a whiteboard.
The process involves defining the main idea, extracting and grouping supporting information, visually connecting thoughts with lines, and adding questions as titles for easy navigation. The use of horizontal and vertical organization aids in skimming for main ideas or delving deeper into supporting content. Additionally, the incorporation of colors and idea breadcrumbs enhances the visual appeal and accessibility of information.
Learn how this method can be a powerful tool for idea organization and exploration.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Sense-making with Heptabase
01:06 Add content to the whiteboard
02:24 Define the main idea
03:10 Extract and group information
04:44 Connect the thoughts visually
07:03 Make the title a question
08:15 Purpose of horizontal and vertical lines
09:50 Use color to pull out important information
11:01 Idea breadcrumbs
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[@cocreatorsgroup8591]

I love your train of thought Greg. I've just spent this weekend diving deep into this area of personal Knowledge Management. I used to use Evernote and then migrated to the Google ecosystem but got lost in truly documenting thoughts of my life. I bumped into your information when I looked up hepta base because of Tom at paperless. I'm always willing to learn more and would love your feedback.

[@Greg_Wheeler]

Hey! Thanks for sharing some of your back story. I'll try my best to provide feedback. How can I best help you out?

[@Atticus_Moore]

Thank you! this is very helpful. i just started a free trial to see if i'd like heptabase and i've just been doing everything in cards which is great, but for the mind maps i'd like to just drop pictures and text as needed without everything needing to be a card so i'm very glad that this is possible. i stlll need to try out some more apps though before i settle on which one i'm going to stick with for a good while.

[@Greg_Wheeler]

Sweet! Let me know if ya have any thoughts or questions.

[@Atticus_Moore]

@Greg_Wheeler what are some unique ways you've incorporated templates, tables, kanban, and statuses for projects or simple organizations of life? Can you put whiteboards inside of whiteboards? If so, how?