This Note-Taking App is a Game Changer - Roam Research
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2020
- Is Roam Research the best note-taking app ever created? Let's take a look.
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P.S. - What note-taking app are you using these days? And are there any other apps for which you'd like to see a similar video?
Thanks for this! It really helps to remind myself that I can slowly improve. Thanks again :)
Hi Thomas, quick question: is it weird when you say 'quite FRANKly' and your last name is FRANK? For some reason I wonder that every time you use that word in your videos, thought I could ask xD
I didn’t know there were shortages of soap and shampoo. get out of your studio and take a shower. you are going to give yourself a rash somewhere.
I'm working on my own app for action-capture. Quick pitch; I take a ton of notes of next actions, but I have no way to decide what to do first. Cardinal is going to make that question more intuitive and free up work memory for work.
Whenever I use a note app, I inevitably use it for my GTD items and it always disrupts my workflow, even though I still have to do them.
So I came with the idea of an app that's somewhere between my notes and my to do-ist app. Codename; Cardinal.
This is how it works; each task bullet point is entered as a single card. Then, out of this pool of cards, a dividing card is chosen at random and you compare all other cards with this one random card individually, swiping left and right.
Swiping right means something is high importance compared to the dividing card. Swiping left the opposite.
You do that until you sort through all the cards. You then do it again, this time for high urgency and then again for 'high requirements'.
The app then makes a recommendation based on how each card ranks on those three categories what sequence you should stick to, so you're always doing things that add the most value.
It's supposed to be a step between a note-taking system and a todo-list system. Or just it's own, more limited todo-list.
What do you think?
@@ritme7769 add pomodoro counter , and i will buy
i can't take my eyes off of them hair
Actress basics: never let your hair cover your face, if it has no sense for the scene. It only disturbs.
#hawt
Did he lose a bet or something?
2000 Emo Style 🤟
YES
Why is 2010 justin bieber teaching me about note taking
You precious humour.
Huge *
will my views go up if I look like that?
It's cause of that helmet
Very first thing I thought as well.
Before even looking at the comments I already know what people will be commenting about 🙇🏻♂️
same here!
I only came to the comments to see people talk about Thomas's hair =P
The linking system is perfect for my PhD research!! Often I find a quote when doing reading and make a note put this in chapter 3 and then when I’m planning for that chapter have to do control f to go through all of the results to get those quotes which takes hours. I haven’t found an alternative system that doesn’t interrupt my flow of reading. This is perfect!!
Yes. I'll be using it for my Master thesis
Wish I had this just a few months ago, would've made it a LOT easier. Best of luck on your PhD :)
Same but for my undergraduate dissertation, not as advanced as PhD or Master's but interlinking all the same on a lower level :) Thank you for posting Thomas!
I wish this existed two years ago D: my research is spread in excel tables, latex documents and simplenote lol
Finally! A system that looks like it will work for grad students!
This video will be iconic
do you use roam ? or do you prefer notion ?
@@vantascuriosity4540 I think he prefers notion still.
You two literally are iconic! More inspiring and game changing then any app
yes it will be
good stuff
I have been using Roam for a month now and I absolutely _love_ it. I used to be a Notion user, but now Roam is my one and only. Loved the video, thank you!
Therapist: "Thomstin Freiber isn't real, he can't hurt you."
Thomstin Freiber: 6:54
This app nails it. I especially like the mind-map. It's a perfect reflection of the mental chatter in our heads, and this app brilliantly lays that out for us. I'm a big fan of this cerebral design. Thanks for sharing!
+1 to your Roam Research video, Thomas. I've been using it for the past 6 months for writing and research. It's been the perfect note-taking utility for me.
Smart notes (Zettelkasten) + Roam Research = Awesome!
Omg the quarantine hair i couldn't stop laughing 😂
In the last half hour from watching this video Ive already fallen in love with this app, wow exactly what Ive been looking for! Thanks Tom!
I tried Notion and found it too overwhelming for use at work mostly for meeting notes. It was too customizable almost like how I felt when trying out android for a week before going back to iPhone. Roam seems perfect. Will try it out! Hope you do more videos on how you use Roam!
his hair gives me anxiety
Rithika Madhusha so edgy and Biebery at the same time
He can’t get a haircut too, like the rest of us.
@@rudylabsilica2286 where do you live that you can get a haircut, literally everywhere is locked down
@@rudylabsilica2286 i started shaving my hair with electric shaver, and first time wasn't great (but who care, only my wife really sees me and she accepted i am ugly :)) but second time was a lot better. And a lot easier than anyone wihtout experience can imagine
justin bieber hair
This looks great! Thank you for making so many detailed videos on note taking apps I'm still searching for the one that works for me but its great to have you curate and showcase a variety of them!
I just downloaded this and I CAN'T GET ENOUGH! This is so fluid I love it
that one strand of hair reaching his nose is actually like literally making this video hard to watch
So from this video I had signed up for the Roam Research app primarily how Thomas Frank explained its functionality and uses in associating info which is really great but especially because it is free, this is no fault of Thomas but this app has suddenly required you to pay for an app previously free, and now any notes I had taken previously that needs to be accessed is no longer made available until payment is made. Ofcourse If i knew this was not a free app or continually be made free I would have never joined.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I've been following you for a couple months now and watched a couple of your videos. Just wanted to say I like how well-researched and well-edited your videos are. Keep up the good work!
This video is produced at a level of its own! Great work Thomas!
Thomas: Notion is the best note taking app!
Me: Oh, cool! Let's move to Notion.
Thomas: The Best Note taking App - Roam Research
Me: Dang! Will I have to move again!?
Wait 6 months to the new best note taking app!
Valentin Ojeda Villegas wdym?
THIS WAS ME -_-
If it works for you, then stick to it. There's a lot going in to migrating your stuff and getting accustomed to new systems unless it's *that* much better.
He said it's a game changer for research, and Notion is still amazing XD
Looks handy. I think I've decided that the best route for me is 3x5 note cards. I like hand writing notes, and not having the bound in a notebook lets me move them around and shuffle them. Then when it's time to make the thing, I throw them up on a corkboard as my outline and go from there.
Thinking of heading to university this summer so began researching productivity apps etc. Your videos are high quality, informative and straight to the point. Keep it up!!
Thanks for the great overview of Roam. When you were discussing how you track your notes from books in Roam, it make me think of importing Kindle notes and working with them in Roam. Seems like a powerful way to make use of all those Kindle highlights I never go back to.
Im disappointed in everyone for talking about Thomas' haircut. Like, did no one notice them rollerblading skills?
FishGuts92 That clip made me nervous… Looked so dangerous！
wow this seems so intuitive i can't believe no one's made this app before
I signed up and have been using roam research since your video first uploaded, and I absolutely love it! I've used it for my own youtube and podcast scripts, as well as to organize some upcoming projects. Great video, thanks!
I really appreciate that this is all genuinely useful information instead of just shilling hard for the app and only speaking positively with no depth, like a lot of other app reviews.
Thomas you are getting "Quarentine hair" :D
Love from Portugal
Português é o melhor língua. Amo-o.
@@krzysztofmitko4953 talvez 😁
One more breakthrough Note taking app. Bring it on!!!
This video was produced VERY well! Thank you for going over it so thoroughly. Definitely considering to use it.
Haven't watched the whole video yet but already love it. Thank you for the time you took to explore and explain this app.
I was reading How to take smart notes while I found roam so it’s perfect timing. This thing is fantastic, which doesn’t mean we need to leave notion -they have different use cases. Roam is like a personal idea factory and Notion is a master to get things organized.
la poppy haw was the book, How to take smart notes ???
Sorry to disturb you. I am transferring my Roam Research's Beta Account: 1 Graph. Contact me if you need to. Support to e-mail reset and change the password·A beta account can allow users to use roam research for free without paying
Roam looks like it could be a great/useful app for Bullet Journaling for folks who enjoy a digital experience more than pen and paper. It really looks like it would be great for Ryder's general minimalist flow, and has all the features needed for the daily log, the monthly log, threading, and creating and linking projects.
The beauty of bullet journal is that it's infinitely and instantly customizable in a way that a digital solution never can be. You can makeit not only perfect for you, but it evolvs with you and you can't outgrow it. It would still be a good alternative to people that want to do daily journaling with a mouse and keyboard, but it's so different to the concept of bullet journal that I wouldn't call it bullet journaling at that point.
Oh my god, you've sold me in just the first few minutes. I've been looking for a better note taking app than evernote for writing plotting notes, because I like to plot details from big ideas down to each page, down to the dialogue, down to a sentence, and it's soooo frustrating on evernote so I gave up and started writing on post it notes and a notebook. But this solves a lot of my issues. Thanks for the recommendation!
This will definitely help with my creativity and my disorganization. As well as when I do peer reviewed research of clinical trials.
Thomas looking like he came straight outta Star Wars fanclub
Agreed 😂
hahaha
Look at the last line of the video description
Coincidence? I think not.
Nice hair. Bustin Jieber 😂. Great content.
This note - taking seems really amazing. Im really exited to use it. Thank you. I dont know what I would do without you, Thomas Bieber.
The collapse function is a must for me. That's why I've been using text editors for coding, but I'll give this one a try. Thx for sharing!
But... Notion... All of my work was for nothing :( haha great video Tom
I'm definitely not leaving Notion ;)
@@Thomasfrank from the bottom of my heart thank you for inspiring me. You've gotten me out of a rut this past year and got me to start making my own self-development content. You're awesome
Thomas Frank what else are you using notion for? I cant really think of any other functions than planning and note taking, what’s stoping me from downloading to-do and using that with roam?
@@riyaansarfraz8136 Did you watch the video? Minute 10:45 😀
This seems perfect for writing a dissertation.
Aniyah Watkins think so for my thesis
Oh my goodness. This is so complicated, robust, and powerful. I'm overwhelmed but I'm also intrigued and tempted t get it.
I always appreciate the breakdowns Thomas gives. I just started upgrading my notetaking game with Notion and when looking into the different ways people use it, I came across several recommendations for Roam Research. Now that I've seen his explanations on both, I'll stick with Notion for now for notes, project management, organization (because it's miles better than what I was using before) and add Roam Research for writing research later when I can afford it.
could you share you approach to note-taking with Notion ? I have been researching about notion for some time, i haven't been able to figure it out the most effective/best way for me to take notes with it. It'd help, if you could share your approach(if you have written it down) or share the resources from which you found your approach.
He looks like one of the cartel leaders on Narcos Mexico 😂😂😂
OMG i cannot unsee it now
Bad Boys For Life?
Lmaooo
El chapo
Notion does all these things, except , that mind mapping network...
It's linking is also the same !!
Bottom line, intense competition between Roam and Notion 😁
Yeah for me, I don't think it holds a candle to Notion, much more powerful but I guess they are serving a different purpose!
Checkout tiddlyroam if you can
Finally one comment that is actually related to the content and not Justin Bieber. Lol.
I was thinking the exact same. I'll stick with Notion. 👌🏼
Actually no, I don't there's any competition between the two as both of them serves two different purposes.
RoamResearch's bidirectional link is way more powerful than Notion's linked database as the use case for RoamResearch is for having networked thoughts or as the founder calls it "Idea sex" where you can take a concept or idea from Marcus Aurelius, Albert Einstein, and Arnold Schwarzenegger and connect it together in a way that you produce (or reproduce) a new idea. Which is actually very powerful because what is an original idea? It is a combination of your own experiences or mental models plus the content that already exists in the world which you've consumed in different ways which you mix and match together. And RoamResearch aides you in making those connections better.
Whereas Notion's use case is more different, as Ivan Zhao, the founder inspired by the Computer visionaries of the 70's I think wanted it to be a single tool for building tools or workflow for non-developers. And also a place where you don't need to separate your word file, from your excel sheets or bookmarks or Trello board or job tracker or project management, etc. Like a lot of SaaS tools are unnecessary when you can do most of it in Notion with a bit of learning.
This looks like a very interesting note taking app and I am definitely willing to try it but as a software developer I think the best I have used so far is Boostnote (the older app). With easy and quick typing and code integration I've been really enjoying it.
7:16 "When you take disparate ideas that haven't been connected before, and you give yourself tools for connecting them, then you have more insights and you become more creative"
That is a very wise statement. Nicely said. I believe this is key treating people who are depressed, stuck in dialogues of negativity as well. More language and diversity of thought, + actionable tools = all better now.
@@techtutorvideos I know I'm just one person. Like you said different people deal in different ways. But I truly said my statement based on personal experience and not just opinion. Adding new language and tools allowed me to gain new connections and perspectives. This was key for me turning my life around, and I believe never ever going back.
Great video! Tom, you seem to use quite a few note-taking apps. I am curious to know why you use multiple note-taking apps instead of just one. I understand each app is best suited for a specific task (project management, brain dump, or web clipper, etc). However, the notes aren’t shared between each app after all. I can imagine it’ll be sometimes difficult to remember where a particular note is stored. Plus, you can’t search across all your note-taking apps at once. In this case would it be better to limit oneself to just one app?
When you tweeted that your hair was long I didn't think it was LONG
Perfect timing. Been needing a good note-taking app. Good luck with the haircut.
Just started using roam, and I must say, that as somebody that enjoys taking notes through pen and paper, the simplicity of roam combined with its functionality is starting to make me rethink my life choices
Well, Roam Research has a waitlist and plenty of questions for those seeking access... An interesting thing, hope it won't take long until they approve people. It sounds like a great project so far. Thanks for sharing! :)
Actually, I found tiddlywiki.com exists and is a great, insanely customizable opensource that allows you to host and keep your data with no monthly fee and such. I will use that instead. Highly recommended it.
Your hair can’t be real. What is this type of sorcery?
It's called redbones hair. I also have the blessing/curse.
OMG, that's what I was creating for me! So good it is already done! Thanks for the video.
Love, love, love ROAM research. It's perfect for how I read, take notes and think. I just hope it doesn't go away.
Is this like a parody of that Seinfeld episode where they don't have water pressure in the building?
literally reddit for notetaking
I love your Chanel so much! You’ve helped me so much over the years! Have been really enjoying mind maps lately so roam seems almost perfect
Notion and Roam do different things, so it doesn't make sense to say that something Notion was designed to do well is a "con" for Roam.
Notion is great for atomized data that fits into projects with a structure that you more or less know in advance, whereas Roam is excellent for random free-flowing notes that you don't yet know how you'll use. They both still come up short on search and webclipping compared to Evernote.
😎 Love the new hairstyle man it fits you well. But is it by design or by obligation ?
Wish I had known about this a year or two ago when I started doing notes for my final high-school exams 😭😭
Exactly... I'm in the middle of my uni finals prep and I desperately need this app-but now they're closed for new users.
@@JohnTheStun Can I interest you in an unknown newcomer app called OneNote? You can fold text in bulleted outlines like above and writing [[an existing page's name]] makes a link to that page - you'll have to double-click if you want to collapse/expand with the mouse and have to follow the link you wrote into the new page (just nav over it and press enter) and then write the backlink into [[the page you came from]] yourself since the features haven't really been updated for modernity - they're only 17 years old after all.
Komatik OneNote is 17 years old?
@@eljefe4300 Yes, the first version was released in 2003 (it didn't have all the fancy cloud features we're used to nowadays - it just read notebook files from disk. SkyDrive integration came circa 2007-2008, around the time Evernote launched. It's funny seeing people say Microsoft copied Evernote :P)
@@Komatik_ mhmmm interesting. whatcha say about fantastical subscription?
Thank you for this, I hadn't heard of Roam and it seems like it will be really useful for all the job-based research I'm doing at home right now!
This is actually really helpful! I'm going to try this for my youtube channel! Thanks Thomas! :)
At one hand are databases and their linking
On the other is interlinking blocks and pages
They both serve different aspects but seem to be similar. I'd say Roam is more geared towards note taking, and while Notion is pretty good at noting also, it has the benefit of databases and proper organising.
Quite something
how nice to find..... ON THE END OF MY LAST SEMESTER
Interesting review. Seems an interesting way to capture your ideas/notes and organize them. Been using Evernote but this seems fit for people who love to take a lot of notes, and organize them--research is also up there. Thank you for this.
Awesome content! The filmography is great as always!
hey i just found the open source app trilium. i think it is a better solution than roam research because you own your notes and still can sync them between instances. it does include all the features of roam research (including backlinks). perhaps you can make a video about it.
Thanks for recommendation! Love the app so far :D
Not sure what to focus. The app's potential or Thomas' hair🤔
I like that visual aspect “mind map” to all the text that is entered. It’s a great way to record many types of thoughts, see them, and remember them.
But grey? With no colour blocks, sketches or pictures? That misses the main point of a mind map, which needs mental hooks to help you navigate and memorise it.
Thomas you have 1.8 million subscribers which is quite a sign of success, I believe you sincerely want your followers to improve their life.
but in my humble opinion, some of your lower quality videos are not actually doing that.
this is a true gem in your channel
if you really wish for the best of your followers, try to reduce how many videos you put out and focus on the quality
as a person who has been helped by you, I sincerely thank you
wish you all the best
Roam owns all of your data and can access it at will. They'll eventually have the data stolen and the world will have your inner thoughts, priorities and overall style/personality.
Yup. Encryption is poor and data storage is unreliable. They came on twitter to say they are going to start charging $15 a month without fixing the faults. Anyone who pointed out faults got angsty responses about how their product is not for them. Amazing what little hype does to you.
Quarantine Hair. 12/10
your new hairstyle is very cool! Keep it this way... and I hope they release a mobile app for Roam, thanks for bringing our attention to this stuff
I feel like there needs to be an honorable mention to the best FREE note-taking app. I often use Sublime Text with Markdown Editing and Markdown preview Plug. Combine this with the Markdown viewer chrome plugin. It's a little techy, but It's free, super-fast/functional, fully customizable, fast, and supports tools like advanced find-replace using regex. It also keeps all the files on your computer, if you are worried about cloud security.
Thomas - Note taking app
Everyone in comments - JuSTin BiEbER
Dear Thomas Frank,
Long ago
Just like the cut you die to get again
Barbers are so far from you
Cutting on
Just like the trim you wish to partake again
The hairs of everyone you know
And what's the shave you take
From every blade you break
And like the shirt you'll stain
We're all in quarantine tonight
What's the worst that I can say?
Your hairs are better kept this way?
So long quar-and-tine
So long quarantine
~My Chemical Comment Section
Yessyeesssss.... I'm so pumped to start writing using this :)
Woooo , I’m early. I love you man, keep doing what you’ve been doing. You inspire me to make videos
I can’t help myself saying “inner beauty, inner beauty” but the gap from the profile photo made me say “maybe”
I love the concept. But I am concerned about lock-in. If I am dumping all of my notes into the tool and the company ever were to go bust all of that work is stuck in there. Given the proprietary nature of data model with links etc, exporting it to another tool might be hard or even impossible, without losing much of the meta information associated with all the links.
This reminds me extremely of Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten - and then I heard it in the video while writing this
I use markdown files within iCloud and the original numbering as file names for my personal Zettelkasten for quite some time. This forces me to work also with my Zettelkasten, when I want to add new notes.
For research I mostly use my ipad with goodnotes next to be read book and afterwards I use the universal version of goodnotes on mac to create actual notes for my Zettelkasten
Love this vid man! As I do all your content! I am just getting into notion and was curious if you happen to have any tutorial vids or recommendations on how to create an advanced workspace within notion! Thanks, Thomas Frank, you da man!
Great, the access to this app is closed to new users and to get on the waiting list I have to answer a lot of non-sense, at the end of the day, the app looks interesting but they can kiss my entire note-taking az.
One of the question was who would you take advice from: some guy or a racoon (trash taking panda)
@@rohansth Yeah, I should've selected the magical racoon.
@@vishnuprasanth4725 I selected the racoon. Then again, maybe it was because I answered it around 2am.....
I, too, selected the Magical Trash Panda as my guide; it seemed the obvious answer to a trick question.
Yep me too
”zuko, its time we have a talk,... about your hair... its gone too far”
hahhaha
This 😂😂😂
Hahaha avatar reference is always appreciated
I've been waiting for an app like this!!!!!!!! Thanks Thomas.
THANKS FOR THIS! I'm completely mindblown, this is really a game changer!
Ok but if I grow my hair out like that will my views go up?
that's exactly how it works
Great video! Roam has very appealing features, but I'm getting quite overwhelmed with the amazing tools out there (e.g. notion, roam, evernote, keep) for organization/productivity/note-taking. How do you recommend setting up a cohesive system so you can easily use the right tools for the right tasks?
I feel your pain. I am also looking for an app that will help in my work. I believe that what it takes is to identify the key tasks and workflows in my work and get the best fit(s) for those. If Roam had an API, it might serve as the center point, but it does not have an API. I write and also edit an online magazine for instructional designers. Lots of research, lots of projects and deadlines, tons of email with writers and experts, plus my own list of to-do items. And I read and take notes constantly about “everything” never knowing when some odd idea is going to strike the.right spot. I tried Roam months ago but dropped it because the blog entries and fan-grams were so hard to make sense of and eventually I gave up. This video helped clear away a lot of the fog, so I’m thinking of trying again . My regular apps include Evernote (since 2008; it’s a hopeless mess now), Notion, WorkFlowy, Fantastical, Drafts, and Scrivener. Most of them do not talk to the others and do not offer an effective way to port their content for so as to move old notes somewhere else. As I said, I feel your pain.
I went to the comment section just to check comments about Thomas' hair and I'm not disappointed! But great video again! Thank you for motivating me now during these difficult times!
You are real Thomas fan, when you watch Tom's video and hear Tom's music on background. That's really amazing, thank you Tom!
Hairstyle: Justin Bieber
Face: Liam payne
Am I the only one that was surprised by the roller blades skills?
Another interesting tool. I might use it as a way to go through my notes to study for my finals. On my list of things to check out... after the project.
I love roam!! Been using it to write up notes from books and articles ever since I saw it in the newsletter.
Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure.
Or Tom's hair
4:41 Каталог из русской библиотеки :) Кто-нибудь ещё заметил?
Thanks man
I have been looking for this kind of application since 4 years and today i finally found it ❤❤❤
I’m so early 😂 can’t wait to check out Roam