I had this idea for over two years. A lot of time, I found myself copying data from one app/website to another. The problem with copying is that: you lose all context of your result.
To fix it, I thought instead of copying; we should do refering. Sadly, there is no "Ctrl/Cmd+C" for referring on any OS. As I dug deeper, I found some computer visionaries Ted Nelson also had this idea. Since 2019, PKM tools like RoamResearch, and Obsidian had some progress in making a personal knowledge base with links, but no one has bought the idea of linking/referring to cross-app level.
My gut feeling is that going deep into interoperations within apps will be very challenging and require intrinsic knowledge of each platform (always evolving) interfaces.
Something related to this that I would particularly find useful is a tool that summarizes all my daily activities down to who I messaged and estimates the amount of time I spent doing each activity. Basically the iPhone's scree time app on steroids.
I had this idea for over two years. A lot of time, I found myself copying data from one app/website to another. The problem with copying is that: you lose all context of your result.
To fix it, I thought instead of copying; we should do refering. Sadly, there is no "Ctrl/Cmd+C" for referring on any OS. As I dug deeper, I found some computer visionaries Ted Nelson also had this idea. Since 2019, PKM tools like RoamResearch, and Obsidian had some progress in making a personal knowledge base with links, but no one has bought the idea of linking/referring to cross-app level.
So, ambitiously, I started building my own, and here is my vision: https://medium.superus.space/my-ideal-solution-to-informatio...
Key features on my upcoming MVP:
- You can place any website on an infinite canvas
- You can refer (instead of copy) information by drag and drop
- You can navigate through apps/contents with the reference you created
- You can visually set up your daily routine (sequence of using many functional apps)
- Xanadu and related systems for linking information
- CardboardWM (how it does user's working canvas)
- Desktop Neo – (https://desktopneo.com/) & Muse — dive into big ideas(https://museapp.com/)
- The ecosystem of templates and tooling for Notion
- TreeSheets (https://strlen.com/treesheets/)
My gut feeling is that going deep into interoperations within apps will be very challenging and require intrinsic knowledge of each platform (always evolving) interfaces.
Show something before asking users to add to their tool chain YET ANOTHER APP
a quick demo: - put multiple app together on a canvas - move information with drag and drop (ex: move Slack thread to Notion)
a quick demo: - put multiple app together on a canvas - move information with drag and drop (ex: move Slack thread to Notion)
Good luck, but I don't see this coming to fruition without more collaboration from major vendors.