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.
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.
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.
Can you describe what you like about Obsidian vs Roam? You’re not the first person I’ve heard say they switched.
There are lots of different ways to compare, but with Obsidian I like
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.
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.
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 :)
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