I feel like bidirectional links are over-rated. Everyone is looking for a magic bullet that will allow you to save info and never have to be organized.
We need a database to keep track of all the roam competitors. I just remembered, that an early version of web-linking incorporated the idea of bidirectional web links. On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 1:25:58 PM UTC-8 dieg...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello all, > > A YC (venture capital firm) backed open-source Roam alternative launched > today on HackerNews: > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26316793 > > Some relevant parts of the announcement (my opinion only): > > > - Athens is an open-source and local-first alternative to Roam > Research. Roam Research is a notetaking application, and *what they > really got right was the "bidirectional link."* > - With bidirectional links, you never have to worry about where you > write a note. Bidirectional links allow you to connect any two notes > together, creating a knowledge graph. > - This is why Athens is about more than just notetaking. *I believe > networked applications with bidirectional links and data could become a > new > category itself.* > - Of course, this *bidirectional idea isn't new*. In fact, it goes as > far back as the origin of the Web. It's the original concept of hypertext > and Xanadu, which Ted Nelson has been advocating for decades. More > recently, aspects of it were attempted by the Semantic Web. *Yet the > adoption never really caught on, until perhaps now.* > - Something else that's interesting about the most powerful networked > tools like Roam and Athens is t*hat you can't really make these apps > with JavaScript or plaintext/markdown.* *For maximum power, you want a > true graph database*. Both Roam and Athens leverage a front-end graph > database called DataScript, which is written in Clojure(Script). > JavaScript > doesn't have a native analog, and Neo4j is only server-side. *This > matters because I believe this is the first consumer use case for graph > databases*. I believe both Roam and Athens are general-purpose > platforms where individuals and organizations can centralize all of their > knowledge and tasks. I believe the graph is the right data structure to do > this with. > > > I find this fascination with bi-directional links without a huge mention > of TW slightly frustrating. > > Also, his point about a graph database is an interesting one to consider. > > What are your thoughts? > > Diego > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/83629f91-b2f1-4a3a-97aa-8b752f15b627n%40googlegroups.com.
