There has definitely been a fundamental change with Tana coming on the scene. They have absolutely nailed the blend of block-based & structured data. Being a Notion user and then a Roam user, it always felt you were on two sides of the note-taking spectrum yelling at the other why it was better.
Tana is like a mediator that is bringing both my wonderful worlds (& friends) together. It's spectacular. I knew as soon as I saw the first video that I was switching over!
Amen to that! Tana and the community is so lucky to have you. You’re making beautiful stuff with it so quickly, it’s impressive. I may have a question or two about your setup later… *twiddles thumbs* :)
I tend not to jump ship as often we're jumping from the Arc to the Titanic. Yes I know this is an almost insulting metaphor yet, we've got to go slowly and let the groundswell calm and find its own level for sure.
I like what I see thus far within Tana (is there a significance to the naming?) and I expect users from other competing products will jump in.
My subscription for Roam is safe for now and I expect a few competing products may be tempted (of course they will) to emulate (copy the hell outa) Tana functions and capabilities.
I personally have to take a deep dive in and make distinctions, understand the relationships between the processes and thus make my perspectives known to myself and others.
I look forward to discovering the eventual price point for users to commit to. I do however definitely don't want to see another Roamesque type of price point that basically thwarted regular folk users from jumping into Roam.
If Tana is to be the common person's Note taking, Knowledge making database framework; I hope the price point is affordable for everyone to have access to.
Switching platform is not for the lighthearted! I have not done the full switch quite yet and do some things still in Logseq/Obsidian for now because that’s where I’m based.
I think you are right in the sense that others will try to copy but one thing is for sure: it is not easy to hack this kind of functionality onto foundations that aren’t built for it :)
Yes Tana seems to have been built with the likes of Roam/Logseq/Notion type users. This may be the natural flow of development (evolution) of this arena. I'm joined at the hip to TheBrain and use Roam/obsidian too. To be honest I found Notion to be almost depressive to use and I hope there's not too many Notion type of customization's inside Tana. Notion just sucked the life out of me and I eventually got nadda done.
Time to jump ship XD then you can be a thought leader in Tana hee hee (I'm somewhat serious about this--using new apps is a good way to be futurist...)
*turns pockets inside out* I don’t have any to give out at this time! Make sure to sign up on their website to get on the waitlist... the sooner the better
Let me just say there has been *very* strong interest that has taken the team by surprise (in a good way!) As a result, they’re taking it nice and slow in the beginning to ensure they can scale sustainably without breaking user experience for existing users… but trust me when i tell you, they know y’all are anxiously waiting at the door ;)
Great newsletter. The earth did indeed shake this past weekend. I signed up on Saturday… :-)
Nice!! Hope you’re keeping well Azul ❤️
There has definitely been a fundamental change with Tana coming on the scene. They have absolutely nailed the blend of block-based & structured data. Being a Notion user and then a Roam user, it always felt you were on two sides of the note-taking spectrum yelling at the other why it was better.
Tana is like a mediator that is bringing both my wonderful worlds (& friends) together. It's spectacular. I knew as soon as I saw the first video that I was switching over!
Amen to that! Tana and the community is so lucky to have you. You’re making beautiful stuff with it so quickly, it’s impressive. I may have a question or two about your setup later… *twiddles thumbs* :)
I tend not to jump ship as often we're jumping from the Arc to the Titanic. Yes I know this is an almost insulting metaphor yet, we've got to go slowly and let the groundswell calm and find its own level for sure.
I like what I see thus far within Tana (is there a significance to the naming?) and I expect users from other competing products will jump in.
My subscription for Roam is safe for now and I expect a few competing products may be tempted (of course they will) to emulate (copy the hell outa) Tana functions and capabilities.
I personally have to take a deep dive in and make distinctions, understand the relationships between the processes and thus make my perspectives known to myself and others.
I look forward to discovering the eventual price point for users to commit to. I do however definitely don't want to see another Roamesque type of price point that basically thwarted regular folk users from jumping into Roam.
If Tana is to be the common person's Note taking, Knowledge making database framework; I hope the price point is affordable for everyone to have access to.
Switching platform is not for the lighthearted! I have not done the full switch quite yet and do some things still in Logseq/Obsidian for now because that’s where I’m based.
I think you are right in the sense that others will try to copy but one thing is for sure: it is not easy to hack this kind of functionality onto foundations that aren’t built for it :)
Yes Tana seems to have been built with the likes of Roam/Logseq/Notion type users. This may be the natural flow of development (evolution) of this arena. I'm joined at the hip to TheBrain and use Roam/obsidian too. To be honest I found Notion to be almost depressive to use and I hope there's not too many Notion type of customization's inside Tana. Notion just sucked the life out of me and I eventually got nadda done.
I'm just figuring out Roam (inspired in no small part by Maggie's sketches). Are you starting to mess with me again Fei? Why are you tempting me?
Time to jump ship XD then you can be a thought leader in Tana hee hee (I'm somewhat serious about this--using new apps is a good way to be futurist...)
Oh yeah i love this branding! Totally gonna say I switch apps bc i’m futurist from now on 😂
You guys! And yes, you are a futurist, Fei-Ling.
Try not to look this way then 😅 if Roam works for your workflow, that’s what counts!
is it possible to get an invitation?
*turns pockets inside out* I don’t have any to give out at this time! Make sure to sign up on their website to get on the waitlist... the sooner the better
Fei - any chance you can “put in a good word” with Tana for those of us on the waiting list?
I love my “shiny new objects”. It’s half the fun of the journey .. 😎
Let me just say there has been *very* strong interest that has taken the team by surprise (in a good way!) As a result, they’re taking it nice and slow in the beginning to ensure they can scale sustainably without breaking user experience for existing users… but trust me when i tell you, they know y’all are anxiously waiting at the door ;)