In this episode, we talk with Maggie Appleton who is the Art Director, Metaphor Designer & Anthropological All-Rounder at egghead.io.
Soon to start a Masters in Digital Anthropology, she is known for her contributions to digital gardens as well as illustrated notes. She is at the forefront of visual thinking and when it comes to Roam, she's done a lot as well. I'm using her theme right now for my private Roam!
We talked about:
The dark times pre-Roam and how she discovered itHer digital garden and definitions of an evergreen note, growing from budding to seedlings to the EvergreenDiscussions on the #roamcult itself, and her take on who Roam users are from an anthropological perspectiveAnd the tool itself, from workflows to predictions to the freedom in which one can find their own ways of using Roam.
Enjoy!
Timestamps
02:31 Life during the before times, how Maggie stumbled into Roam04:53 "Most of Roam is resources" How PARA fits in Roam07:31 Using Nat Eliason's system for task management, quick capture09:38 Maggie Appleton's workflow for capturing information14:30 From Kyle Harrison: Presentable notes in public vs. private17:16 How Maggie's evergreen notes differs from other people20:09 Building a digital garden on Gatsby22:45 The fast pace of #roamcult and changes in Maggie's Roam setup25:27 The rabbithole of hypertext, Project Xanadu27:08 Maggie's current rabbithole: Anthropology and Digital Anthropology30:00 Pattern languages and the influence of Roam Research on Digital Anthropology32:48 Why the web doesn't have bi-directional links34:48 Project Xanadu's specs: a communal payment system37:32 Web 3.0: The semantic web39:26 How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?42:32 The problem with Roam onboarding43:59 "If there was an official onboarding, that would feel non-Roam"46:54 A timeline overview, spaced repetition on Roam Toolkit49:56 Building the Thoughtmine: Norman's digital garden52:06 Differences between blocks and pages, and how Roam treats them for queries53:41 Drafting things on paper54:49 What does Roam mean to you?
Links
Maggie's WebsiteMaggie's TwitterTo see what she's doing now, you can
check out this link!See this on the RoamFM Public GraphSupport the show
