Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
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10 Second Summary
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
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10 Second Summary
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
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10 Second Summary
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
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10 Second Summary
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Roam Research Alternative: Scrintal’s Best Features
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Personal Knowledge Management
With a personal knowledge management system, users can collect and create information to organize for more effective future use. PKM sounds daunting because of the breadth and depth of potentially relevant information, but with Scrintal you can organize information as it appears and make connections between topics. You can also customize the visual display of this information: make clusters, trees, or intricate maps as needed, or dismiss and display notes as needed without losing the connections.
Scrintal’s spatial canvas is a critically important feature for mind-mapping, but it is far more than flashcards on a corkboard: there is no word limit for any block or doc, and you can also embed images, videos, tweets, and PDFs to expand the potential for connections and remain within the Scrintal ecosystem. Backlinks to other docs make related information easily accessible.
Networked Note Taking
In both Scrintal and Roam Research, the user can create networked connections between notes and edit more than one note simultaneously. In Roam Research, two notes can be edited at one time, with the second note (which must be linked to the first) appearing in the sidebar. In Scrintal, one could technically edit as many docs at one time as can fit on a screen, except in full-screen mode which also allows two docs. You can also open embedded X posts, pictures, videos, and PDFs on the canvas or in a new doc-like tab within the Scrintal ecosystem, allowing you to read, watch, or listen while you type.
Being able to recognize the connections between different ideas inspires further creativity, which makes these features critical. Scrintal and Roam Research both use visual representations to display the connectedness between notes; Roam Research uses a graphical database to display overall connections between notes (and this visual representation cannot be permanently altered), while Scrintal displays the entirety of a particular map of notes using boards that differentiate topics (and this map can be permanently altered as long as it is not dismissed from the board).
Multimedia Detailed Notes
Roam Research does allow for embedding images, videos, and PDFs into notes, allowing you to type while watching or reading; but Roam Research in general requires learning a bit of coding to understand how to embed properly, and for PDFs, the document must be hosted somewhere to allow the user to view it on Roam Research. In Scrintal, all it takes is to paste, link, drag, or upload the image, video, or PDF and it is viewable within the ecosystem; Scrintal also has features allowing for floating tabs and floating notes, meaning you can drag your embedded media file around your desk and continue interacting with your map or notes while you listen.
Intuitive User Experience
Both Roam Research and Scrintal contain useful (and different) features. For those that find Roam Research cumbersome to learn and navigate, Scrintal may be a better solution. The platform is intuitive, navigable with a few clicks or shortcuts, which are described in an easily-accessible guide any time it is needed. This makes Scrintal an intuitive choice with a very small learning curve and no requirement to know or learn coding.
Instead of one “notebook” per user, there are boards, and within a board there can be many trees and even many solitary docs and blocks as required. Side-by-side comparison and editing of notes means that the flow of ideas does not have to stop in order for the user to navigate to the proper note to write down information; this is true for both Roam Research and Scrintal. However, Scrintal has more flexibility in this feature while in Roam Research, needing to code for formatting may hinder creative flow for some.
Roam Research Alternative Use Cases
Consultant
Consulting projects are almost always unique, composed of a specific set of deliverables to meet the needs of each client. It involves collecting loads of information, most of which will end up being irrelevant. For a client to execute recommendations requires careful planning and thorough explaining on the part of the consultant.
Scrintal has exactly the kind of features to enable and improve this process. Parsing through information to find the significant data points is made easier with a hierarchical structure. A visual network of connections that was created during the long research phase is valuable in explaining the reasons for recommendations, and the linking and tagging system makes it simple for a client to navigate between different facets of a recommendation. The ability to share a board is the perfect medium: a simpler, cleaner, and more easily navigated version of a Prezi presentation. However, Roam Research does have more integrations and may be easier to work with if writing a report rather than creating a presentation. In this case, Scrintal and Roam Research can work as companion tools.
Knowledge Worker
Scrintal is very useful for organizing knowledge work like writing journalistic articles, scholastic papers in the arts and sciences, and reports for corporate use. Ideating and planning is made easy with the hierarchical and flexible structuring that the platform offers, and the abilities to fold, unfold, display, and dismiss cards as needed enables holistic awareness and focused work.
For example, a journalist can use Scrintal to record the different facets of a story, including interview notes and critical images, documents, and videos, see how they connect, and have a bird’s-eye view of how an article can come together. With Roam Research, this bird’s-eye view would not be available, and it would be difficult to see how the multiple notes on a single article would eventually come together.
Also, scientists can plan their papers within Scrintal, utilizing the whole ecosystem to keep their sources, notes, data, and original ideas together in a single place; in Roam Research, separate notes means they cannot be seen in a single place, only by opening each note one-by-one.
In a corporate setting, the platform can be used to construct business reports from the ground up by consolidating information; connections may reveal new areas of exploration and new data to collect.
Finalizing the content of the report, if not done on a document, can be simpler to do in Roam Research because of its more traditional layout. This is another area in which the tools can be used together.
Student/Researcher
Visual representations of a network of knowledge are particularly important to students and researchers because in order to study material effectively or write a convincing essay or thesis, information must be organized, holistic, relevant, and cited. Within Scrintal, one could store notes on lectures or research papers, a list of sources as a bibliography, ideas for an essay topic, or a table of contents outlining a scholarly article.
The hierarchical structure of a network on the platform can help cultivate a thesis; this feature is not present in Roam Research to the extent that it exists in Scrintal, because the graphical database that stores Roam Research notes by title is not permanently editable. An important future feature for both platforms would be the ability to annotate documents like scholarly papers; in Roam Research, you can highlight PDFs but not annotate them, and in Scrintal you can only read them while note-taking.
Consultant
Consulting projects are almost always unique, composed of a specific set of deliverables to meet the needs of each client. It involves collecting loads of information, most of which will end up being irrelevant. For a client to execute recommendations requires careful planning and thorough explaining on the part of the consultant.
Scrintal has exactly the kind of features to enable and improve this process. Parsing through information to find the significant data points is made easier with a hierarchical structure. A visual network of connections that was created during the long research phase is valuable in explaining the reasons for recommendations, and the linking and tagging system makes it simple for a client to navigate between different facets of a recommendation. The ability to share a board is the perfect medium: a simpler, cleaner, and more easily navigated version of a Prezi presentation. However, Roam Research does have more integrations and may be easier to work with if writing a report rather than creating a presentation. In this case, Scrintal and Roam Research can work as companion tools.
Knowledge Worker
Scrintal is very useful for organizing knowledge work like writing journalistic articles, scholastic papers in the arts and sciences, and reports for corporate use. Ideating and planning is made easy with the hierarchical and flexible structuring that the platform offers, and the abilities to fold, unfold, display, and dismiss cards as needed enables holistic awareness and focused work.
For example, a journalist can use Scrintal to record the different facets of a story, including interview notes and critical images, documents, and videos, see how they connect, and have a bird’s-eye view of how an article can come together. With Roam Research, this bird’s-eye view would not be available, and it would be difficult to see how the multiple notes on a single article would eventually come together.
Also, scientists can plan their papers within Scrintal, utilizing the whole ecosystem to keep their sources, notes, data, and original ideas together in a single place; in Roam Research, separate notes means they cannot be seen in a single place, only by opening each note one-by-one.
In a corporate setting, the platform can be used to construct business reports from the ground up by consolidating information; connections may reveal new areas of exploration and new data to collect.
Finalizing the content of the report, if not done on a document, can be simpler to do in Roam Research because of its more traditional layout. This is another area in which the tools can be used together.
Student/Researcher
Visual representations of a network of knowledge are particularly important to students and researchers because in order to study material effectively or write a convincing essay or thesis, information must be organized, holistic, relevant, and cited. Within Scrintal, one could store notes on lectures or research papers, a list of sources as a bibliography, ideas for an essay topic, or a table of contents outlining a scholarly article.
The hierarchical structure of a network on the platform can help cultivate a thesis; this feature is not present in Roam Research to the extent that it exists in Scrintal, because the graphical database that stores Roam Research notes by title is not permanently editable. An important future feature for both platforms would be the ability to annotate documents like scholarly papers; in Roam Research, you can highlight PDFs but not annotate them, and in Scrintal you can only read them while note-taking.
Consultant
Consulting projects are almost always unique, composed of a specific set of deliverables to meet the needs of each client. It involves collecting loads of information, most of which will end up being irrelevant. For a client to execute recommendations requires careful planning and thorough explaining on the part of the consultant.
Scrintal has exactly the kind of features to enable and improve this process. Parsing through information to find the significant data points is made easier with a hierarchical structure. A visual network of connections that was created during the long research phase is valuable in explaining the reasons for recommendations, and the linking and tagging system makes it simple for a client to navigate between different facets of a recommendation. The ability to share a board is the perfect medium: a simpler, cleaner, and more easily navigated version of a Prezi presentation. However, Roam Research does have more integrations and may be easier to work with if writing a report rather than creating a presentation. In this case, Scrintal and Roam Research can work as companion tools.
Knowledge Worker
Scrintal is very useful for organizing knowledge work like writing journalistic articles, scholastic papers in the arts and sciences, and reports for corporate use. Ideating and planning is made easy with the hierarchical and flexible structuring that the platform offers, and the abilities to fold, unfold, display, and dismiss cards as needed enables holistic awareness and focused work.
For example, a journalist can use Scrintal to record the different facets of a story, including interview notes and critical images, documents, and videos, see how they connect, and have a bird’s-eye view of how an article can come together. With Roam Research, this bird’s-eye view would not be available, and it would be difficult to see how the multiple notes on a single article would eventually come together.
Also, scientists can plan their papers within Scrintal, utilizing the whole ecosystem to keep their sources, notes, data, and original ideas together in a single place; in Roam Research, separate notes means they cannot be seen in a single place, only by opening each note one-by-one.
In a corporate setting, the platform can be used to construct business reports from the ground up by consolidating information; connections may reveal new areas of exploration and new data to collect.
Finalizing the content of the report, if not done on a document, can be simpler to do in Roam Research because of its more traditional layout. This is another area in which the tools can be used together.
Student/Researcher
Visual representations of a network of knowledge are particularly important to students and researchers because in order to study material effectively or write a convincing essay or thesis, information must be organized, holistic, relevant, and cited. Within Scrintal, one could store notes on lectures or research papers, a list of sources as a bibliography, ideas for an essay topic, or a table of contents outlining a scholarly article.
The hierarchical structure of a network on the platform can help cultivate a thesis; this feature is not present in Roam Research to the extent that it exists in Scrintal, because the graphical database that stores Roam Research notes by title is not permanently editable. An important future feature for both platforms would be the ability to annotate documents like scholarly papers; in Roam Research, you can highlight PDFs but not annotate them, and in Scrintal you can only read them while note-taking.
Consultant
Consulting projects are almost always unique, composed of a specific set of deliverables to meet the needs of each client. It involves collecting loads of information, most of which will end up being irrelevant. For a client to execute recommendations requires careful planning and thorough explaining on the part of the consultant.
Scrintal has exactly the kind of features to enable and improve this process. Parsing through information to find the significant data points is made easier with a hierarchical structure. A visual network of connections that was created during the long research phase is valuable in explaining the reasons for recommendations, and the linking and tagging system makes it simple for a client to navigate between different facets of a recommendation. The ability to share a board is the perfect medium: a simpler, cleaner, and more easily navigated version of a Prezi presentation. However, Roam Research does have more integrations and may be easier to work with if writing a report rather than creating a presentation. In this case, Scrintal and Roam Research can work as companion tools.
Knowledge Worker
Scrintal is very useful for organizing knowledge work like writing journalistic articles, scholastic papers in the arts and sciences, and reports for corporate use. Ideating and planning is made easy with the hierarchical and flexible structuring that the platform offers, and the abilities to fold, unfold, display, and dismiss cards as needed enables holistic awareness and focused work.
For example, a journalist can use Scrintal to record the different facets of a story, including interview notes and critical images, documents, and videos, see how they connect, and have a bird’s-eye view of how an article can come together. With Roam Research, this bird’s-eye view would not be available, and it would be difficult to see how the multiple notes on a single article would eventually come together.
Also, scientists can plan their papers within Scrintal, utilizing the whole ecosystem to keep their sources, notes, data, and original ideas together in a single place; in Roam Research, separate notes means they cannot be seen in a single place, only by opening each note one-by-one.
In a corporate setting, the platform can be used to construct business reports from the ground up by consolidating information; connections may reveal new areas of exploration and new data to collect.
Finalizing the content of the report, if not done on a document, can be simpler to do in Roam Research because of its more traditional layout. This is another area in which the tools can be used together.
Student/Researcher
Visual representations of a network of knowledge are particularly important to students and researchers because in order to study material effectively or write a convincing essay or thesis, information must be organized, holistic, relevant, and cited. Within Scrintal, one could store notes on lectures or research papers, a list of sources as a bibliography, ideas for an essay topic, or a table of contents outlining a scholarly article.
The hierarchical structure of a network on the platform can help cultivate a thesis; this feature is not present in Roam Research to the extent that it exists in Scrintal, because the graphical database that stores Roam Research notes by title is not permanently editable. An important future feature for both platforms would be the ability to annotate documents like scholarly papers; in Roam Research, you can highlight PDFs but not annotate them, and in Scrintal you can only read them while note-taking.
Consultant
Consulting projects are almost always unique, composed of a specific set of deliverables to meet the needs of each client. It involves collecting loads of information, most of which will end up being irrelevant. For a client to execute recommendations requires careful planning and thorough explaining on the part of the consultant.
Scrintal has exactly the kind of features to enable and improve this process. Parsing through information to find the significant data points is made easier with a hierarchical structure. A visual network of connections that was created during the long research phase is valuable in explaining the reasons for recommendations, and the linking and tagging system makes it simple for a client to navigate between different facets of a recommendation. The ability to share a board is the perfect medium: a simpler, cleaner, and more easily navigated version of a Prezi presentation. However, Roam Research does have more integrations and may be easier to work with if writing a report rather than creating a presentation. In this case, Scrintal and Roam Research can work as companion tools.
Knowledge Worker
Scrintal is very useful for organizing knowledge work like writing journalistic articles, scholastic papers in the arts and sciences, and reports for corporate use. Ideating and planning is made easy with the hierarchical and flexible structuring that the platform offers, and the abilities to fold, unfold, display, and dismiss cards as needed enables holistic awareness and focused work.
For example, a journalist can use Scrintal to record the different facets of a story, including interview notes and critical images, documents, and videos, see how they connect, and have a bird’s-eye view of how an article can come together. With Roam Research, this bird’s-eye view would not be available, and it would be difficult to see how the multiple notes on a single article would eventually come together.
Also, scientists can plan their papers within Scrintal, utilizing the whole ecosystem to keep their sources, notes, data, and original ideas together in a single place; in Roam Research, separate notes means they cannot be seen in a single place, only by opening each note one-by-one.
In a corporate setting, the platform can be used to construct business reports from the ground up by consolidating information; connections may reveal new areas of exploration and new data to collect.
Finalizing the content of the report, if not done on a document, can be simpler to do in Roam Research because of its more traditional layout. This is another area in which the tools can be used together.
Student/Researcher
Visual representations of a network of knowledge are particularly important to students and researchers because in order to study material effectively or write a convincing essay or thesis, information must be organized, holistic, relevant, and cited. Within Scrintal, one could store notes on lectures or research papers, a list of sources as a bibliography, ideas for an essay topic, or a table of contents outlining a scholarly article.
The hierarchical structure of a network on the platform can help cultivate a thesis; this feature is not present in Roam Research to the extent that it exists in Scrintal, because the graphical database that stores Roam Research notes by title is not permanently editable. An important future feature for both platforms would be the ability to annotate documents like scholarly papers; in Roam Research, you can highlight PDFs but not annotate them, and in Scrintal you can only read them while note-taking.
Roam Research Alternative: The Final Verdict
Scrintal is the best Roam Research alternative & companion
Different tools suit different tastes and serve different purposes. As a visual learner and thinker who moves quickly through different ideas and needs to hold on to them before I forget, Scrintal is the best tool for me.
Roam Research is a note-taking app with myriad features similar to Scrintal and a basis in coding, allowing users to link their ideas and notes and view these links in one graph. The notes can be linked, tagged, and searched; videos and PDFs can be embedded to prevent switching back and forth between tabs.
But the structure and layout of Roam Research is not much different than a kind of document. The notes are read top to bottom and only two can be displayed simultaneously. If you’d prefer not to scroll or click back and forth between links to the same few notes, Scrintal may be a good alternative with all the same important features as well as an editable visual layout and the ability to pop out videos and PDFs into new tabs within the same ecosystem.
On the other hand, Scrintal can also be a great companion to Roam Research. Both use bi-directional linking, with Scrintal focusing more on initial ideation and Roam Research on writing and formatting publishable content. Together, the two can take a user through the brainstorming and writing process if they prefer to write in Markdown format.
Scrintal’s flexible mind map means you can structure your thoughts exactly in the way you think them in your head, saving brainpower and facilitating understanding and creativity. It has many of the same features as Roam Research and even more in the pipeline. If you are a visual thinker who prefers the holistic view from flashcards to the top-down approach of a document of notes, give Scrintal a try!
Scrintal is the best Roam Research alternative & companion
Different tools suit different tastes and serve different purposes. As a visual learner and thinker who moves quickly through different ideas and needs to hold on to them before I forget, Scrintal is the best tool for me.
Roam Research is a note-taking app with myriad features similar to Scrintal and a basis in coding, allowing users to link their ideas and notes and view these links in one graph. The notes can be linked, tagged, and searched; videos and PDFs can be embedded to prevent switching back and forth between tabs.
But the structure and layout of Roam Research is not much different than a kind of document. The notes are read top to bottom and only two can be displayed simultaneously. If you’d prefer not to scroll or click back and forth between links to the same few notes, Scrintal may be a good alternative with all the same important features as well as an editable visual layout and the ability to pop out videos and PDFs into new tabs within the same ecosystem.
On the other hand, Scrintal can also be a great companion to Roam Research. Both use bi-directional linking, with Scrintal focusing more on initial ideation and Roam Research on writing and formatting publishable content. Together, the two can take a user through the brainstorming and writing process if they prefer to write in Markdown format.
Scrintal’s flexible mind map means you can structure your thoughts exactly in the way you think them in your head, saving brainpower and facilitating understanding and creativity. It has many of the same features as Roam Research and even more in the pipeline. If you are a visual thinker who prefers the holistic view from flashcards to the top-down approach of a document of notes, give Scrintal a try!
Scrintal is the best Roam Research alternative & companion
Different tools suit different tastes and serve different purposes. As a visual learner and thinker who moves quickly through different ideas and needs to hold on to them before I forget, Scrintal is the best tool for me.
Roam Research is a note-taking app with myriad features similar to Scrintal and a basis in coding, allowing users to link their ideas and notes and view these links in one graph. The notes can be linked, tagged, and searched; videos and PDFs can be embedded to prevent switching back and forth between tabs.
But the structure and layout of Roam Research is not much different than a kind of document. The notes are read top to bottom and only two can be displayed simultaneously. If you’d prefer not to scroll or click back and forth between links to the same few notes, Scrintal may be a good alternative with all the same important features as well as an editable visual layout and the ability to pop out videos and PDFs into new tabs within the same ecosystem.
On the other hand, Scrintal can also be a great companion to Roam Research. Both use bi-directional linking, with Scrintal focusing more on initial ideation and Roam Research on writing and formatting publishable content. Together, the two can take a user through the brainstorming and writing process if they prefer to write in Markdown format.
Scrintal’s flexible mind map means you can structure your thoughts exactly in the way you think them in your head, saving brainpower and facilitating understanding and creativity. It has many of the same features as Roam Research and even more in the pipeline. If you are a visual thinker who prefers the holistic view from flashcards to the top-down approach of a document of notes, give Scrintal a try!
Scrintal is the best Roam Research alternative & companion
Different tools suit different tastes and serve different purposes. As a visual learner and thinker who moves quickly through different ideas and needs to hold on to them before I forget, Scrintal is the best tool for me.
Roam Research is a note-taking app with myriad features similar to Scrintal and a basis in coding, allowing users to link their ideas and notes and view these links in one graph. The notes can be linked, tagged, and searched; videos and PDFs can be embedded to prevent switching back and forth between tabs.
But the structure and layout of Roam Research is not much different than a kind of document. The notes are read top to bottom and only two can be displayed simultaneously. If you’d prefer not to scroll or click back and forth between links to the same few notes, Scrintal may be a good alternative with all the same important features as well as an editable visual layout and the ability to pop out videos and PDFs into new tabs within the same ecosystem.
On the other hand, Scrintal can also be a great companion to Roam Research. Both use bi-directional linking, with Scrintal focusing more on initial ideation and Roam Research on writing and formatting publishable content. Together, the two can take a user through the brainstorming and writing process if they prefer to write in Markdown format.
Scrintal’s flexible mind map means you can structure your thoughts exactly in the way you think them in your head, saving brainpower and facilitating understanding and creativity. It has many of the same features as Roam Research and even more in the pipeline. If you are a visual thinker who prefers the holistic view from flashcards to the top-down approach of a document of notes, give Scrintal a try!
Scrintal is the best Roam Research alternative & companion
Different tools suit different tastes and serve different purposes. As a visual learner and thinker who moves quickly through different ideas and needs to hold on to them before I forget, Scrintal is the best tool for me.
Roam Research is a note-taking app with myriad features similar to Scrintal and a basis in coding, allowing users to link their ideas and notes and view these links in one graph. The notes can be linked, tagged, and searched; videos and PDFs can be embedded to prevent switching back and forth between tabs.
But the structure and layout of Roam Research is not much different than a kind of document. The notes are read top to bottom and only two can be displayed simultaneously. If you’d prefer not to scroll or click back and forth between links to the same few notes, Scrintal may be a good alternative with all the same important features as well as an editable visual layout and the ability to pop out videos and PDFs into new tabs within the same ecosystem.
On the other hand, Scrintal can also be a great companion to Roam Research. Both use bi-directional linking, with Scrintal focusing more on initial ideation and Roam Research on writing and formatting publishable content. Together, the two can take a user through the brainstorming and writing process if they prefer to write in Markdown format.
Scrintal’s flexible mind map means you can structure your thoughts exactly in the way you think them in your head, saving brainpower and facilitating understanding and creativity. It has many of the same features as Roam Research and even more in the pipeline. If you are a visual thinker who prefers the holistic view from flashcards to the top-down approach of a document of notes, give Scrintal a try!
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