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by bjr- 1996 days ago
I'm the technical founder of Kanopi and I'm looking for a co-founder. https://kanopi.io

Kanopi is...

- a tool that blurs the line between private note-taking and public linked data

- a part-time project from 2015 - Sept 2020, full-time since then

- my attempt to explicitly support more of the thinking/learning process (capture, collection, organization, synthesis, analysis, and maybe recall)

--- excluding functionality for presentation and real-time collaboration

- in private alpha - request an invite at kanopi.io!

The problems I'm trying to solve with Kanopi are:

- remove frictions from note-taking by using data on the web to suggest notes and links

- make notes useful across contexts/projects by adding outlines (Trees) and mind-maps/diagrams (Maps) on top of your notes

--- notes are not contained in these tools, they are referenced

- make notes more meaningful over time by encouraging smaller notes, with titles, that have labeled links to other notes (how is X related to Y?)

From user interviews I think academics and professional researchers experience these problems most acutely so they are my focus at this stage.

As some on this thread have discussed -- I don't expect to make this decision lightly, but if this sounds interesting and you feel it is a good fit then please reach out.