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by flaxton 1875 days ago
I never used Hypercard back in the day. But I recently started using Obsidian, and it has the idea of cards/notes and linking to them. It’s built on Markdown files, and you can use it for Zettelkasten if you wish.

Linking notes (or even creating them) is as easy as type [[ and then type the (new) name and ]] and boom it is linked or a new note created (as you type the name it searches for existing notes of course).

A powerful idea, but it appears that it is anything but new lol

https://obsidian.md

Use for free on Mac, Windows, Linux. Support them for early access to iOS and Android beta apps. Stores all your notes as plaintext markdown files.

Optionally pay to sync (encrypted) with their sync across devices.

I really like Markdown - that’s what brought it to my attention.

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HyperCard is only like that at its most primitive. HyperCard, back in the day, was all about code and functionality. I remember using a HyperCard stack that could record and play back music, interactive character sheets for D&D, and tons of games.

Instead of using HyperCard to track information, like Obsidian, you might instead use it to create an information system like Obisidian.