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Hey HN, Kinopio is a visual thinking tool that can be used for things like brainstorming, organizing thoughts, mood-boards, planning, basically for figuring st

by pketh 6y ago

Hey HN, Kinopio is a visual thinking tool that can be used for things like brainstorming, organizing thoughts, mood-boards, planning, basically for figuring stuff out (by yourself or collaboratively). I've been building it for the last year after leaving my job as the co-creator of Glitch (http://pketh.org/hello-kinopio http://pketh.org/hello-kinopio). There's no sign up required to use it, let me know what you think, thx! – Pirijan

kanobo 6y ago
Good job Pirijan! I like the style very much, it feels like an old mac + a nintendo ds game + a 90's website + the future.
- pketh 6y ago
  Thanks! I was also inspired by 80s synths and electric instruments too
foxbarrington 6y ago
Nice work. This answers my question about why this looks so much like Glitch.
- pketh 6y ago
  hah ya it's like an evolution of my personal style/functional reqs
farrelmahaztra 6y ago
This looks really cool. The spaces I've found so far from the explore tab are delightfully wacky[0] and make me excited for what I can do with this. Are there limits for how many cards can go on one space (with a subscription)? I couldn't find that in the help docs. [0] https://kinopio.club/things-on-heads-that-do-not-belong-hpbu-NsVIRdc7o3Yw80hc https://kinopio.club/things-on-heads-that-do-not-belong-hpbu...
- pketh 6y ago
  nope no limits, space size is limited to 6000x6000, but this is just a temporary technical restriction
santa_boy 6y ago
Looks good. Just wondering how is this different from a mindmap. Is the multimedia ability the differentiator? I hacked together a simple textual mindmap with colors, fonts, etc on a canvas that I use for personal thinking. Just wondering how this improves the process.
- bentsai 6y ago
  The differentiators for me are: 1) super-streamlined card creation and editing. It lets me quickly capture, then move around with ease. No fiddling with appearance or sizes 2) less structure than traditional mind-mapping. I don't always think in hierarchies. Sometimes I have unrelated thoughts that later coalesce. This tool matches that mode.
- grugagag 6y ago
  From what i notice this is looser and easier to create notes. The nodes can be connected in any aleatory way, you can even make circuits. Mind maps are organized in a different way which might yield better results for different tasks
igotsideas 6y ago
Real cool! What tech did you use to build it?
- pketh 6y ago
  Thx! I tried to keep things pretty simple technology wise. I use Vue/vuex for the frontend and node/express/sequelize for the backend The architecture is a bit more unique local-first approach (everything is saved and loaded from a localstorage cache and can be immediately interacted with, Then the slower-to-retrieve source of truth version of your data from the server is transparently swapped in for the cached data when it's ready)

by pketh 6y ago

kanobo 6y ago

Good job Pirijan! I like the style very much, it feels like an old mac + a nintendo ds game + a 90's website + the future.

pketh 6y ago
Thanks! I was also inspired by 80s synths and electric instruments too

foxbarrington 6y ago

Nice work. This answers my question about why this looks so much like Glitch.

pketh 6y ago
hah ya it's like an evolution of my personal style/functional reqs

farrelmahaztra 6y ago

This looks really cool. The spaces I've found so far from the explore tab are delightfully wacky[0] and make me excited for what I can do with this. Are there limits for how many cards can go on one space (with a subscription)? I couldn't find that in the help docs. [0] https://kinopio.club/things-on-heads-that-do-not-belong-hpbu-NsVIRdc7o3Yw80hc https://kinopio.club/things-on-heads-that-do-not-belong-hpbu...

pketh 6y ago
nope no limits, space size is limited to 6000x6000, but this is just a temporary technical restriction

santa_boy 6y ago

Looks good. Just wondering how is this different from a mindmap. Is the multimedia ability the differentiator? I hacked together a simple textual mindmap with colors, fonts, etc on a canvas that I use for personal thinking. Just wondering how this improves the process.

bentsai 6y ago
The differentiators for me are: 1) super-streamlined card creation and editing. It lets me quickly capture, then move around with ease. No fiddling with appearance or sizes 2) less structure than traditional mind-mapping. I don't always think in hierarchies. Sometimes I have unrelated thoughts that later coalesce. This tool matches that mode.
grugagag 6y ago
From what i notice this is looser and easier to create notes. The nodes can be connected in any aleatory way, you can even make circuits. Mind maps are organized in a different way which might yield better results for different tasks

igotsideas 6y ago

Real cool! What tech did you use to build it?

pketh 6y ago
Thx! I tried to keep things pretty simple technology wise. I use Vue/vuex for the frontend and node/express/sequelize for the backend The architecture is a bit more unique local-first approach (everything is saved and loaded from a localstorage cache and can be immediately interacted with, Then the slower-to-retrieve source of truth version of your data from the server is transparently swapped in for the cached data when it's ready)