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> - I kickstart my day with my own thoughts, not someone else's (i.e. social media). I like how similar and the same time different our approaches are. I wrot

> - I kickstart my day with my own thoughts, not someone else's (i.e. social media). I like how similar and the same time different our approaches are. I wrote an app to develop my writing habit (https://enso.sonnet.io https://enso.sonnet.io). It's a "stream of consciousness" notepad separating writing from editing which makes it harder for you to edit yourself. I've been using it every day for the past 3 years, with ca. 800 words per day and I suck at sticking to habits. Check it out! My notes are mostly private but I also write longer, researched articles, usually with an outline. As an experiment I wrote https://sonnet.io/posts/sit https://sonnet.io/posts/sit using Ensō, then spent 1 week rewriting and editing. > - I have an ever growing vault of things I can point to (I do this a lot) Have you tried using Obsidian Publish? I use it non stop as a personal knowledge graph and a brain dump. I have a different flow for posting public notes since my site runs on 11ty, but if I didn't care about branding, I'd just use it instead.

UltimateEdge 4y ago
What's been holding this project back from being released on platforms other than Mac? I also wanted to say that it's amazing that you have these calendar slots for people to speak to you. What has your experience been with this? How long have you been doing it? Where did you get the idea? What kind of people show up?
- rpastuszak 4y ago
  > What's been holding this project back from being released on platforms other than Mac? Time and focus: - most of my users use Macs (60%) and I had to pick one platform to start - the web version is perfectly capable (PWA w. offline support) > I also wanted to say that it's amazing that you have these calendar slots for people to speak to you. What has your experience been with this? How long have you been doing it? Where did you get the idea? What kind of people show up? I can't recommend it enough! I set it up almost 3 years ago to keep in touch with people after I left London during the pandemic. Regarding the people, they're generally kind, curious and open. I'd say 2/3 of them are your typical HN readers, product minded engineers, founders, students, some of them really accomplished and some just at the beginning of their path etc... I met a homeless software engineer who turned out to be the author of a project I followed as a teen, then some writers, CXO-level MIT or Berkley alumni with tons of experience. The range is wide. People are much nicer outside of social media or HN, so this feels a bit like time travel to the period when the discourse was less polarised. I'm drafting and article about this subject, so will use some of your questions as a reference -- thanks! You can follow me via RSS or the newsletter in the footer of an article. Or just come and say hi https://sonnet.io/posts/hi https://sonnet.io/posts/hi
  - UltimateEdge 4y ago
    > most of my users use Macs (60%) and I had to pick one platform to start So are you using native technologies? I must say it's really unique and cool what you're doing with the calendar slots.
    - rpastuszak 4y ago
      > So are you using native technologies? It's mostly a wrapper for a (slightly) better desktop UX on Mac. I'm using some native APIs, but mostly as a polyfill (e.g. better shortcut support, even cleaner UI, native save dialogs). I might put the app on the App Store, but I'm a bit tired of working with Apple bureaucracy. I implemented the text editor in other technologies as an experiment (e.g. UIKit, SwiftUI) but web view + a wrapper seems to be the most stable and flexible approach. > I must say it's really unique and cool what you're doing with the calendar slots. Thanks! It's quite easy to start actually.

UltimateEdge 4y ago

What's been holding this project back from being released on platforms other than Mac? I also wanted to say that it's amazing that you have these calendar slots for people to speak to you. What has your experience been with this? How long have you been doing it? Where did you get the idea? What kind of people show up?

rpastuszak 4y ago
> What's been holding this project back from being released on platforms other than Mac? Time and focus: - most of my users use Macs (60%) and I had to pick one platform to start - the web version is perfectly capable (PWA w. offline support) > I also wanted to say that it's amazing that you have these calendar slots for people to speak to you. What has your experience been with this? How long have you been doing it? Where did you get the idea? What kind of people show up? I can't recommend it enough! I set it up almost 3 years ago to keep in touch with people after I left London during the pandemic. Regarding the people, they're generally kind, curious and open. I'd say 2/3 of them are your typical HN readers, product minded engineers, founders, students, some of them really accomplished and some just at the beginning of their path etc... I met a homeless software engineer who turned out to be the author of a project I followed as a teen, then some writers, CXO-level MIT or Berkley alumni with tons of experience. The range is wide. People are much nicer outside of social media or HN, so this feels a bit like time travel to the period when the discourse was less polarised. I'm drafting and article about this subject, so will use some of your questions as a reference -- thanks! You can follow me via RSS or the newsletter in the footer of an article. Or just come and say hi https://sonnet.io/posts/hi https://sonnet.io/posts/hi
- UltimateEdge 4y ago
  > most of my users use Macs (60%) and I had to pick one platform to start So are you using native technologies? I must say it's really unique and cool what you're doing with the calendar slots.
  - rpastuszak 4y ago
    > So are you using native technologies? It's mostly a wrapper for a (slightly) better desktop UX on Mac. I'm using some native APIs, but mostly as a polyfill (e.g. better shortcut support, even cleaner UI, native save dialogs). I might put the app on the App Store, but I'm a bit tired of working with Apple bureaucracy. I implemented the text editor in other technologies as an experiment (e.g. UIKit, SwiftUI) but web view + a wrapper seems to be the most stable and flexible approach. > I must say it's really unique and cool what you're doing with the calendar slots. Thanks! It's quite easy to start actually.