David Crandall: Future of Roam, Data Architecture, Interfaces

14/08/2020 1h 5min Temporada 1 Episodio 8
David Crandall: Future of Roam, Data Architecture, Interfaces

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In this episode, we talk with David Crandall, a software architect and fractional CTO. As someone involved in Data Architecture since the mid-nineties, he has been obsessive with note-taking, having done so for 25+ years(!). Roam fits the bill for writing all his thoughts!We talked about:The Dark times: how he found Roam, moving abroad with 26 luggage bags and moreDavid's workflows: Meeting notes, habit tracking and anti-productivityWhy he dislikes non-contextual metadataPredicting the future of Roam from a software architect's perspective, and #roamcultEnjoy!Timestamps2:28 25 Years of Note-taking and discovering Roam 5:40 What caught his attention, and the Daily Notes page8:52 Transferring all his analog notes in9:40 Moving a family of six to Cozumel, Mexico13:12 David's workflow, and learning Roam in quarantine17:02 Meeting notes: David's process for turning nouns into pages20:20 Non-contextual tagging and why David hates it24:12 Finding value from graph overview + suggestions26:37 How David uses Roam to track his habits32:02 Being anti-productive34:06 David's main Twitter account and Minecraft36:18 Future Roaman Jrs.38:21 The future of Roam and David's accurate prediction42:09 The way we interact with Roam will change46:14 The potential of #roamcult in this future51:29 Networked social media, Visa and threaded conversation54:30 What scares David about the hive mind concept55:29 Describing Roam as a Jarvis [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]]57:28 [[What does Roam mean to you?]], Roam's use in counseling, therapy, and vulnerabilityLinksDavid's TwitterDavid's WebsitePredicting the Future of RoamSupport the show