I know you’re a man of culture because you mentioned reading Mindstorms by Seymour Papert, Alan Kay, Bret Victor. You should have a lifetime license in pricing as well, like Procreate. I guess that’s when it’ll kick off and number of sales will cover the profit. Subscriptions turn me off.
I am a student from Germany and I am currently using Heptabase to do research and extract information for my bachelor thesis and to organise everything. Really an AMAZING product that Alan and Ethan have created! I'm really in love with Heptabase :D
Alan! This is going to help many users - both new and old. Even though I've been following along for 2+ years, I picked up some new ideas and approaches to using a Heptabase Whiteboard (I was taking notes along the way in my Heptabase app of course!) Keep up the great work and maybe throw in a cameo appearance now and again from your stellar development team!
Alan, thank you for demonstrating the functions from Heptabase 101. As a user for half a year, I found this video very useful, for you provide very clear samples step by step, specially how you organize the atomic pieces of knowledge in a format of mind map. By showing how you transform your reading notes, to the scattering of thoughts of cards, into a structualized modules. You help us visualize how Heptabase works. Please keep making videos like this, which is a great help for users to find out how to make this app handy. Thanks again.
Alan, I've been using Heptabase for almost a year and I learned a few tricks from this that will be very helpful as I plan out my research and book. Thanks for a great video!
I love these videos. Every time i go back and revisit them i learn something new, and I had several aha moments when watching this one. Please keep them coming!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *📝 Creating Whiteboards in Heptabase* - Setting up a whiteboard to organize information visually. - Adding and formatting cards for note-taking purposes. - Utilizing the card library for storing and reusing knowledge across different whiteboards. 02:21 *📄 Formatting and Organization Within Cards* - Detailed exploration of card creation and formatting options. - Using Markdown syntax and slash commands for various text formats. - Utilizing text elements for non-card-based content on whiteboards. 05:08 *🔄 Utilizing the Card Library for Knowledge Reusability* - Leveraging the card library for storing and reusing knowledge. - Transferring cards between whiteboards for synthesizing past and current knowledge. - Effective knowledge extraction and transfer from existing sources to new whiteboards. 07:05 *📚 Extracting Atomic Knowledge from Sources* - Breaking down large cards into smaller, digestible units of knowledge. - Extracting important ideas and concepts from sources into separate cards. - Connecting extracted atomic concepts to visualize the overall structure of information. 11:21 *🧠 Understanding the Essence of Learning* - Reflecting on the importance of restructuring and synthesizing information for learning. - Demonstrating the process of extracting and organizing knowledge from sources. - Visualizing the clear structure of knowledge through whiteboard representation. 13:14 *📑 Extracting Knowledge from PDF Files* - Exploring the process of extracting knowledge from PDF files using Heptabase. - Creating highlights and annotations on PDF files to generate highlight cards. - Demonstrating the integration of PDF extracts into whiteboards for knowledge synthesis. 15:31 *📄 Expanding Source Material and Future Features* - Discussing upcoming features like video and audio card support. - Emphasizing the flexibility of creating highlights and annotations on diverse sources. - Envisioning the ability to synthesize knowledge from various multimedia sources in the future. 16:24 *📊 Revisiting Existing Knowledge for Synthesis* - Utilizing existing whiteboards to extract relevant knowledge for new contexts. - Demonstrating the process of transferring marked cards from multiple sources to a central whiteboard. - Organizing and synthesizing collected knowledge into a coherent mental model for problem-solving. 19:12 *🧭 Creating a Mindmap for Knowledge Synthesis* - Utilizing mindmap features for centralizing key ideas and connections. - Mapping out strong connections between central concepts and related ideas. - Structuring a mental model through visual representation and branching ideas in the mindmap. 22:44 *💡 Creating Product Ideas and Design Specs* - Developing multiple product ideas and design specifications from a central mental model. - Utilizing branching and card creation features to flesh out new product concepts. - Showcasing the power of Heptabase in structuring and connecting ideas for analysis and design. 25:30 *🚀 Leveraging Heptabase for Knowledge Work* - Highlighting the core value of Heptabase in extracting and structuring knowledge from diverse sources. - Emphasizing the importance of revisiting and synthesizing knowledge for problem-solving and research. - Enabling knowledge workers to reuse stored information effectively in new contexts and problem-solving scenarios. Made with HARPA AI
I appreciate your taking the time to do this for us. I look forward to the future videos. Every new "nugget" of knowledge you provide helps make Heptabase either easier to use (efficient), more effective, or both. I want to "USE" Heptabase, not take time figuring it out. Thank you for this.
Three important points. 1- Thank you for the video. It has had many benefits. 2- I write the biggest deficiency. Doing all these operations manually is now a waste of time. All these processes are now done with artificial intelligence. Not many people waste their time manually. Artificial intelligence needs to be integrated into the product urgently. Currently Taskade, Miro, Whimsal etc. Many tools such as create mind maps with artificial intelligence. It saves serious time. This is a big shortcoming for Heptabase. This should be the first thing. I have many notes. But I don't look for information in notes anymore. Artificial intelligence is already doing better. This situation needs to be resolved urgently. 3- Heptase mobile phone and iPad usage is very bad. Too bad. I understand you. However, phone use is 7 hours a day. People come across many notes but I cannot share them directly to Heptabase from my mobile phone. This is a very bad situation. Finally, I support heptabase. One of the top 5 products so far. I think you will enter the top 3 in a short time. Good luck.
1 - Thanks for the video, very helpfull. 2 - The product is INSANELY GOOD 3 - Consider a regional prices, not everyone works with US dolars and the exchange rate can be very expensive. I tried it for 7 days trial - Sadly, for now, it's too expensive and i will keep my old note taking.
Unrelated question. What screen recording software were you using? I'm on windows (11) and noticed you're using MacOS. I use 4k monitors and have a hard time sharing my screen with colleagues as everything is too small. I'm hoping what you were using is available for windows lol. Also, fantastic video!!
⛔ Could not find **Add a comment** button. Here is the entire summary: ```markdown 🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🏗 *Alan, the CEO of Heptabase, introduces Heptabase as a digital whiteboard tool designed to help users learn and research by visually structuring complex topics.* 00:27 💡 *Alan shares his personal motivation in creating a tool that allows knowledge and concepts from various sources to be organized visually.* 02:21 📝 *Heptabase allows users to double-click on the whiteboard to create "cards," which are like notes that can contain various types of formatted content, including lists, code, and math equations.* 03:19 🖥 *Different card formats support specific professional needs, such as software engineering, science, mathematics, and strategic planning with drag-and-drop table capabilities.* 04:42 🗂 *Every card created is stored in a centralized 'Card Library', which allows for the reuse of knowledge across different whiteboards.* 05:40 ♻ *The card library feature enables users to synthesize past knowledge with new ideas, facilitating the recycling of concepts across various projects.* 06:39 ✍ *Heptabase also allows creation of static text elements on the whiteboard that do not get stored in the card library and can be fully deleted.* 07:05 📘 *Alan demonstrates how to extract and restructure knowledge from a book into smaller, atomic concept cards on the whiteboard for better comprehensibility.* 12:46 📚 *He interfaces with PDFs by creating cards from highlights and annotations to extract knowledge with a similar process as handling book notes.* 15:31 🌐 *Future support for video and audio cards is mentioned, aiming to allow highlights and annotations across various types of media.* 16:24 🧠 *Alan explains the process of synthesizing knowledge by revisiting existing whiteboards and combining relevant cards into a new context.* 19:12 🌟 *He uses a central idea to build a mindmap, connecting and synthesizing different concepts from various knowledge cards to form a new mental model for a project.* 23:40 🚀 *Transition from idea to action is shown as Alan outlines the process of using the structured knowledge to develop product ideas and design specifications.* 24:09 🔄 *Alan illustrates the workflow of incorporating user feedback into the design process by creating user interview cards that inform design iterations.* 25:30 🎯 *The core value of Heptabase is demonstrated as the ability to extract knowledge from diverse sources and organize it into a coherent structure on the whiteboard.* 26:00 🧠 *Users can retain and recall their thought processes over time by revisiting structured knowledge on whiteboards, assisting in tackling new problems with previously acquired knowledge.* 26:24 🌱 *Synthesis of knowledge is highlighted as a fundamental practice for knowledge workers, with Heptabase serving as a tool that preserves context and understanding.* 26:52 🛠 *Alan asserts that the accumulated notes in Heptabase become a powerful repository of reusable knowledge for future problem-solving and research endeavors.* 27:24 📌 *Alan concludes the tutorial emphasizing the usefulness of Heptabase in learning and researching complex topics and teases future videos on organizing whiteboards, cards, and tabs.* Made with HARPA AI ```
I love handouts that are a checkoff list. Would be nice if you had a "Non-Task" checkbox icon we could use. Right now when we use the checkbox its committed to a task. thanks
I cannot use ipad for the highlight in pdf. The worst thing is I even cannot move the pdf pages in ipad (that's mean I cannot read the pdf articles). I tried to open heptabase with ios app and a few browsers. But none of them can perform properly. The usage in ipad is so bad. Can you fix it afterwards?
So AWESOME! Alan you are amazing! Thank you for creating this! I really wanted a system that was built out to be able to accumulate information from PDF Books I've been learning! With all of the other features for my own whiteboards with video and audio etc. Is SOO revolutionary for me! To not have to use multiple programs is also a HUGE advantage.
Thank you so much for the amazing tool! I have a question. When I copy the existing cards from one whiteboard to another, the linkage between cards is lost, and they become two separate cards in the card library. The linkage only works when I inset the existing card from a card library. Is there any solution to this? Thank you!
Thanks for creating this tool, it inspires the user's creativity.👍 If this tool can combine AI to summarize or synthesize the materials, it will be more convenient and powerful!
Thank you for this video, it is great! I have a question: when you are extracting notes from your cards, is the original card changing too? If I delete a sentence, the sentence will be deleted from the source card? thanks!
I spent weeks looking for a tools to use for my research that would help me visualize information how I envision it in my head and that is the closest tool I've found that fills that purpose.
Thanks! this video is so helpful。 I want to try pdf notes , to use 'tidy up' in the whiteboard , to reuse cards in different whiteboards after this video . By the way , are there any principles in the first highlighting step ?