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Our guest in this episode today is Robert Haisfield, Founder of Influence Insights, as well as the behavioral product strategist at Spark Wave. Focusing on behavior design and gamification, he applies his knowledge to tech products better accomplish their intended goals. 

We talked about:

• Rob's note-taking origin story, from standup comedy to behavioral science papers and consulting
• The exploratory behavior of people, what they expect from entering digital gardens and public Roams
• Workflows, usages of Roam, in particular 'pruning' your database for quality use
• Entry points to one's Roam to accommodate for different readers

Enjoy!

Timestamps

• 2:20 Writing down everything, note taking and standup comedy
• 4:38 Research through Notion, Bear and now Roam
• 8:14 How Rob found Roam, and older Notion workflows1
• 11:34 Testing Roam out with projects, and note-taking hygiene
• 13:49 Overwhelming graphs, Bear vs. Roam
• 17:37 Switching from a keyword approach to an evergreen note approach
• 20:13 Roam's accessibility for non-Roam users...there's none
• 23:36 Higher bar on a public Roam, articulating ideas
• 26:14 Exploring 2-dimensional navigation and Andy Matuschak's notes (follow along!)
• 29:52 "I love getting lost" The fun part about exploring hypertext
• 34:52 Expressing through outlines and blocks, and the value of a digital garden
• 36:18 The different ways people search for things
• 37:48 The open notebook, Rob's hypertext
• 40:12 Hypertext adventures, and behavioral economics sets up a choice architecture
• 42:33 Entry points, and Obsidian's graph view
• 47:59 Rob's future projects and tips for starting Roam
• 53:41 How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it yet?
• 54:36 What does Roam mean to you?

Links

• Influence Insights
• Spark Wave
• Rob's Twitter
• Rob's Public Roam
• VIDEO: Rob Haisfield's Tour of Roam Research
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO_qvM-URHY
• VIDEO: Chatting with Glue - Close reading / Analysis / Note Taking
  • https://youtu.be/NMzr-qsv188
• Andy Matuschak's Notes

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In this episode, we talk with Stian Håklev, who is the engineer/learning architect for Minerva Project. 

• We talked about his origin story: diving open science, collaborative communities, and international development and connecting all these findings through Roam.
• What should get a page and what shouldn't, using references as an inbox and more
• His thoughts on Roam as a networked thought tool, and how it changed his thinking.

Enjoy!

Timestamps

• 1:59 Stian Håklev's origin story
• 4:13 Linux, programming and open source
• 5:48 Academic citations in multiple Chinese journals
• 6:47 How can we support self learners and collaborative learning? PhD and pedagogical theories
• 9:30 Minerva Project and rethinking undergraduate education
• 11:54 Introducing Roam into Stian's PhD reading workflow
• 14:06 Building the Frankenstein of Roam Research
• 18:31 How Stian Håklev uses Roam Research: From manual linking to using the tool VIDEO: Reproducing PhD reading workflow with Roam Research by Stian Håklev
• 21:58 The Daily Pages concept and design affordances
• 23:30 No friction when starting from daily pages, and references as an inbox
• 27:13 There is no distinction between page, tag, and link
• 28:25 Struggling with Zettelkasten or Evergreen Notes
• 33:00 Collecting all the artifacts and projects Stian has built
• 36:10 Collaboration and harnessing the creative exhaust
• 39:22 The vision for a collaborative Roam
• 40:57 Exploring complex design issues and semantic technologies
• 43:37 How to describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it yet?
• 46:47 What does Roam mean to you?

Links

• Stian's Twitter
• Networked Thought Newsletter
• Stian's Blog
• Minerva Project
• DokuWiki
• BibDesk
• Keyboard Maestro
• VIDEO: Reproducing PhD reading workflow with Roam Research by Stian Håklev
• Venkatesh Rao Tweet Thread on Roam Research
• VIDEO: Meet Roam-I and Roam-E, A Roam Research Concept Demo
• VIDEO: Tiago Forte's Interview with Conor White-Sullivan
• Sonke Ahrens' How to Take Smart Notes

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Welcome to RoamFM. Here, we dive into the minds, workflows and machinations of the #roamcult, the believers of [[Roam Research]].

Launching in July, we'll be talking with members of the #roamcult on how they use Roam and what amazing connections were through this tool. Guests are varied in experience, background and ways of thinking, so we'll explore different ways to use Roam.

Enjoy!

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