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Show HN: OctopusNote – Keep documents and reference text in the mindmap (octopusnote.com)
3 points by marb on Jan 18, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



OctopusNote developer here.

I am trying to spark some innovation in the information organization field.

Most organizational tools are only ok when working with little information. When your notes database grows up, more and more problems emerge: difficult to navigate and efficiently use that much information.

One thing that could help when working with many documents (or notes) is a text referencing in a mindmap.

At OctopusNote I am experimenting with various techniques to find the right mix of features that could improve human's information processing capabilities.

OctopusNote now has a strong technical base and can be easily transformed to various note taking or mindmapping tools based on modern web technologies.

For example:

has a reliable almost-real-time conflict-free sync

has a high performance mind-map engine that can render and navigate tens of thousands of branches without any lag

has a full text search that can search in parent > child relations (for the mindmap part)

has a really convenient document search with tag filter, full text search and instant search

can extract web articles

etc.

There is a possibility I will open source it, if I will find a sustainable business model.

Now imagine what would be a perfect information organization tool that would let you keep, navigate and most importantly use that information efficiently?

Just one condition: the tool must be efficient with thousands of notes.


Interesting tool. Do you have any invites?


Sure, all HN people are welcome!




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