How it started: When I mentioned that I was thinking of creating a software application that would do KJ-like things on the iPad, I was told, âWhy donât you just draw that on the notebook app, surround it with a nasenawa, and move it around?â I thought it might be possible, and I wanted to identify what the difference was in the first place.
This summary was written after doing the KJ method on Notability:. Wanted to create my own electronic KJ method tool. The reason.
- Advantages of being digital data
- Unlike paper stickies, digital data can be easily copied and reused for other projects
- Especially capable of importing from other formats.
- From Scrapbox Bulletins.
- From the PDF of the lecture slides
- Version control eliminates concerns about changes and deletions.
- I need text data.
- I want to search and do natural language processing
- But keyboard input on an iPad is a pain in the ass, you know?
- I want to flick input on my iPhone.
- I want to jot down my thoughts while walking or on a crowded train.
- There should be an export method app for the iPhone.
- Do you want to voice input?
- How does it compare to an outline editor?
- Tools that canât draw a quick diagram are a loss.
And how about the current iPad notes app (Notability)
- I thought the two steps of selecting and moving with a lasso would be a hassle, but it was surprisingly possible.
- Because of the original need to dictate which ranges were grouped when grouping.
- First you need to zoom in and draw.
- Because of the A4 size limit when zoomed out
- The pen is in its thinnest mode.
- Hard to use because the eraser is not small enough.
- Boundaries are your own.
- The lack of borders on the stickies was hard to get used to at first.
- Once I grouped them, I drew my own boundaries and I donât care anymore.
- Notability text box is useless.
- Not subject to lasso selection
The current Notability is
- Fat and easy to copy and paste, so it can be reused for other projects
- âImport from other formats is currently not possible.
- âText data impossible
latest version
log
Version 1
In the final version, the number of sticky notes would be about 60.
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