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+# 2026-03-11
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+## TFT as a web surfboard
+
+As someone who grew up surfing, I'm acutely aware of the impact that the board
+you have has on what it feels like to, and how easy it is, to do what you're
+wanting. Surfers are enchanted by the different feelings of trying different
+boards. They are a lens through which the surfer relates to the world.
+
+Similarly, the tools we use in our basic workflow for capturing and relating
+to information can change how it feels to do so — and change the kind of
+information we capture. The workflow is built for rapid capture, multiple
+parallel projects, divergent thinking, and a step beyond towards organization.
+
+The biggest bottleneck in our ability to augment our intelligence with
+note-taking tools is in the *interface* — getting information out of our heads
+and into the machine. So we're building an app entirely around that. Rapid
+knowledge capture, as our first product.
+
+## Ideaflow vs Obsidian
+
+Obsidian is a bit too heavy/hackery for me. Tons of features, but really I
+just need a quicker way to jot stuff down — something closer to Apple Notes
+with a few more niceties.
+
+One key feature of Ideaflow is cross-sectional filtering across different
+conversations. If I write:
+
+> Conversation with Tara Raj
+> — Some note
+> — Another interesting idea. `#Idea`
+> — Another note
+> — *Name of the Wind* `#Book`
+
+Then searching for `#Book` filters to only the line matching that tag. My
+natural workflow isn't to create titled pages — it's to append notes at the
+speed of thought to the top of a giant text file. Ideaflow leans into this
+common tendency in notetakers and makes it something to be proud of, versus
+ashamed of its messiness. Especially helpful for folks who work on a lot of
+projects and/or have ADHD and need to capture notes accretively across many
+topics.
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