I think the best way to get started with Heptabase is simply to find a topic or a book you’re interested in and create a whiteboard for it.

This is something that I’ve done a lot in Heptabase, which is essentially creating whiteboards on different topics, and reusing the concept cards that I extracted from different books, articles, videos, and PDFs for these topics’ whiteboards and gradually forming a deeper understanding over time.

That’s why in Heptabase’s whiteboard, you can easily break down lengthy card notes into atomic concept notes. I believe this process of “extracting concepts” is the real foundation of deep understanding.

Heptabase’s whiteboard is designed with two insights. The first one is obvious: humans think much better when they think visually. The second one is less obvious: to gain a deep understanding on a topic through visual thinking, you need to first atomize the concept you learned. Real deep understanding doesn’t come from the “relationship between two... See more

Most users use Heptabase to digest complex literature, integrating this knowledge with their own ideas to create high-quality outcomes.

Everything built on top of this system should have the inherent capabilities to empower people to effectively create a deep understanding of anything they’re learning and researching.