Sublime

Because when you curate, you notice.

You pay attention.

You search, you question, you explore.

You read books differently.

You listen differently in conversations.

You live more curiously.

You pay attention to what you pay attention to.

You uncover connections you couldn’t see before.

You become a scientist, not of the natural world but of whatever world y... See more

You basically just dump anything that is interesting to you and watch how it intelligently intertwines with everyone else’s.

I was talking to a friend about why we decided to invite only paying believers to the Sublime private beta. My answer is that charging early for a product creates high expectations, and in aspiring to meet those expectations, we are held accountable to deliver a product you love and trust. My answer is that growing Sublime the right way is more imp... See more

By replacing a “like” with an active “connect” button, we free information from the file cabinet metaphor and allow you to arrange cards in an infinite variety of contexts.

Seeking knowledge instead of news, and tending to our own idea gardens will lead to a more fulfilling, more peaceful, and more joyful life.

Why should we bother capturing information? • Work is getting faster paced, so there's almost no time to do research. • You already consume stuff, why not make just a little bit of effort once to set up capture systems? After setting up, they don't need much upkeep.

Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves.

–Laura Esquivel

Collections change the organizing function from trying to describe broad topics to tracking the potential use, context, function or world that a card should live in.

In a traditional tagging system, the question is: in which topic should I store this card? On Sublime, the question is: in which context will I want to stumble upon it again?

Some note-taking software will now show you a subset of your notes at regular intervals to help you jog your memory; a third-party plug-in for this is now available for Roam. To my mind, though, this needs a first-party solution: Roam should show me old concepts, ideas, and even people and places when I open it each day, and encourage me to do more... See more

Think of the way you organize your library as an artistic endeavor, not just a utilitarian one.