Hi everyone,
I'm working on a note taking tool that's able to link across your notes, Google docs and Gmail and suggest you snippets of relevant information while writing.
I decided to work on this because I had the problem of linking snippets of user interviews stored in Google Docs, chats and email to features I was working on in the past. I tried different note taking tools but they can't really do that and I always had to copy and paste from the source.
The core 3 benefits are:
→ Linking between documents happens automatically. As soon as you type a name or a company for example, the tool will suggest relevant information across your notes and documents without tagging.
→ You can drag & drop paragraphs of text from a note, Google Doc or email to create a live reference.
→ Navigating between different external documents with a bird's eye view, so you don't have to switch tabs and windows.
Here's a walk-through of what I'm working on: https://imgur.com/idhH5y3
Would that be something useful?
How would you validate this idea?
EDIT: Thanks for the upvotes! If you'd like to try the beta, please sign up in the form below and I'll send you a link in a few weeks when launched. https://forms.gle/D9YJGXpFGs8N9iE59
I think the next step for you is figure out use cases, exactly what problems people would be solving by using your product
Thanks @Laura! The initial inspiration was my problem with linking snippets of text from user interviews to features and vice versa. Other use cases that I'm exploring is in marketing research, copywriting and also general corporate documents at work.
You are right, I'm trying to validate different problems that came out from user interviews.
That's a superb idea!
Thanks @janemccoates, what do you like about it? Just saw your post about an app idea journal. Would that be a use case?
Hey - that's actually a great idea! You're welcome to it :-) And maybe it could generate a simple/minimal portfolio?
Not to distract from your main goal though, lol :-D
Hi Filip,
so would I be able to pull emails someone sent me on a certain topic and turn it into a knowledge base?
Hey @nanatoni, yes, the idea is that emails related to a certain topic will show up on the right side of the screen when you write about that topic. Imagine that you can have a always on search bar on the side that changes contextually when you type. What do you think about it?