The Role of Freemium in Software Usage

Quotes from famous people or books can turn a feeling or a concept into a memorable chunk of text—how can we do the same for our own ideas? Stephan is the CEO of Obsidian, and he joins Mark and Adam to discuss notes as personal memes, the balance between freedom and cohesion in plugins, and why it's so hard to be messy in digital tools. Plus: why “tools for thought” rubs Stephan the wrong way.

Discuss this episode in the Muse community

Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter

Show notes

• Stephan Ango @kepano @kepano@mastodon.social
• Obsidian
• Pillowy Swedish cinnamon rolls using the tangzhong technique
• Lumi
• Erica Xu, Shida Li
• Growing ideas with Andy Matuschak
• Evergreen notes turn ideas into objects that you can manipulate
• Apple Notes, Apple Journal
• Zettelkasten
• stream-of-consciousness writing plugin
• Obsidian developer docs
• Launchers with Thomas Paul Mann
• Infinite canvases with Steve Ruiz
• Obsidian Canvas
• Excalidraw, ExcaliBrain
• .canvas format