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Hi Everyone,
Pinch and a punch for the first of the month — Happy June everyone.
This week there has been some big news with Tana coming out of Alpha and moving to a paid Beta. Lots of other news too, so let’s get to it.
The developments from this week come from:
- Tana
- Obsidian
- Logseq
- Heptabase
- Capacities
TANA
Tana announced the release of Tana Core, for those that missed it a) where have you been, b) a copy is below:
Looking at the online chatter, it seems that there are a couple of camps:
- The Slack was generally very positive with lots of comments of “just take my money” — understandable as this include a lot of people vested in the app and follow the community and chatter.
- Reddit — a bit less positive.
For those wondering what happens if you downgrade. You lose the pioneer pricing (should you wish to sign up at a later stage) and are limited with what you can do. Fair based on the pricing points, but just so you are aware.
My thoughts on Tana Core — it feels a little rushed (as if the backers had set a deadline regardless of what the devs actually achieved). Why:
- No mobile app on day of release (yes it is “coming soon”, but if it is so soon, why not wait and release both). I suspect it is to drive up another round of fanfare once the app is released, but still.
- No offline mode, none, zilch, nada. I leave my network (coupled with the no mobile app) and I am Tana-less.
- No invite system / still behind closed doors. Yes, it is to offer Pioneer pricing, but why not give the opportunity to others to join Tana on release day when the talk of the town was only on Tana — feel like it is a bit of a missed opportunity.
- AI — it feels like this is being forced down our throats and my preference would have been to have an a la Notion set-up and make it an “add-on” so the…
