PKM Weekly — 2024–09–14

Hi Everyone,

This weekend we have a jam-packed schedule of sport. Lots of good Premiership games followed by the F1 in Azerbaijan, so before all that starts, let’s see what is new in the PKM world.

Video of this week’s update:

CAPACITIES

• iPad App?

There are musings that an iPad app may or may not have found itself to Apple Testflight. For those waiting and part of the Pro plan, I am sure the wait to use Capacities on your iPad will soon be over. Maybe?

• Found a Promising PKM Tool

OP posts why they think Capacities is a promising PKM Tool:

Positive aspects:

1. Clear and separate knowledge writing
2. Easy to use with built-insupport for math formulas (LaTeX)
3. Automatic sync via traditional cloud-based system
4. Web app that allows access on restricted work laptops
5. Local graph view for connecting notes
6. Free to use

Drawbacks:

1. No complete offline function
2. No tablet version available yet, in future maybe only for paid-plan

• Capacities Writing Space

OP talks us though their Capacities set up where they create one object (called Content) for one writing piece, then organize blocks for different writing steps:

Pre-writing:

This includes content briefs (i.e., content type, objectives, target audience), outlines, and maybe research notes.

TUFD:

This stands for The Ugly First Draft. I dump any ideas related to this writing. Suggestions or feedback from AI also go here.

For any content piece that involves a lot of information, I would turn those information into a new embedded page, which makes it easier to find related information. (The graph view is…