March 3rd, 2020

• User Interview with Mariana
  • A common problem
    • Mariana speaks Spanish, English and Italian and want to link words across those languages
      • If I'm writing in English I would say Productivity
      • If I'm writing in Spanish I would say Productividad
        • Mi Productividad esta semana fue mejor que la semana pasada.
    • A temporary workaround until we have full aliases is to create a query block for

    • Another alternative is to use markdown links to wrap Roam's internal links, so that you just always point to the node/page you want
      • Mi productividad esta semana fue mejor que la semana pasada.
  • Questions about Privacy
    • Roam's data is hosted by google, encrypted at rest, and encrypted over the wires
      • We follow industry best practices for encryption -- same as Evernote and Notion - but we make an additional guarantee in our Privacy Policy to not ever read your notes without your persmission (Did you know Evernote engineers can read your notes?)
        • afaik
      • If you want more thorough encryption you can use Encryption
        • {{encrypt:U2FsdGVkX1+wWiKMWApV+y7Dhg53bZfyKoVAx1R+665CKu/fBW5Jmb7TKsutwsWKMSHY5NPS5jCPolylkjSbY15U2HtlWnRRmMUTErnIq2Vw03i1sbliatTW3zwstH1/2MPvXv4TVb1vrErTvaE1bg==}}
      • Encrypted blocks are now live on Roam

        • To use them type {{``encrypt}}
        • Example:: {{encrypt:U2FsdGVkX19IGq42nYT82SQysswn/KYSMDPTJFTe/OV3lmF0BBO1MRb54tBZFZAr}}
          • Then choose a hint and passphrase for that block
            • The passphrase for this block is test
          • clicking the lock - or the text area will show you what the sting looks like when sent to us
          • only the hint is stored with Roam - the passphrase never goes to our servers

          • WARNING

            • if you edit the text of the encrypted string - you will likely lose all of the data (only edit it when it is decrypted)
        • Encrypted blocks are now live on Roam

          • To use them type {{``encrypt}}
          • Example:: {{encrypt:U2FsdGVkX19IGq42nYT82SQysswn/KYSMDPTJFTe/OV3lmF0BBO1MRb54tBZFZAr}}
            • Then choose a hint and passphrase for that block
              • The passphrase for this block is test
            • clicking the lock - or the text area will show you what the sting looks like when sent to us
            • only the hint is stored with Roam - the passphrase never goes to our servers

            • WARNING

              • if you edit the text of the encrypted string - you will likely lose all of the data (only edit it when it is decrypted)
  • Questions about what I use in Roam that other people don't
    • Block References
      • for building up arguments
      • for Time Tracking
      • for Repeating Tasks and Standard Operating Procedures aka SAPs
    • look at
      Repeating tasks workflow

      • Not pretty - but our goal is to make things POSSIBLE with a few building blocks, and if they work well as a recipe bake them into product as features later
      • Example::
        • Template block
          • Take out the trash
        • Each instance of the task (where you put the todo checkbox, and other notes like the assigned date) is a reference to that template
          • {{TODO}} eM5X-Sdct March 3rd, 2020
          • {{TODO}} eM5X-Sdct March 10th, 2020
  • Youtube videos
    • Roam Demo Videos - roamcult generated videos
      • full playlist
        • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirPuSjy7wZBznhJFTdl2OT4o2-MeSlcU
      • Leitner Boxes SRS favorite {{youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmv5Yrnmlgg&list=PLirPuSjy7wZBznhJFTdl2OT4o2-MeSlcU&index=4&t=21s}}
• Example of
  Repeating tasks workflow

  • Not pretty - but our goal is to make things POSSIBLE with a few building blocks, and if they work well as a recipe bake them into product as features later
  • Example::
    • Template block
      • Take out the trash
    • Each instance of the task (where you put the todo checkbox, and other notes like the assigned date) is a reference to that template
      • {{TODO}} eM5X-Sdct March 3rd, 2020
      • {{TODO}} eM5X-Sdct March 10th, 2020
  • Evening Questions is a example of a template using page links
  • Morning Routine
    • {{DONE}}
      Wake up
      • this happened at 19:22
    • {{DONE}}
      Get eggs
    • {{DONE}}
      Morning Pages