exegesis

A writing app for disorganized, creative, nonlinear thinking

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A writing app for disorganized, creative, nonlinear thinking

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exegesis is a writing app for nonlinear, stream-of-consciousness thinking. Write down your thoughts as they come to you, then organize them later with tags and bidirectional links. You can also publish your notes right on exegesis, on your public profile.

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I love this product! Is there a desktop (Windows) version of it that works offline? Love the concept!

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@keltono5 Thanks! Unfortunately, not yet, but I plan on making one eventually

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5yr ago

@nicholas_chen4 Awesome! Is there a way I can be notified if/when it's made?

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@keltono5 you can follow exegesis' twitter account for updates: https://twitter.com/exegesis_app

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

Hi ProductHunt! It's been over 2 years since I posted my last product YANA here. Since, the notetaking space has seen an explosion of new contenders. Most of the focus has been on notetaking and "personal knowledge management." Here is my contrarian thesis: the true potential of a writing app isn't to help you record what you already know, it's to help you create something entirely new. It should be a playground built from your ideas - a jungle gym of thoughts where you can swing from one idea to the next effortlessly. The point isn't to have a second brain, or to remember everything. It's to help your ideas combine in interesting ways. I have crafted exegesis to reflect this goal in both form and function. Features like hover previews let you preview other notes and excerpts easily, so comparing and combining ideas is easy. You can also share your ideas easily by publishing directly from exegesis. I do so myself - here's my public exegesis profile: https://exegesis.io/user/NgoLSKV... Here are a couple of essays on exegesis, published on exegesis: https://exegesis.io/post/aadd990... As far as form goes, my hope is that it will not be used exclusively by techies and productivity nerds who are already familiar with bullet point apps and markdown, but rather by creatives who wouldn't otherwise have used such a tool. To that end, exegesis presents a familiar, MS word/Google-docs inspired interface that should be familiar to anyone. I've tried to make features like bidirectional links and tags more accessible by creating detailed tutorials accessible from inside of the app. You can find them here: https://exegesis.io/learn I've also tried to craft a unique aesthetic for the app. You can read more about the design process here: https://twitter.com/exegesis_app... I hope you enjoy using exegesis as much as I enjoyed making it. You can follow exegesis' progress here: https://twitter.com/exegesis_app You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/metam0nkey

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5yr ago

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@nicholas_chen4 Congrats on the launch! Love the graphics and non-linear thinking part!

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@eugenehp Thanks very much!

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5yr ago

@nicholas_chen4 love the art. Imbuing the personality of the creator is a trait available only to independent small businesses, and creates attachment and familiarity in a way medium to large companies can't touch. You can't beat "but this one is mine" in a space where there are many like it.

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5yr ago

A very cool concept! Do you consider adding a version that doesn't require registrations for people to give it a try?

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@footer that's a good idea, could make it easier for people to get a feel for the product. I'll look into it

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5yr ago

Interesting concept. Is this also on the phone? I find it hard to organize my random thoughts that come to me when I'm not in front of my computer.

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@maxim_dsouza the mobile version is not very good right now, but i plan to improve it substantially! a mobile app will probably be substantially further off, but if there's enough interest i'll make one

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5yr ago

@nicholas_chen4 Fair enough. Good luck.

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5yr ago

RentCollage

How many times a week do you use any tool for writing down your ideas? I want to understand, how deep you have to be in to nonlinear thinking to use something else then Notes.

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@oleksiy_malytskyy personally, daily

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5yr ago

Love the idea of this! Will definitely be trying out! Are you going to have it on iPhone anytime soon?

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5yr ago

Focus Wall

The clean design of the app looks amazing! Rather than having the screen be cluttered with buttons and tools, I really like how you've given a minimal aesthetic to it that would increase focus. Congrats on your launch!

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5yr ago

exegesis

Maker

@madebyayan Appreciate it! Had a lot of fun designing it

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5yr ago

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