The 6 things you need to know to start with Roam Research

The new productivity app Roam Research (or as Roam calls it themselves: a note-taking app for networked thoughts) is the talk of the town lately. However, as it is very different from any other productivity app like Evernote, Notion, Trello, or Todoist, a lot of people have problems with where to start.

Roam Research is actually very simple to start with. And learn along the way as you are getting more advanced, or want to do more complex things with Roam. A saying about Roam is it has a low floor and a high ceiling. Easy to start with and endless possibilities. Here are my 6 things you need to know:

1. Start writing on the Daily Notes page. Most people will look at creating some structure. Don't try it. It took me some time to understand the genius of a Daily Notes page, but it absolutely works. Simply start writing your things, whether it is research, task management, notes on the Daily Notes page. And structure will build itself later.
2. Use block quotes to start a new page. Everything that is between [[]]] is a reference to a page. If you type something between [[]] for the first time the page is created. If the page exists, it is simply a reference to that page. Clicking in on it brings you to that page. Where you can start typing your info. On that page, you will see the links to every page…