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Make Roam for Your Mind: Ode to Customization
Last update: 25th December 2020
In the previous post, I have described what makes me sometimes upset about Roam Research: the number of unfinished features and lack of polish. I formulated it strongly and it led to fascinating discussions on Twitter with some great reactions from Conor and others.
But this is just one side of the coin. At the same time, Roam has opened up extraordinary creative spaces for me and other people. This is a new kind of product that is doing things in its own way. In this story I’d like to focus on some of those creative possibilities and why I like Roam so much and why I am so passionate about it.
If you look at the public Roam-tricks database (so-called “graph”), you will notice one astonishing thing: there is an unbelievable number of various modifications, custom CSS styles, browser extensions and JavaScript plugins. All developed in free time and for free in just a couple of months. This is, without doubt, one of the largest assets of Roam. But why are there so many?
There are definitely multiple reasons for that. This time, I would like to look at just one of them: Roam in its core offers all you need to create a full-fledge copy of the internet. Do you think I am kidding? Look at this page:
