Thunk Notes | The Modern Daily Thinking Tool

A Visual Book Summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear

Atomic Habits explains how small, repeated actions (habits) compound to change your life. In this visual summary you'll get memorable visuals for all the big ideas in the book and practical advice on how to change your life.

Andrew Nalband

Thunk Notes | What We're Working On

This is a quick look at what we're currently working on at Thunk Notes.

Andrew Nalband

How Backlinks Work in Thunk

A quiet revolution is happening in digital note taking that allows you to find patterns and connections in your thinking. In this article we explain: 1. What backlinks are and how to use them in Thunk. 2. How backlinks help you connect ideas and find patterns in your Thinking.

Andrew Nalband

What happens next?

In the season one finale, we talk about what’s next for Thunk— and where we hope to be when we come back. Andrew and Danielle talk about the difference between experimenting and failing (hint: it’s what you do next). Danielle talks about when you have to ‘kill your darlings’ when it comes to marketing and content, and why it’s important to view them as longer term investments. Andrew talks about his experience with other startups, and the tipping point between failure and success.

Danielle Messler

The Power of Small Progress

How do you bring more joy into your life with a writing app? It’s a question we continuously try to answer. When building out different features and capabilities in Thunk, we keep in mind the human experience and how tools can influence our thinking patterns, behavior, and yes — our mood.

Andrew Nalband

Feature in Progress: Publish directly from Thunk

With this feature, we imagine your ideas will have less time to sit idly on a page for only you and you’ll be able to do what you do best: ship your work. Check out the walkthrough to see how we’re imagining this feature and let us know what you think!

Andrew Nalband

Building a Second Brain

We’re all about turning all of the incredible ideas in your head into organized insights that allow you to find clarity and joy in writing. How can software do that? It’s not simple, but it can be accomplished the way our brains work — by spotting patterns.

Andrew Nalband

Our Biggest Update Yet

We are very excited to release our most significant update to thunkjournal.com ever. Here's a thread of the most important updates based on user feedback.

Andrew Nalband

Let's have fun

On this episode, we introduce you to Nigel and Julian— two very important Thunk characters. Nigel and Julian represent two parts of the creative process, and we get into how they’ll help you create more. Andrew talks about the importance of building for yourself. Andrew and Danielle talk about the powerful idea of digital gardens, and two key resources to learn more.

Danielle Messler

The Magic Words

On this episode, we get into some of the major changes at Thunk— turns out ‘journaling’ is a great practice but not the most exciting positioning. Andrew discusses the conversations that led up to the change and how it comes down to reading into energy levels. Andrew and Danielle talk about overnight success, and why building in public is so hard. Danielle talks about the ‘responsibility’ to play with our creativity.

Danielle Messler

What is a digital garden?

A digital garden is basically a combination of an online notebook and a personal wikipedia. It’s your personal collection of ideas.‍Though they aren’t new, digital gardens are having their moment, growing in popularity across particular corners of the internet.These are the key things you need to know about planting one of your own.

Danielle Messler

How Thunk quiets your inner perfectionist

With Thunk’s focus mode, we give you the ability to turn off that voice with one command. Once you’ve enabled focus mode you won’t be able to judge or edit your thoughts until you’re ready to proofread. Or, maybe you just want to get it out on the page with no proofreading at all.

Andrew Nalband

Drag & Drop your thoughts to create more clarity in your writing

As product designers and developers at Thunk, we have been thinking about the power of WYSIWYG editing in relation to your writing.

Andrew Nalband

Why should a writing tool prioritize design?

In this video I walk you through the reason why Thunk is built to bring more joy and clarity to writing, so you aren’t spending your time building databases -- instead -- your writing tool is doing all the work for you in a beautiful, clean, and automated way.

Andrew Nalband

What's Stopping Us?

This week we’re talking about what’s holding us back from getting more users into the app.Andrew speaks to the technical side of Thunk and what’s required as we scale.We get into signs you know you’re building something people love.Danielle talks about abandoning creative work vs finishing it.Get priority early access to Thunk: podcast@thunkjournal.comFollow us on Twitter @Nalband and @danielleismessy

Danielle Messler

Is Anybody Gonna Pay For This?

In this episode, we’re talking feedback. We give you an update on the user count (spoiler, Andrew forgot to prep for recording!) We talk about how to use feedback constructively— and when to know you’re getting lost in it. Andrew covers what features Thunk will release next

Danielle Messler

Will This End the Company?

This week we’re diving into what happens when things don’t go exactly according to plan (so, always!). Andrew & Danielle talk about the curse of perfectionism and how it impacts creative work. Andrew discusses how he decides what is a launch dealbreaker and what gets cut to get things out the door. We also dig into the importance of realizing you don’t have to do everything yourself. Get priority early access to Thunk: podcast@thunkjournal.com Follow us on Twitter @nalband and @danielleismessy

Danielle Messler