[HN Gopher] Muse Retrospective
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       Muse Retrospective
        
       Author : hboon
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-05-14 20:38 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (adamwiggins.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (adamwiggins.com)
        
       | dang wrote:
       | There was a small thread here:
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       |  _Muse Retrospective * Adam Wiggins_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39408507 - Feb 2024 (10
       | comments)
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       | (but it never made the front page, so I've spawned a fresh copy)
        
       | kevmo314 wrote:
       | Interesting retrospective.
       | 
       | > The "tools for thought" trend was in full swing, and being
       | described as note-taking or sketching app was in our review
       | mirror.
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       | I'd love to hear the author dig more into this. I've never heard
       | of Muse but the "tools for thought" seems to play into the zero
       | interest rate phenomenon they describe.
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       | Specifically, I don't really need a tool for thought, my brain
       | works perfectly well. Maybe it's a cool toy but what's the
       | problem it's solving? The reviewers seem to hint that maybe Muse
       | was particularly good at note taking and sketching. Those seem
       | like more concrete problems, I'm surprised the team shied away
       | from them. Were they not sexy enough?
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       | Collaborative sketching, even! Maybe for architect design
       | iterations? Not sure, but the author does seem to recognize this
       | problem in a different lens.
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       | > We were too unfocused in our target market, and ended up as an
       | "everything app."
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       | Of course no raindrop causes the flood but that observation is a
       | highlight for me: it's important to be grounded in a real problem
       | that's being solved.
       | 
       | Thanks for the writeup, your writing certainly has a positive
       | take to an unfortunate end which is very inspirational.
        
       | xlii wrote:
       | Ah, I remember using this and wanting very hard to like it but it
       | was just bad.
       | 
       | Very opinionated (who needs more than 5 colors?), ink line on
       | iPad looking atrocious, no zooming, canvas limited in weird way,
       | some features not sticking at all.
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       | In the end I dropped iPad (metaphorically) for SuperNote for my
       | hand notes and am very happy with the choice. If you're in the
       | market for such apps Defter Notes was one of the best I've seen.
        
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