Serendipity to get personal quotes or resurface ideas

6 votes

Hi, I was a heavy user of Roam's serendipity JS extension to get daily inspirational quotes from my own blocks. I also had a neat little Roam Block that would resurface a random "Question to Ask Myself" so I could journal on it. This would be awesome functionality inside of native Amplenote.

https://roamjs.com/extensions/serendipity

Also see the "Serendipity Commands" Section here: https://roamjs.com/extensions/smartblocks/command_reference

All-in-all: I want some randomness inside of my tools :)

Under consideration effort-high notes Suggested by: AP (25 Nov, '21) • Upvoted: 04 Jan • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

16 Dec, '21
Adam Parmer
Just wanting to update this as there has not been a lot of chatter or votes here. I did find a Serendipity workflow inside of Obsidian as well. I don't raise this to say that Amplenote should "copycat" features but I find being able to randomly pull information or blocks is extremely useful as I am brainstorming/journaling/looking for inspiration from my own curated thoughts and ideas.

Link: https://www.craft.do/s/JxGqtPMkM8veTK/x/8BA77306-7CD4-4FF2-9193-222CBA7773C4
17 Dec, '21
Lucian Admin
Hey Adam! Thanks so much for the follow-up. I actually think this idea is excellent. When you first submitted your suggestion, I started working on a note describing some use cases and workaround for "randomness". I haven't been able to finish that note, due to other, more urgent tasks popping up. But here is a link to a partial documentation: https://public.amplenote.com/4saHsHBEQu41vJgkbPvFEJSA

Once I get to finishing those ideas, I will have a better idea of how this could take shape in Amplenote & hopefully I'll be able to contribute to this suggestion!
20 Dec, '21
Adam Parmer
Hey Lucian, I did notice the "Whatever" tab in the Task Sorting Options. I find that super helpful in utilizing the "Autofocus" system in task management (http://markforster.squarespace.com/autofocus-system/). I really like what you have pointed out with Task Domains, and copying and hiding for spaced repetition. Nicely done.