never really know where to share these but want to share this piece about what compels me about
@mymind and how its a source of inspiration to not only use the product but make one of my own some day. even if its just a hobby.
I recently got a
@mymind subscription for their bookmarking app. It is by far the best bookmarking app I've used, and I believe there is a dedicated group of people working behind it. I’ve even sent emails to their customer service and interacted with them. They are great people, especially this Cadeon.
I've been thinking about the process from beginning to end—how a group of people can build something and then maintain it through such care, or at least the projection of. It’s really good, and I’m trying to put into words what exactly makes it stand out.
I’m starting to realize that it’s not just about the functionality. For example:
@raindrop_ai is a bookmarking app, but it doesn't necessarily make you want to go back to it. You sort of forget it’s there, despite it being the source that is supposed to collect all the different types of information you've gathered from the internet.
@mymind serves the same purpose, but there’s something about it that makes you want to go there. It makes you want to interact with it, see what you've saved, and actually read or watch the content you’ve collected over time.
A lot of this has to do with how they organize content through AI. In my opinion, this is a very good use of AI because it’s so well-executed. All you have to do is save what it is you want. Beyond that, the AI will take care of the rest.
Furthermore, the developers (or whoever they worked with) clearly paid a lot of attention to the creative aspect of presenting the product. Which is a really nice touch.
It makes me wonder: if I don't have those same connections or that kind of money, what is the best that I could do? I’m not a full-time developer, and I don’t even know what it's like to be "hungry" for a project like this. All I know is that, for some reason, I’m compelled to build a bookmarking app of my own.
I want to make it as good as I possibly can, and mymind is a very strong inspiration for me. While Raindrop has everything you need, they don't do anything different; it’s exactly what you would expect from a standard bookmarking app. This other approach with
@mymind doesn't follow those same rules, which catches me off guard and really interests me. I just wanted to talk about that for a bit.