As a meta point for these types of tutorials, I would recommend a short section on alternative tools with a short discussion of pros and cons for each alternative.
Right now, this feels more like an advert for excalidraw rather than an open exploration of the options out there.
Yeah, I think you’re right and this was a mistake of mine. I picked this list via generating possibilities from friends, Twitter and my own use, then asking for feedback on an epistemics slack, and primarily picking the most easy-to-use-seeming ones in each category (Edited to add: and because I liked the idea of not necessarily picking the absolute best things but just getting more of this kind of thing used), but it would have been worth doing a little digging into competitors in each to make sure we weren’t missing some good things + being able to give more context.
As a meta point for these types of tutorials, I would recommend a short section on alternative tools with a short discussion of pros and cons for each alternative.
Right now, this feels more like an advert for excalidraw rather than an open exploration of the options out there.
Yeah, I think you’re right and this was a mistake of mine. I picked this list via generating possibilities from friends, Twitter and my own use, then asking for feedback on an epistemics slack, and primarily picking the most easy-to-use-seeming ones in each category (Edited to add: and because I liked the idea of not necessarily picking the absolute best things but just getting more of this kind of thing used), but it would have been worth doing a little digging into competitors in each to make sure we weren’t missing some good things + being able to give more context.
This is a really great point! Thank you for raising it. I’ll see about adding it to future posts.