kobble

I’m one of the devs on Kobble. Thanks for the comments. When you start the app, there is tutorial information and videos on the first screen. We do agree that the landing page could use improvement.

The data model is somewhat like YouTube, except the items are not just videos. They can be bookmarks, markdown documents, or presentations (made with markdown also). It’s all built around sharing. It’s easy to share channels with other users, for instance.

Kobble also has extensive support for iOS drag and drop. If you use the multitasking capabilities of the iPad, you can just drag links or text directly into Kobble. The Kobble tree supports drag and drop also. It’s quite efficient at organising information from the web.

Cheers.

Public and private repos are available now.

Public and private repos are now available in Kobble!

I'd just like to announce public and private repo support in Kobble. All data is now stored in a public or private repo, depending on how you log in.

I'm one of the Kobble devs. This is intentional. Please read the comments above about public and private use of Kobble. The intros on the web have been clarified also.

We are trying to clarify the multiple ways Kobble can be used. Gists are for public data that you want to share. Private repos (coming soon) are for private data. I think the intros on the web make this clearer now.

I'm one of the Kobble devs. Please read the comments above about sharing the various ways Kobble can be used. Gists are for the case where you want to share data openly. We will have support for private repos shortly for other use cases.

Please read the comments above about the various uses of Kobble. Gists are for public use and sharing. Private repos are coming very soon for other use cases.

Cheers! We're grateful for all the comments.

I'm one of the devs on Kobble. There was debate about the names - it's not easy. 'channel' seems good, it's used by Slack also, and one of our channels is similar. 'track' however, is another story. It's really a tree or folder structure.

We are honing our marketing message. Kobble is much more than just a notes app. It's also a content sharing platform. That's why some of the names were chosen. I think 'track' is causing the most confusion. It's basically a tree or folder structure.

Many shortcuts will appear next week, making it easier to get started, so please check back.

We have improved the wording, and changed 'own' to 'control'. As was stated elsewhere in these comments, we are building an open content sharing platform where users 'control' the data, not us. Since it's in your GitHub account and not on our servers, you can do whatever you want with it.

Please read the comments above about the multiple ways that Kobble can be used. Our use of gists for openly sharing content was entirely intentional.

I'm one of the devs for Kobble. Since Kobble is such a versatile tool, it can be quite difficult to tune a marketing message clearly. We are working on it!

One of Kobble's primary uses is as an open content sharing platform. GitHub gists were chosen for this purpose intentionally, because the discovery mechanisms are built into GitHub. On top of that, we have built a flexible data model (similar to YouTube) for organizing and sharing the content.

Private repos (which are coming shortly) address the other use case where you want to keep data private. We have clarified this in the intros.

I'm one of the devs on Kobble. Kobble is a versatile tool that can be used in a variety of ways.

One way is as a content sharing platform. Gists are great for this purpose, because as you have noted, the discovery mechanisms are largely built into GitHub. Our use of gists for this purpose was entirely intentional. On top of that, we have built a flexible data model (similar to YouTube) for organizing and sharing the content. We are attempting to build an open content sharing platform where users have control over the data.

For note taking, obviously you want private access. We will have support for private repos very shortly. This was stated in the intros, and we have improved the wording to make it clearer.

Hope this helps.

Public and private repos are coming soon, via GitHub Integrations.

True, but it's less 1M compressed. Including the other static files, it's still less than 1M for the entire app.

I think we assumed that GitHub users would know that gists are not private. We added a clarification to the onboard slideshow. Support for public and private repos is coming, via GitHub Integrations.

We appreciate all the comments. We'll think about this.

These are all great suggestions. You'll see shortcuts drop next week. Maybe even better than you expect :).

Yes, you do need a GitHhub account.

GitHub Integrations are coming!

Made in New Zealand!

Perhaps the word 'control' would be a better choice.

Fair enough. Didn't mean to come across as insisting. There was much debate about the term track. Project is closer, but has problems also. Cheers.

Good point. There is only so much you can say in one line on HN. Marketing is tough. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Duly noted and fixed. Most of the data in Kobble is built with Kobble, so changes are trivial.

Not the web version. Other versions are in the works. Stay tuned.