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Oh this is too cool and I would love to hear more of how you did it. What is your backend? Firebase or something?

I made an iPad app (soonish to be universal) called Mindscope which has a similar "wall" idea but when you tap text, it opens up a sub-wall for that piece of text, which enables outliner-like navigation. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindscope-mind-mapping-outli...

I've been considering what I could do to make a web app version of it, but web development is not my strong suit (yet).

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Oh, I downloaded Mindscope a week or so ago (maybe you posted it on r/productivity?) but hadn't time to open it. Did now, it's really neat!

Add org file "support" (org files can have links to other files, they are from org-mode in emacs) and I'd use it more than email :D

Edit: oh, found an org-opml editing mode! I'll play a little more with it and then quite likely unlock the full version :)

Hey. The backend is pretty simple, NodeJS + Socket.io for the real-timey and Redis for quick and simple storage.

I may write an article about it soon.

Will you open source the code? I'm learning socket io and it would be nice to look at.

I'd like to encourage you to do that, as well as explain more about the infinite canvas implementation, the payload that gets saved, and maybe even alternative implementations you have considered and why you didn't go with them.

If you have paypal I have $20 to incentivize you.