PKM Weekly - 2025-07-27

A look at the latest Personal Knowledge Management PKM news from the past week.

Hi Everyone,

We are back with another episode of PKM Weekly. Let’s see what is in store for us today.

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Capacities

• What's next?

Capacities have released their what’s next plan.

So far, 2025 has been about polishing the basics and laying the foundation of the next phase of exciting features and improvements. Now it’s time to look forward to exciting new features and improvements.

1. Object Views & Query Improvements

   1. Variable Queries: We’ll add ‘This object’ syntax to queries, so you can reference the parent object in embedded queries

   2. Group by: You’ll be able to group your views by properties, which is a necessary prerequisite for Kanban views.

   3. Label property: Instead of having a dropdown that links to a set of object,s you will be able to define a set of labels (like status, category, etc.) without using object properties.

2. Readwise Integration

   1. We are now working with the Readwise team to finalise the technical details and begin phase one of the implementation.

   2. Believers will get access to the Beta version first, and the integration will be available for Capacities Pro afterwards.

3. A better Capacities AI integration

4. CSV, Markdown and File Import

5. Search

Check out the full roadmap.

• Capacities Pro Free 14-Day Trial

We’re super excited to let you know that you can now try Capacities Pro for free for 14 days! No credit card required, no strings attached.

You’ll get access to powerful features, including;

1. Queries

2. AI Assistant

3. Task Actions

4. Calendar integration

5. Custom icons

You can start your free trial in-app in the settings, and if you choose not to upgrade, you don’t have to do anything! Your trial will end automatically, and you won’t be charged. Welcome to Capacities Pro!

• I'm really trying to like this app..

OP shared: I'm really trying to like this app..But I find it so clunky to use. I'm not even going to talk about tablet and mobile, but even on macOS, I struggle with formatting, moving, grouping blocks, formatting text, shortcuts behaving inconsistently, and clunky navigation.

It could very well be me. Any tips on how to learn to use Capacities better?

What do you think - agree or disagree?

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TANA

• Tana Release July 2025

Lots of updates by the team, even though most of them are on summer vacation. Updates include:

1. Select AI models, including the default one, will now automatically do a web search to include current information. Models with web search will be clearly marked in the model picker. Currently limited to only OpenAI models

2. Column calculations now work with formatted numbers, including bold/italic text, currency symbols, and commas

3. Scheduled meeting notifications now open meetings and start transcription automatically

4. The "Manage workspaces" dialog has been refreshed with design improvements

5. The URL system field now appears in field (>) search

and much more - changelog. The team also confirmed that they are working on lots of exciting things! In short (and no particular order):

1. New views + navigation options

2. Offline mode

3. New reference/related section

4. New Tana publish variant

5. and more

• Tana Live Build Session v1

Next Wednesday, the Tana team are kicking off a new live series where we build a full use case using Tana’s features. We’ll build a system to track, review, and plan workouts, plus show you a structure you can reuse for other builds. The game plan:

1. Brainstorm – clarify what matters for the workflow

2. Structure – create tags, fields, and queries

3. View – build actionable dashboards

4. Automate – use commands, flows, and AI

5. Operate – run it with ease day to day

Constraints

1. Start from a brand new workspace

2. Time limit of 60 minutes to get as far as possible

Sign up here

• 50 Things You Can Do in Tana (Ranked by Usefulness)

The Tana Notes App has many commands - this will guide you how to start and how to use them effectively.

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Obsidian

• Obsidian as a Read Later App

OP shared: I was a long-time Pocket user. I used it to store articles from newsletters or my feed and it was my central hub where I looked if I wanted to read something. But at the end of May 2025, Mozilla announced that they will shut down Pocket on the 8th of July.

Afterwards, a lot of posts popped up which showed off different alternatives, but nothing really caught my interest. I’m a big fan of getting most of my stuff done in as few applications as possible and therefore I was looking around if one of my existing tools can do the job. This is when I learned about Obsidian Web Clipper.

With a few simple steps, OP walks us through how we can use Obsidian as a Read-it-Later App.

• Stop gatekeeping how Obsidian should be used

OP rants with users who insist there is only one "correct" way to use Obsidian, emphasising that it is a versatile tool and can be used in many ways based on individual needs. Their own use of Obsidian is primarily for work-related tasks such as hoarding articles and meeting notes, annotating them, managing projects, and exporting polished documents, rather than for personal journaling or leisure activities. Obsidian is a tool meant to be customised for practicality and efficiency, and users should not lecture others on how to use it.

Lots of responses and thoughts from other users here.

• Using Claude Code as a Content Research Agent with Obsidian

Riley posted a video on using Claude Code, and in it, he has a segment on Using Claude Code as a Content Research Agent with Obsidian. The video is available here, and the Obsidian section starts at 4:35.

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Logseq

• Semantic Search

The devs are working on a Semantic Search feature - not 100% sure how this will be implemented or how it will work, but the GitHub commit includes a lot of tweaks.

• Emojis and icons

In the new DB version, you can choose between emojis and icons for the page. You can also choose the colour for the icons.

• Will the db version work well with git?

OP asks: I'm using git to sync (and version/backup) my graph. Once Logseq switches over to SQLite files, versioning them with git may become more challenging than the markdown files currently in use.

Is there a way to keep using git even after the db branch takes over? Will i have to trust that Logseq Sync won't lose my data, even in merge conflicts?

My reason for using git is, as a developer, I'm used to git, and I consider it to be very stable and versatile.

TL;DR can we keep using git after the db-branch becomes the default?

It seems that things will not be so easy, but check out the responses for more.

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SuperNotes

Flashcards. Spaced repetition. Last few touches…

https://x.com/supernotesapp/status/1948440659826016515

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AnyType

We’re happy to ship the much-requested monthly payment option, now available for the Builder Plan on both the website and desktop app – for $10/month.

With the Builder Plan, you will get:

1. A unique .any name for web publishing (like releases.any.org)

2. 10 editors per shared space

3. 128 GB of storage for backups & collaboration

Use this promo code at checkout to get 20% off your first 3 months: ANYSUMMER promo code valid until 08.08.2025

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Heptabase

1. Added advanced filters to global search. You can now choose which card types to search for and specify whether to include the text elements and mind maps of whiteboards in the search results.,

2. Supported emoji reactions to chat messages so that you can use them for lightweight bookmarking (personal use) and communication (multiplayer use).

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Thymer

This week, we have another teaser from Thymer in the form of Distraction Free / Ambience writing - a minimal fullscreen editor for distraction-free writing and planning or a change of scenery when you need it:

Of course, there is no app yet, but at least we can imagine writing in a lovely firelit setting.

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That’s all for this week. Thank you very much in advance for reading, and I look forward to bringing you more PKM news next week.