Napkin makes you lead a more inspired life. It has never been easier to save good ideas, browse them connected by topic, and build on top of them. Many Napkin Thinkers asked for a connection to Readwise — and here it is. While you don’t need Readwise to use Napkin, seeing the highlights you took over the years connected in a meaningful way is delightful. In Readwise, you can browse highlights with spaced repetition, which is made for…

Napkin explores better thinking. We do this in a public dialog and — in parallel — develop an app incorporating our findings along the way. We regularly publish simple truths that guide us to live a more inspired and mindful life. In this article, you will learn how to influence…

Take a moment to explore your relationship to thought. It can change your life. — Napkin explores better thinking. We want to know what better ways to think there are and how we can apply them. We started with creative thinking. We do this in a public dialog and — in parallel — develop an app incorporating our findings along the way. …

Napkin makes capturing ideas from books a breeze. — No reading experience matches the printed book. At least as long as you neglect annotations and highlights. 🤓 At Napkin, we work hard to combine the best of two worlds. Analog reading experience with avant-garde digital note-taking. Did you know it is that easy to capture text from a book with Napkin? Open the Napkin Collect app, click “Send Text,” and switch to “Scan Text.”

Can we turn a guilty pleasure into peace of mind. — We get a thrill out of new likes. We want to see our favorite author’s new piece first and read details on the latest catastrophe every day. Let’s deal with it. When asked directly, most people state that they consume too much social media. And still, the consumption is continuously…

At any moment, our minds can only hold and connect a handful of related ideas and memories. Our brains are good at thinking moment to moment, but not over time, especially across days and weeks and months. That’s why we have to take notes for every intellectual endeavor. We open…

In the last two months we gathered a group of 100 authors pioneering the next generation thinking and writing tool. The progress is exciting. — At its heart Napkin provides one infinite room to each writer to collect and connect all inspiring thoughts and ideas they come across. There are no pages and folders. Instead there is just one “swarm of thought” inviting the authors to browse and discover connections and combinations of ideas. The…

Digital writing is as tough as rewarding. Especially coming up with original ideas every day can be draining. But it doesn’t have to be that way: Join the Napkin co-creation program, skip the wait list and never start writing with a blank page again. — Stop waiting for inspiration Inspiring ideas are key for joyful writing. When we feel inspired, everything gets easier. We have more self-confidence, stop procrastinating and actually find the time to write. We experience flow, our audience grows and the whole process feels like running downhill.

People driven by curiosity and courage have always strived to see deeper connections, find new perspectives on their lives and become both wiser and more effective in what they do. And they always dreamed of a world that makes that easier. Looking at the big leaps of deep thought allows…