The PPCP (Post/Pin/Connect/Promote) Cycle in Cotoami
Posted: September 6, 2025 Filed under: uncategorized 2 CommentsI’ve written a Getting Started guide for Cotoami, walking you step by step from installation to the basics of how to use it. The guide also introduces Cotoami’s proposed method for knowledge creation, the PPCP (Post/Pin/Connect/Promote) Cycle, explained with real examples. This method represents one of the conclusions I’ve reached about how to cultivate a knowledge base, an exploration that goes back to the Piggydb days.
Getting Started with Cotoami, a Personal Knowledge Base for Discovery
Many years ago I used piggydb and I liked the idea of creating fragments and connecting them later. Then I saw that you created cotoami, I was happy that you had got back to work on something conceptually similar but for me setting up a server to use it locally was a bit inconvenient. A few days ago I checked and saw that you are doing a local remake, so I’m happy and I’m trying it out.
The first considerations, I like the effort you are making to keep the interface minimal, taking notes must be something intuitive without distractions, this is one of the positive characteristics of your thinking, do not get distracted with the order when taking notes but separate the two tasks. I realize that one of the hardest things you’re trying to accomplish is just trying to raise awareness of the task you’re doing, keep the focus on the connection of the topics to be able to collect your thoughts.
I didn’t really like the fact that using a password is mandatory. I don’t consider my notes secret, especially if I keep them locally, having to manage a password is more of an inconvenience for me.
Another problem is that while I write, if I write very fast the input freezes and deletes. I think this problem disappears using a more powerful pc (I still have to try).
I still have to try to grasp the use of cotoami, for example the concept of repost, I’ll try.
Thank you for your kind words!
I’m really happy that someone like you, who remembers Piggydb, has come back and is willing to try my new product.
> I didn’t really like the fact that using a password is mandatory.
Thank you for the feedback. Cotoami Remake has a feature that allows it to connect to other databases, which is why a password is currently required. But as you pointed out, if you’re just using it locally for yourself and don’t need that feature, having to enter a password is unnecessary. I’d like to improve this in a future version.
> while I write, if I write very fast the input freezes and deletes.
Which version of the application are you using? It’s possible that this issue occurs in an older version.