A [Wonkish] Cautionary Tale: Notion

Before you get too involved in adopting a tool, test how you will exit

Last fall, I decided to give Notion a try, after reading about it. I was particularly intrigued by the opportunity to develop a work management apparatus with the spreadbase architecture of the platform. Note, spreadbase is a term I am using for Notion and a list of its competitors, like Airtable and Coda: spreadbase = spreadsheet-style database.

I’ve wr…