Zettory
A board can show more than task status
Kanban columns are useful for To do, Doing, and Done, but they can also represent stages of reasoning: Evidence, Questions, Options, Decisions; Research, Synthesis, Draft; or Signals, Hypotheses, Experiments.
Move references instead of duplicating knowledge
When a card points back to a durable note, the board can change without fragmenting the underlying knowledge. The note remains useful after the project is finished and can return in another context.
Use the board to expose missing pieces
A visual arrangement makes imbalance visible. You may have many observations but no decision, several proposed solutions but no evidence, or a draft section with no supporting note. Those gaps become prompts for the next useful note.
Choose Kanban for flow and drawing for spatial relationships
Columns are strong when order, state, or progression matters. A freeform drawing is better when the relationship itself is the subject: architecture, causality, systems, maps, or rough sketches. The two modes solve different thinking problems.
Zettory keeps the board and the note connected
Zettory Kanban workspaces use custom columns and note-backed cards so the board can organize work while notes remain reusable. Excalidraw notes cover the freeform visual side when a column-based board is not the right representation.