Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

#41

Post by catchmeifyoucan » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:32 AM UTC

catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #40

Word for mac is pretty good

Use the notebook feature and it formats well with bullets

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by brandonmenc » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:32 AM UTC

macOS and iOS notes - easy, free, no one is mining my data, and it automatically syncs across devices.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by catchmeifyoucan » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:33 AM UTC

catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #41

catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #40

Word for mac is pretty good

Use the notebook feature and it formats well with bullets

It’s not really portable though

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by carusooneliner » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:39 AM UTC

Heavy note taker here. If I'm on my Mac, I use the Notes app. My favorite things about the app are real time sync between the desktop and phone app, easy checklists, text format options and the ability to inline embed images.

When I'm on my phone I use Google Keep. What I love about it are the colored background, tile view and checklists. I wish Keep allowed inline embedding of images.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by golem14 » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:43 AM UTC

Arkanosis wrote: post #24

ams6110 wrote: post #11

Emacs org-mode

This, plus Orgzly on my phone, because I don't always have a computer on me.

Is there a way to sync orgzly to Google drive? Not natively, sadly, only Dropbox supported.

Too invested in the Google ecosystem to also depend on Dropbox.

I have tried some folder sync apps, but I prefer not to depend on those either.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by golem14 » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:45 AM UTC

skookumchuck wrote: post #35

Write on spiral notebook paper, then scan it.

Is there a good app that scans a camera image and appends good metadata, plus has good handwriting recognition, and saves in interchangeable formats?

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by asdsa5325 » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 1:55 AM UTC

golem14 wrote: post #46

skookumchuck wrote: post #35

Write on spiral notebook paper, then scan it.

Is there a good app that scans a camera image and appends good metadata, plus has good handwriting recognition, and saves in interchangeable formats?

Microsoft Office Lens

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by cholantesh » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 2:15 AM UTC

golem14 wrote: post #45

Arkanosis wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This, plus Orgzly on my phone, because I don't always have a computer on me.

Is there a way to sync orgzly to Google drive? Not natively, sadly, only Dropbox supported. Too invested in the Google ecosystem to also depend on Dropbox. I have tried some folder sync apps, but I prefer not to depend on those either.

I remember there being an IFTTT recipe for syncing DB and Google Drive, but I never gave it a try. I was using DB before I used Drive so I'm fine with Orgzly's reliance on it, but there are options.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by cholantesh » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 2:16 AM UTC

asdsa5325 wrote: post #47

golem14 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a good app that scans a camera image and appends good metadata, plus has good handwriting recognition, and saves in interchangeable formats?

Microsoft Office Lens

Also Adobe Scan.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by golem14 » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 3:45 AM UTC

cholantesh wrote: post #49

asdsa5325 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft Office Lens

Also Adobe Scan.

Neither has an easy markdown format that doesn't require fairly proprietary tools to convert to ascii. Plus I'm underwhelmed with the ux in general. But thanks anyway, glad to know more about the state of the art.