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Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
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Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#402I love StackEdit, syncs to your google drive and supports Markdown, multiple folders, and folders within folders.
Works on Android, IOS, Mac, Windows, Linux, etc
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#403It's been mentioned already but allow me to repeat it: plain text is your friend. Use some markdown if you like. Store everything in folders, using a complex or simple hierarchy, depending on your style. Backup and sync your files using one of the many providers, have it all encrypted (or not if you don't care).
This is your core note-taking system that will last longer than you.
On top of that use any app or editor you fancy. I'm on a Mac, I use iaWriter as my markdown editor (I love that you can drag and drop images into the files), houdahspot to search, Monosnap to take screenshots. And a few OSX tags. But I expect all this to change anytime.
I have around 15 years worth of notes and journalling entries and this setup has emerged as the clear winner. If you care at all about long-levity, I highly advise against proprietary data formats.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#404I have been using the Day One[0] and it has been fantastic. It is marketed as a journaling app but it works really well for general note taking.
Pros: - The developers offer a service where they will publish all notes as a book for a small fee. Exporting notes into physical media is a great way to ensure notes stay preserved into the future.
- They are available on most apple platforms (ipads, macOS, iphones) and the notes sync up between all of them. There is also an android app.
- The subscription isn’t expensive
Cons:
- Doesn’t support Windows
- The service to publish a book from notes is still in beta, has not worked well for me so far.
I have been using this app for making notes for about 8 months now and it’s been working great.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#405Vim.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#406Earlier quoted context omitted.
Second the notion of goodnotes and the pen. The one feature that really is quite significant is being able to move hand written text around using the lasso tool. So you write something, circle it and move it to the right spot. If your brain works in chaotic ways at times it is such a cool feature to just write/dump everything and then order it later. Also excellent for drawing diagrams and mockups and all kinds of ot…
Does this need a special pen/pencil/stylus? Apple Pencil?
Lots of support for non-apple styluses on Goodnotes. I can only vouch for the Apple Pencil which works well.
https://medium.goodnotes.com/the-6-best-styluses-for-note-ta...
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#407I've started creating my own command-line flat-file note software [1]. It's very basic, brittle and still in alpha (committed version 0.4.0a2 last night), but even now I vastly prefer it to any kind of corporate app. Plaintext files in a directory beats almost anything else.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#408I'm trying to keep it simple stupid and using Bear Writer.
The only caveat is you can't share the note with other people unless you export it
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#409Workflowy? Best way to organize my thoughts.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
#410On Mac: vi On Windows: Ubuntu environment and vi On Linux and BSD: vi On phones and tablets: email client Alternate for all platforms: email client
E-Mail is actually a nice alternative of note-taking that I never really thought of.
Good: Endless Clients, Rich Text/HTML, Images, Open Format, Searchable, Selfhosted, Sync with Mobile, Tags ..
Not Good: Only partially editable (drafts), ..?