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Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas?

#1
Beyond the pen and pad - I have so many note pads already and struggle to keep any sort of structure to them.

I'd like to be able to track product ideas, side-project ideas, lyric ideas, video ideas etc. and flesh them out when I feel motivated.

Is there a good way of keeping track of these in a structured way across my apple and android devices?

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas?

#5
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I use a wiki, but that's not all that great to use from a mobile device. Maybe something like Evernote?

What service do you use? Sounds like an interesting (and fairly unique) approach for this purpose.

I use moinmoin wiki[1] on my own server, with a local copy on my laptop. Since it isa simple python app and stores everything in flat files it is easy to run and to sync.

Previously I've also used tiddlywiki[2], which can work locally in the browser or on a server, and also exists as a hosted service[3].

[1] https://moinmo.in/ [2] http://tiddlywiki.com/ [3] http://tiddlyspace.com/

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas?

#6
I use https://www.evernote.com

Allows you group notes and add tags, all I need.

The free version allows installation/use on two devices - phone and chrome for me.

It has two-factor authentication which is a plus.

Some folks don't like the new web ui, it doesn't bother me enough to jump ship, because while I use it regularly (the mobile app) I don't have complex requirements, just note taking, tagging. I can do that whenever inspiration strikes me and then come back and flesh out the idea when I'm at my laptop.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas?

#9
post #4

Turtl : https://turtlapp.com/ There is a web app, an android/ios client... It's open source : https://github.com/turtl If you want you're own server : https://turtlapp.com/docs/server/

Sounds like a good option.

>Turtl lets you take notes, bookmark websites, and store documents for sensitive projects.

Why three main functions? IMHO I'd be way more interested if it just did one thing well.