I use Notational Velocity for my notes and I love the ease of use but I'd like something that will allow me to share a note with a client and also has code highlighting. And image uploads. I want to be able to upload screenshots. I looked around but can't find anything that's a mix of Evernote, Wunderlist and GitHub Gists. What do you HN people recommend?
Ask HN: What do you use to take notes?
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#2I use Todoist for notes that are potential tasks. Some times the line can be blurry so I have to regularly clean my Todoist tasks.
For the rest I use Google Keep which I've found to be quite handy. Nice UI and it's available everywhere. I've already sold my soul to Google so why not let them get my notes as well.
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#4To answer the question in the title, much as I love computers, nothing beats the flexibility and carefree nature of paper. I can draw diagrams, block out pseudocode, etc.
I've thought about maybe a Surface would be nice for that, but haven't really tried it.
I think you'll have best luck with multiple tools like you're doing now.
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#5Vimwiki + your fav' git hosting with markdown/html-pages support.
Git + Vimwiki setup:
https://jarvistmoorefrost.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/snippet-c...
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#6Short lived notes? Anything that can take text input. vim, text edit, stickies (the mac app), pen & paper, whatever is on hand.
Long term notes? Evernote - though I'm not happy with them. Just haven't found a replacement yet.
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#7To answer the question in the title, much as I love computers, nothing beats the flexibility and carefree nature of paper. I can draw diagrams, block out pseudocode, etc. I've thought about maybe a Surface would be nice for that, but haven't really tried it. I think you'll have best luck with multiple tools like you're doing now.
+1 this. The process of taking notes itself, using pen and paper, helps focuz me... even and especially if I'm just doodling. No matter what app I try, taking notes on a comouter or mobile device is distracting at best.
That said,, if I must take notes (for action items during a meeting, etc.) I'll use notion
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#8Workflowy. It's the lowest-friction tool I have used for notes and ideas. Using tags, it can be used as a great hierarchical project/task management system.
I still use Evernote for quick storage and access of images, pdfs and long-form notes as the search is great. However, their tag/notebook organisation system has annoying redundencies and is clunky in places. I would love to bin it but can't find a suitable alternative. Bear is promising but not quite there. Apple notes doesn't allow linking between notes.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to take notes?
#9To answer the question in the title, much as I love computers, nothing beats the flexibility and carefree nature of paper. I can draw diagrams, block out pseudocode, etc. I've thought about maybe a Surface would be nice for that, but haven't really tried it. I think you'll have best luck with multiple tools like you're doing now.
Were all gonna be using are smart tones in the future only no paper or desktops etc.
You can't make this shit up, it's to good.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to take notes?
#10Google Keep matches most of your requirements and it's what I use personally.
It makes it really easy to tag, organize, share and with the archive feature you can get todo list functionality.