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Re: Ask HN: What software do you use to take notes?

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Org-Mode and Emacs: http://orgmode.org/

same here. I keep notes in two-three different files (work, personal, misc) and add todos there. those files are part of the agenda, so I can quickly summarize everything in one place. I also use tags to group tasks.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you use to take notes?

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Day One for general notes, 2Do for notes on tasks. (I use Mac and iOS.)

Day One is one of a very few apps I miss from Mac OS X, another being Alarms from Mediaatelier I think although that one disappeared from Mac OS X as well because the API it used was phased out.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you use to take notes?

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Onenote.

For me the killer feature is the ability to put text wherever i want, and move it later, i just click where i want to write in the page and type, it really changed the way i take note, it feel more natural and more close to the "paper experience".

i tried opensource solution, but all the one i found allow only for "linear" note taking, witch is ok if i need to take a quick note, but if i need to "prototype" or brainstorm something i feel them to restrictive.

where onenote is not avaible or overkill i simply use markdown files, with git for versioning and Syncthing for syncronization.

edit: correct some typo

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