Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by konraditurbe » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:02 PM UTC

Simplenote. I have the app on my phone and this vim plugin: https://github.com/mrtazz/simplenote.vim

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by awake » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:03 PM UTC

[Typora](https://www.typora.io/) is cross platform for mac, windows and linux. It's a markdown editor which has live preview except on the line you are currently typing on. It's by far the most seamless markdown experience I've had to date, and I'd love to see a non-electron solution with a similar UI. For storing notes you can just use a DropBox folder or a GoogleDrive folder.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by ovi256 » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:05 PM UTC

NickBusey wrote: post #19

albertgoeswoof wrote: post #10

WorkFlowy is incredible But it’s not open source

Shameless plug for my open source alternative: https://BulletNotes.io/

This kind of thread is the perfect place for these plugs. If not here, where ? So thanks, and good luck with the project.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by na85 » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:06 PM UTC

I find I retain information better if I hand-write it on paper. I carry a little Leuchtterm1917 notebook around, and I use the bullet journal method which, if you remove all the washi-taping, watercoloring pinterest/livejournal hype, is actually a good system for productivity.

That said, orgzly is org-mode for android and works pretty well. It's FLOSS.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by baby » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:06 PM UTC

I’ve tried a lot of things and I still don’t have the perfect solution, but markdown in sublime text works well enough

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by 7952 » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:07 PM UTC

OneNote. I like how it can support multiple users by just saving data in normal files on a network folder. No special server setup or cloud needed.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by twblalock » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:08 PM UTC

Apple Notes. OneNote before that, but it started being very buggy about synchronizing.

I need something that syncs with my phone.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by oneplane » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:11 PM UTC

Apple Notes, Sublime Text, Pen & Paper (and all in that order depending on context).

Taking notes digitally without syncing, I'd say stick to your current favored plain text editor. For syncing, there isn't a lot of good stuff out there. You'll be stuck with closed source (like Apple Notes) or using a generic syncing or versioning system like Git, Dropbox, GDrive, S3 etc.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by kaiby » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:12 PM UTC

I use standardnotes. I just use the webapp pinned in a safari tab on the Mac, and the iOS app on my phone. Syncs between the two well. It's encrypted, too.

It has minimal features, namely tagging/folders for organization. Makes navigating between my notes fast and easy, and the minimal amount of text formatting allows me to jot thoughts down without being overwhelmed by the desire to format things the right way, which is counterproductive to me.

I found it to be worthwhile enough that I actually pay for it to take advantage of its additional plugins (markdown, dark theme)

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way of taking notes?

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Post by mxschumacher » Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

For many years I have been taking notes in https://workflowy.com/ . The extreme simplicity of the tool coupled with the way that nesting brings structure to my thoughts is ideal for me.