Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by thex10 » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 3:37 PM UTC

esullivan wrote: post #98

I use WorkFlowy and absolutely love it. Its essentially a bare bones version of Evernote and proud ...

Seconding this. Just beware you can't paste images/video/anything other than text and links to it. But if you can record your creative thoughts with that limitation I highly recommend it!

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by pixelmonkey » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 3:41 PM UTC

Directory full of Markdown files, synced across machines/devices via Dropbox. On supported platforms (iOS/Android/OSX), I use iA Writer to edit them. On Linux, I use vim/goyo and Typora.

I find that this is the most flexible and multi-device option, which then makes it easy to copy-paste content into other tools and places (email, GitHub, GDoc, whatever).

For very quick mobile notes, I also use Pushbullet to send myself a kind of "reminder" to pick up a thought from my phone and continue the thought when I get to my laptop/desktop.

I also have Simplenote installed everywhere (including simplenote.vim and native apps across Android / iOS / OSX / Linux) which I tend to use to quickly jot down notes during meetings, but for little else besides that.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by jcowdy » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 3:41 PM UTC

I use Trello and have a specific list for ideas. It works for me because Trello is always “with me” as an app on my phone, on my desktop, or via a browser. I tend to have creative thoughts while out running and use speech to text to add a new card through the iPhone app without stopping.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by lordnacho » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

frrp wrote: post #128

lordnacho wrote: post #10

Same as my shopping list, use IFTTT to add a Trello card using Google Assistant or similar. It's the fastest way to get those thoughts stored, and I always have my phone on me these days.

hey lordnacho, how to contact you directly?

I'll write you an email.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by revskill » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 3:58 PM UTC

Creation couldn't be managed, because once you "manage" it, you lose ability to improve it. My 2 cents: Try to convert any creative thought into something else, which is manageable ;)

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by bitwize » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

Org-mode is your friend.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by K2L8M11N2 » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

esullivan wrote: post #98

I use WorkFlowy and absolutely love it. Its essentially a bare bones version of Evernote and proud ...

Please consider adding an "other" option for gender. Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by ri0ter » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:03 PM UTC

Hmm have you thought about Rocketbook? It seems something you might like. It works like a physical notebook but then you can easily put your stuff to cloud or some other storage. Haven't tried it though.

edit: To be more precise I thought about Rocketbook Everlast: https://youtu.be/FL2aOGwm3Ak

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

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Post by ayoisaiah » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:07 PM UTC

spraak wrote: post #29

ayoisaiah wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's fine but too expensive. I moved over to Notion.so recently

It's free - only a few features you need to pay for. I get along fine without them

I need good support for images and that's under the paywall