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Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by giodamelio »

WalterSear wrote: post #106
ausjke wrote: post #62

I am uncomfortable to put all personal thoughts, diaries, etc into a non-self-hosting place. Can they dockerize this and sell that so I can self-host the docker image instead? for people that is not tech-savvy, what about they buy a docker-container-hosted-by-the-vendor-company but can encrypt the contents in a way that nobody else can peek into the content ever?

I'm developing an ipfs-based personal knowledge manager that works on similar principles.

I have been contemplating making a similar thing for years now. Nothing I have used really has gotten me all the way.

Is it going to be open source?

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by atombender »

mxwsn wrote: post #39

For me, Notion replaced Evernote and I haven't looked back. Three features that have been particularly useful for personal productivity are 1) explicit support for Kanban board-ing tasks and similar to-do management 2) collapsible blocks 3) substantially smoother linking to, or embedding, notes within notes Notion is just as sleek as Evernote for small independent notes, but these two features allow Notion to scale m…

How good is the offline support?

Edit: After testing, seems not too bad. Reconciles non-conflicting edits just fine. But apparently, in the iOS app, search doesn't work in offline mode!

Edit 2: It seems like "attachments" (files like PDFs, and also images) are not stored offline, either. In the iOS app, clicking on a file or image brings up an S3 URL inside an embedded web browser.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by ralusek »

geekamongus wrote: post #88
nirv wrote: post #56

I'm concerned about the privacy of this service. Do company employees have (or are able to get) access to users' private data? Is there any data mining in use?

According to things I discovered on their privacy pages here: https://www.notion.so/willchatham/Terms-and-Privacy-28ffdd08... They encrypt your data at rest, have their stuff audited by a third party quarterly, and give the employees some amount of security training. The thing I am curious about is that to log in, you don't have a password. Rather, then send a temporary login code to your email address. Not sure how…

It's safer than email + password. Every email + password combination I'm familiar with allows you to reset password by having a link sent to your email, which means that access to email is always considered the ultimate association of identity.

This just removes the email + password altogether and requires that you have explicit access to the email. So it takes the end-all-be-all access criteria of the other solution, but removes the possibility of them being able to have a weak password, and also removes the issue of them having to store and transport passwords.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by Dibes »

hanley wrote: post #54

Does anyone use this with their spouse / significant other? Seems like a great tool to have shared docs, lists, todos, etc. I'm thinking things like house and car maintenance, financial planning, shopping lists, and all the other things that I normally keep in a combination of Google Docs and Apple Notes.

I do and it is fantastic! My SO is not a lover of having more apps and especially loves to have todos and lists written down on paper. Curiously, she enjoys keeping those two things on Notion and actually likes organizing things in it. That feels like a big win for me personally. We haven't yet hit the limit on the free accounts but I do echo the other people's thoughts, that for 2 people $16/month doesn't feel worth it.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by gglitch »

SirensOfTitan wrote: post #24
sephoric wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is one thing I've wanted. A local app that lets me store all my data with markdown syntax, syntax highlighting, in local files and directories, specifically for macOS although a cross platform app would be fine. One that doesn't require an account or the internet at all for it to work. I've wanted this kind of app for many years (and wouldn't be opposed to making it if no existing solution is all that great at i…

Emacs with org mode, helm, and projectile as a starting point would hit all of your asks (although org syntax has differences from markdown, it's still quite intuitive). I use org mode for: my tasks (gtd style), food log (using org columns), notes (easy export to any other format), habits. Alongside beorg for iOS for quick capturing on the go, I cannot imagine I would be any happier elsewhere.

Org-mode, Helm, and Projectile as a "starting point," is pretty steep. Org alone probably covers the bases.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by coldtea »

criddell wrote: post #87
bnt wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(disclaimer: I'm building something similar) Why is it every time something like Notion is mentioned, there is always someone who wants "local, self-hosted, Markdown"? Just build it yourself. This clearly shows you have no understanding of the product at hand. Notion is so incredibly powerful that Markdown doesn't even scratch the surface here.

You're pointing out that there seems to be this unmet demand for a self-hosted markdown based product. Rather than wonder why people keep asking for that, maybe you should include those features in whatever it is that you are building.

Maybe the demand is from the worst kind of users a business would want, those that would never convert to actual customers but want something for to tinker and install for free...

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by miles »

ausjke wrote: post #62

I am uncomfortable to put all personal thoughts, diaries, etc into a non-self-hosting place. Can they dockerize this and sell that so I can self-host the docker image instead? for people that is not tech-savvy, what about they buy a docker-container-hosted-by-the-vendor-company but can encrypt the contents in a way that nobody else can peek into the content ever?

As of last May, you can apparently export all of your data:

https://mobile.twitter.com/notionhq/status/99643620080931635...

Just shipped: export your entire workspace with one-click.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by torvald »

I am wondering if this is just the thing for our workplace - it is remarkable how spot on their value proposition is. It is not every feature from every service - but they seem to deliver very well on core functionality. And I must say that their landing page is one of the better I have seen for a SaaS.

I posted this in hopes of people posting stories and discussions about their experiences and thoughts about the product - which you very well delivered, thanks.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by sigstoat »

sephoric wrote: post #9
techntoke wrote: post #7

This isn't self-hosted? I'm interested in a self-hosted solution that uses local markdown files and directories to manage content.

This is one thing I've wanted. A local app that lets me store all my data with markdown syntax, syntax highlighting, in local files and directories, specifically for macOS although a cross platform app would be fine. One that doesn't require an account or the internet at all for it to work. I've wanted this kind of app for many years (and wouldn't be opposed to making it if no existing solution is all that great at i…

zim? http://zim-wiki.org/ with the "source view" plugin?
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