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Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by jyriand » Wed, May 20, 2020, 12:43 PM UTC

atoav wrote: post #369

I've tried so many note/todo/productivity apps throughout the years and I always find myself coming back to one simple solution: - keep your daily todo stuff on a sheet of paper in front of you, transfer the stuff from yesterday onto a fresh sheet before starting to work - keep project specific tasks close to the project. If the project is physical stick a note onto it, if it is git managed code open a issue or add a…

Same here. No productivity app will win me back the time I have spent looking for them.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by ciarannolan » Wed, May 20, 2020, 12:56 PM UTC

joaosardinha wrote: post #411

ciarannolan wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was hoping for an answer from someone at Notion rather than "read a 50 page legal document", but thanks.

Good thing that you got exactly what you wanted.

:)

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by eddieroger » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:06 PM UTC

Benmcdonald__ wrote: post #32

franky47 wrote: post #23

The one thing that bothers me about Notion (and Slack and other "everything in one place" tools), is the lack of encryption. I might have FAANGophobia, but whenever there is a free tier without a form of end-to-end encryption in place, it feels like a data puddle waiting to become a lake. That being said, having clear-text data would allow features like an API on publicly shared pages/blocks, to use Notion as a CMS.…

There is no easy way to implement client side encryption. You will have a private key or long password the you will keep safe. You lose that all your data in gone. Plus it's difficult to securely move that password to a new platform

1Password figured it out, and even wrote a paper about it. So it's a solvable problem. They even figured out a good model for helping recover lost passwords when my family members forget it.

https://1password.com/files/1Password-White-Paper.pdf

Don't work for Agile Bits, but have used 1P for a long time and couldn't live without it.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by ciarannolan » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

marcus_holmes wrote: post #413

ciarannolan wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the reply, Jamie, much appreciated. I would definitely pay for an E2E encrypted Notion.

I'm curious. Why the need for E2E?

I tend to use these platforms to organize my personal life and thoughts. Sharing that information in any way with a for-profit company is a non-starter for me. "Trust us, we care about your privacy" isn't good enough for me.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by rajekas » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:47 PM UTC

alpacaillama wrote: post #375

rajekas wrote: post #185

I'm sad that so many of the top comments here are Notion skeptical. I have loved Notion from the very beginning and used it as a personal repository for a long time. More recently, we used Notion - where 'we' = a group of professional volunteers; professional in that everyone had skills to contribute and volunteer in that no one is being paid for those contributions - to create a Citizen-to-Citizen long term support…

Hey i am originally from india and what you said resonated with me especially related to the issues faced by migrants. Any way I can contribute to your project? Thanks.

Thank you for your generous offer of help. We don't need additional support at this time but I will keep you in mind if new needs come up. Thanks once again.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by michaelcampbell » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

discreteevent wrote: post #410

omnimus wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funnily enough originaly the saying was "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one." Seems like it got pretty skewed over time.

Specialization is for insects. https://wiki.c2.com/?SpecializationIsForInsects

And also what allowed civilisation to exist.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by boraoztunc » Wed, May 20, 2020, 2:04 PM UTC

I like Notion. Mostly using it for personal stuff with tables, like grocery list, expenses and domains archive.

Also recently build a resources hub on a custom domain using Notion and open-source toolkit Fruition.

Pretty happy with the result. https://resources.remotejobs.center

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by foob4r » Wed, May 20, 2020, 2:08 PM UTC

ciarannolan wrote: post #424

marcus_holmes wrote: post #413

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious. Why the need for E2E?

I tend to use these platforms to organize my personal life and thoughts. Sharing that information in any way with a for-profit company is a non-starter for me. "Trust us, we care about your privacy" isn't good enough for me.

I would recommend looking at Standard Notes. It's paid only but it's so worth it.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by foob4r » Wed, May 20, 2020, 2:11 PM UTC

Seems like people in this thread want an E2EE alternative. May I mention https://standardnotes.org/.

It's a very well built notes app, cross-platform. The dev team makes really solid decisions (they say no more than any other company to feature requests).

I'm in no way affiliated to them, just a happy paid customer who agrees with their mission and values.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by brunoalano » Wed, May 20, 2020, 2:41 PM UTC

No one mentioned roamresearch.com?