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Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by en3r0 »

_jal wrote: post #10
souterrain wrote: post #9

I find that an ability to search the knowledgebase exceeds the value of organizing according to a hierarchy. I can see some value in linking/backlinking à la an encyclopedic "See also" reference for discovering similar information that doesn't share keywords. Are there other disadvantages to an "all search" solution I'm overlooking?

Think it tends to be mostly a personal preference thing. I use both, but do rather like hierarchies - they just seem like a natural way of grokking things. I also tend to just naturally outline a lot, whether writing, taking notes or coding. Another reason I find them useful is that the act of organizing them is also a form of learning for me - not just the information, but the context and relations. A third reason I…

I also do both right now, helps with some rediscovery, but I think tagging (linking) could be a better long term approach.

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by kirubakaran »

souterrain wrote: post #9

I find that an ability to search the knowledgebase exceeds the value of organizing according to a hierarchy. I can see some value in linking/backlinking à la an encyclopedic "See also" reference for discovering similar information that doesn't share keywords. Are there other disadvantages to an "all search" solution I'm overlooking?

I agree 100%. It's shocking how many knowledge base apps there are with terrible search. What's the point of putting stuff in if you can't find it when you need it? I've been working on https://histre.com/ (Effortless Knowledge Base) and search is the #1 thing I'm focusing on now.

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by supandi »

kurzawa7 wrote: post #4

Will give this a shot. Looks like a modern alternative to CherryTree. I find these hierarchical note taking apps useful for organising complex projects which usually require several levels deep of note organisation. I also use Joplin for general note taking and Google Keep for website resources. I'm set.

I have been using 'Joplin' for most of my notes. I have the desktop client and mobile client synced up using 'syncthing' app on my desktop. Its a perfect little setup.

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Post by airstrike »

souterrain wrote: post #9

I find that an ability to search the knowledgebase exceeds the value of organizing according to a hierarchy. I can see some value in linking/backlinking à la an encyclopedic "See also" reference for discovering similar information that doesn't share keywords. Are there other disadvantages to an "all search" solution I'm overlooking?

I agree 100%. Don't see why one approach must preclude the other.

I prefer using tags rather than folders, so I actually keep every e-mail since last year's January 1st in my Outlook inbox (currently at 29,348 and counting...) and just search. If you let Outlook index everything, it's blazing fast, and you can sort by name / subject / date / category pretty easily to further drill down results and find what you want.

Haven't found a system that works better, with the only disadvantage being that searching on mobile really sucks

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by noyesno »

pricci wrote: post #25

I would love to explore someone else's library of notes. I really don't know how to take effective notes. When I start reading a new book I try to take notes but always end up just reading. The problem is that months after I can't remember much.

Write your notes on the margins and once you finish the book, transfer the marginalia and relevant quotes to your note taking system of choice.

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Post by fsiefken »

battery_cowboy wrote: post #15
_xnmw wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The disadvantage of an "all search" solution is that it presumes that you know what you are looking for. Some of the greatest value I get from my notes happens when I'm serendipitously browsing an old hierarchy, remembering connections I made before.

All search plus some form of spaced memorization scheme for pages or blocks within pages would be nice, I wouldn't have to actively structure my notes that way. I hate structure, I'm always refactoring, so I prefer just saving things in one big folder with labels if I can. I wish I didn't even have to use folders in my file system!

tiddlywiki has an anki plugin

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by yasoob »

munfred wrote: post #16

I have installed trillium twice before, when trying to find a better alternative to a bunch of google docs, but didn't end up using it. The reason is that you cannot readily share an editable copy of a document with a link, which ends up happening with half the documents I write in Google docs. If that was an option, I think it'd be preferable to Google docs in every way (for me).

This makes me wonder if there is feasibility for P2P collaborative editing feature in trillium.
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