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Tired of note-taking apps

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Re: Tired of note-taking apps

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Post by omnimus »

BoysenberryPi wrote: post #282
mstngl wrote: post #272

After this thread became a discussion of competing, sometimes extreme approaches, I want to add one alternative. Markdown files, organized in folder hierarchy and synchronized by the service of choice are fine for me - for notes and knowledge collection. Recently I started to add the superpower of tags and links to other files by using Apps like Obsidian[1] and Zettlr[2] which are very similar. The great advantage is…

Obsidian's licensing makes it immediate non-starter for me and I would imagine the same for most people who would want to use it for work, side projects, or anything they hope to make money off of.

What is the problem you see? I am interested why i should be cautious. It seems like offline app that uses .md files. And the authors seem legit bootstrappers with quality projects behind them.

Re: Tired of note-taking apps

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Post by crentist_the_d »

dmje wrote: post #128

Funnily enough, I don’t think there is a really good one. There’s lots that almost do it but not quite. - Evernote: no note linking - Bear: lovely but no web or android version - OneNote: appalling in the way only MS can be - SimpleNotes: too simple - Zoho: too ...urgh - Keep: too Googley - Apple notes: too Appley - Standard Notes: too buggy I’m clearly a fussy sod. But really, just a nice, oss, local files, ability…

Happy inkdrop (inkdrop.com) user for over a year now ! Has e2e, local backups, and many features including through plugins

Re: Tired of note-taking apps

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Post by FireBeyond »

jeromegv wrote: post #354
yencabulator wrote: post #352

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's one of the most ridiculous hidden UX'es I've heard of in a long while. It always surprises me when people think of Apple as somehow "user-friendly".

Did you actually check? Just tried on my phone and it’s not there. But if I turn on airplane mode is still works so May be there’s no need for a setting at all.

I think you misunderstand. They are saying that even if it is there, it's a demented example.

How on earth is "if you have internet connectivity, short press the dictation button, but if you want to do only local dictation, long press it" even remotely intuitive, or logical?

Re: Tired of note-taking apps

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Post by jcun4128 »

Made a few of my own. Locally I use a shared API hosted by a Pi, and then my phone(Android widget) and cross platform app(Electron) uses it. It's basic note title/body. Also have one online but it's statically encrypted. For drawing I use Krita. I was working on an SVG drawing app integrated into the cross platform app but haven't finished it. I also have a Pi-hosted URL-based notepad too where you use it by urls/whole screen is a textarea element. Work wise use both OneNote and Apple notes.

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Post by madacol »

therealmarv wrote: post #332

I'm also tired. Now it's only a folder of Markdown files and pictures, Google Drive and VScode. Nobody can take it away from me. I'm in control. Btw. I think git is too cumbersome for notes. I don't care about history and git log and I don't want to push things manually for notes.

What extensions for VSCode are you using?

I'm fairly new to this, and so far I've been using Markdown Memo as the main one, with this others as Add-Ons:

- Markdown All in One

- Markdown Paste

- Auto Snippet - for configuring templates by auto-applying VSCode snippets to new markdown files

BTW: Markdown Memo is fairly new, was just released this month

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Post by Feolkin »

tomduncalf wrote: post #81

Personally I find Apple Notes the most convenient for quick jotting down of ideas etc. It’s not the most advanced in terms of features but it loads instantly, is quick to use and is available on all of my devices. Have tried numerous alternatives but they’ve never stuck e.g. they’re slow to start up or are fussy to use or don’t work well on one platform. For deeper sketching out of ideas, diagrams etc I really like C…

I'm constantly annoyed that there are no decent stylus apps on Android. The only one with an infinite canvas has more annoyances and issues than I can count (beginning with how scheduled backups can only be pointed at cloud storage, and manual local backups can only be made to a proprietary format) and I just absolutely hate it.

Re: Tired of note-taking apps

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Post by Feolkin »

jjice wrote: post #239

I searched far and wide for a good note taking app a few years ago, only to find that the best solution for me was right in front of me the entire time. git init fall2020 Git lets me keep track of everything, and I have free hosting at multiple different websites, or my own server if I want to. It's simple and customizable, and depending on what type of notes, I have different scripts to automate new notes and search…

I feel like this is half a solution to me. I use Git too, but it does nothing about how notes are structured or linked, for which I lean on sublime, Obsidian and Zettelkasten.

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Post by 83457 »

intended wrote: post #66
vijucat wrote: post #12

My theory about handwritten note-taking is that the bandwidth difference between thinking (fast) and writing (slow) is somehow extremely beneficial to the process of generating creative and evocative output. There have been so many journaling sessions which I started with the absolute conviction that I had nothing new to say, and after 4 pages of extremely creative and detailed ideas, surprising even to me , I had no…

That’s my issue with the Microsoft surface stylus work- and a lesser extent Apple. They don’t compare to written, and a decent amount is the pen tip friction. Wacom comes close. However the apps themselves ? I’d like to use one note more, but PDFs don’t become copy-able text. Searchable but not copyable. Writing on a surface device is ugh. And I had really high hopes that they would push on the tech. Procreate -iOS-…

I have found that the Remarkable tablet is no worse than paper and sometimes better.
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