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Tired of note-taking apps
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Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#382Taking notes is a process. If you're tired of the apps, then you haven't put enough thought into the process. The available apps are fine. Picking a tool to solve a problem is the opposite approach to how you solve the problem. You instead need to define the problem and then find the tool which is the best fit. If you're frustrated with the tool, then you might need to put more thought into the problem.
I ran into a lot of issues with note apps over the years. Tried many, but none really stuck. Until I realized that software based note/planning tools just don't work for me. W An app is hidden away on my phone, and I need to actively open it to use it. But my bullet journal is always in my bag. It serves as a physical reminder. And it oddly gives me way more flexibility in how I structure it. Being a software develop…
I think people try to do too much with note apps and then they fail. What people normally try to accomplish with a note app should actually be like 4 - 5 different apps which handle different elements of what you're trying to accomplish with notes.
Or at least, it would be 4 - 5 completely different processes and a given note app isn't best for all of them.
I use...
App for capture and inbox (this is an actual note taking app but I don't use it for writing)
App for writing notes (my own writing
App for display and management of networked notes
App for arranging (networked notes), outlining and building to the draft stage of writing
These are all part of a typical note cycle which many people use one app for. I put these notes through a cycle in the order that I wrote them. Typically I would start out with capturing information, then creating my own notes from that information and then eventually using that information for my own writing. I'm not a writer, but writing helps me think through things I want to understand better.
I could constrain myself to a physical journal. I could constrain myself to anything. It would drive me nuts though. I would end up attacking the journal with scissors and then pasting pieces of paper to the walls. Then arranging pieces and pasting notes on top of each other as my ideas change.
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#383I'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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Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#384I'm a big fan of jrnl
Single plain text file with simple CLI
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#385Personally I find conventional notebooks and pens work best for me. I tried note-taking apps from time to time, never sticks for more than 10 minutes and never understood why.
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#386Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The free license and the one-time purchase license do not allow for commercial use. You would need to purchase their Enterprise license to use this commercially. Is it expensive? Not really, $50 a user per year isn't necessarily expensive when considering price alone but when compared with other alternatives in the space I'd rather not deal with a yearly license. I used Obsidian Beta up until they released their licensing.
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're not saying they have nothing to hide, they're saying they're not joting down quick notes of anything they have to hide.
I would agree that self-censorship is one of the most insidious effects of surveillance if that's what you mean :)
Carelessly making personal stuff available to interested parties was never a good idea in human history. You don't know who will see it in 10, 20, 50 years from now and what repercussions it might bring. So, hide your stuff by default and not based on your trust in the current administration or lack thereof.
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#388Noteability
Audio synchronized with your typing, writing and drawing, plus WebDAV backstore and ability to drop PDFs and links into your notes. I think GoodNotes is a close second —need layers in Notability.
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#389Personally 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…
Concepts is great! It's the best cross between note-taking and drafting, with all sorts of interesting rulers and sketching guides. You can even export as DXF to laser cut vector graphics straight from a sketch or drawing.
Good for drawing but not the best for taking notes/journals. You can export your drawings as PDFs to Notability or GoodNotes tho.
Re: Tired of note-taking apps
#390My 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…
Similar experience here. Digital notetaking on non-touch devices fundamentally doesn't work, because non-textual expression requires too much work, digital notetaking with a stylus is better, but still doesn't work for the reasons you outlined. Writing with a fountain pen on good paper is like meditation to me; you wouldn't want to contaminate meditation with computers, like they contaminated everything else...
iPad with a 360 keyboard shell (Amazon) and a (genuine) ApplePencil in a magnetic sleeve (Amazon) is fine. Apple makes a variety of sizes and weights and they can be heavily customized. I recommend Notability tho GoodNotes is great too. As far as meditation, just don’t use the PiP or background audio capability (or have them display your favorite zen experience).