Favorite Note Taking Tool

#1

Post by xlaacid » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 2:03 PM UTC

I just read the article "the fall of roam" here on HN. The author talks about abandoning the ROAM app- I abandoned it after an hour of use. Question; whats your favorite way to take notes- and how often do you revisit them?

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#2

Post by el_sinchi » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 3:19 PM UTC

pencil & paper

for specific contexts, I like obsidian

I WANTED to like notion... but capturing notes on the go from mobile is unpleasant and you can't check your notes if you lose internet access...

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#3

Post by umtksa » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 3:30 PM UTC

pencil paper + google keep ( because of OCR )

taskpaper for notes and todos https://www.taskpaper.com/

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#4

Post by xlaacid » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 4:28 PM UTC

umtksa wrote: post #3

pencil paper + google keep ( because of OCR ) taskpaper for notes and todos https://www.taskpaper.com/

Thanks. I went to Taskpaper and realized it was mac app- I work on Linux. That looks cool though.

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#5

Post by xlaacid » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 4:31 PM UTC

el_sinchi wrote: post #2

pencil & paper for specific contexts, I like obsidian I WANTED to like notion... but capturing notes on the go from mobile is unpleasant and you can't check your notes if you lose internet access...

Thanks

I tried Obsidian when it came out and had the same issue I had with roam- I dont see the payoff for all the convoluted ways you need to enter notes. I'm curious, what were your use cases for obsidian?

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#6

Post by VoodooJuJu » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 4:37 PM UTC

A good notebook and pen.

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#7

Post by boolean » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 7:56 PM UTC

Logseq: https://logseq.com/

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#8

Post by superninjy » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 10:18 PM UTC

I don't know if self hosting is an option for you, but recently I deployed Trilium (https://github.com/zadam/trilium) on a personal server.

It's really easy to set up with docker and I'm amazed at the wealth of features.

I use it on desktop and mobile too without issues.

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#9

Post by vmoore » Mon, Feb 14, 2022, 4:33 PM UTC

Standard Notes. Can't recommend it enough. Does one thing well, and uses encryption unlike other offerings like Evernote. I revisit it every two weeks or so to make sure I executed on my TODO lists. I'm often surprised at how much I manage to get done in two weeks.

Re: Favorite Note Taking Tool

#10

Post by xlaacid » Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:29 PM UTC

superninjy wrote: post #8

I don't know if self hosting is an option for you, but recently I deployed Trilium ( https://github.com/zadam/trilium ) on a personal server. It's really easy to set up with docker and I'm amazed at the wealth of features. I use it on desktop and mobile too without issues.

Thanks. I'll have to try that again. When it came out, I had problems installing it.