Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by DerekBickerton » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 9:52 PM UTC

mikeodds wrote: post #29

DerekBickerton wrote: post #3

I use Standard Notes[0] although it doesn't support images. Evernote supports images, but Evernote isn't as private as Standard Notes. There is also Joplin[1] if you really need images, and you can either self-host it or use their cloud[2] offering. [0] https://standardnotes.com/ [1] https://joplinapp.org/ [2] https://joplinapp.org/plans/

I really like standard notes, if you switch editors to their built in Bold Editor ( https://standardnotes.com/features/bold-editor ) you can embed images.

Caveat: 'Available to paid subscribers'. I'm on their free tier.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by comfypotato » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 10:53 PM UTC

suprjami wrote: post #27

I've tried SO many it's not funny. I've settled on Markdown notes in Dropbox, edited with vim. On Android I do this with FolderSync and vim in Termux.

but org mode though

Have you considered learning emacs just to try it? You might like it. That's what I did. The only difference between your experience and mine is that I've settled on an org mode doc in Dropbox.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by alxmng » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 11:36 PM UTC

Apple Notes. Not only does it support images, but it can OCR images too.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by A3mercury » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 12:11 AM UTC

I’ve been using Bear but it’s only on Apple products so I can’t use it on my work laptop which is Linux. It uses this like visual markdown which I just think looks nice and it’s easy to use.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by NIckGeek » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 12:36 AM UTC

I made one called MicroPad a few years ago (https://getmicropad.com) and just launched v4 a few weeks ago.

It's pretty full of features and each note is an infinite whiteboard/canvas where you can embed elements anywhere (for example I go horizontally for tangents)

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by daviesgeek » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 1:45 AM UTC

jti107 wrote: post #22

I use notion pro. I think the free tier is good enough as well. I use it for personal knowledge management and organizing my life. All my notes are in it, as well as interesting tidbits from podcasts, YouTube. I’ve implemented Cal Newports productivity/time blocking method in it as well. there’s lot of cool templates and community around it as well if you want to get the most out of it.

+1 for notion

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by mattpallissard » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 2:48 AM UTC

anujdeshpande wrote: post #13

Org mode in Emacs, Beorg app on my iPhone/iPad. Files are text files, and are synced using Dropbox to all my windows/linux/macOS machines.

Love me some org mode. I use nvim-orgmode. It's not as feature complete as emacs, but is enough for my use cases; time tracking, tables, and code blocks.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by mattpallissard » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 2:51 AM UTC

For your use case, you could just do a simple Hugo site and work entirely in markdown.

It has a baked in web server so you can render and run it locally without any infrastructure.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by cbracketdash » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 3:35 AM UTC

I like Notion because its a) not a Google/Microsoft-based app, b) many more features for customizability and c) it looks really good.

For simple notes, I just use vim.

Re: Ask HN: What note taking websites/applcations do you use?

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Post by zeagle » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 3:46 AM UTC

I can't get away from oneone. I win-s to take a screenshot of something relevant and paste it into notes (website, textbook, zoom presentation), using other keyboard shortcuts to change the font size and color.