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Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by eternityforest »

thedevtoolsmith wrote: post #150
largbae wrote: post #147

Please charge something. In order to trust my notes somewhere, I need it to be in someone's best interest to keep my data and not grow bored or overburdened by costs. I desperately want a simple, cross-platform, online or offline, fast note taking app. Evernote was this maybe 10 years ago before the bloat. I beg them every feedback opportunity to get Team features, chat, AI, and never ending upgrades out of my face.…

Have you tried Obsidian? It's a very bare-bones note taking app with a great plugin ecosystem. It has been my go-to for quite sometime now.

I left obsidian a while ago, because it didn't load instantly on Android, it had a notable startup time.

Have they changed that?

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by eternityforest »

escapecharacter wrote: post #78
bartvk wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about mobile? Or don't you take notes there?

For me, this is always the gap that feels missing. - I want to take and view notes on various devices: mobile, personal computer, work computer, randomly logged in ad-hoc machine. - I want notes to not require me to be online all the time while writing (I work a lot on plans, or in remote locations without reliable internet) - I want notes to make reasonable assumptions about syncing, biasing on the side of avoiding…

Android is why I use Google Keep. There's lots of features I wish it has, but ultimately the important one for me is that I can take a note any time with no delay or waiting for apps to load

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by siegers »

system7rocks wrote: post #157

I really like this. I currently use Craft, but while Craft started out simply, it expanded to some more "power" features. People host their entire websites on it, although it requires workarounds to do that. And the guardrails/limitations end up making things you build kind of the same. I love the simplicity of Lowercase. The price is good too. I will be giving it a test rise here and there, because I do send a lot o…

(cofounder)

Thanks and glad to hear! Our main goal was to _not_ try to make it "everything" and while still making it enjoyable to use. We'd appreciate any feedback once you do some testing.

Send over to lowercasehq@gmail.com or ping us on X @lowercase_app.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by eternityforest »

siegers wrote: post #20

co-founder here: Just a little context on the "why" from the site - > We created lowercase as a side project to make it easier for folks to quickly share content without the pressure of having the perfect blog post. Sometimes you just want to share thoughts without worrying about styling and hosting. Ideas aren't always structured. And sometimes simple and easy is what you need. > A note-taking app that is simple, fu…

I think the sharing features are the most interesting part to me.

Google Keep has extremely fast load times and an Android optimized UI, plus home screen widgets and Wear OS, so it would be hard to replace that for personal notetaking.

But very quick sharing and collaboration is still not quite a solved problem.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by bushwald »

gooseyman wrote: post #137
bushwald wrote: post #93

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+1 Logseq is great. I use it with Syncthing across my devices.

Have you found syncthing to cause any noticeable drain your battery? Also, does it handle merge conflicts well?

I haven't noticed a significant battery drain. I charge my one year old phone once a day. Merge conflicts aren't too bad, although I don't encounter them often. When there's a conflict there is a file for each version and it's easy enough to resolve.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by siegers »

w10-1 wrote: post #160
siegers wrote: post #38

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(co-founder) Thanks for the comment and very valid points. When we initially started building we had subscription plans and more of a general revenue model. Over time we transitioned to the donation-based approach. We are open to revisiting the former if there is interest (and feedback) in the existing functionality or newer updates. I definitely understand the concern of "free forever" and open to input.

Given your model, consider publishing a time-to-live metric: if you get no further donations, this is how long the service will last. Then people who care about 1 month, 1 year, or 10 years can decide accordingly. And also describe the processes for extracting data, etc. Finally, talk about your motivations. You raise the issue by pricing at $0 without addressing the concerns that raises, in a era when "free" means t…

This great feedback - thank you. I like the idea of the TTL. That's interesting if we continue on the current route. Similar to the "open start up" concept and publishing available runway, etc.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by [deleted] »

largbae wrote: post #147

Please charge something. In order to trust my notes somewhere, I need it to be in someone's best interest to keep my data and not grow bored or overburdened by costs. I desperately want a simple, cross-platform, online or offline, fast note taking app. Evernote was this maybe 10 years ago before the bloat. I beg them every feedback opportunity to get Team features, chat, AI, and never ending upgrades out of my face.…

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Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by [deleted] »

pkulak wrote: post #55

I went through a bunch of note-taking apps before I settled on a git directory that's auto-synced once an hour. This bash script is all it takes. cd ~/notes if [[ ''$(git status --porcelain) ]]; then git stash save git pull --rebase git stash pop || true git add . git -c "user.name=Phil Kulak" -c "user.email=nope@kulak.us" commit -m "''$(date)" git push origin main else git pull fi

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Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by singhuler »

msravi wrote: post #9
mattstrayer wrote: post #2

co-founder here: feel free to ask any questions!

Two questions: 1. Doesn't seem like there's support for latex-style math? (Or, at least couldn't find it in the documentation and putting an equation between $$ doesn't seem to work). Is this planned? 2. Is there a way to export your notes?

I actually run an app that does support mathematical documentation. I initially created it for mathematical publishing but didnt see enough interest so marketed instead as a generic document publishing app.

Would love to get your take on it - https://relentless.so

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Post by jlokier »

jjbickerstaffe wrote: post #80
DrBenCarson wrote: post #73

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You can’t use Obsidian for anything that makes money without buying an Enterprise license

When I last looked it was free for businesses of 1 person, no Enterprise licence required. But you would still have to pay for sync if needed.

Thanks for mentioning it. You're right and it still is, but it's not obvious because the pricing summary doesn't say clearly that 1 person businesses are exempt.

> Free for personal use. We don't charge based on features or usage. Only pay if you use Obsidian commercially.

But the FAQ does:

> What is considered commercial use?*

> Commercial use means using Obsidian for revenue-generating or work-related activities within a for‑profit organization that has two or more employees. Government departments and agencies are considered commercial use, unless registered as a non-profit organization. For all other purposes, you're welcome to use Obsidian for free. Learn more.

("Learn more" leads to subtle differences from the FAQ, eg. organisations with 2 or more people rather than employees, and "work-related activities that generate revenue", but the gist is the same)

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