Super agree here, I went through countless software solutions but just few months ago I decided to buy a small paper notebook and a pen. It feels really damn different. Almost something magical clicks when you engrave those cellulose sheets with ink giving more mechanical attention to every letter, word and sentence, instead of hammering it down on a keyboard. Noticed that I'm really much more attached to the manual kind of writing, and I value and follow the paper more than files. Maybe because they are real and tangible after all.
Just use fucking paper, man
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#162TL;dr: Use what works for you.
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#163I try and keep it simple. Little reporter notebook so I’m not using devices in meetings and things like that. Then I transcribe whatever needs to be a little more long term at the end of the day/week into either Apple notes or reminders. Then rip the pages out and bin them. Im tempted to get something like todoist to organise reminders a little better but I’m cautious that it’s the road to procrastinating.
> Im tempted to get something like todoist to organise reminders a little better but I’m cautious that it’s the road to procrastinating. Don’t do it. I’ve been down that road. Giving up and simply using Apple Note/Reminders is so much easier. I envy people who just use the first thing that falls in their lap and go with it. It’s all good enough. Nothing is that much better to make it worth the hunt.
Yeah I was thinking the same tbh, I don't want to end up forever tweaking things.
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#164Agreed.
Use either todo notebook [1] or a todo card [2] and voila.
[1]: https://www.jetpens.com/Paperian-Make-a-Memo-Sticky-Notes-To.....
[2]: https://www.jetpens.com/Paperian-Make-a-Memo-Sticky-Notes-To.....
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#165It's hard to reproduce in digital the feeling of checking off the last to-do on a page, ripping it out, balling it up and then making a 3 point trashketball shot to close out a week.
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#166I love paper, but it's difficult for me to organise the notes properly, I have no search function, screenshots, links, endless canvas, etc. I already own a Remarkable 2 but I really don't like it - it's not much more than an e-ink college block. After almost two years they added the function to draw straight lines, meanwhile I still can't search in handwritten notes - not even after converting them to text. You can a…
I ordered a Daylight tablet. I’m still waiting for it to ship. I’m hoping for a good reading and writing experience, with the benefit of rich options for apps vs just what comes from the OEM, like with Remarkable.
That looks interesting, I've never heard of it. I'm definitely looking forward to reviews.
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#167I use Org-mode because it is simple *and* capable - still just plain text, synced over iCloud, workflow can be as complex or as simple as I need it.
On the other side, I have some years of GTD practice and know, that tools themself matter little for productivity. I have some minimal feature-set I expect to be there, like some kind of daily outline and priorities and I don't care about the rest. Omnifocus is nice, but I barely use it on mobile devices, beorg is sufficent. Know you needs and don't go more complex than that.
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#168I still use the "hipster PDA": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_PDA
Oh, wow! I started using that in my university days (2002) as notebook for classes and eventually for everything else, didn't know it was ever a thing. It just made sense, given how much one-side only printed pages I had laying around. I also tried a crud bounding with twine for more stability but figured a second clip on the opposite side was enough and saved me the effort of punching holes. I also reused an old moleskine notebook cover which was just the perfect size. It still lives today, now as my ebook reader cover and a few blank pages. With a rubber band, it can also fit nicely an securely a pen.
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#169Paper. Then take a photo of it (*) Then use a serverless lambda to OCR it and store it in a vector database. Then use speech recognition and RAG to display it wherever you discuss anything related. Simple and effective. Sorted. You are welcome. (*) Ideally use Google glass or another always on camera here
I’m not saying this is a bad idea but it’s hilarious given the point of the post is to uncomplicate note taking.
It was intended as satire but reading it back now it's not sufficiently far fetched. Says something that the craziest comment I could think of can easily be mistaken for a serious suggestion, but maybe it says more about me than anything else.
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#170Org-mode for notes, because notes tend to have variable meaningful life sometimes till the entire human life, so I need a stable tool and Emacs is definitively one, not a service who might disappear or change terms suddenly, no matter if I still have my data, missing the tool to use it my way, and well, that's enough for me.
For basic todos like "buy the milk" I've tried for a little time Home Assistant tasks, very basic more comfy than Orgzly, but I do not need much of such lists so... I do not much feel the need of anything special. I've used of course in the past paper notes, I tend to forget them when used as reminder so they are not better for this specific usage, while I still have a small A7 notebook for sudden things to note when I'm not at the desktop.