this is the setup I keep going back to(I've tried Roam, Obsidian, Tiddly) - VimWiki + TaskWarrior + TaskWiki.
Using Obsidian to manage goals, tasks, notes, and software dev knowledge base
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#12Obsidian is a fantastic app and completely free. You also store the data yourself.
"The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed, not sold."
It looks to be non-free software, with a $-free licence tier for personal use.
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#13this is the setup I keep going back to(I've tried Roam, Obsidian, Tiddly) - VimWiki + TaskWarrior + TaskWiki.
Could you elaborate as to why?
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#14After having used Bear, Notable, and Atom + plugins, I’m realizing I don’t really want an app to manage my notes. I just want the notes, plus a tool to traverse them that’s got a bit more beef to it than Finder.app.
I’d like to use a more powerful app like the one promoted here, but I feel desperately uncomfortable tying my notes [in] to a piece of proprietary software. I feel like that was a mistake I made already, and don’t want to repeat.
It’s almost like Obsidian et al are highly featureful filesystem browsers, but where the only files one can have are markdown files.
What about if I want to style a real PDF in Asciidoc? It’s really common for a note to evolve into a document. An idea becomes a lesson plan for a class, which morphs into a handout with tables, admonitions etc.
What about if I want to represent some idea with a quick spreadsheet? Or a sketchup? It would be fantastic if those were somehow all represented as first class documents in the filesystem, as markdown is inside the current wave of proprietary markdown editors.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. Offline notes in markdown. So cross-platform. Great UI, 'Mind-mapping' thing that everybody wants, backlinking to other notes, markdown, offline (so private notes). Other alternatives - roam research, notion, etc
if only they had iOS app. Using Notion.io because of that, but i would change to Obsidian when they have it. There is a workaround of storing the md files in iCloud and using a markdown editor like 1Writer to open and edit them. But you loose some functionality with that.
Obsidian stores notes in markdown format. There is nothing more cross platform and future proof in notes, than markdown.
You just have to sync a single folder. Google Drive/ Dropbox/ Syncthing, etc. Any solution works.
Use any markdown app on iOS - https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=markdown+ios
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#16After having used Bear, Notable, and Atom + plugins, I’m realizing I don’t really want an app to manage my notes. I just want the notes, plus a tool to traverse them that’s got a bit more beef to it than Finder.app. I’d like to use a more powerful app like the one promoted here, but I feel desperately uncomfortable tying my notes [in] to a piece of proprietary software . I feel like that was a mistake I made already,…
boostnote.io might be a good tool for you. Its basically a markdown renderer + code coloring with some extra search and other features. The first version is open source and I believe the second version also will be (but not positive). you can also store your folder of notes in a dropbox folder and get decent syncing out of the box. I've been using it for two years now and don't have any complaints. I will have to admit I haven't moved over to their second version yet so I might be missing something.
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#17HN hug o death. anyone got a link to what this "obsidian" is?
Seems to be an App to implement a “Zettelkasten“ type knowledge store:
Re: Using Obsidian to manage goals, tasks, notes, and software dev knowledge base
#18After having used Bear, Notable, and Atom + plugins, I’m realizing I don’t really want an app to manage my notes. I just want the notes, plus a tool to traverse them that’s got a bit more beef to it than Finder.app. I’d like to use a more powerful app like the one promoted here, but I feel desperately uncomfortable tying my notes [in] to a piece of proprietary software . I feel like that was a mistake I made already,…
I use Zettlr. It's also a Markdown manager. However you can define a folder as a project. Which helps to keep related notes orderly. Also you can export the whole project or one note as a pdf (using pandoc) or docx, odt, html...
You can attach files to your note too.
That being said I really enjoyed the idea of Trilium. Especially the fact that you can write your own scripts.You may be able to add scripts and make spreadsheet or SketchUp files first class documents.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
before i go trying it out... it looks a lot like a personal wiki? RTF etc?
Yes. Offline notes in markdown. So cross-platform. Great UI, 'Mind-mapping' thing that everybody wants, backlinking to other notes, markdown, offline (so private notes). Other alternatives - roam research, notion, etc
I've tried it, I liked it. But I can't help but feel like I'm one of the only people who doesn't need an app for 'mind-mapping'. Am I missing something? Asking honestly, this comes up at work a lot. I feel like I can access things in my mind at will. Why should I need to transcribe it in some way?