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Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by anonymouse008 »

LasEspuelas wrote: post #98
Naac wrote: post #60

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The same thing is unfortunately happening in the US. I would assume that iphone to iphone communication over imessage also does not go through traditional sms.

I would love to introduce you to every one of the group sms monstrosities that arise every time my children join a new activity. Why do people insist on doing this?

Explain more — there are a ton of services that manage this problem. Or are you speaking to those services, aka “the team has practice at 3pm tomorrow” texts?

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by joe8756438 »

xanaxagoras wrote: post #96
jetrink wrote: post #45

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Provided the SMS features are core to the system (and it looks like they are), then this is more of a service than a software product, in my opinion. It's surprisingly expensive to send or receive a text message - about a cent[1]. A light user would cost them about $0.50/month and a heavy user would cost them several dollars. I don't know how you could provide that without a subscription. 1. https://www.twilio.com/sm…

What piqued my interest was the little markup language they have for folders, events, tags, etc. I'm loathe to send anything over SMS, let alone anything private like a note of any kind. Those messages are sent in clear text and archived by all major carriers for years on end for later analysis and government surveillance. Solid no on the SMS features, seems kind of gimmicky anyway.

I hear you. I’m exploring other input methods. The bookmarklet and web app take care of most of my on-computer needs.

FWIW the parser is open source: https://github.com/tatatap-com/sowhat

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by theelous3 »

dysoco wrote: post #58

You might be already be aware of this but you might want to take into account the fact that many countries do not use SMS at all, first because it's non-free/expensive and secondly because people have just grown used to not even realize it's an option. Here in South America it's ALL Whatssapp, I don't think I've ever sent an SMS in 10 years.

Europe here - I saw the sms part and just wrote it off as some boomer note taking app. People use sms in the US? Just ...why?

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by LasEspuelas »

anonymouse008 wrote: post #101
LasEspuelas wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to introduce you to every one of the group sms monstrosities that arise every time my children join a new activity. Why do people insist on doing this?

Explain more — there are a ton of services that manage this problem. Or are you speaking to those services, aka “the team has practice at 3pm tomorrow” texts?

I'm talking about a bunch of parents and a teacher having long group sms conversations. I feel it super clunky.

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by joe8756438 »

danShumway wrote: post #81
joe8756438 wrote: post #65

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I hear you. What guarantees about how it works do you have in mind? You may be interested in just the parsing component of /tap, which is open source https://github.com/tatatap-com/sowhat

I did see the parsing component, and it looks good. My worry though is that even with the parsing format being good, you're not really selling this as a parser; it doesn't seem like the text format is the most exciting part of this. With notes in specific, because they're such an important part of my life, I'm taking a very long-term view; what still exists after 15 years? Everything else is kind of ethereal and does…

Thanks so much for the thoughtful response!

I think you identified the key disconnect between your interests and the current state of tap. For you the API alone is not worth the subscription. And that makes sense.

I think you and I have a lot in common, and _could_, if we wanted, have a high degree of ownership over our technology systems. I decided I wanted that ownership with tap, and originally it was built exclusively for myself.

But, I got some interest and decided to make it available to others. I have used it almost every day for three years —- for me its a long-term solution. I hope it can be that for others too!

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by kushan2020 »

codazoda wrote: post #9
nonethewiser wrote: post #2

I have completely ditched note taking systems in favor of a flat structure and strong search features. I just make a bunch of .md files and edit them in vscode.

I like the approach to plain text or .md files but for some reason the tool being in the web browser makes me much more productive. I suspect it's because I'm already in the browser all day. Because the browser makes me so much more productive, I built my own second brain software tool and I posted it as a Show HN yesterday (it's a rough first go). https://joeldare.com/i-built-my-own-second-brain-software-to...

I am building something similar browser based https://bangle.io

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by rytrix »

joe8756438 wrote: post #62
dysoco wrote: post #58

You might be already be aware of this but you might want to take into account the fact that many countries do not use SMS at all, first because it's non-free/expensive and secondly because people have just grown used to not even realize it's an option. Here in South America it's ALL Whatssapp, I don't think I've ever sent an SMS in 10 years.

Noted. FWIW SMS is not a requirement to use /tap. And I would love to build more messaging integrations. email me with suggestions!

> Noted. FWIW SMS is not a requirement to use /tap. And I would love to build more messaging integrations. email me with suggestions!

LINE messenger in Southeast Asia KakaoTalk in South Korea

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