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Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by cristinacordova »

singhrac wrote: post #123

Can we talk about how slow it is? Literally the main reason I don't use this app (which seems so good for my use cases) is that it takes forever to start up on my phone. I can use it on my desktop but only because it's a fast machine - I could see a Macbook Air struggling to load it.

We just released some performance improvements across the board (improved mobile startup times from a ship a few days ago linked here: https://twitter.com/NotionHQ/status/1261037710665322496). We'd love if you could try it again and we'll definitely continue to work on this.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by machbio »

avolcano wrote: post #5

This is kinda weird, because I was happily giving them $4/month after running out of space in their trial plan, and now I absolutely have no reason to keep giving them money. Which, sure, I guess I'll take it. My $4/month isn't going to make or break their business and they probably barely give a shit about getting money for personal usage. Does remind me that my usage of their app doesn't align with their business m…

they might have ruined it for people paying for Notion Personal

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Upgrade to our Team Plan. Start a new workspace for just yourself and use it for free, indefinitely. Remove members, and enjoy no content limits on your own. Note: Make sure members in your workspace have their private pages backed up before you remove them!

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by jkelleyrtp »

threatofrain wrote: post #2

I know it's a niche need but any note-taking app I use needs to support Latex and code highlighting. Unfortunately, once I throw this criteria in just about every app gets excluded, but at least VSC + sync is still very nice.

Notion supports Katex if formulas and other related stuff is all you care about.

https://katex.org/

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by nojito »

csallen wrote: post #47
nojito wrote: post #25

Notion is the embodiment of busy work --> false sense of being productive.

Notion's just a tool, like a pen and a pad. If you decide to use it for nothing but busy work, that's an option I suppose. But I get a lot of real work done using Notion.

The act of using Notion is in of itself busy work which distracts from productivity.

Not that you are using it for busy work.

It's a strategy used by productivity "gurus" for 100+ years to keep the $$ trickling in.

Just a few years ago it was todist...before that it was Omni.

Once notion peaks we will all move on to the next one.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

pcx wrote: post #49

I love using Notion, but I think the general discussion about it does not talk enough about how it's flexibility is also a problem many times. 1. Flexibility of blocks is a cognitive overhead for most folks in my team. They would rather prefer more constrained and opinionated approaches like Trello 2. Notion is currently a jack of all trades and master of none. We have tried to use it as a wiki, project tracker, issu…

I've found Notion really worthwhile, but the fact it's so flexible means you need to go in with a plan so that you can really take advantage of it.

I really like how Marie Poulin's sets up her Notion process, here's a good example of how to make contextual dashboards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX2AJD4kx80 but there's a bunch more, just massive productivity boosts from not having to jump between so many different apps/services.

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Post by vorpalhex »

threatofrain wrote: post #2

I know it's a niche need but any note-taking app I use needs to support Latex and code highlighting. Unfortunately, once I throw this criteria in just about every app gets excluded, but at least VSC + sync is still very nice.

So this isn't a structured notes app like Notion, but InkDrop has support for Latex and code highlighting. It's not free, but it's the only notes app I've ever been willing to pay for aside from Bear.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by nojito »

txcwpalpha wrote: post #7

Anyone mind giving me a TL;DR on the value proposition/use case of Notion? I have a friend that works at a small company who is absolutely nuts about it (every single one of his tweets is about it), but I also have seen other people say it's a convoluted mess once you get above a certain size and they regret ever going down that path. Also curious if anyone has comments on how it compares to similar apps like Dropbox…

>Anyone mind giving me a TL;DR on the value proposition/use case of Notion?

There isn't one.

Notion blasted the Youtube Selfhelp/Productivity space with sponsored videos to get a buzz going and now are moving to continue their growth story by offering a free tier.

It's designed to convert your productivity into minuscule parts to convince you that you are achieving goals. Akin to playing a game.

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by brlewis »

Scarbutt wrote: post #58
pcx wrote: post #49

I love using Notion, but I think the general discussion about it does not talk enough about how it's flexibility is also a problem many times. 1. Flexibility of blocks is a cognitive overhead for most folks in my team. They would rather prefer more constrained and opinionated approaches like Trello 2. Notion is currently a jack of all trades and master of none. We have tried to use it as a wiki, project tracker, issu…

Sounds like the curse of Emacs.

The curse of emacs is "Jack of all trades and master of ones that don't attract new users"

Re: Notion for everyone

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Post by jamesgeck0 »

skipnup wrote: post #98
awill wrote: post #89

After Evernote started going downhill, I moved to plain markdown inside a Google Drive folder. I use the best, native app for each platform and have zero risk of being affected by a single company cancelling, closing,, increasing the price etc.. Notion does seem pretty interesting, but if they ever shut, stop innovating, or are outshined by a competitor, I don't fancy the idea of moving everything

Can you recommend a markdown native app for Windows? Currently switching to simple markdown notes myself but a bit annoyed always opening VS Code for a tiny note.

I've been happy with Markdown Edit. As a native app with an embedded webview, it's just a bit snappier than most of the Electron-based Markdown editors I've tried.

https://mike-ward.net/Markdown-Edit/

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