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Just start using #OneBigTextFile already. All roads lead there.
So that I can search for strings (bonus points for wildcards or regexp) in all the files in several folders and then lets you open the file at that point.
Just start using #OneBigTextFile already. All roads lead there.
Is there an iOS app for plain text files (Markdown apps are okay, of course) that implements its own searching and doesn't just use Apple's search controls? So that I can search for strings (bonus points for wildcards or regexp) in all the files in several folders and then lets you open the file at that point.
I am a Logseq user. One thing I realised is that PKM people tend to spend 99% of intellectualising and fetishising different systems like Zettlekasten and P.A.R.A. when in the end your output is what matters. I wasted months, just to realise the tools or systems do not matter at all. Interlinking notes doesn't scientifically make you a better writer, writing does.
It can't fix "you're a bad writer."
And maybe isn't even useful if you have really good memory.
But no need to posit "magic" for an improvement.
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People seem to prefer subscriptions to expensive one-time purchases... What's a developer to do?
That does not seem to be the case, at all. For example, people complained very loudly about not being able to buy photoshop anymore. Any time office365 is discussed, again people complain. People seem to hate subscriptions. What is true instead is that people are forced into subscriptions because one-time purchases are just not offered anymore.
I consider a note-taking service to be a different situation, similar to a photo hosting service. Costs are ongoing (and typically growing) so it's not reasonable to expect a one time payment.
As for the first case, both Adobe and Microsoft are thriving for forcing subscriptions, so it makes a lot of business sense. From their perspective it makes sense to dismiss the outrage. People that need the software will ultimately give in and those that are complaining the most, weren't delivering revenue anyway.
The important thing to understand is that both examples are industry standard, irreplaceable software. There are little to no serious alternatives. A startup with some very optional software can't afford this arrogance.
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> You can easily set up sync using SyncThing Unless you're on iOS/iPadOS, as far as I know.
You can use iCloud to sync everything - your actual notes and the workspace files. Easy, free, works great.
Is there a guide how to set it up?
I also initially went to Bear before trying out Notion and am now happily using Obsidian, which just got a Live Preview mode.
Well where 2 hours into this and no-one mentioned org / org-roam, so I feel a begrudging responsibility to do so. Org-mode is a combination of note taking, todolist, jupyter notebook, & calendar major-mode for Emacs. It is wonderful and terrible in a lot of the ways emacs itself is. It is incredibly configurable and extendable, and feature rich to the degree that discovering spreadsheet support after using it for 6 m…
IMO the best org phone client is a VPS + CLI emacs + good mobile SSH client + syncthing. Requires connectivity but then I have e.g. org-agenda feature parity. I basically live in this setup. Surprisingly ergonomic to use with a touchscreen and phone keyboard. If I have no connectivity, the last thing I want is to be editing my org files on yet another device and introducing conflicts. I use something like beorg (ios)…
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You can use iCloud to sync everything - your actual notes and the workspace files. Easy, free, works great.
I never managed to do that. Obsidian insisted on putting its vault in its own folder, not on iCloud, IIRC. Is there a guide how to set it up?
It equates to basically standing up a new vault on an iOS device and choosing to store it in iCloud in the first place, then migrating the data over
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You can easily set up sync using SyncThing or Dropbox or any other tool that syncs directories between devices. I did pay $25 because I enjoy using Obsidian - but I don't think there is anything missing in the free version. The best part is that everything including themes, plugins and themes are synced perfectly between desktop and mobile.
> You can easily set up sync using SyncThing Unless you're on iOS/iPadOS, as far as I know.
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I am a Logseq user. One thing I realised is that PKM people tend to spend 99% of intellectualising and fetishising different systems like Zettlekasten and P.A.R.A. when in the end your output is what matters. I wasted months, just to realise the tools or systems do not matter at all. Interlinking notes doesn't scientifically make you a better writer, writing does.
I think apart from just writing, the one thing that feels like it matters to me is rewriting and consolidation . Having years of notes you never revisit does very little. What is good about some of the systems is that they provide a framework for consolidation and forcing you to keep reviewing things. But I find the specifics of how you end up reviewing and consolidating changes very little, as long as you do. If any…