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My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by rvieira »

rg111 wrote: post #73
rvieira wrote: post #32

My journey was somewhat similar (Evernote, Any.do, Bear, Noteplan, Obsidian, LoqSeq) but now I've settled with org-{mode, roam}. There was always _something_ missing from those apps. If you have time and inclination, Emacs can be customised to behave almost exactly like you want it.

Have you tried RemNote?

I haven't actually. I took a quick look at it and (could be wrong) it seems they keep the data on their servers?

Data freedom is a biggie for me. I like to have a folder of text files that I can move around, backup as I want and do fun stuff with[0].

[0] e.g. I've been having fun with making a Mastodon toot-queue org file. I just dump ideas on the org file and a cron job toots one every hour until the queue is empty.

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by latexr »

vertis wrote: post #76
_7jf7 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But eventually, if they want to continue doing the task they'll end up paying for a new version. Freehand[1] has been discontinued for almost two decades, and ten years ago I was still able to use it to great effect. Heck, if I wanted to use it today I probably could, thanks to Wine[2]. > however it's still got a lifespan that eventually requires the next payment. Unless you wait so long that a competitor arises or…

I almost mentioned competitors, I consider buying a competitors product to be an example in support of my argument, and open-source the exception. I too own a copy of Affinity, because I don't use those features enough to justify the rent-seeking that Adobe does. I don't think we disagree as much as you think, I'm not arguing in favour of subscriptions. I'm simply pointing out that the majority of the companies that…

I agree. Thank you for a pleasant discussion.

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by scottrblock »

rnmp wrote: post #25

I’m curious as to what made you choose Kinopio over Are.na. I use the latter a lot and find it really useful for unstructured thoughts. I mainly use it privately though. Kinopio looks great I will take it for a spin soon.

I tried using are.na and it just didn't stick for whatever reason. Kinopio on the other hand, I wanted to use it more and more once I started. Just suited my brain better I suppose.

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by vertis »

latexr wrote: post #82
vertis wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I almost mentioned competitors, I consider buying a competitors product to be an example in support of my argument, and open-source the exception. I too own a copy of Affinity, because I don't use those features enough to justify the rent-seeking that Adobe does. I don't think we disagree as much as you think, I'm not arguing in favour of subscriptions. I'm simply pointing out that the majority of the companies that…

I agree. Thank you for a pleasant discussion.

Likewise

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by IanCal »

rg111 wrote: post #73
rvieira wrote: post #32

My journey was somewhat similar (Evernote, Any.do, Bear, Noteplan, Obsidian, LoqSeq) but now I've settled with org-{mode, roam}. There was always _something_ missing from those apps. If you have time and inclination, Emacs can be customised to behave almost exactly like you want it.

Have you tried RemNote?

(different person)

I've been interested in coming back to remnote, the mobile app seems a lot better. The key thing I wanted in it is the spaced repetition flashcards. I feel like linking that to my notes would be really useful, although I've not got back into it and stuck with it. The best thing being the one you use I guess.

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by IanCal »

rvieira wrote: post #81
rg111 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried RemNote?

I haven't actually. I took a quick look at it and (could be wrong) it seems they keep the data on their servers? Data freedom is a biggie for me. I like to have a folder of text files that I can move around, backup as I want and do fun stuff with[0]. [0] e.g. I've been having fun with making a Mastodon toot-queue org file. I just dump ideas on the org file and a cron job toots one every hour until the queue is empty.

The site says private, local only knowledge bases as a feature if that helps.

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by c0npr »

bluGill wrote: post #60
vidarh wrote: post #48

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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…

80% (random number that seems reasonable) of the value of notes is the act of writing them the first time. For the other 20% they deserve more effort, rewriting and origination are both useful for them.

haha you can also call it the 80-20 rule too be fancy

Re: My Personal Note Taking Journey

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Post by blippage »

This topic has been touched on before, but what I do is use a paper-bound notebook. I number the pages.

The topics come in fairly random order. I keep a table of contents at front, and compile an index at the back as I go. After trying this system for a few months, I can attest that an index is, indeed, a useful thing. The great things about an index is that it allows you to find information based on multiple viewpoints.

The acid test of all these systems is "how useful have they been in practise?" As a lady in QA once sagely said: add value, not process. Or, as another poster noted, we have a tendency to fetishise different systems. As programmers, we're likely to be more guilty of this than most. But remember the whole point of the exercise. We're here to find information, not obsessively adhere to a system.

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