![]() ![]() I could create super long and time stamped journal entries / logs / notes on the superb keyboard of the BB device in seconds (never got used to typing on a touchscreen). Used it when I tried to replace my iPhone with a BlackBerry device. emacs entries that allow me to insert screenshots.Įdit: Forgot to mention IdeaNote. The alternative is too cumbersome: For instance Emacs/Org + rgrep + Dropbox for syncing + git + a bunch of. And my backlog of "to be migrated" grows longer and longer.įor now I find it more convenient to use a tool with a sleak interface that offer all the features I need in a "personal wiki" / note taking app: inserting screenshots into notes (this is a killer feature for me), beutifully rendering my markdown text, fulltext search, nested folders (or tags in Bear lingo), syncing across all my devices. I keep exporting and backing up my data because of this. Has a phantastic UI, markdown, super fast interface, syncs with all my iDevices.īut I am aware that in twenty years from now none of these tools might be alive anymore. Currently using a combo of Evernote and Bear Writer app. Started using Emacs+Org (several hundred notes in there, waiting to be migrated). In between tried to migrate from Windows to Ubuntu. Exported them as csv, waiting to be migrated. Used Momonote app (still exists, but practically abandonware), created a couple of thousand notes. Then when the iPhone arrived tried to do note taking on it. Exported my notes in HTML format, waiting to be migrated into my latest tool. AskSam on Windows in the 90s until early 2000s. My use of software for note taking at this point is pretty much confined to initial research where I'm more interested in saving images and URLs than any actual details that might end up on paper later.īeen using way too many apps in the past twenty years. When used up, remove the spring, toss the pages and cover into the recycle bin. I don't treat them with the full rigor that you would a real "lab notebook", but it's the same general idea.įor hobby use, I use similar books, but usually blank or graph lined.įor day-to-day reminders and such, I'm almost always carrying a little 50-cent spiral-bound notebook. I generally use 200-ish page hardbound books with a narrow rule, and go through around 2 a year with work entries are dated, volumes are dated when filled and filed away. However, most of the time I just use paper. I'm still pretty happy with it, but I'm a one-device-at-a-time, laptops-are-as-mobile-as-I-go kind of guy who doesn't care about syncing, etc. Used to use MS OneNote, switched to using Outline (Mac) when I moved away from Windows. Which you can do if you've make your own system, but using ready made solutions won't allow this. When you're presented with something new that you don't know how to take down, you can evolve the system into being capable of handling it. ![]() It may seem like a lot of work, but knowing your note taking solution inside and out can be very handy. It's also in Markdown which is nice.įind tools that are close to what you want, and try to make your own suite. I'm starting to keep notes on events, certain tools, languages, and all other information I need in the wiki. I've started to use it because of the note linking capabilities. I as of recently also found out that VimWiki exists. It's simple to use, as it uses markdown syntax for anything text based, and LaTeX syntax for inlined math formulas. After migrating to Linux, OneNote was no longer an option. I needed a way to be able to take math notes, and be simple to use. Over my last two terms I've invested in using markdown with Pandoc to write any notes in class. One tip which is key to my own use: use hashtags so that you can instantaneously find the outline heading for whatever notes you're looking for. Also, OmniOutliner does run on the iPad today. So, if the Mac ever entirely disappears, or OmniOutliner's publisher (OmniGroup) goes out of business, you should be able to keep using your OO outlines on whatever platform you move to next. There's a common outline storage format, OPML (Outline Processor Martup Language), which OmniOutliner exports to. ![]() They're the perfect way to store information in an organized way. I love the process of working with outlines. I am still actively evolving and growing outlines today that I may been working with, literally, for 40 years or even a bit longer! OmniOutliner could import More files, so, when More was discontinued, I could keep using my outlines without a hitch. Before using OmniOutliner, I used More, an early Mac outliner that ran on a Mac Plus. I have outlines that have evolved over, literally, decades. On the Mac, I highly recommend OmniOutliner. ![]()
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