Note Taking
April 2, 2019 ยท View on GitHub
Note taking serves a different purpose than writing documents. This is just to jot down information.
Also see Productivity
What I Wish For:
- Tags / Taxonomy
- Automatic Entering of Timestamps
Requirements for Note Taking
- Has to handle a lot of notes, think 1000s of notes
- Decent styling
Apple Notes
Used for:
- Basic note taking.
- Short term notes.
Pros:
- Sync across Apple devices
Cons:
- Doesn't scale when you have 1000s of notes
Evernote
Feels clumsy
Google Docs
I use this with my Timestamps tool.
Method of use:
- Single document per topic
- Timestamp the time of entering note
Used for:
- Notes I know I want to keep long term/archive
nvAlt / Notational Velocity
This used to be my power horse, but I've stopped using it once syncing with other products worked decently.