I've given up on using any sort of branded app for notetaking. At best it's open source and the maintainers will lose interest in a few years.
When you write things down, you're investing in your future. It's silly to use software that isn't making that same investment.
After trying Evernote, wikis, org-mode, and essentially everything else I could find, I gave up and tried building my own system for notes. Plain timestamped markdown files linked together. Edited with vim and a few bash scripts, rendered with a custom deployment of Gollum. All in a git repo.
It's... wonderful. Surprisingly easy. Fast. If there's a feature I wish it had, I can write a quick bash script to implement it. If Gollum stops being maintained, I can use whatever the next best markdown renderer is. Markdown isn't going away anytime soon.
It's liberating to be in control. I find myself more eager to write things down. I'm surprised more people don't do the same.
Here's what my system looks like on mobile https://imgur.com/a/nGplj. I usually SSH into the tmux session from a computer.
When it comes to the act of journaling itself, I’ve found that sometimes I feel like typing, sometimes I feel like speaking, and sometimes I feel like writing on paper. The most important thing is that the barrier to Just Writing is as low as possible.
With this setup, I just need to run `new_journal` and I’m dropped into a new Markdown file where I can just write. If I feel like speaking or writing on paper, I have workflows (https://workflow.is) on my phone for creating journal entries from voice memos or photos with one tap.
When you write things down, you're investing in your future. It's silly to use software that isn't making that same investment.
After trying Evernote, wikis, org-mode, and essentially everything else I could find, I gave up and tried building my own system for notes. Plain timestamped markdown files linked together. Edited with vim and a few bash scripts, rendered with a custom deployment of Gollum. All in a git repo. It's... wonderful. Surprisingly easy. Fast. If there's a feature I wish it had, I can write a quick bash script to implement it. If Gollum stops being maintained, I can use whatever the next best markdown renderer is. Markdown isn't going away anytime soon.
It's liberating to be in control. I find myself more eager to write things down. I'm surprised more people don't do the same.
Here's what my system looks like on mobile https://imgur.com/a/nGplj. I usually SSH into the tmux session from a computer.
When it comes to the act of journaling itself, I’ve found that sometimes I feel like typing, sometimes I feel like speaking, and sometimes I feel like writing on paper. The most important thing is that the barrier to Just Writing is as low as possible.
With this setup, I just need to run `new_journal` and I’m dropped into a new Markdown file where I can just write. If I feel like speaking or writing on paper, I have workflows (https://workflow.is) on my phone for creating journal entries from voice memos or photos with one tap.