cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/51403759
Ok basically what the title ask. There are so many note taking apps available and also the good old notepad, but, how do you take notes? What do you actually take-keep notes on? Is it like complicated things or simple ones?
All time times that I started using an app or a pen and paper intended up just using a simple reminder for things. Others I just remember.
Obsidian vault in my cloud storage. Does everything I need with no bells and whistles.
Vimwiki & syncthing
Lightweight, libre, synchs on all my devices. Links between notes. All I need.
I use a 20+ year old PDA for notes and other general productivity/organization needs. Distraction free, keeps me off my phone, and a fun conversation piece. Handy for staying on top of my ADHD.
Zim just works.
Nextcloud notes finally got good enough to replace google keep a while ago.
Been happily using that since.
Obsidian sync’d with my desktop PC, usually. Though also experimenting with doing the same with Orgro. Both on my phone. If I happen to be in front of my PC, just org-mode in emacs.
I use obsidian for just text stuff I need to remember later. If I need to do math or need a diagram temporarily I prefer pencil and paper. If I want to save diagrams for later I have a drawing tablet that I use like a whiteboard so that I can save and use layers. If you don’t have a drawing tablet Autodesk sketchbook is a decent substitute that can be used on your phone.
Previously used OINotepad.
Now using neutriNote for quick note taking.
Am I weird for just using a pen and paper? I recently upgraded my setup by buying a binder and ~1000 pages so I won’t have to burn through notebooks or money.
One thing that I know for sure is weird is that I use a fountain pen for it all…
Currently, poorly. I’m trying to pick up some Zettelkasten habits. I started to, using Logseq, and now I’m trying to switch to Org-roam.
This is pretty much ditto to my status. I loved logseq’s paradigm of easy linking and transclusion from the journal dumps.
Are you trying to do something similar with org-roam? I still haven’t figured out my way around with the org (roam) ecosystem
If by transclusion you mean hyperlinks & copypasta, then yes. I’m looking at using Zotero as well. I still haven’t really gotten the hang of Emacs, never mind org-mode or org-roam. It’s a lot. Too bad I didn’t pick up Emacs decades ago instead of vi.
