I like the idea of setting up a wiki or using a wiki-like note taking app. I use Evernote a bit like that, crosslinking pages, but it’s not really optimized for that. My main concern with using an app like Evergreen Notes is that a hobby project built by one person seems like a fragile place to leave a part of my brain.
With your method, do you ever go back to old free form notes and find yourself unable to reconstruct what you originally meant? Or find the task of wading through your old free form notes unpleasant, since they’re not polished?
My main concern with using an app like Evergreen Notes is that a hobby project built by one person seems like a fragile place to leave a part of my brain.
A really easy way to set up your own wiki is to use a github repo. You can make it private if you don’t want people to see it. If you use markdown and use the .md file extension, github will show the pages nicely and will even make links to other pages work.
do you ever go back to old free form notes and find yourself unable to reconstruct what you originally meant?
I don’t think I’ve ever had that problem.
Or find the task of wading through your old free form notes unpleasant, since they’re not polished?
I think it’s fun. I’ve never found it unpleasant. And if it’s on a computer you can always use the search function for topics you’re interested in pursuing further.
I like the idea of setting up a wiki or using a wiki-like note taking app. I use Evernote a bit like that, crosslinking pages, but it’s not really optimized for that. My main concern with using an app like Evergreen Notes is that a hobby project built by one person seems like a fragile place to leave a part of my brain.
With your method, do you ever go back to old free form notes and find yourself unable to reconstruct what you originally meant? Or find the task of wading through your old free form notes unpleasant, since they’re not polished?
In that case you might like obsidian.md.
A really easy way to set up your own wiki is to use a github repo. You can make it private if you don’t want people to see it. If you use markdown and use the .md file extension, github will show the pages nicely and will even make links to other pages work.
I don’t think I’ve ever had that problem.
I think it’s fun. I’ve never found it unpleasant. And if it’s on a computer you can always use the search function for topics you’re interested in pursuing further.