Right. The post did inspire me to maybe get a new notebook for the first time in years for that reason.
I’ve been using Obsidian exculsively, but it’s really reduced how much diagramming I do. To me the speed does make up for being forced to write on lines and in a limited number of styles. I haven’t really gotten skilled enough in it to quickly diagram in its editor.
I’m not sure there’s much other advantage to paper for making neurons fire good. I wonder if it puts you into thinking mode based on associations or something? Or if staring at a blank page on which you can write or draw anywhere evokes a more openminded and analytical state for anyone?
It’s kinda clunky but fundamentally I find it incredibly “non-frustrating” compared to all other tools. I guess you can try the editor in your browser here: https://excalidraw.com/
Right. The post did inspire me to maybe get a new notebook for the first time in years for that reason.
I’ve been using Obsidian exculsively, but it’s really reduced how much diagramming I do. To me the speed does make up for being forced to write on lines and in a limited number of styles. I haven’t really gotten skilled enough in it to quickly diagram in its editor.
I’m not sure there’s much other advantage to paper for making neurons fire good. I wonder if it puts you into thinking mode based on associations or something? Or if staring at a blank page on which you can write or draw anywhere evokes a more openminded and analytical state for anyone?
I’d hate to convince you to stop using paper, but I use this Obsidian Excalidraw plugin for making drawings and I find it to be reaaallllly fast: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin
It’s kinda clunky but fundamentally I find it incredibly “non-frustrating” compared to all other tools. I guess you can try the editor in your browser here: https://excalidraw.com/
I installed it and did like one or two test diagrams and then never again. I should get back to it because it did seem good.