I use Obsidian. It’s a note taking/note making software using almost only Markdown syntax. It is very malleable to your use but mostly relies on a linking system that kinda makes it a wiki for your knowledge.
I second Obsidian. It’s free, lightning fast, local (you own you data so can’t be held hostage to a subscription fee) and the Markdown format is simple and common enough that there will always be some way to use the system you’ve set up.
There are more in depth theories about how to actually organize your notes, but obsidian can do it in a variety of ways, almost however you want.
I’m not familiar with that app, but could you go into more detail about how you use it with regards to storing and capturing ideas? Like do you instantly, say when on the bus, or at the dinner table note down an idea? How much detail do you put in?
How does it integrate with your to-do list or calendar or whatever productivity system, formal or informal you have? An idea may not necessarily represent a commitment just yet, so how do you use this app to revisit ideas? How often do you revisit them?
Do you organize or store your “ideas” notes differently to other notes?
I am far from being a model user as I am not a very organized person but having everything in the same place has allowed me to actually find things much more easily because the search is quite good. Not perfect but much better than what Google offers in Docs or Keep for instance. The app itself is very versatile but there are many plugins that will allow you to tailor your experience in the exact way you need it.
I try to update or create a new note as soon as possible because I forget pretty fast. I have a few notes made exactly for the purpose of storing temporary ideas that will need to be more developped or moved somewhere else later.
There are several tools to revisit notes. The link is powerful because on every note you can see all links from but also to this note and the local graph shows you everything that is a close link (1, 2, 3 or more links away).
I know tags are used by many people for this but I have never really been able to use them much. Then there is the random note and the general graph that shows you all the notes. On it you can show notes with a color depending on some condition which helps with subjects but it also helps to find “lost” notes with no links that may have been forgotten.
Thank you for the detailed response, to be honest hearing the experience of a disorganized non-model user seems much more valuable than someone who uses it perfectly, like how you don’t find yourself using tags.
I use Obsidian. It’s a note taking/note making software using almost only Markdown syntax. It is very malleable to your use but mostly relies on a linking system that kinda makes it a wiki for your knowledge.
I second Obsidian. It’s free, lightning fast, local (you own you data so can’t be held hostage to a subscription fee) and the Markdown format is simple and common enough that there will always be some way to use the system you’ve set up.
There are more in depth theories about how to actually organize your notes, but obsidian can do it in a variety of ways, almost however you want.
Which theories have you found suite you best and why? How do you organize your notes?
And having captured your ideas in Obsidian, how do you go about revisiting them and ensuring that they don’t remain captured but forgotten?
I tag the important ones with #important1 through 3
And they’re tagged and linked with other semantics. You can see a visual representation of pinks or search by any combo
I’m not familiar with that app, but could you go into more detail about how you use it with regards to storing and capturing ideas?
Like do you instantly, say when on the bus, or at the dinner table note down an idea? How much detail do you put in?
How does it integrate with your to-do list or calendar or whatever productivity system, formal or informal you have? An idea may not necessarily represent a commitment just yet, so how do you use this app to revisit ideas? How often do you revisit them?
Do you organize or store your “ideas” notes differently to other notes?
I am far from being a model user as I am not a very organized person but having everything in the same place has allowed me to actually find things much more easily because the search is quite good. Not perfect but much better than what Google offers in Docs or Keep for instance. The app itself is very versatile but there are many plugins that will allow you to tailor your experience in the exact way you need it.
I try to update or create a new note as soon as possible because I forget pretty fast. I have a few notes made exactly for the purpose of storing temporary ideas that will need to be more developped or moved somewhere else later.
There are several tools to revisit notes. The link is powerful because on every note you can see all links from but also to this note and the local graph shows you everything that is a close link (1, 2, 3 or more links away).
I know tags are used by many people for this but I have never really been able to use them much. Then there is the random note and the general graph that shows you all the notes. On it you can show notes with a color depending on some condition which helps with subjects but it also helps to find “lost” notes with no links that may have been forgotten.
The best introduction I have found is from Nick Milo, very simple but it gives right away an idea of the potential of the app: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3NaIVgSlAVLHty1-NuvPa9V0b0UwbzBd
The important ones are 1, 2, 3, 4 is really optional, 5 and 6 are useful and short. So you only really need 30 minutes at 1x speed.
Thank you for the detailed response, to be honest hearing the experience of a disorganized non-model user seems much more valuable than someone who uses it perfectly, like how you don’t find yourself using tags.