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Favorite Note Taking Tool

by xlaacid on 2/13/22, 2:03 PM with 12 comments

I just read the article "the fall of roam" here on HN. The author talks about abandoning the ROAM app- I abandoned it after an hour of use. Question; whats your favorite way to take notes- and how often do you revisit them?

  • by superninjy on 2/13/22, 10:18 PM

    I don't know if self hosting is an option for you, but recently I deployed Trilium (https://github.com/zadam/trilium) on a personal server.

    It's really easy to set up with docker and I'm amazed at the wealth of features.

    I use it on desktop and mobile too without issues.

  • by vmoore on 2/14/22, 4:33 PM

    Standard Notes. Can't recommend it enough. Does one thing well, and uses encryption unlike other offerings like Evernote. I revisit it every two weeks or so to make sure I executed on my TODO lists. I'm often surprised at how much I manage to get done in two weeks.

  • by umtksa on 2/13/22, 3:30 PM

    pencil paper + google keep ( because of OCR )

    taskpaper for notes and todos https://www.taskpaper.com/

  • by boolean on 2/13/22, 7:56 PM

  • by VoodooJuJu on 2/13/22, 4:37 PM

    A good notebook and pen.

  • by el_sinchi on 2/13/22, 3:19 PM

    pencil & paper

    for specific contexts, I like obsidian

    I WANTED to like notion... but capturing notes on the go from mobile is unpleasant and you can't check your notes if you lose internet access...