In addition to a simple binder with blank papers and a good pen for when I'm in "thinking mode", I have actually been happy with the following solution, for tex

In addition to a simple binder with blank papers and a good pen for when I'm in "thinking mode", I have actually been happy with the following solution, for text note-taking on the computer (which I use almost daily as a journal, for meetings etc etc): Simple markdown files, with a script to create a new date-stamped document for each day [1], opens it in vim, and then commits the change and pushes to a bitbucket private repo for backup, after I close vim [2]. It also includes a script for converting all documents to a nice epub ebook, for offline reading, browsing, searching etc in calibre e-reader. Some benefits that made me go this direction, instead of, say evernote or the like: - Offline storage - Syncable via git (I'm keeping a backup in a private bitbucket repo) - Easily convert to any format via pandoc - Can edit effortlessly in my terminal-based environment (bash, tmux, vim) - Really automateable - ... [1] https://github.com/samuell/mdnote https://github.com/samuell/mdnote [2] https://github.com/samuell/mdnote/blob/master/edit.sh https://github.com/samuell/mdnote/blob/master/edit.sh