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I have settled on Google Keep for my note-taking, for ease of use and durability. I like that Standard Notes is similar, but adds privacy and the option for sel
by asciimo 10y ago
I have settled on Google Keep for my note-taking, for ease of use and durability. I like that Standard Notes is similar, but adds privacy and the option for self-hosting. Being open source and extensible is a bonus!
- jacquesc 10y agoI like Google Keep as well, but I can only really use it for "simple" notes that I take while mobile. The lack of any kind of formatting system is a detriment I think. Also, the UI on desktop is pretty poor. A native mac app would be a huge boost.
- Philomath 10y agoAgree! It's a shame there is no public Keep API to play with. I would write the app myself!
- asitdhal 10y agoI use google keep as a todo/planning app and VSCode with Markdown extension as a note taking app.
- thewhitetulip 10y agoI used to like Keep as well, but I needed something that would work offline, even trello wasn't an option. I ended up writing my own version of a todo manager (in a language I wanted to learn). A very simple and basic version, it even has an API and a cli client!! https://github.com/thewhitetulip/Tasks https://github.com/thewhitetulip/Tasks
- mateus1 10y agoI love Google Keep but I wonder when they will kill it. When Google Apps aren't directly monetized it makes me worry (Wave, Reader, etc).
- blakesterz 10y agoThat's my thought exactly. I was shocked when they updated it December 16th last year! Maybe there was other updates last year too, but year, totally amazed they've let this little beauty last so long.
- creativityland 10y agoSame thoughts here, but if there are enough Keep users on Android, Google will likely try pushing some mobile subscriptions to upgrade.
- 77ko 10y agoI want to use Google Keep but it's a lot slower (on a mac) as compared to using markdown notes saved locally and accessed using nvalt or atom
- hawski 10y agoI use Google Keep. But I plan to move off of it after I accidentaly removed part of the note and noticed then that there is no undo at all. Even notepad.exe has 3 step undo, so that is totally unacceptable.
- brokenmachine 10y agoI found Google Keep much too basic. Now I'm using Google Docs and I'm fairly happy. Some of the features I like about it: Searchable Formatting support Edit history Android App Good web interface Syncs perfectly between platforms with simultaneous editing Google is unlikely to disappear with my data anytime soon, and has been good about letting you take your data with Google Takeout And some things I don't like: My own Cloud/NSA paranoia no end-to-end encryption AFAIK Android app sometimes slow to open a note for editing