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I don't think there's anything to tackle really. I've been keeping notes in plain text files[1] for the last 15 years. It's a really good system and doesn't re
by nickjj 10y ago
I don't think there's anything to tackle really.
I've been keeping notes in plain text files[1] for the last 15 years. It's a really good system and doesn't require 8 million in funding to make a startup around it.
All you have to do is open notepad and get going.
[1]: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/plain-text-and-google-keep-is-a-killer-combo-for-notes-and-organization https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/plain-text-and-google-keep-is...
- slfnflctd 10y agoText files take up almost no resources, are quick to work with in every way, have superb portability, are automatically date/time stamped and can be siphoned into a database any time you want get crazier with organizing or tracking them. Paper is its own unique experience that is neat and stuff, but photos or scans of paper are ultimately kind of wasteful from a data perspective, as well as difficult to OCR-- and the way I see it, if you're not saving your stuff in data form at all, is whatever you're writing really a good use of your time?