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I started use evernote for this, but it dawned of me after a while that if evernote went down, all my data, diaries, notes etc etc was to be locked in and I hav
by walkingolof 8y ago
I started use evernote for this, but it dawned of me after a while that if evernote went down, all my data, diaries, notes etc etc was to be locked in and I have to start over.
Therefore I'm using org-mode, its just a UTF8 encoded file, even if org-mode disappeared over night, I can still read the data.
- dunham 8y agoEvernote isn't too bad - all the data is cached locally in xml files with attachments - one directory per document. It is almost xhtml - the top level content wrapped in an en-note tag and the images are en-media tags. I agree that it's important to be sure you can get your data back out of whatever you're using. And another benefit of something like org mode that uses text files as a backing store is that you can edit/consume them with whatever tools you want.
- nugator 8y agoAFAIK the Evernote client caches your notes locally in a readable file format. I back up that folder in case Evernote goes down.
- burtonator 8y agoThis is why Polar is OSS ... you won't have this issue with Polar just like you wouldn't with org-mode. I like Emacs too and have written literall hundreds of thousands of lines of elisp (seriously)... I'm trying to make Polar usable for everyone not just Emacs users.
- bordercases 8y agoLook at org-noter if you want something as a substitute for polar with rough edges.
- dangoor 8y agoEvernote has an export format and a bunch of other tools can import Evernote exports, given how popular Evernote is. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good.