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> True, you can't do rich text or media, but it turns out I almost never even WANT to do that. And the times that you do, you can use Markdown and Pandoc to co
by bloopernova 8y ago
> True, you can't do rich text or media, but it turns out I almost never even WANT to do that.
And the times that you do, you can use Markdown and Pandoc to convert it. And mdfind/spotlight will index and search it just fine, as will any other search tool you wish to use.
I lament some of my coworkers inability to see the utility in text+markdown+pandoc or even just a plain old wiki like Dokuwiki. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to wait a day for someone to dig out an excel spreadsheet to email me an immediately-out-of-date copy.
While I will joke about how people would find it so much easier if they just did everything I said, I do wonder why so many people keep themselves permanently handicapped by their choice of information storage and sharing.
- ubermonkey 8y agoWell, what is easy and intuitive and quick for you might not be for other folks, so there's that. The immediate staleness of traditional Office docs is a downside, but the upside is that you have a copy you control. It falls down a little on collaboration, though.