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It is a huge market, almost every single one of my colleagues uses the built in MacBook note taking app on a daily basis (as do I). Personally I have never fou
by hastes 7y ago
It is a huge market, almost every single one of my colleagues uses the built in MacBook note taking app on a daily basis (as do I).
Personally I have never found the need for a markdown editor (never really liked markdown much for typing) but I can see clearly why lots of people like it.
- dewey 7y ago> It is a huge market, almost every single one of my colleagues uses the built in MacBook note taking app on a daily basis (as do I). What makes this a "huge market" for a Markdown app if everyone uses the not Markdown based note taking app shipping with macOS? I would guess that dedicated Markdown based editors is mostly a niche market, even if it seems to be common in the tech bubble.
- shantly 7y agoI think the point was that the market is so huge that snagging a small part of it via a niche offering might plausibly lead to a successful business.
- hastes 7y agoI meant a note taking application in general is a huge market, I should have been more clear. Think about the amount of non-tech users that still take plenty of notes with a pen and paper (my parents for example), but in their case (and mine) the notes app on Windows/macOS or pen/paper is sufficient enough. I would assume that the use for a Markdown based (developer focused, as it seems from their landing page) editor such as this one would have a more niche market. Without conducting market research into the topic myself, I would say that his success with this product would serve as a pretty optimistic point that there is a need and use for a product like this.
- dewey 7y agoAh yea, makes sense now. Thanks for the clarification!
- dchuk 7y agoSo I have an idea I'm kicking off a POC for regarding note taking that I think is a very different spin on how the process typically flows. I'm interested in building up a roster of folks willing to give it a try, would you (or others reading this) be interested?
- hastes 7y agoI would be interested in giving it a swing, my Discord tag is Haste#0001, that is the best way to contact me.
- kevin_nisbet 7y agoI'm paying for Inkdrop. For me anyways, the reason to adopt it wasn't to do with markdown, it's just about having better UX than the built in Mac notes app. I don't know why, but I just felt like I was fighting with it on certain tasks, such as using it as a scratch space for system logs or taking notes when doing customer support. The markdown support is nice / simple for formatting, but at least for me that wasn't the reason to adopt it.