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Can't believe no one has mentioned org-mode yet. Org-mode is a mode for marked-up plain text files in emacs that gives you note taking, outlining, to-do lists,

Can't believe no one has mentioned org-mode yet. Org-mode is a mode for marked-up plain text files in emacs that gives you note taking, outlining, to-do lists, scheduling, project management, time tracking, and journaling. It's really a good candidate for a private Memex, and you can store it however you want, not just on someone else's computer. There are mobile apps for it as well, and somewhat less-capable compatibility modes for vim and VSCode. The only shortcoming I see for it as a personal Memex is the weak support for binary content (images, audio, word processing documents). It does support binary attachments, but they're not presented very well.

chacha2 7y ago
This site sometimes feels like the Truman show, where each user has to pretend they're not just recycling the same three scripts.
- throwlaplace 7y ago
  I've been collecting the most frequently used tropes on hn. It includes such fan favorites - website caused mobile phone to implode - this math book has too much math - this math doesn't have enough math - cockroach db offends me in my soul - org-mode does my dishes and tucks me in every night - functional programming is the messiah - functional programming is the devil - software interviews are like being on a cattle car in Poland in the late 1930s - people that can't pass software interviews shouldn't be allowed to reproduce - ... Once I get enough I'll build a bot that can simulate hn for me and then I'll never come here again
  - ASalazarMX 7y ago
    One I'm guilty of: JavaScript desktop applications are not desktop applications.
    - throwlaplace 7y ago
      Will add to the list! Thanks!
  - myu701 7y ago
    I'll throw one I am DEFINITELY guilty of. No offline? No onboard
- juped 7y ago
  No one ever mentions what I actually love org-mode for, which is being a super-easy brainless markup language that can compile to reasonable LaTeX documents, freeing me from LaTeX boilerplate.
hprotagonist 7y ago
not to mention https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam
Arubis 7y ago
I have long loved org-mode and repeatedly tried to get into org-brain. Roam, to me, feels like what org-brain should have been—and I spend less time fiddling with it and more time using it.
1bit 7y ago
"The only shortcoming I see for it as a personal Memex is the weak support for binary content (images, " That's not an "only". It's huge. Also, afaik, org-mode only accepts no space tags. Ie I should tag a place as "GeorgesTownLakeAvenue32" instead of "[George's Town] [Lake avenue] [address number: 32]"

chacha2 7y ago

This site sometimes feels like the Truman show, where each user has to pretend they're not just recycling the same three scripts.

throwlaplace 7y ago
I've been collecting the most frequently used tropes on hn. It includes such fan favorites - website caused mobile phone to implode - this math book has too much math - this math doesn't have enough math - cockroach db offends me in my soul - org-mode does my dishes and tucks me in every night - functional programming is the messiah - functional programming is the devil - software interviews are like being on a cattle car in Poland in the late 1930s - people that can't pass software interviews shouldn't be allowed to reproduce - ... Once I get enough I'll build a bot that can simulate hn for me and then I'll never come here again
- ASalazarMX 7y ago
  One I'm guilty of: JavaScript desktop applications are not desktop applications.
  - throwlaplace 7y ago
    Will add to the list! Thanks!
- myu701 7y ago
  I'll throw one I am DEFINITELY guilty of. No offline? No onboard
juped 7y ago
No one ever mentions what I actually love org-mode for, which is being a super-easy brainless markup language that can compile to reasonable LaTeX documents, freeing me from LaTeX boilerplate.

hprotagonist 7y ago

not to mention https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam

Arubis 7y ago

I have long loved org-mode and repeatedly tried to get into org-brain. Roam, to me, feels like what org-brain should have been—and I spend less time fiddling with it and more time using it.

1bit 7y ago

"The only shortcoming I see for it as a personal Memex is the weak support for binary content (images, " That's not an "only". It's huge. Also, afaik, org-mode only accepts no space tags. Ie I should tag a place as "GeorgesTownLakeAvenue32" instead of "[George's Town] [Lake avenue] [address number: 32]"