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1) How come this one app in particular seems to permeate all the media I consume (even though there is no way to try the app out right now)? In the same week, s

1) How come this one app in particular seems to permeate all the media I consume (even though there is no way to try the app out right now)? In the same week, several podcasts and friends recommended it to me, and now HN. Kudos to whoever organized this launch. 2) I decided this year my personal notes are too long-term and important to me to keep entrusting to every new cloud startup that pops up. Right now my notes are mostly in markdown files, synced by Dropbox. More developed thoughts that need to link to each-other I do in Trello (I like their UX and how it helps me think). I'm looking for a system that has these features, but: - where I will always be in control of the data (open source?) - syncs & backups reliably - seamless on mobile

pcmaffey 6y ago
1) because VCs invested in it 2) I highly recommend Ulysses for this, which has the best writing experience IMO, can open /save external .md files like a txt editor, and is polished and mature across devices.
- submeta 6y ago
  +1 for Ulysses. It‘s got all the features I was asking for: markdown, tagging, folders, offline, beautiful UI, a go-to-anywhere (omnisearch), saved searches, and the company has a history of over ten years (not VC backed). Been using all kinds of writing apps / tools since the 90s: AskSam, Netmanage‘s ECCOPro, IdeaMatrix on my Blackberry, Emacs+Org, my various own tools, Evernote, Joplin, Notion and a dozen other tools. In the end I settled with simple, plain markdown text, some Python + bash scripts, and a nice markdown editor like iA Writer or Ulysses, which is the current editor I am using. Its target audience seem to be writers of all sorts producing large texts. But it is actually a pretty good Zettelkasten tool as well. Re RoamResearch: I would never entrust my personal data / notes into an online only service (that was just created!) I am old enough to know that products come and go, the most important thing is my personal data.

pcmaffey 6y ago

1) because VCs invested in it 2) I highly recommend Ulysses for this, which has the best writing experience IMO, can open /save external .md files like a txt editor, and is polished and mature across devices.

submeta 6y ago
+1 for Ulysses. It‘s got all the features I was asking for: markdown, tagging, folders, offline, beautiful UI, a go-to-anywhere (omnisearch), saved searches, and the company has a history of over ten years (not VC backed). Been using all kinds of writing apps / tools since the 90s: AskSam, Netmanage‘s ECCOPro, IdeaMatrix on my Blackberry, Emacs+Org, my various own tools, Evernote, Joplin, Notion and a dozen other tools. In the end I settled with simple, plain markdown text, some Python + bash scripts, and a nice markdown editor like iA Writer or Ulysses, which is the current editor I am using. Its target audience seem to be writers of all sorts producing large texts. But it is actually a pretty good Zettelkasten tool as well. Re RoamResearch: I would never entrust my personal data / notes into an online only service (that was just created!) I am old enough to know that products come and go, the most important thing is my personal data.