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I've tried org-mode a few times, but I just couldn't get over emacs and the mobile app situation. For now I've settled on Apple Notes which works well with the

I've tried org-mode a few times, but I just couldn't get over emacs and the mobile app situation. For now I've settled on Apple Notes which works well with the iPad and pencil across all of my devices. I also use Drafts for longer form writing. The downside is that I'm trapped in Apple's ecosystem, but I'm already deeply there so I might as well embrace it.

ssivark 6y ago
There are now several solutions for org-mode on mobile. Organice, beorg, org-web, Orgzly etc.
- golem14 6y ago
  They are all very nice. I really only need to capture new things on mobile for the most part, so my needs are minimal. What holds me back, however, is not supporting Google Drive for synchronization, as I use that anyway. As is, I would have to use another service like dropbox to sync mobile edits back. Wait - I see that org-web says it does sync with Google drive, so I will try that out. Seems like I can use it by self hosting and not requiring giving google credentials out to some scary startupm (or large corporate entity I don't want to trust either). Thanks for the tip!
  - keegancsmith 6y ago
    Capturing is very simple since it is just plain text. For example here is a guide which uses siri on iOS to capture voice notes to your org-mode inbox: https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/30/voice-capture-org-mode-notes-and-more-using-siri-shortcuts-on-ios/ https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/30/voice-capture-org-m... There is also a guide for android https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/28/voice-capture-org-mode-tasks-on-android/ https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/28/voice-capture-org-m...
  - ssivark 6y ago
    Organice does support Google Drive, Dropbox and WebDAV. (Organice is a fork of org-web) More fundamentally, if you (anyone reading) can think of any easily usable way to sync files between devices, I think it might not be too hard to get Organice/etc. to support that as yet another backend.
    - eointierney 6y ago
      Syncthing?

ssivark 6y ago

There are now several solutions for org-mode on mobile. Organice, beorg, org-web, Orgzly etc.

golem14 6y ago
They are all very nice. I really only need to capture new things on mobile for the most part, so my needs are minimal. What holds me back, however, is not supporting Google Drive for synchronization, as I use that anyway. As is, I would have to use another service like dropbox to sync mobile edits back. Wait - I see that org-web says it does sync with Google drive, so I will try that out. Seems like I can use it by self hosting and not requiring giving google credentials out to some scary startupm (or large corporate entity I don't want to trust either). Thanks for the tip!
- keegancsmith 6y ago
  Capturing is very simple since it is just plain text. For example here is a guide which uses siri on iOS to capture voice notes to your org-mode inbox: https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/30/voice-capture-org-mode-notes-and-more-using-siri-shortcuts-on-ios/ https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/30/voice-capture-org-m... There is also a guide for android https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/28/voice-capture-org-mode-tasks-on-android/ https://orgmode-exocortex.com/2020/04/28/voice-capture-org-m...
- ssivark 6y ago
  Organice does support Google Drive, Dropbox and WebDAV. (Organice is a fork of org-web) More fundamentally, if you (anyone reading) can think of any easily usable way to sync files between devices, I think it might not be too hard to get Organice/etc. to support that as yet another backend.
  - eointierney 6y ago
    Syncthing?