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>The tragedy of Apple Notes is that it’s an idea black hole. I don't quite understand what's the problem here. You capture ideas digitally, and later, you can

>The tragedy of Apple Notes is that it’s an idea black hole. I don't quite understand what's the problem here. You capture ideas digitally, and later, you can revisit them just the same as you revisit paper notebooks.

tylerwince 5y ago
Agreed. I didn't understand this part. I exclusively use Apple Notes for typed and handwritten notes. I also find the search functionality to be excellent at finding stuff I need, so I'm not sure why the author bashes Apple Notes search either.
- thesephist 5y ago
  Fair points. But I was going less off of raw capability here and more from how I've observed these tools to be used in the wild. It was very common for most people to dump things like contact info, recommendations, random links into Apple Notes and very very rarely search for what they put in (because they forgot what they put in). So you can search — it seems like the product isn't conducive to frequent recall.
kaichanvong 5y ago
Joking aside about black holes, notes being created in plain markup languages and being confusing. There has to be something mentioned about microsoft notepad and their directions. You save files and you hope the desktop isnt filled up (talking the 800x600 days). I mean they also have other notes but really Apple Notes as you say is on level with other notes at the end of the day.
raindropm 5y ago
Revisit your note later, right...But what if you forget about those notes in the first place? :p I'm sure problem most people face with digital note is discoverability, things that digital Zettelkasten method want to solve. Once it inside your app, it rarely comes out. You forget about it completely except from some of most-used notes or unless you have a strong system in place(which most people don't) Also, what paper has and digital notes lack, is spatial connection between you and your note. You can guess or estimate where or at what position your note is in your notebook, complete with time context, while digital notes live in abstract oblivion...

tylerwince 5y ago

Agreed. I didn't understand this part. I exclusively use Apple Notes for typed and handwritten notes. I also find the search functionality to be excellent at finding stuff I need, so I'm not sure why the author bashes Apple Notes search either.

thesephist 5y ago
Fair points. But I was going less off of raw capability here and more from how I've observed these tools to be used in the wild. It was very common for most people to dump things like contact info, recommendations, random links into Apple Notes and very very rarely search for what they put in (because they forgot what they put in). So you can search — it seems like the product isn't conducive to frequent recall.

kaichanvong 5y ago

Joking aside about black holes, notes being created in plain markup languages and being confusing. There has to be something mentioned about microsoft notepad and their directions. You save files and you hope the desktop isnt filled up (talking the 800x600 days). I mean they also have other notes but really Apple Notes as you say is on level with other notes at the end of the day.

raindropm 5y ago

Revisit your note later, right...But what if you forget about those notes in the first place? :p I'm sure problem most people face with digital note is discoverability, things that digital Zettelkasten method want to solve. Once it inside your app, it rarely comes out. You forget about it completely except from some of most-used notes or unless you have a strong system in place(which most people don't) Also, what paper has and digital notes lack, is spatial connection between you and your note. You can guess or estimate where or at what position your note is in your notebook, complete with time context, while digital notes live in abstract oblivion...