Notetaking is a popular topic because it is an utterly unsolved problem. The early ideas of computing envisioned computers as augmentation of the mind, [1] wher

Notetaking is a popular topic because it is an utterly unsolved problem. The early ideas of computing envisioned computers as augmentation of the mind, [1] where automation would enhance our insights in the same way that writing augmented the insights of people in the antiquity. However, all we got are lame attempts to replicate pen and paper in terms of annotation, with the only real improvement is instant text search, with very limited capabilities for incorporating meta data into queries. Where are the automated mind maps, statistics about how frequently you use terms in your discipline, inference of the times of day where we think about each topic...? A programmer could built their own tools for that, but there is no standardized way to do them, it takes a lot of effort, there's no way to share the best practices that others use to their benefit; the best we've got is subchanels at Slack. And of course, all those capabilities are off-limits to end users. Note taking tools are only now starting to explore those possibilities beyond the raw text file on hierarchical folders. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_cognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_cognition