Here's a more readable version for mobile: https://observablehq.com/@iz/the-design-and-long-term-use-of-a-personal-electronic-notebo https://observablehq.com/@i

Here's a more readable version for mobile: https://observablehq.com/@iz/the-design-and-long-term-use-of-a-personal-electronic-notebo https://observablehq.com/@iz/the-design-and-long-term-use-of... No images. Coincidentally, a lot of what is explored in this text is what I spend a chunk of my time doing in Observable. One of the things that made Evernote untenable for me is the fact that it's not customizable like an Observable notebook. I would always find myself wistfully imagining new UI's or workflows, but pulling in my data through Evernote's API, then spinning up a frontend and a server, then finally actually getting something done was too much lead time. Observable changed that. I have tens of dozens of active experimental notebooks running that I jump back and forth from. I'm so much closer to my ideal productivity tool. It's basically a yak shaver's dream. It's a blessing and a curse but it has made me feel like I put NOS in the programmer part of my brain.