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I've become increasingly convinced that the best format for note taking for me is plain Markdown, with a metadata header. Then I can bring my own editor that ma
by turnsout 4y ago
I've become increasingly convinced that the best format for note taking for me is plain Markdown, with a metadata header. Then I can bring my own editor that matches my needs in the moment.
For example, if I want to do some long-form writing, I can open my directory of notes in iA Writer. If I want to grep the files, I can jump to the command line.
Any note app that enforces more of a structure (requiring lists in Markdown, or with its own idiosyncratic naming scheme) is just lock-in, and within a year or two I'll be on to another app.
Full disclosure, I'm developing a very minimal iOS/Mac/commandline app with this philosophy.
- viginti_tres 4y agoI'm intrigued with your app, can you share what are you building? Thanks!
- turnsout 4y agoSure! It's pretty straightforward—at first glance it's just a note list on the left with a Markdown editor on the right. The differentiator is that you can twirl a disclosure triangle to view & edit all the metadata fields in the editor, and you can use those fields to search for notes. To help build out that metadata, the editor can optionally capture some context (e.g. location) when you create a new note.