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As this thread is mostly about alternatives and reflecting why they work or not, my 2 cents and 2 apps: - Drafts - super fast native MacOS app that just lets y
by divan 4y ago
As this thread is mostly about alternatives and reflecting why they work or not, my 2 cents and 2 apps:
- Drafts - super fast native MacOS app that just lets you start writing text and care about "where to put it" later. I relaized that most of the "notes" or texts become either obsolete or abandoned (Draft removes them after 30 days, I think) and the task of "oh where do I put this in my knowledge tree or folder" becomes a burden. I use Drafts daily for basically everything (even writing this comment in Drafts (will copy it into NH once finished) :)
- MarginNote3 – speaking of a second brain, after trying most of the apps discussed here, I relaized that most of my knowledge lately comes from publshed papers and I need to somehow organize them, search, link and structure highlights, often across multiple documents. MarginNote is in the market of PDF readers-for-study, but it has pretty well integrated study mind-map concept and I found it working much better for me than one global "second brain" with notes.
- kstrauser 4y agoDrafts is amazing for data entry and for scripting up "...and now send it to X app" actions. It empties its trash folder after 30 days, but notes are permanent unless you delete them. It also supports [[Wiki links]] now, which is great. The reasons I don't use it for my main notes app are: - No support for backlinks. Now that I've experienced them with Obsidian et al, I don't want to do without them. - It stores notes in a database. Obsidian and friends store them as Markdown files in the filesystem, and you can even have 2 apps sitting "on top of" the same content directory.
- kstrauser 4y agoOh, and Drafts doesn't support attachments. I have notes that hugely benefit from embedded images, like the one that tells me which windshield wipers to buy for the family vehicle.