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1. Find a new note-taking app 2. Spend a couple hours configuring it 3. Install a bunch of extensions 4. Run into some obscure bug, spend a couple hours debu
by sva_ 4y ago
1. Find a new note-taking app
2. Spend a couple hours configuring it
3. Install a bunch of extensions
4. Run into some obscure bug, spend a couple hours debugging it
5. Report the issue
6. Go to bed, satisfied with how productive I've been
- tikkabhuna 4y agoThat sounds familiar! I now use OneNote just because I know it syncs and I don't need to do anything. Making notes is important but start with a dump of links of resources, then start adding comments, so you don't forget. Once you're more confident in your understanding you can refine the notes into something sensible (if you get to that point!).
- marban 4y agoPeople who use second-brain knowledge systems spend more time writing about, than actually using them — so 7) would be blogging about it.
- mock-possum 4y agoKiller apps are hard to find. I recently thought to myself “I have notes scattered across five different services, I should consolidate them” - so I dove into Obsidian, got it all set up to cloud sync, transcribed some of my existing notes, categorized them, aaaaaaand… a year later, I now have notes scattered across six different services.
- znpy 4y ago> killer apps are hard to find This is why I learned to just accept imperfect systems. Perfect systems just don’t exist. For the time being I’ve settled on mediawiki per notes and digital garden. Ymmv.
- randomcarbloke 4y agoare you me? My notion configuration is so complex now, api posts, conditional formatting and quirky ui features...but I'm still a human blob.