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As a Notion-user, this just seems excessive to me. I love Notion because it gives me the ability to make "lightweight" notes/pads fast. I've since learned to u

by karles 3y ago

As a Notion-user, this just seems excessive to me. I love Notion because it gives me the ability to make "lightweight" notes/pads fast. I've since learned to utilize the linked database features which makes it easier to organize notes, tasks and projects. At some point however, it feels like it just becomes busy-work to make new boxes to check, new links, relations and what-not. To me the beauty is in the simplicity, cross-platform capabilities and relative ease with which I can create and access simple notes fast. EDIT: I forgot templates. I use 2 or 3 templates for notes and "new projects". I never use more than 5 columns for my projects/notes either. And I don't have any "dashboards" besides my task-list (that I can sort as kanban with four status-indicators - basic stuff).

spondylosaurus 3y ago
Same and same. My most effective Motion pages are the big ugly bullet point lists to quickly jot down to-do tasks or grocery lists or writing ideas or albums I want to listen to; what makes it all work is the ability to offload my brain into an external source as quickly as possible (and retrieve it later when I need it). Some of these really fancy setups look nice, but they strike me as adding too much friction to the whole process.
- spondylosaurus 3y ago
  Just realized I meant to say *Notion and not Motion... note to self, don't leave HN comments when you're sitting up at 4AM with acid reflux :P
winstonprivacy 3y ago
My secret weapon is a "to do" list in notepad. One list which has everything. No apps, no workflow, no SaaS fees. Works better than anything else I've tried.
- freedomben 3y ago
  Same, except s/notepad/vim. One big file. Easy to keep in version control (I keep it in my dot files repo), easy to search/grep, Currently has 10 years worth of stuff (well over 10,000 lines) but is still instantaneous to open and search. I've recently started trying out Logseq and there's a chance I may actually switch, but the single-text-file approach has served me very well for a long time.
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  - cyberpunk 3y ago
    I was the same, I've been on logseq for a while and I'm pretty much a convert. Syntax highlighting, embed images, todo/now/done -- all a bit more effortless. And it all went into the same git repo as my previous vim based .plan ;) I just wish it had a decent vi mode!
    - cldwalker 3y ago
      Check out https://github.com/vipzhicheng/logseq-plugin-vim-shortcuts https://github.com/vipzhicheng/logseq-plugin-vim-shortcuts
- tofuahdude 3y ago
  Same, except that I've added Obsidian as a UI on top of it. Check in markdown, have decent visual on top.
- anongraddebt 3y ago
  Same here for todos (just with pen and paper). I don’t see why I’d need an admin dashboard and a DBMS to effectively prioritize what I need to accomplish in 16 hours.

by karles 3y ago

spondylosaurus 3y ago

Same and same. My most effective Motion pages are the big ugly bullet point lists to quickly jot down to-do tasks or grocery lists or writing ideas or albums I want to listen to; what makes it all work is the ability to offload my brain into an external source as quickly as possible (and retrieve it later when I need it). Some of these really fancy setups look nice, but they strike me as adding too much friction to the whole process.

spondylosaurus 3y ago
Just realized I meant to say *Notion and not Motion... note to self, don't leave HN comments when you're sitting up at 4AM with acid reflux :P

winstonprivacy 3y ago

My secret weapon is a "to do" list in notepad. One list which has everything. No apps, no workflow, no SaaS fees. Works better than anything else I've tried.

freedomben 3y ago
Same, except s/notepad/vim. One big file. Easy to keep in version control (I keep it in my dot files repo), easy to search/grep, Currently has 10 years worth of stuff (well over 10,000 lines) but is still instantaneous to open and search. I've recently started trying out Logseq and there's a chance I may actually switch, but the single-text-file approach has served me very well for a long time.
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- cyberpunk 3y ago
  I was the same, I've been on logseq for a while and I'm pretty much a convert. Syntax highlighting, embed images, todo/now/done -- all a bit more effortless. And it all went into the same git repo as my previous vim based .plan ;) I just wish it had a decent vi mode!
  - cldwalker 3y ago
    Check out https://github.com/vipzhicheng/logseq-plugin-vim-shortcuts https://github.com/vipzhicheng/logseq-plugin-vim-shortcuts
tofuahdude 3y ago
Same, except that I've added Obsidian as a UI on top of it. Check in markdown, have decent visual on top.
anongraddebt 3y ago
Same here for todos (just with pen and paper). I don’t see why I’d need an admin dashboard and a DBMS to effectively prioritize what I need to accomplish in 16 hours.