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Things I tried: -Actual physical whiteboard -Notepads (moleskine, amazon branded notepad, all colors, fancy stuff that is $20+) -Obsidian with a bunch of pl
by system2 2y ago
Things I tried:
-Actual physical whiteboard
-Notepads (moleskine, amazon branded notepad, all colors, fancy stuff that is
$20+)
-Obsidian with a bunch of plugins including Exalidraw (I wish flowcharting could be easier but still sucks compared to yED)
-Google Keep (I use it on my iPhone and sync with my computer when needed. I only use it before homedepot or some hardware store shopping. I don't use lists for grocery)
-One Note
-Wacom Intuos Pro with other 3rd party drawing / note taking apps
-My own website (Wordpress with notetaking plugin to have it on the "cloud")
-Perfex CRM
-Asana (still use it for client projects with limited access to them)
-My own Kanban mutation
-Microsoft Notepad in a dedicated folder for notes (was probably the longest-running among all other methods)
-yED Graph (still use it for client presentations with basic flowcharts)
-Google Calendar with excessive notes
-365 Word With fancy plugins
-Notepad++ since it doesn't delete if I don't save the document (MS Notepad brought it with win11 though)
Nothing worked out but I am forcing myself to use Obsidian in a Dedicated monitor and never move it. I think I am getting close to liking it. I don't know what's wrong. These apps are SO CLUTTERED. And real paper is not searchable. I have a shelf dedicated to 1/5 used notepads.
Additionally, I thought I didn't like writing with a pen. Then I dedicated a very good chunk of my life to finding the perfect pen. So far G2 and Jetstream are my favorites. I used zebra in the early 2010s because I thought "If police are using it, it must be good". It wasn't that good. I needed flow.
- patrickmay 2y agoSince you've tried almost everything else, I recommend Things 3 if Obsidian doesn't work out for you. It's the simplest of the ones I've tried other than paper.
- system2 2y agoIt appears to be for apple only. I am a win/linux guy, unfortunately.