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I don't need a lot of features, I need access and flexibility. There is a lot of great software out there already that I will not use because it doesn't have a

I don't need a lot of features, I need access and flexibility. There is a lot of great software out there already that I will not use because it doesn't have a command line or textual representation I can use trivially from vim or command line. I want to be able to put a note in my code and have it end up on my main lists, or barring that, cord a command, and put the note in a window and have it end up everywhere I look at notes. Include rich auto populated metadata on the note (tags, date, host, etc) that can be used for query/sorting purposes. Make synchronization (distributed ala git or centralized) automatic and transparent. Have an api - I will be making my own utilities around this, help me with it. Lay off the bells and whistles. They get in the way. Do note taking well. Don't include a calendar, I have one. Your api will allow me and others to join the two. Don't tie into facebook and twitter (or if you do, make it light, optional, and have no other features rely on it). Do allow me to share notes over any medium. Do allow me to have multiple "notepads" but make moving notes between them trivial. I would pay for the above feature set. Double if it is done well and stays out of my way. I don't want software like this to be an app, i want it to be a functionality I can incorporate into my life. I don't want another fancy UI, I don't want to context switch to jot down a note for later -- context switching that behavior kills the point of jotting it down to begin with.

mrschwabe 14y ago
You have quite possibly nailed every key design principal in I have for this product. Seriously, as a nerd - I'm building 'this to scratch my own itch'. And obviously in doing so this product is going to appeal to, well - you. Decentralized, selective syncing, built-in command line / scripting, node based meta-data, an API - have all been factored into the product design. Although perhaps you won't like the 'fancy UI'. I'm doing my best to reduce bells & whistles, but the interface is where the magic happens - and so this is where I feel I need to innovate the most. That said, the UI has to be blatantly simple & lightweight. With enough customization options to reveal the power under the hood.

mrschwabe 14y ago

You have quite possibly nailed every key design principal in I have for this product. Seriously, as a nerd - I'm building 'this to scratch my own itch'. And obviously in doing so this product is going to appeal to, well - you. Decentralized, selective syncing, built-in command line / scripting, node based meta-data, an API - have all been factored into the product design. Although perhaps you won't like the 'fancy UI'. I'm doing my best to reduce bells & whistles, but the interface is where the magic happens - and so this is where I feel I need to innovate the most. That said, the UI has to be blatantly simple & lightweight. With enough customization options to reveal the power under the hood.