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Another anecdote added to the "I don't get notion" pile. I just don't get notion. I use Apple Notes for everything id use notion for + scratch.txt on every pro

by apsurd 2y ago

Another anecdote added to the "I don't get notion" pile. I just don't get notion. I use Apple Notes for everything id use notion for + scratch.txt on every project folder root. (i've used notion, quip, gdocs, dropbox paper) Notion lives rent free in my mind because while im indifferent to it, people seem to LOVE it. and that's so fascinating. even this article, I upvoted it because the conversation about notion is interesting, the article itself is a dud after reading it. we live in a world where Notion is a multi billion dollar company and i have no idea why—now that's interesting!

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
Humans naturally love to twiddle knobs and move things around. Notion attaches that behavior with money making through an affiliate program. Result is a billion dollar company.
- tucnak 2y ago
  thia is the best assay i read on notion ever
BadHumans 2y ago
Notion is popular because it is infinitely customizable. Want to draw in your Notion database? Done. Want to do Kanban? Easy. Gantt Charts? Child's play. Whatever you want Notion to do it likely can be and it is available on any device you want and you can share it with your team so working with other people is not a pain in the ass like it is with most plain text note taking.
- dboreham 2y ago
  Speaking as someone who tried quite hard to make it do the thing I wanted, not sure that's true.
- pants2 2y ago
  Just don't try to center text on the page!
JojoFatsani 2y ago
God I hate notion. The way it splits columns until you have like two horizontal inches to type in, the rubber-band linking of documents, just the total lack of opinionation outside of templates.. I might be strange but I just really vibed with Confluence and I’d be happy with it if people would commit to it.
- apsurd 2y ago
  lol you reminded me when i very first onboarded to notion i kept trying to write something and the magic paragraph thing kept popping up and im like WTF can i just… i'm trying to… wtf… and i wanted to try to use it, so i looked up the magic and i kept trying to magic and it just went zero to a million i guess in my understanding. no idea how to get collapsible sections. I felt very dumb. Like i just want to write this thing and it wants me to be more magical about what i'm trying to write and fuck it's just text, get the fuck out of my way. i think it's just there are notion users and then there's everyone else. I recovered in my self love again. I use txt files in my ancient sublime editor :)
curious-tech-12 2y ago
cant agree more, I initially used to think I am using it wrong but seriously I cant get notion.
iforgotmysocks 2y ago
Apple Notes is underrated. There is no flashy features to distract you. Just you and your notes.
- easeout 2y ago
  You say that, but there are tons of features in Notes. They're just successfully kept out of your way until you go looking for them, so when you just want a note that's what you get. This is progressive disclosure, a longtime tenet of Apple GUI design. A relevant and somewhat meta example: This year they added disclosable sections, which were previously a differentiator for Notion. That's in addition to handwriting selection and editing, voice memos, collaborative editing… Not to mention it's still a regular app and you can have as many note windows as you want.
  - DavidPiper 2y ago
    I'm in the process of moving all (~2000) of my Apple Notes to Logseq. I still think Apple Notes is excellent, and I'll still be using it for Inbox-style notes. But it just needs to be a bit more open and extendable. Give me good tables, proper linking between notes and a graph view (or at least an API so I can build that myself) and I'll be back forever.
- jaynate 2y ago
  Totally agree. Use it for everything. Even replaced my handwritten notebooks since I got new iPad Pro w pencil.
- luckman212 2y ago
  I strongly disagree for these reasons: - note data stored in a proprietary format - no way to access note data from other apps/api - no way to export in bulk, or in any other format than PDF (a terrible format for notes) - iCloud sync is a mildly terrifying thing to entrust important data to I use Apple Notes for the occasional quick grocery list but that's about it.
  - LizPoggi 2y ago
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richardlblair 2y ago
I was thinking about a super simple app I wanted to whip together today... Then I realized I can just do what I want in Notion with almost 0 effort.
- apsurd 2y ago
  do tell?
rchaud 2y ago
Notion is popular with college/university students, which is why there are a billion "Notion Template" videos online. Many have productized their templates and turned them into something to sell -- sort of like selling notebooks with Cornell note-taking method pattern built in, back in the old days. I see it at similar to Figma in the sense that both tools are cloud-based and free, and their users love yapping about it.

by apsurd 2y ago

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago

Humans naturally love to twiddle knobs and move things around. Notion attaches that behavior with money making through an affiliate program. Result is a billion dollar company.

tucnak 2y ago
thia is the best assay i read on notion ever

BadHumans 2y ago

Notion is popular because it is infinitely customizable. Want to draw in your Notion database? Done. Want to do Kanban? Easy. Gantt Charts? Child's play. Whatever you want Notion to do it likely can be and it is available on any device you want and you can share it with your team so working with other people is not a pain in the ass like it is with most plain text note taking.

dboreham 2y ago
Speaking as someone who tried quite hard to make it do the thing I wanted, not sure that's true.
pants2 2y ago
Just don't try to center text on the page!

JojoFatsani 2y ago

God I hate notion. The way it splits columns until you have like two horizontal inches to type in, the rubber-band linking of documents, just the total lack of opinionation outside of templates.. I might be strange but I just really vibed with Confluence and I’d be happy with it if people would commit to it.

apsurd 2y ago
lol you reminded me when i very first onboarded to notion i kept trying to write something and the magic paragraph thing kept popping up and im like WTF can i just… i'm trying to… wtf… and i wanted to try to use it, so i looked up the magic and i kept trying to magic and it just went zero to a million i guess in my understanding. no idea how to get collapsible sections. I felt very dumb. Like i just want to write this thing and it wants me to be more magical about what i'm trying to write and fuck it's just text, get the fuck out of my way. i think it's just there are notion users and then there's everyone else. I recovered in my self love again. I use txt files in my ancient sublime editor :)

curious-tech-12 2y ago

cant agree more, I initially used to think I am using it wrong but seriously I cant get notion.

iforgotmysocks 2y ago

Apple Notes is underrated. There is no flashy features to distract you. Just you and your notes.

easeout 2y ago
You say that, but there are tons of features in Notes. They're just successfully kept out of your way until you go looking for them, so when you just want a note that's what you get. This is progressive disclosure, a longtime tenet of Apple GUI design. A relevant and somewhat meta example: This year they added disclosable sections, which were previously a differentiator for Notion. That's in addition to handwriting selection and editing, voice memos, collaborative editing… Not to mention it's still a regular app and you can have as many note windows as you want.
- DavidPiper 2y ago
  I'm in the process of moving all (~2000) of my Apple Notes to Logseq. I still think Apple Notes is excellent, and I'll still be using it for Inbox-style notes. But it just needs to be a bit more open and extendable. Give me good tables, proper linking between notes and a graph view (or at least an API so I can build that myself) and I'll be back forever.
jaynate 2y ago
Totally agree. Use it for everything. Even replaced my handwritten notebooks since I got new iPad Pro w pencil.
luckman212 2y ago
I strongly disagree for these reasons: - note data stored in a proprietary format - no way to access note data from other apps/api - no way to export in bulk, or in any other format than PDF (a terrible format for notes) - iCloud sync is a mildly terrifying thing to entrust important data to I use Apple Notes for the occasional quick grocery list but that's about it.
- LizPoggi 2y ago

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richardlblair 2y ago

I was thinking about a super simple app I wanted to whip together today... Then I realized I can just do what I want in Notion with almost 0 effort.

apsurd 2y ago
do tell?

rchaud 2y ago

Notion is popular with college/university students, which is why there are a billion "Notion Template" videos online. Many have productized their templates and turned them into something to sell -- sort of like selling notebooks with Cornell note-taking method pattern built in, back in the old days. I see it at similar to Figma in the sense that both tools are cloud-based and free, and their users love yapping about it.