The different kinds of notes by Baldur Bjarnason [Shared]

The post where I outline my general theory of notetaking for all to disagree with

At the end of my last post, I mentioned that I had switched to pen and paper notetaking in the early 2010s, after years of serious digital notetaking using plain text files.

I wrote about how much more enjoyable the analogue notetaking was but what I didn’t mention was why I abandoned my plain text system. Nor did I write about my first foray into serious notetaking.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/08/the-different-kinds-of-notes-by-baldur-bjarnason-shared/

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@altbot

One of the most overlooked but useful features on Mastodon is "Notes". These let you add private info to profiles which only you can see:

https://fedi.tips/what-are-notes-on-mastodon-what-does-click-to-add-note-mean-on-mastodon-profiles

A lot of people use notes for keeping track of why they blocked or muted someone, but there are also lots of other purposes.

Notes can be created on the web interface and some third party apps. Just click on the "Add note" section of a profile and type what you want.

#ILoveShortcuts #5 : How I search my notes?

#CLI #shell #terminal #fediverse #opensource #blog #Zettelkasten #notes #pkm #notetaking #plaintText

#100DaysToOffload : 036/100.

https://lazybea.rs/ils5

Notesnook is a cross-platform end-to-end encrypted open source note-taking alternative to Evernote

Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open-source note-taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. To ensure zero knowledge principles, Notesnook encrypts everything on your device using XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2.

I’ve not tried the app my ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/notesnook-is-a-cross-platform-end-to-end-encrypted-open-source-note-taking-alternative-to-evernote/

busybee: Notes: Yes I've heard about iocaine https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/chatter/15572-Yes-Ive-heard-about-iocaine #Internet #Iocaine #Notes #Blog

busybee: Notes: Why you’ll leave X (as well as Instagram and all the other private platforms) https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/chatter/15268-Why-youll-leave-X-as-well-as-Instagram-and-all-the-other-private-platforms #Enshittification #IndieWeb #Notes #Web20 #Blog

busybee: Notes: Seeking trans-friendly employers who sponsor visas https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/chatter/4145-Seeking-trans-friendly-employers-who-sponsor-visas #Notes #Blog

I've so far been using Folio for my note taking. It was more stable than Paper it derives from, but is strictly local. That becomes a problem when you have to wield more machines.

Iotas looks more pleasant (subjective) and goes for the explicit markdown view rather than combining presentation and editing like Folio. Much prefer that. But most of all, allows to sync between machines if you have Nextcloud instance available. So far it looks very neat.

https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.World.Iotas

5 reasons you should use Markdown for documentation and notetaking

A good reminder again about the future-proofed nature of Markdown format notes. They are essentially plain text and will be read my many apps well into the future.

Also true that Markdown’s “shortcuts” for headings, lists, are largely universal, ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/5-reasons-you-should-use-markdown-for-documentation-and-notetaking/

#Obsidian, over or under rated? What's your thought about it?

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#OverUnder

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-003/

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