Personal Knowledge Management Systems (PKMS)

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I dropped the evernote (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Using the mobile app felt like an insult. I can't buy subscription, so I am stuck with free version. And I can't change anything.

I noticed that I stopped making notes. Probably because now I have a third device to make notes on.

I am switching to google keep. I like that it works everywhere. I don't like that picturs in notes are not in-between the text.

I am also modifying the PARA method. I am droping the Areas folder and store everyting in Resources. My biggest hurdle right now is themes. I am using labels for PRA. But how do i group different notes in similar category? I don't want to create a lot of labels: they will clutter the PRA "folders". Thinking of maybe making a MOC (Map Of Content) where I will just copy/paste content from different notes every week (let's be honest it will be every month).

What I really want from bote taking app is some gamification of the proccess. I want to be able to do something with created notes. Throw them arround, rearrange. Technically I can do that with just cope/pasting, but it feels not playful, but rather rigorous.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What I really want from bote taking app is some gamification of the proccess. I want to be able to do something with created notes. Throw them arround, rearrange.

This is what back-linking offers, in a nutshell.

https://forum.obsidian.md/t/understanding-obsidian-features-backlinks/65

Sounds like you want note mapping and table of contents, have you heard of Roam Research? I think they started the back linking mapping thing, and now you have it on Obsidian, and technically can do it on Joplin and probably some others. I also went from Evernote to Google Keep actually! I found it the best at certain things and it did have a very playful vibe. But know that many apps have different themes and layouts to play with, and now I know I need that - the first thing I do with an app is make sure it's displaying colors that I enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I want to be able to do something with created notes. Throw them arround, rearrange.

Feels like we need less linear note taking for that. So something like Wikipedia with lots of links to other information, and that ability to use hashtags to group information throughout the user's notes.