[HN Gopher] How to take smart notes with Org mode ___________________________________________________________________ How to take smart notes with Org mode Author : noelwelsh Score : 59 points Date : 2020-02-15 20:17 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (blog.jethro.dev) (TXT) w3m dump (blog.jethro.dev) | ssivark wrote: | Jethro Kuan's earlier posts on Org mode for planning finally made | the idea click for me (maybe just the last straw on the camel's | back). I strongly recommend checking those out too. | | Btw, to Notion users -- does anyone feel that it's | matched/surpassed Org mode in the breadth of workflows it | supports? | rushsteve1 wrote: | I've actually been flip-flopping between Notion and Org-mode | for months, and just the other day decided to finally organize | myself all on Notion. | | I love Org-mode, and will likely continue to use it for various | things, but I agree that Notion is the only thing that (to me) | surpasses it. | animalnewbie wrote: | What is notion? | ubercow13 wrote: | They have good SEO | shakezula wrote: | > Notes aren't a record of my thinking process. They are my | thinking process. - Richard Feynman | | I haven't ever found a quote that described how i approach | software as succinctly as this. I use a bullet journal | religiously and it's specifically because of this. | | Great article. | jph00 wrote: | I can't seem to find a reliable source for this quote though. | Anyone know of one? | juandazapata wrote: | Out of curiosity, is your bullet journal digital? | [deleted] | zelly wrote: | I used to use Evernote then org-mode heavily but switched to pen | and paper notes and haven't looked back. Whenever I used org-mode | I started tweaking Emacs and writing macros for hours. | joegahona wrote: | > Whenever I used org-mode I started tweaking Emacs and writing | macros for hours. | | Does this imply that it contained too many distractions for | you, which pen/paper doesn't? Genuinely curious as I'm trying | to optimize my note-taking process and have never used org | mode. | zelly wrote: | Yes, by default it's unusable. You have to read the docs, | check out other people's configs. It becomes a whole rabbit | hole when all I wanted to do was make a list. | rpdillon wrote: | I used org-mode for note-taking in its default | configuration for about 10 years before I started | customizing it. I found it quite useful. I suspect its | utility without customization may vary from use-case to | use-case, or perhaps from person to person. | | Lately I just use a big Markdown file. That's been pretty | nice, but I haven't been at it long enough to be able to | endorse it strongly. | MarcScott wrote: | Yeah, I'm a big emacs and org mode fan, but use pen and paper | now for note taking. | | I think this is mainly due to the fact that my note pad sits at | my desk as a constant reminder of what needs to be done. Org | files sit in my file system and are often forgotten. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-02-15 23:00 UTC)