“How to Choose the Right Note-Taking App”

(via Ness Labs):

  • The architect. They enjoy planning, designing processes and frameworks, and need a note-taking tool that allows them to easily structure their ideas.
  • The gardener. They enjoy exploring, connecting various thoughts together, and need a note-taking tool that allows them to easily grow their ideas.
  • The librarian. They enjoy collecting, building a catalogue of resources, and need a note-taking tool that allows them to easily retrieve their ideas

I’m definitely The Gardener…

/20sep2021

Finally found that gateway into the small detail that satisfies universe-defining notions in The Main Thing: never underestimate the value of pain and annoyance while mowing the in-lawn. Duly noted.

Switching back to these Morning pieces: the two-per was nice, but didn't fit in with the routines. Better to use these as a post-breakfast interregnum before throwing the ball with Kirby and returning for the last chunk of morning-work. Still want to keep these short.

And so I shall.

Quotebacks / Talking to Myself

  • Started using Quotebacks here since Squarespace’s offerings looked awful. So far, Quotebacks is much nicer – and far prettier – though a bit unwieldy in iPadOS. Which just means that I'll have to really feel like quoting someone else / something in this space if I'm willing to go through the workflow to bring it to post. Not a bad thing. While I'm sure I'll link to other sites, it's most likely that I'll use it primarily for quotations and passages from books I'm reading, with links back to that title's Worldcat page.

  • (Would love to figure out an action in Drafts; maybe make it a flagged post that I add the necessary info? )

  • Using the comment system to talk to myself and update posts (as with REMINISCENCE). And, of course, to talk to other people. Like you, Scott. But mostly myself: if I'm going to be talking to myself anyhow, I might as well do it in a space I enjoy. And I do enjoy this.

  • I still want to figure out a use for Discord but I've yet to do so. I don’t even know how to link to the channel or myself or whatever.

  • Still considering Office Hours for NL subscribers, but I'm not sure if there’s a point other than to have something else to consider.

/19sep2021

Awake + half-caffeinated + at Work; KirbyCam in full utility. Trying out writing these little things before I turn to the start of the day's work: it might be a way to move me from the pen of the journal to the clack of the keys… First job is to figure out a way to make the work/zettelhybrid more amenable to diving back in without feeling like I'm starting from scratch every time. But maybe, at this early stage in The Main Thing's game, I am.