Ugh, Notes!
Okay, I have been thinking, well, I have been playing with my
note-taking system, specifically for work, for a while now. Right off
the bat, I would love Bear
App for Windows! I know they are – supposedly – working on a web
application, which I could settle for, but it’s been talked about for a
while and nothing to be seen, yet. Also, there is a chance that it might
get blocked by my work network, like Craft, I can even log into it, at least
to their Windows app which tells me is just a web app like Todoist.
There is something about taking notes with a good old-fashioned
pen and paper. I’ve got this fancy notebook with some fancy-looking
paper and my not-so-fancy super-fine Sharpie, love it! The problem with
that is, that notes aren’t easily searchable or accessible as digital
notes are. Ugh, makes me think of my school days flipping through pages
trying to find something important.
So, with Bear not having
a Windows native app or at least a web app the next thing that
comes to mind is ROAM Research!Â
I’ll be honest, there’s something about ROAM that I’ve always liked but
it’s too expensive (15 USD / Month) and, I don’t hear about much these
days so I don’t know what’s up with that.
So the
next thing that comes to mind is Evernote!!! Nah’ kidding, Obsidian. I have tried Obsidian before
for this specific purpose and works well, the problem is, I want to go
all in. Meaning I want to use it for both work and personal and that’s
somewhat of a hassle. Trying to get the vaults to sync between iOS and
Windows specifically. I know there are ways but it’s always a pain in
the buttness to get it set up, especially with my work network blocking
stuff all the time. I have managed to make it work before but it
requires a monthly subscription, I can't really use OIne Drive or
iCloud, or at least I never managed to make it work properly as dumb as
it sounds, especially One Drive, since it is not a personal account more
like a work/corporate one or something.
And here’s the
kicker, the one notes app that works and syncs between both systems,
flawlessly, it’s good-old Simplenote! Why don’t I just use
that? Huh!? It is free, I know there's a Patreon/supporter tier for
free, and it works great, it syncs like it's witchcraft. Hm, hmm! And I
do use it all the time, just not as a serious note-taking app. Usually,
I use it to send small notes or snippets from my Macintosh mobile device
to my Windows computer.
This is a never-ending
thing/mission/quest...
UPDATE
Turns out, work does not block iCloud sync on my computer, so
IÂ guess I'll be playing with Obsidian.