I returned to obsidian
Too much apps posts heh?
Since I tried to do google keep, I was making notes for about a month and then just didn't open the app for some reason...
I reaaaaally missed the graph view of obsidian. I am actually a backend developer. So I decided to learn flutter to make my perfect note taking app. And I was postponing creating notes, because I need to make a perfect app first. It was counter productive. I needed to make notes and I didn't.
Last weekend (the only time when I have free time) I researching how to make graph view. As I was thinking about edge cases for my own implementation (because how else ofcource) I realised something. It is not worth it. I spend too much time and energy on it. It's not fun, it will not bring me money.
I wanted to make my own obsidian because I didn't want to use syncthing. Then I spend 6 months (well not really if we exclude the time spent on work). And now I am back from where I started.
I want to try this.
I do feel a little anxious that I don't really have a goal for an output. But it is better to stick to something then start the search for something perfect again
What was the last time you clicked on an ad?
I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.
So Google's and Meta's main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don't these ads feel phishy to them?
What features does your current note taking app lack?
Are you satisfied with your choice? What is something you wish your app had?
I dropped the evernote
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.
I am using your instance btw! Thank you for hosting!!!
Fourth day of using BASB in Evernote. Thinking about interaction with notes
Maybe I should switch to anytype? I am half happy with the Evernote, but it gets the job done.
I gotta tell you. Tossing around folders of projects between PARA is so fun. Some people oppose idea of folders and suggest writing lists. But it makes creating notes just infinte writing. Me personally? I need a break some time. I think what note taking apps need is to not reinvent notes. Instead they need to build different ways to interact with notes. One example would be the graph view. You already have notes, granted you linked them the way note taking app can parse. But still it's cool alternative way to interact with notes. Also it is interesting how you can move folders in obsidian and evernote. Evernote is about pushing buttons. Push button to remove folder from stack. (Stack is like a folder for folders). Then push a button again to move it to different stack. In obsidian you need to long press on folder and drag it to new "stack". Even these trival interactions enriches my experience with managing pkms. And I want more. I don't know exactly what. Right now I have an idea of viewing folder of notes not just by it's names. It would be nice, when having not too big notes, show maybe blocks by 3 columns with preview of notes. That way you can easily grasp the bigger picture of your notes' folder.
I just gave up. Instead of making notes myself on BASB method. I just found two summaries and add it to my folder about BASB
How do you find energy to do pkms?
Right now it feels like a lot of extra work to do it right. So I just postponed watching valuable content, because I need it to watch while taking notes. It is different to when I just watched videos and felt smart for a minute. Only to forget about it in a week...
What's your "Minorities are not a monolith" Moment?
TW: RACISM, TRANSFOBIA, RAPE
spoiler
I used to have a gay friend. From what I was feeling he didn't care about pronouns, but I feel like he would like to transition. Anyway we were hanging out with him and couple other friends, and talking about stuff. The friend told about how in his queer discord group chat someone was telling that they are not feeling safe around black people and was calling them n-word.
It feels so weird to me. Like, queer people know what's the oppression should feel like. And that slurs are bad. At first it was really surprising that a minority of one group would use the slur on another.
And the other one is even more depressing. I have a female friend. And she was grouped by a black man. And she also feels okay to use n-word as a way to guard herself or something. And she also was raped by my non binary friend. We are not friends anymore. But I still respect their pronouns. Female friend used to use wrong pronouns on them. Honestly everything after that was a mess. She turned hostile to enby friend and their friends. I thought it was all jokes, but it is so har to read tones in text. Only later, after I found out, it was not jokes. They now don't talk. Enby friend didn't apologize according to her. And from what I heard from enby friend it seems like they actually forgot to do it. She is now blocked by them cuz she would send toxic messages to them. Fast forward two years and she tells me she doesn't believe in "gender theory" and thinks it should be treated like mentall illness. And she says that if she finds good resources, she can change her mind. But fuck. She is bisexual. Shouldn't she also know about struggle of trans people??? Maybe with good persuasion I could change her mind. But like... I am so tired. It feels like we are in the same group, no? lgBTq stands even together. What I am trying to say is that there are bigots, shouldn't we stand together against bigotry?
What I am trying to say is that I am just confused. Opression is bad, shouldn't we satnd together against it? It feels so confusing when we don't.
Idk. Sorry can't find the right words to end this. Did anyone met something similar?
Third day of using BASB in evernote
My mom asked how to wash the yellow marks from white t-shirt and it took me too long to find the answer. I guess it was also on me because I forgot to put it in Projects folder. After I will clean my t shirts I think to put it in AREA folder. It will be the first :)
Feeling a little bit intimidated by the amount of stuff my basb needs to consume to be valuable for me
Second day using "Building a Second (hah) Brain" in Evernote
Put my first project in Archive, hoooray 🥳🥳🥳 I know it's not good, but I am a person, who needs inspiration to start doing a task. Like I randomly think what I want to do today and start doing it. Creating a list of things to do tomorrow never worked for me. But now I have a list of 16(+2) projects and can choose randomly between them.
My first day using BASB in evernote.
It was really hard to find note taking app, that fits my needs. Obsidian is great, but I have problems with obsidian sync at the moment. Evernote is still iffy, cuz even frontpage is monetized, I can't change anything unless I pay. Wtf. Anyway, I am happy that i can create folders in 2 levels. But it's not the usual way of creating folder inside of a folder. You create notebook, which then can be put inside different stacks. Feels like a hack. So you can have PARA stacks, where you shift notebooks back and forth. Right now I only have Projects folder 😅. But honestly I already feel easier. I am not holding ideas for projects (not only ones like write summary of an article but also planning dates) in my "first'' brain, and it's such a relief. Can wait when I finish some projects and will need an Archive stack(folder).
How do you retell the idea in your own words?
That's a big struggle for me. When I was learning about Zettelkasten, the idea of immediatly writing in your own words the summary of a chapter feels daunting. What if I use the wrong words and wouldn't understand later? What I want is to have notes from the book and then use them to write summary maybe in a week after reading a chapter. I can't just do it immediately. What do you think are some good ways to aproach telling in your own words?