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#BOOSTNOTE NOTE TAKING PROFESSIONAL#

Sometimes, the people who could benefit from notes you took prefer Word documents or PDFs. We sometimes have to share notes with others, and it’s no surprise that there are people who don’t like the Markdown format. Unfortunately, we don’t always write notes for ourselves. It’s also nice to know that all of your notes live in one place instead of being tucked into random files spread throughout your hard drive. You can also search on the command line with tools such as grep, The Silver Searcher, or ripgrep, but not everyone is comfortable on the command line. Most modern note-taking applications utilize folders and tags to help organize your notes, but these features don’t come standard with most text editors unless you define your own format for adding tags and structure your filesystem accordingly. Organization and search capabilitiesĬreating/editing notes is a good first step, but a great note-taking app also needs to provide a way to find the notes you’ve already written. But it should have other text-editing features that modern text editors provide: syntax highlighting, auto-formatting, live-preview mode, etc. I’m not saying that a great note-taking app has to have Vim keybindings. As a Vim user, I’ve grown accustomed to Vim keybindings for navigation and editing, and I feel that my productivity is limited when I’m using an application that doesn’t support macros or offer a command mode.

It needs organization and search capabilities.Ī note-taking application should make it easy to manipulate text on the screen.

It has to have a fast and efficient editing experience.

In my experience, a great note-taking app has to meet these three criteria: However, after reading my post again, I noticed a few things that I’d change now that I have more experience using apps to take notes. In a previous post, I talked about how I’d been using the Markdown file format as a quick, efficient way to take notes.

For me, keeping notes and to-do lists has been a great way to off-load some of the context that I’ve been trying to hold in my head all at once. How does taking notes help? Switching from one focal point to another can be hard, especially if you don’t have anything to reference.

#BOOSTNOTE NOTE TAKING PROFESSIONAL#

After some careful reflection, I’ve found that I need to take more notes in both my personal and professional life. I find myself trying to hold onto as much context about these responsibilities as I can, but I can’t seem to remember all of the necessary information.

Recently, my schedule has become quite busy, with various responsibilities competing for my time and focus.