In my search for the ultimate read-it-later-workflow I have since long ended up with Wallabag. It is open source, integrates beautifully with KOreader to read on my e-reader, and most importantly: it’s the only service that properly deals with the messy cookie walls that DPG Media, the owner of pretty much all Dutch newspapers, set…
Or: Maintaing a Zettelkasten for Personal Growth ‘Processing, not collecting’ has become one of the mantra’s of the Zettelkasten community. And for good reason: this is exactly what building a Zettelkasten is all about. Building a Zettelkasten for personal growth however I soon found the dichotomy to be too limited. I felt that Zettel shouldn’t…
Trying to figure out which app to use for my Zettelkasten, I got lost in all the options, so I decided to make a little overview to help me decide I included Bear, Obsidian, Roam, SublimeZK, Zettlr, TheArchive, FS Notes, NValt, iA Writer and Ulysses. Of those Obsidian, Roam, SublimeZK, Zettlr also work on Windows…
After some initial struggles, I’ve decided to stick with Standard Notes for my personal text archive. That means peace of mind, knowing that I can access my notes anywhere and that whatever I write down will stay private, but it also means working with its limitations. Many of those limitations concern the possibilities for organizing…
Dear Standard Notes, I feel like I owe you an apology. I recently wrote a long rant about how you fall short as a note app in even the most basic ways. I was annoyed at the time, probably hungry too. And although many of these points still stand, I feel like I didn’t appreciate…