Always looking for great software to use ... #write

revisit-2024.md

Revisiting Note Taking tools

Gravitated to Apple Notes and the new Journal app. Journal is still limited in feature but there are nice features I use often - like sending a screenshot to it. Cross platform is not so critical since I'd sunk deeper into Apple ecosystem.

Using

• Apple Notes
• Google Drive (Docs & Slides)
• Github

Trying

• Google Keep
• Apple Journal

To check out

Looking for notes tool that can link notes and ideas together. Mobile + desktop (web-based). Handwriting.

• https://logseq.com/
• https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron
• https://roamresearch.com/
• https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE

software-wishlist.md

My Software Wish List

Always looking for great software to use (perferrably free！).

Note Taking

Requirement:

• cross platform (these day I'm more and more on macOS, iOS & web but Windows should be available, just in case).
• open format, can easily migrate to another
  • markdown would be great
  • (I know, still using OneNote & Apples Notes that is not exactly open)
• can be stored encrypted

Using:

• OneNote
• Apple Notes
• GitHub Gist

Tried:

• KeepNote http://keepnote.org/
  • Note maintained anymore (still have notes in there that I might want to get out one day 😞)

Potentials:

• Joplin https://joplinapp.org/
• Notes https://github.com/nuttyartist/notes

Mind Map tool

Requirement:

• cross platform (macOS, iOS, Windows, web)
• open format
  • can share as a source file to be open in different editor
• Easy to use

Using:

• MindNode

Tried:

• Coggle
• XMind
• FreeMind

Potentials:

Encryption

Requirement:

• Satified with Cryptomator at the moment. No subscription for iOS app

Using:

• Cryptomator https://cryptomator.org/

Tried:

• Boxcryptor

Backup/Sync

Requirement:

• low cost
• cross platform (macOS, iOS - iPhone + iPad, Windows, Cloud)

Using:

• Google Drive
• Sync
• multiple portable hardisks

Tried:

• Backblaze

Potentials:

File Deduping

Requirement:

• Fast
• can be interrupted and not loss the result up to that point
• Cross platform (macOS, Windows), or at least macOS

Using:

• DupeGuru https://github.com/arsenetar/dupeguru/
• rsync

Tried:

• AllDup http://www.alldup.info/

Potentials:

Team Password Vault

Requirement:

• individual password
• individual or Group entry permission
• change history

Using:

Tried:

Potentials:

• https://bitwarden.com/
• https://1password.com/business/
• https://www.lastpass.com/team-password-manager
• https://www.passbolt.com/pricing/pro
• https://www.zoho.com/vault/team-password-manager.html