Ask Lemmy

I have a work phone and a personal phone. If I’m in the field I will text work related things to my work phone. Sometimes I’ll take a picture of things I need to remember to do instead of taking a note, these can end up in either phone. I have a notepad at my desk that I’ll take notes on if I’m at my desk. If I’m walking into a meeting I’ll take blank sheets of printer paper and write on those, sometimes I’ll take a picture of these notes after the meeting. I have a work account with one note that I use sometimes and a personal account on obsidian that I use mostly for taking notes on whatever I’m reading or ideas for projects. At the end of every week I’ll look through all my pictures, notes, pictures of notes, etc. and make a list of stuff I need to do next week.

It’s a mess.

I mostly take notes in markdown on Obsidian. There's a bunch of nice plugins too that can add to your workflow. I don't really use the linking functionality much cause I don't find myself using it a lot even when I do it (and my notes aren't that complicated). I always try to do only point form notes since any longer and I find that it becomes hard to read.

For personal notes I mostly make use of the Kanban plugin. You can make each card an individual note file and then jot stuff down in those to keep track of relevant information.

I mostly use the quick switcher plugin to navigate by he name of the .md file. So everything is only "roughly" organized in folders with minimal nesting.

I keep a set of notes for each day. I have 2 journals. One for work and one for the rest of life. I use the same system in both. I took the Bullet Journal system of notation and added a few more to handle some edge cases that I encounter occasionally. The system works with any size of journal or pad of paper. I often drop sketches and diagrams in the middle of meeting notes. Actions get carried from day to day. Walk up requests get written down. I know when something was handed off to someone else. I like it! Totally not for everyone though. I skip the monthly and future planning parts. I would probably use that part if I was doing schedule management. Rapid logging is the part that I use all the freaking time.

https://www.tinyrayofsunshine.com/blog/bullet-journal-guide

Notes for small code projects/my network set up get tossed into .txt files. Eh. It gets the job done and there is only one place that file can be and it is the most up to date. Assuming I updated after the last changes. Which is a coin toss when things are busy. Comments in the code are a far more common way for me to keep track of what is happening.

QOwnNotes

I use a word counter as a more useful makeshift.

At work I use OneNote and digital sticky notes. Outside of work I use Samsung Notes, or pen and paper

Amplenote, never looking back. Organizing notes with tags, combined with proper rich text formatting and attachments is what makes it perfect system for me. I'm using free plan, considering subscribing in future just to support the app, but I don't need any of the paid features atm.

PocketPlan is my favorite. It's got offline backup and features for to do lists, grocery lists, and remembering birthdays!

I use a remarkable 2 to take notes during meetings and brainstorm, and until now I've been using it for todo lists as well. But I'm going to start using obsidian for the lists (and documentation, etc.) as of tomorrow. I already use it to organize TTRPG campaigns, and it's high time I started organizing my work life as well as my fantasy hobby. (>n<)

Back when I had a lot more meetings, I would make a bulleted list so I can keep up but afterwards I add in more details while it's still fresh in my mind. I also liked to draw diagrams to help explain concepts, this is why I really liked One Note because I could seamlessly switch from typing to drawing freehand with my stylus. I was surprised a lot of other note apps I tried weren't as seamless for such a seemingly basic feature.