Curious, trying out some different systems for organizing research materials. I will try: paper notebooks, Scrivener, Google Docs, Notion, Roam, Evernote, Dropbox Paper. What other systems should I try out?
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I don't think there's anything that really excels at the criteria you desire. Every GUI tool is much, much clunkier than org-mode for manipulation across many levels of abstraction. You'd have to accept trade-offs there to get rich media support.
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I spent a while evaluating this space last year and ended quite frustrated. Bear made the best tradeoffs for me, but I’m still mad about it all the time; I still have to use paper and plaintext editors regularly; bluh.
Also, in case you try out Bear: I don’t think it’s viable without its Alfred workflow (for rapid navigation). A tiling window management tool like Magnet is a necessary but poor substitute for emacs splits.
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Not super familiar with emacs splits but ’s sidebar (aka split view) has been pretty helpful to myself and some others (also allows pinning and rearranging within that sidebar)
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First time processing/actively thinking through a book with @RoamResearch. Hard to describe how good this feels.
Sidebar on right has book highlights. As I review, I group highlights under related themes on left as I write personal notes. Seems small, but helps me grok better.
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This is my basic response when people say something like “I can’t believe we still use text to program”.
UIs are very constraining in the abstractions they can build.
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But when not using paper (which in my case I use because I can take them anywhere) then there is: (automation), (spatial thought capture), Divvy (window management), and (quick capture)
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Replying to @itsjustmath and @gordonbrander
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