Tiago Forte@fortelabs·May 1, 2021Notetaking apps used by students in the current cohort of our Building a Second Brain course: @evernote: 350 @RoamResearch: 263 @NotionHQ: 223 @obsdmd: 73 @msonenote: 54 @apple notes: 48 Other (@googledocs, @BearNotesApp, DevonThink, @dropbox paper, eMacs, etc): 132 None yet: 434739459
Tiago Forte@fortelabs·May 1, 2021Replying to @vgr @BillSeitz and 9 othersThere was one guy once...111
Brandon Toner@brandontoner·May 2, 2021Replying to @fortelabs @vgr and 10 othersAnd they were an absolute legend.14
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @brandontoner @fortelabs and 10 othersIs this like a real anecdote in the history of the course?12:46 AM · May 2, 20212 Likes
Tiago Forte@fortelabs·May 2, 2021Replying to @vgr @brandontoner and 10 othersYeah. He was 90 years old and had been writing a book on a secret sect of Buddhism for years. You had to apply to be able to read it. He had no interest in tech but wanted to finish the book with paper notecards219
Tiago Forte@fortelabs·May 2, 2021Replying to @fortelabs @vgr and 11 othersSounds like a story from the yak verse8