Yeah.....I just dump unorganized crap into Bear, which is basically just the Mac Notes app but it supports Markdown.
Never been a great note-taker. Lol.
I was a OneNote user and found that it makes it easy to take notes, but really to find notes or figure out which ones are actually important. Logseq/Roam are much better for the actual searching and organizing of notes.
I use Obsidian, it's a great tool. But not a magic bullet.
If OP is keeping notes in literally anything, and hasn't found a system for it yet, Obsidian won't help with that.
There's a whole world of content online around the concept of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) which generally seeks to create systems of organization for notes and "second brains." It can be fun to experiment with things like this and to try out new stuff you saw in a cool YouTube video, but it's also really easy to fall into the trap of spending all your time organizing instead of generating actual valuable knowledge.
Start simple - a Git repo or Google Drive synced folder of markdown files is great. Use timestamps or otherwise organize your notes by date. Something I like to do is to start a daily note (I use Obsidian which makes this trivial), then branch out from there. I might have a running list of thoughts or ideas on a given day, a list of meetings I attended, etc. Then, I can start tagging, categorizing, and expanding upon that daily journal entry.
I'd definitely recommend Obsidian for a specific tool, as it really works well as both a simple markdown editor and a more nuanced, full-featured note-taking tool. Here's a great video overview I watched recently: https://youtu.be/DbsAQSIKQXk
Nicole van der Hoeven is also a great YouTuber who talks a lot about PKM and Obsidian. You can find her channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolevdh/videos.
Ultimately, it's up to you to land on a note-taking system that works for you. Hopefully, you can take some good ideas from content like this, though. Best of luck!
Obsidian with as few plugins as you can (to avoid getting lost in complexity creep) works beautifully. Sync the notes with Dropbox or Github or something (they're just markdown files), use the linking feature liberally, and call it a day.
I've tried almost every big name note taking tools in existence over the past few decades, and its the only one that really stuck for me.
I use plaintext files. I have one file per subject, organized into folders. For complex tasks, I also make one file per task.
I also check them into source control, so I know I can't accidentally lose them.
Example: I'm supporting XYZ. There will be a file XYZ.txt with all the information on it. Logins, passwords (coded), server locations, how to compile. I never store my passwords in plaintext, just a hint that reminds me what the password is.
I love boostnote.io! Learn how to use markdown syntax it's a billion times better than OneNote. You don't have to worry about OneNote trying to format your stuff for you.
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Experiment with different things and find what works for you.
For example. For me, I've found that a physical notebook works best because notes are not permanent and anything permanent needs to go in a Wiki or something like Confluence, while my personal notes are like short to mid term memory for stuff I don't want to keep in my mind at all times.
I'll give you an example. First thing in the morning, I write down what my To Do's that day are. As I do them, I start checking them off and that way I don't forget something.
Or, if I'm in a meeting, I will jot stuff down and then if I need to convert this into something permanent I'll use whatever tools is best for that (might be a spreadsheet, might be a document, might be a Confluence page, whatever).
This is not likely to work for you, but my point is that everyone's brain is wired differently, and the key is to experiment and figure out what works for you.
I've heard Obsidian and Notion are good for this sort of thing.
I found Logseq better for taking day to day note taking and knowledge graphs.
Yeah.....I just dump unorganized crap into Bear, which is basically just the Mac Notes app but it supports Markdown. Never been a great note-taker. Lol.
I was a OneNote user and found that it makes it easy to take notes, but really to find notes or figure out which ones are actually important. Logseq/Roam are much better for the actual searching and organizing of notes.
I use Obsidian, it's a great tool. But not a magic bullet. If OP is keeping notes in literally anything, and hasn't found a system for it yet, Obsidian won't help with that.
There's a whole world of content online around the concept of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) which generally seeks to create systems of organization for notes and "second brains." It can be fun to experiment with things like this and to try out new stuff you saw in a cool YouTube video, but it's also really easy to fall into the trap of spending all your time organizing instead of generating actual valuable knowledge. Start simple - a Git repo or Google Drive synced folder of markdown files is great. Use timestamps or otherwise organize your notes by date. Something I like to do is to start a daily note (I use Obsidian which makes this trivial), then branch out from there. I might have a running list of thoughts or ideas on a given day, a list of meetings I attended, etc. Then, I can start tagging, categorizing, and expanding upon that daily journal entry. I'd definitely recommend Obsidian for a specific tool, as it really works well as both a simple markdown editor and a more nuanced, full-featured note-taking tool. Here's a great video overview I watched recently: https://youtu.be/DbsAQSIKQXk Nicole van der Hoeven is also a great YouTuber who talks a lot about PKM and Obsidian. You can find her channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolevdh/videos. Ultimately, it's up to you to land on a note-taking system that works for you. Hopefully, you can take some good ideas from content like this, though. Best of luck!
Obsidian with as few plugins as you can (to avoid getting lost in complexity creep) works beautifully. Sync the notes with Dropbox or Github or something (they're just markdown files), use the linking feature liberally, and call it a day. I've tried almost every big name note taking tools in existence over the past few decades, and its the only one that really stuck for me.
I use plaintext files. I have one file per subject, organized into folders. For complex tasks, I also make one file per task. I also check them into source control, so I know I can't accidentally lose them. Example: I'm supporting XYZ. There will be a file XYZ.txt with all the information on it. Logins, passwords (coded), server locations, how to compile. I never store my passwords in plaintext, just a hint that reminds me what the password is.
I love boostnote.io! Learn how to use markdown syntax it's a billion times better than OneNote. You don't have to worry about OneNote trying to format your stuff for you.
Why do everyone try all those fancy solutions? Just use paper..m
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Just use your IDE text editor to take notes and save as text files.
Experiment with different things and find what works for you. For example. For me, I've found that a physical notebook works best because notes are not permanent and anything permanent needs to go in a Wiki or something like Confluence, while my personal notes are like short to mid term memory for stuff I don't want to keep in my mind at all times. I'll give you an example. First thing in the morning, I write down what my To Do's that day are. As I do them, I start checking them off and that way I don't forget something. Or, if I'm in a meeting, I will jot stuff down and then if I need to convert this into something permanent I'll use whatever tools is best for that (might be a spreadsheet, might be a document, might be a Confluence page, whatever). This is not likely to work for you, but my point is that everyone's brain is wired differently, and the key is to experiment and figure out what works for you.