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22 sats \ 2 replies \ @chrono 19 May 2023 \ parent \ on: How do you organize your working day? bitcoin
"Second brain" apps are great, in theory, but one always runs into the issue of data ownership and product longevity. If all my notes are being dumped into Obsidian, for example, that information must be on their servers; I don't want that most of the time. Additionally, third-party apps are often resource heavy or were once free and, suddenly, require payment to use.
You mentioned outlining, tagging, and querying. While those aren't included in a plain-text file, org-mode in Emacs is as close as you can get in a plain-text format.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @franzap OP 19 May 2023
Agree! But
I use an open source app, data is encrypted on disk and never leaves my device (blocked all outgoing connections just in case).
I tried Emacs for org-mode a few years ago as it looked very cool from Youtube videos. Maybe I'm dumb but I found it terribly annoying, huge waste of time customizing it and felt like I needed a PhD to use Emacs shortcuts.
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @chrono 20 May 2023
Maybe I'm dumb but I found it terribly annoying, huge waste of time customizing it and felt like I needed a PhD to use Emacs shortcuts.
Learning and using Emacs is a time commitment that pays off the longer you use it. They don't call it an "editor for life" for nothing.
You're not dumb; Emacs has a steeper learning curve than vim. If you ever consider returning to Emacs, the best tutorial is building your own config (slowly) and practice using the keybindings and commands. It'll click eventually.
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