github-orgmode-tests VS org-roam

Each code block could be evaluated in place, with results appearing inline. Want to test JSON parsing? Write a block, execute it, see the output. Need to try different data structures? Compare approaches side-by-side with immediate feedback. This resembles the classic Lisp REPL workflow but with all the organizational benefits of org-mode. The development document became a living laboratory.

I'm a fan of Org Mode with Emacs [0] and using the app BeOrg [1] on my iPhone.

I have 3 main task files:

- todo.org for things I need to do

- backlog.org for things that I don't have to do now but should do in the future

- inbox.org for any random ideas or notes

The concept of an Inbox was taken straight from Getting Things Done [2].

I have different searches set up in BeOrg so that it is easy to view tasks from each different file.

This is definitely more complicated than a single file, but I like it mainly because it keeps my main task file (todo.org) organized. I also don't go through organizing my files that much either.

inbox.org is just a great place to dump anything, so I usually do a quick scan and either delete everything or refine it to the backlog.org.

For backlog.org, I'll usually just let things sit there and build up. After a while I'll realize that if something has been there for a long time, it probably isn't worth doing - or I already did it, so I delete it.

[0]: https://orgmode.org/

[1]: https://www.beorgapp.com/

[2]: https://hamberg.no/gtd

TIP: When asking for advice in relation to knowledge management, note-taking, etc., be sure to ask for precise details regarding commenters' solutions. There are many people who participate in these discussions who don't seem to take a lot of notes (e.g., one file or paper notepad for all of their notes!).

I have a personal knowledge base that currently includes almost 7,000 files in which I store my notes. I take notes on everything. Every technology. Every product. Every meeting. EVERYTHING.

My notes are stored in Org files that I edit with Emacs and Org mode[1]. Org files are written using a feature-rich lightweight markup language[2] that is much more powerful than Markdown (which is used by alternative note-taking tools like Obsidian). For example, Org supports plain text spreadsheets[3], a feature I love.

Too many people will disqualify Org and say, "I don't use Emacs," while assuming that Emacs users choose Org because we already use Emacs. But I started using Emacs specifically to use Org, not for programming.

But regardless of which tool you end up using, consider organizing your note files using hierarchical tagging. I started using hierarchical tagging for my notes right after Wikipedia was first launched and I saw how effectively hierarchical tagging was being used there. Each Wikipedia article can belong to multiple categories, and each category can belong to multiple categories. This is hierarchical tagging, and it's worked great for my notes. At the bottom of every one of my Org files, there is a list of "parent topics", and each parent topic has a list of parent topics (excluding the "main topics", which have no parents).

[1] https://orgmode.org/

[2] https://orgmode.org/features.html

[3] https://orgmode.org/manual/The-Spreadsheet.html

My favorite static site generator is Org mode[1] for Emacs. Org files are written using a feature-rich lightweight markup language[2] that is much more powerful than Markdown (e.g., plain text spreadsheets). Org files can be exported to HTML[3].

The reason I prefer Org for static site generation is not because I already use Emacs. I actually started using Emacs about 20 years ago specifically to use Org mode.

[1] https://orgmode.org/

[2] https://orgmode.org/features.html

[3] https://orgmode.org/manual/HTML-Export.html

"until recently, Jupyter notebooks were the only programming environment that let you see your data while you worked on it."

This is false. Org-mode has had this functionality for over two decades.

https://orgmode.org/

Work - I use org-mode heavily for my personal project management and note keeping.

While embracing analog tools, I've also refined my digital organization using ORG mode in Emacs. The system has evolved to become more structured and efficient.

Org mode. Org mode is just great for taking notes and organizing tasks. I might write a post on it one day. If you're interested, check out Org Mode in the mean time.

orgmode seems to be a big change after using Notion. However, I fell in love with Emacs, so I wanted to use all the best things. It was easy to set up org-agenda, org-roam, etc. Unfortunately, after a while, I noticed that using a non-standard system(not Markdown) could impact my note-sharing capabilities, as well my ~work~ docs were mostly built with Markdown. So, a note system that uses Markdown. Also, I switched to VIM :)

See also org-roam which is similar but for emacs using org: https://www.orgroam.com/

I have never used Roam before, but I've been happily using an Emacs package called org-roam [0] for the past couple of years. When paired with org-roam-ui [1], it provides everything I need: basic linking, timestamped notes, and a graph view of all my notes. If you're an Emacs user or have used Roam in the past, I highly recommend giving them a try!

[0]: https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam

[1]: https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-ui

Every PKMS/BASB needs a search functionality. Ever since I've created brainfck to host my own collection of thoughts/ideas/resources (aka Zettelkasten) I wanted to be able to actually search within my collection of org-roam based notes. Meanwhile for all my sites I own (this blog, my CV/portfolio, brainfck and defersec) I use hugo. All of them didn't have proper search capabilities. That's why I was looking for a proper way to include search functionalities without any major effort.

my tool of choice has been org-roam (https://www.orgroam.com/) - it combines the power of emacs (for powerful, efficient text-editing) and org-mode (as a way to structure content in simple text-files) and adds the very missing layer for personal knowledge management on top: a powerful cross-referencing system incl. bidirectional linking between individual notes/nodes/zettles. to me, bidirectional linking seems like a crucial feature for personal knowledge management systems (something that the WWW at its inception as a "collaborative" knowledge management system probably should have adopted, but Tim-Berners Lee opted for the much easier, rapid implementation of one-way links (see Jaron Lanier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCvf2DZzKX0&t=3009s, and Ted Nelson's Xanadu Project)

at the end of the day, a tool is just a tool and only as useful as the user is capable of using it. I found the usefulness of my zettelkasten depends largely on the quality of my note-taking process, which is a learning process in itself. I found Ahrens' book and this blog post very helpful in teaching / reminding me of the real purpose and value of personal notes.

This is amazing. If anyone likes this kind of functionality and doesn’t mind expanding beyond vanilla org mode I recommend org-roam.

https://www.orgroam.com/

Roam Research, what it’s based on, might also be of interest.

I journal a lot. I recommend finding a system that supports backlinking. That way you can link to some related topic (for example, link to "stress" for a note on how you handled stress successfully), and then use the backlinks to that topic to find what you're looking for.

Since I use GNU Emacs, Org Roam[0] was a natural choice for me. Other options include: Logseq, Obsidian, and Notion

[0] https://www.orgroam.com/

I keep absolutely everything in a single folder. Saved documents, images, movies, financial records, game saves, it doesn't matter. My hierarchical naming scheme takes care of organization. On the odd occasion I actually need a folder, I just append ".d" to the filename.

I use . as a hierarchy delimiter, so file extensions are just part of the hierarchy, and I can have multiple files with the same name except for the extension. For example, "film.spongebob.png" is a photo of spongebob, "film.spongebob.org" is a note about spongebob, and "film.spongebob.s1.e7" is my favorite episode.

I use org-roam [1] for note-taking and task/time-management. I absolutely require a plain-text system so it either had to be markdown or org-mode. Emacs was the deciding factor, else I would have still been using Dendron [2]

If OneNote is your thing, I'd probably recommend Obsidian [3] over org-roam. Despite it being the greatest program ever created, Emacs is a lot to learn "just" for taking notes.

If you like VS Code, check out Dendron. It's the one that got me into more serious PKMS instead of just chucking notes in a folder all willy nilly.

- [1]: https://www.orgroam.com/

- [2]: https://www.dendron.so/

- [3]: https://obsidian.md/

I'm using org-roam to keep my notes, which generally works well for me. There's one thing I am missing and I'm wondering if I just overlooked it, or whether it simply doesn't exist.