Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good

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  • obsidian-repeat-plugin

    Review notes using periodic or spaced repetition.

  • Hey, this is exactly why I made obsidian-repeat-plugin [1]. The goal was to have most of my notes surface every now and then, which removes the need for me to do any digging at all.

    With that said, my non-repeating notes are far from "dead". First, I have a lot of useful self-made references. Second, Obsidian really makes it easy to spontaneously group tags with its backlink system. Every now and then, I go down a rabbit hole and catch up to notes that would otherwise be dead. I only have to maintain a few "entry points" that mostly have other notes linking to them.

    [1]: https://github.com/prncc/obsidian-repeat-plugin

  • logseq

    A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.

  • Notes never really worked for me previously, but somehow I got it working with logseq (it doesn't really matter which Roam-like tool you use). I feels like some kind of super power to be able to quickly access all sort of information. What helped me was thinking in projects (prepare conference talk XYZ, write article for tech magazine ABC and of course actual projects). Also I always link persons I interact with when I create notes for a meeting or similar situations. That way you can quickly show all relevant information about a person. Most important though is the ability to write down TODOs anywhere and later see them in an aggregated manner.

    [logseq]: https://logseq.com/

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • quickadd

    Parse natural language time and date expressions in python (by Acreom)

  • joplin-inline-todo

    Write TODOs *everywhere* and view them in one place.

  • NotePlan_Themes

    Official collection of custom themes for NotePlan 3

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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