Hello Hacker News,
I have been trying to take notes using Evernote, Bear and Apple Notes. None of them compare to writing my notes down on paper. However, writing my notes down on paper has none of the benefits these apps have (sorting, searching, etc).
Do you take notes during work? If so, have you found a "perfect app" or way of doing it?
Black = facts. numbers, locations, new edicts, etc Blue = thoughts. musings. edge cases I think of during meetings but don't want to derail over, etc green = events (after work social, conferences, etc) red = todo
It's not perfect (ex: I usually write the details of meetings such as time/location and add a red star with "TODO: enter meeting X into calendar" but the line between a meeting an event can blur. Is an intern presentation an event or a meeting?
My main distinction is meetings are mandatory, events can be moved.
(Ex: I won't schedule a doctor's appointment during a client meeting. I would list the day there's an evening drinks session as a time I could meet the doctor)
It's not perfect, but the general idea is that the notebook is to store things until the end of the meeting - then they go into my calendar, into my todo list, or onto my whiteboard as problems to be brainstormed.