Ask HN: How do you use Notion?

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Outline Wiki

#Knowledge Base #Internal Knowledgebase #Team Collaboration 16 social mentions

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Standard Notes

I used notion for personal projects and note-taking for a while, but recently I switched to standardnotes [https://standardnotes.com/]. In my opinion, it's better for personal use (and of course, it's open source).

#Security & Privacy #Notes #Personal Notes 128 social mentions

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Bangle.io

What is the pain you are looking to alleviate? YMMV with notion. I think your personal reflections are probably the most important part of this because personal productivity and organization are so personal. Single app has worked better for me. I am at 4 months of journaling and planning every day (I have used notion for a few years). When I was using desecrate apps I would go 1-3 weeks before system would fall apart. For me the main pros are: Ability to move and copy elements from tickler to daily plan so easily. Ability to link todo's to documentation. Ability to take notes in a way that works with how I think, and ability to take handle incoming thoughts as fast as they need to be documented. Main cons are: only "date time" construct in databases, I would prefer a "time" construct. Offline. Data portability. > I feel like maybe this is the heart of it, having a personal cache to make a temporary mess in until you have time to clean it up later. I could see that being useful - though id want to move everything out of that place and not organize things within it Cal Newport has a `working_memory.txt` file on every one of his desktops that he chucks random information into and then processes it at the end of the day. Maybe a system like that could be more your jam. I might one day work up the courage to use [https://bangle.io/](https://bangle.io/) + github. Feels like owning my data + a bit more flexibility could be nice, but that seems like a lot of work.

#Office & Productivity #Word #Note Taking 8 social mentions