ok folks, i hear ya, i'll try obsidian! i think i had been overwhelmed by it in the past with all the knowledge management / second brain talk going around… but happy to hear people have been finding it useful for plain writing as well.

ty for sharing :)

@kayserifserif I use WordPress on my site, so for blog posts I typically just start a draft. Easily accessible on my phone as well.

For quick note-taking, I recently switched from Evernote to https://obsidian.md, which I don't have set up with my phone, so if I need to write something down quickly before moving it elsewhere, I just use https://keep.google.com.

I also use Trello extensively, but I'm playing with https://planka.app.

@kayserifserif i carry a notebook and a fountain pen because i'm an insufferable hipster, and i _have_ written blog posts this way (a significant portion of the post Tris and i wrote about railway signaling started in my notebook)

when i feel the need to write digitally on my phone (usually when i'm at work and i didn't bring my notebook), i use google keep and hate how low bandwidth typing on my phone is

@kayserifserif same as a few others here, i use obsidian on both desktop and mobile. i use the "daily notes" feature as a journal. i don't do them even close to daily but i find it pleasant to use.

i also carry a little notebook because when i am talking to people it feels nicer to jot down contact info or internet handles to check out later rather than whipping out the phone. i like to doodle in there too. sometimes i write a little bit by hand too, or draw diagrams.

@kayserifserif I use a CLI tool called nb. It uses Git for syncing and works with any text editor, but I’m using Neovim since that’s what I’m most comfortable with. https://github.com/xwmx/nb

I don’t really have anything for writing on my phone other than iOS’s notes app. I really struggle at writing on my phone in general though.

@kayserifserif Seeing Obsidian come up in this thread makes me want to try it again, but I always return to pen and paper or just regular Markdown files.

Not that I thought Obsidian was bad, I just work better typing in a plain text editor or writing in a physical notebook. It always amazes me how others can use personal knowledge apps, I find myself easily overwhelmed by those.

@kayserifserif recently put down a lot of thoughts into physical notebooks in addition to just plain markdown files.

Before: Notion

Also sometimes Gargle Keep, but mostly shopping list and incoherent stuff.