I use Evernote. I have 18k notes and growing. I really want to like these markdown apps (a long time ago I used org-mode) but at the end of the day, there is always something missing that Evernote has:
In Evernote,
- sharing folders with other people is easy.
- I can easily publish notes to send to other people that don't use the app.
- I can forward e-mails to my note-taking system.
- I can use IFTTT to automatically import stuff.
- I can manage tasks (since the very nice new Tasks feature).
- I can easily put files in the notes, just drag and drop.
Yes, it is slow, but it is getting faster (progress is noticeable) and it works well, despite all the problems.
The only thing I would really like to have that Evernote is missing is backlinks and an interface to make linking easier, such as the Ctrl-K feature in Google Docs, which allows searching the document titles to find the one you want to link to.
By the way, in his last blog post, the CEO said that their revenue is increasing, so I guess people are voting with their wallets.
That's where I am these days. I've tried all these .md based knowledge vaults and avoided Notion like the plague. I was really stuck on Obsidian... until one night taking notes on something I had to make a bunch of tables. Creating tables with pure .md is just obnoxious. So I decided to take a look at Notion based on the recommendation of another dev. Been using it for 3 weeks now and I have to say, it serves my needs, is super smooth/intuitive, and actually nice to work in.
In Evernote,
- sharing folders with other people is easy.
- I can easily publish notes to send to other people that don't use the app.
- I can forward e-mails to my note-taking system.
- I can use IFTTT to automatically import stuff.
- I can manage tasks (since the very nice new Tasks feature).
- I can easily put files in the notes, just drag and drop.
Yes, it is slow, but it is getting faster (progress is noticeable) and it works well, despite all the problems.
The only thing I would really like to have that Evernote is missing is backlinks and an interface to make linking easier, such as the Ctrl-K feature in Google Docs, which allows searching the document titles to find the one you want to link to.
By the way, in his last blog post, the CEO said that their revenue is increasing, so I guess people are voting with their wallets.
https://evernote.com/blog/ceo-update-january-2022/