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by l0c0b0x 1601 days ago
Am I in a minority that has been looking for a tool like this ("2nd brain"), but just never knew the concept is called that way? This is what my current, best second brain, looks like :\

https://i.imgur.com/B1dT9M8.png

I'm excited to try these new tools and see improvements.

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Haha I kinda do what you do (text editor + files). It works fine for me, and I keep it synced with Syncthing. I just repurposed my old installation of Sublime Text 3 and keep stuff separated by [topic].md.

screenshot: https://i.vgy.me/1Ol8BZ.png

Ha, this is what mine looks like too, but all in one tab and split up via line breaks. Sometimes I come back to it and realize I've completely lost the plot and clear it and start over. It's like having too many tabs open in a web browser.
"Notes", "personal knowledge base" and "(personal) knowledge graph" are terms I'd call both more informative and more popular than "second brain", but they all have history.