My note-taking and knowledge management process updated for 2023
About 18 months ago, I covered my attempts to replace Evernote. I was surprised by how popular that post was and how much feedback it received. Unsurprisingly, I have adapted and changed my setup since then and in this post, I cover what I now use and how I use it. Hopefully, with the same level of readers and feedback 😁.
Zoho Notebook
I still use this obscure, cross-platform, and typically reliable “notebook” application. Since my last post, Zoho has finally begun a subscription model for Notebook, but I haven’t felt overly pressured or lacking in needing to upgrade. I still use it as an easy dumping ground for ideas and tasks, especially on my Android phone, rather than a place to explore and develop ideas. It has recently become more unreliable when it comes to syncing between devices, and my main to-do note has often had data integrity issues with numerous duplicate entries that I had to remove. it’s also not great at handling sync conflicts, generally showing you a list of versions to choose between. Finally, on macOS, when a note updates from changes on another device, it never happens silently. The application forces you to switch to the application to acknowledge the changes, which is distracting. So, for all these reasons, I am slowly trying to move away from Zoho Notebook, but I still keep…
