The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps

Note-ifying all the things (with Boris Mann)

Conversation about note-taking, the overwhelm of tools, and future possibilities. (shortlink:…

What's the point of a note-taking app?

The true purpose of a note-taking app is to facilitate deep learning through three interconnected processes—externalizing ideas, internalizing them into new insights, and resurfacing them over time—and good design should minimize accidental friction while preserving the productive friction that enables genuine understanding.

Notesnook | Open source & zero knowledge private note taking app

Express yourself with freedom, no spying, no tracking — only private notes. Unlike Evernote and other note apps, your data is private — not open for everyone to see.

Notes on my Remarkable Tablet

Some notes on my note taking device

Reflect

A beautifully minimalist note-taking app designed to mirror the way you think. Now with a native AI integration.

Smart Note Taking

Why is this important? Because without the smart, you’ll add more clutter to your system, leading to minor organization and more stress.

Vox on Twitter / X

stop just hoarding notes.you save more every week and find less every month. a thousand notes, none of them talking to each other. a better notes app won't fix that. nobody maintains the brain you built.Karpathy's 𝗟𝗟𝗠 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶 fixes that: don't have AI search your notes,…— Vox (@Voxyz_ai) June 29, 2026

Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps

The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.

A Social Filesystem — overreacted

Formats over apps.

Supernote - Go Paperless with Our Digital Note-Taking Solution

Supernote is a modern E-Ink tablet and digital notebook designed for handwriting, note-taking, and sketching. Shop Supernote online today.

The digital exiles: Why people are abandoning their smartphones - Coda Story

A growing movement of “former screenagers” is calling for a screen-free, surveillance-free life, for a chance to build a future beyond tech capture

cybersemics/em

A beautiful, minimalistic note-taking app for personal sensemaking.

Just in time software

I didn’t plan to write software in the grocery store last night. I was tired and hungry, kids in tow. My long shopping list sat in a text message. I wished I could check items off as I found them. Ideas filtered through my head: I could transfer the list to a piece of paper: too tedious I could copy/paste it into a notes app or an email draft and delete items: too much tapping I could search the web and app store for a thing that would do what I want (of which there were no doubt a great many): slow and painful and annoying Nope nope nope nope nope.

The computer in the woods

A note on the iPad

File Over App: A Philosophy for Digital Longevity

My take on the 'file over app' philosophy and why it’s essential for keeping my data resilient and built to last.