The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps

Notes Against Note-Taking Systems

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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.

Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good.

Insurance for your mind.

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.

The Best Note-Taking Apps

We recently polled readers with suggestions for the best note-taking apps. Most of you said you still do things the old-fashioned way with pen and p

I agree with this and my assessment is that notes have to be reader/user-friendly (even if the only user is you), and that requires giving a shit, and we barely know how to teach ourselves to give a shit, let alone automate it or outsource it to a tool

I agree with this and my assessment is that notes have to be reader/user-friendly (even if the only user is you), and that requires giving a shit, and we barely know how to teach ourselves to give a shit, let alone automate it or outsource it to a tool https://t.co/6a2hfkw8ms— Visakan Veerasamy (@visakanv) November 20, 2022

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.

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.