Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas?

Posted by almostarockstar on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:29AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Beyond the pen and pad - I have so many note pads already and struggle to keep any sort of structure to them.

I'd like to be able to track product ideas, side-project ideas, lyric ideas, video ideas etc. and flesh them out when I feel motivated.

Is there a good way of keeping track of these in a structured way across my apple and android devices?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by zfzef on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:43AM (#13122421)

Turtl : https://turtlapp.com/ There is a web app, an android/ios client... It's open source : https://github.com/turtl If you want you're own server : https://turtlapp.com/docs/server/

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by almostarockstar on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @09:37AM (#13122769)

Sounds like a good option.

>Turtl lets you take notes, bookmark websites, and store documents for sensitive projects.

Why three main functions? IMHO I'd be way more interested if it just did one thing well.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by mlennox on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:52AM (#13122472)

I use https://www.evernote.com

Allows you group notes and add tags, all I need.

The free version allows installation/use on two devices - phone and chrome for me.

It has two-factor authentication which is a plus.

Some folks don't like the new web ui, it doesn't bother me enough to jump ship, because while I use it regularly (the mobile app) I don't have complex requirements, just note taking, tagging. I can do that whenever inspiration strikes me and then come back and flesh out the idea when I'm at my laptop.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by sharemywin on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @09:11AM (#13122596)

I built something similar to how HN works but with tags but I got lazy and just started posting things anonymously on the site. that way I could start a thread. or post a link.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by detaro on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:32AM (#13122355)

I use a wiki, but that's not all that great to use from a mobile device. Maybe something like Evernote?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by almostarockstar on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:35AM (#13122371)

What service do you use? Sounds like an interesting (and fairly unique) approach for this purpose.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by detaro on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:52AM (#13122471)

I use moinmoin wiki[1] on my own server, with a local copy on my laptop. Since it isa simple python app and stores everything in flat files it is easy to run and to sync.

Previously I've also used tiddlywiki[2], which can work locally in the browser or on a server, and also exists as a hosted service[3].

[1] https://moinmo.in/ [2] http://tiddlywiki.com/ [3] http://tiddlyspace.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of your ideas? by brudgers on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @09:10AM (#13122590)

Org-mode.

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