Ask HN: What do you use to jot down random thoughts and ideas at any time/place?

Re:Ask HN: What do you use to jot down random thoughts and i... by ambivalents on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:31PM (#16268737)

I use the Notes app on iOS. It's decidedly lacking in a lot of features that other richer apps have, BUT, it is the only thing that is constantly there, whenever I need it. It's followed me around for years on all my devices, and I can search through it rather easily.

For me, for the sort of quick/random thought logging, quick accessibility trumps features any day.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to jot down random thoughts and i... by Razengan on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @07:06PM (#16270248)

Notes is my backup/"scratchpad" as well, but it's impractical for me for the following reasons:

— Too easy to accidentally edit notes. I've occasionally destroyed some notes by "butt dialing" when I forgot to turn off the phone and put it in my pocket, which caused them to be replaced by random text. To avoid that I have to password-protect and hide important notes, which is inconvenient if I don't necessarily need privacy on them.

— Cannot view creation date, afaik, only modification.

– If I ever cannot (or don't want to) use the Notes app then I can't access my notes.

— Cannot add audio or link to arbitrary files on local storage. Can't link to other notes.

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