Re:My Life in Pens (2009)
by bagsvaerd70 on Saturday August 18, 2018 @03:15PM
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> I would LOVE an app that captures handwritten notes in outline form
Some form of org-mode notation plus handwritten notes would be a killer app.
Re:My Life in Pens (2009)
by benjaminjackman on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:34PM
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I just made a practically identical switch (down to even the 0.38mm g-2 pens).
What apps have you been using on iPad for note taking? I have tried several and haven't found anything that would fit what I am looking for. The best I have found is Good Notes.
Re:My Life in Pens (2009)
by benjaminjackman on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:59PM
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Edit: I forgot to mention In terms of the Apple Pencil body being too slick, I picked this up on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LY38UE5/ref=oh_aui_sear... It's not quite perfect but it's a lot better than vanilla and has a magnet that attached it to the iPad as well.
Nice, I've almost ordered one of those in the past. My idea was to actually remove the original body of the pencil and have a better one 3d printed for it. The cost/effort is probably completely not worth it, but it does look feasible per the teardown looking fairly straight forward.
I used Good Notes for a while, and it is a great app. However, I tossed the iOS 12 beta on a few weeks back and the updates to Apple Notes makes the pencil a lot better, you get stroke and color controls finally. Since it integrates so well with the desktop version of Notes, made it a no brainer for me.
Re:My Life in Pens (2009)
by jonnybgood on Saturday August 18, 2018 @02:09PM
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I use Notability especially since the latest major update to add OCR to handwriting.
My goto setup was the Pilot G2 0.38mm pen: https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/527870/Pilot-G-2-Retr...
And the Leuchterm 1917 dotted notebook: https://www.leuchtturm1917.us/notebook-medium-a5-hardcover-2...
The pens have perfect flow, and are thin in stroke for precision work. The paper has a nice texture to it, not rough but not slick.
For quick work, I'd grab sharpies and computer paper, for stuff like quick UI sketches/rapid note taking.
But as of April this year, I've switched to the 2018 iPad and an Apple Pencil and have completely dropped using paper. Being able to find all of my notes on both my ipad and my computer, sketch things up when I'm traveling and send it to my coworkers quickly, and also have all my books and media all in one simple device is just a dream. And in iOS 12, the Notes app is actually pretty great.
It's also a great setup for sketching up ideas to then toss on an Apple TV to share with my team before investing time into making a polished version of something. Idea to presentation in minutes is just awesome.
My only two complaints:
1) the body of the apple pencil is shitty. It's slick and round, I'd prefer a hexagonal body with a textured finger pad and a nice textured surface. This has annoyed me enough to the point that I've actually looked into how to make an alternative barrel for the pencils.
2) I take all of my notes in outline form. I would LOVE an app that captures handwritten notes in outline form, but then adds interactivity like collapsing/handwriting to text conversion/etc while preserving all the format. I realize that's a hard problem to solve, but I'm hoping in a few years machine learning will catch up.