Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by norrisiv on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:04PM
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Love this. I always find myself falling into Sublime Text to take notes. I'd add that I also use the default Reminders app in iOS 13, before that I used OmniFocus but they seem to have copied the relevant features I use.
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by devchris10 on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @01:40PM
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Have you ever needed image support? That was my main pain point against text editors and Git.
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by muzani on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:30AM
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Only about 3% of the time. Rarely enough that for the most part I'd rather use a tool optimized for typing.
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by devchris10 on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:12AM
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What are some "heavy duty" things that are missing in today's tools?
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by muzani on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:38AM
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Image, maybe some tables. I've plopped a spreadsheet into Evernote once but a mini calculator will do.
I do use Evernote's business card scanner a lot but I'd rather just pay for a specialized business card scanner app.
Evernote does all this but it lags too much when trying to read from my phone.
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by mephos on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:52AM
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At least for me, something important that could be considered "heavy duty" is the ability to read and write notes from both my phone and computer.
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?
by softwareboyi on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:53PM
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Can you give exampleS?
Sublime for quick notes and drafts.
Workflowy for nested notes. Not as a todo list. It's a good way to nest notes in notes. For example, I made a list of tropes, categorized them by heroic vs villainous, male or female, personality, description, and so on. And added lots of notes and tags for each. This is a mess if you try to do it in Evernote, but perfect for Workflowy.
Google Assistant is awesome for a variety of tasks, mainly related to reminders and timers. Have to leave the house fourty minutes? "Okay Google, set a timer for forty minutes" No calculations needed.
I would like to see a complex note taking tool that just works. Evernote is a bloated mess. Notion is sluggish. One Note seems to require too much thought. I've been making do with small note takers but I still need something heavy duty.