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

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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detaro 9y ago ↗

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

almostarockstar 9y ago ↗

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

detaro 9y ago ↗

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/

zfzef 9y ago ↗

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/

almostarockstar 9y ago ↗

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.

mlennox 9y ago ↗

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.

brudgers 9y ago ↗

Org-mode.

sharemywin 9y ago ↗

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.