@gemlog "Anyone who can fold a fitted sheet is a powerful witch"

Well done on finding the OneRNG schematic too!

@gemlog I still write naturally in a usenet/email style that's very similar to what got encoded as 'markdown'; I prefer just text that I can work on with any tool ... but I really like a good UI that helps structure things well.

So logseq, obsidian, zim, and even for a while Roam - Roam's UI was excellently responsive, but I don't like the difficult-to-own data store for it.

@gemlog I don't think I have specific "needs" - I'm still happy with paper notbooks for example, which are great for about a 2-week range and not much use for longer (unless you aggressively organise and index them I guess)

I'd like to have long-term structured notes on all the tech things I come across, so a lot of what I need is discoverability for old things, which these tools give me. Then I need to actually enjoy using it enough that I'm motivated to use it more, until there's a critical mass of data there and a reason to keep on going

@gemlog Linuxes mostly, it might be useful to have an android phone hooked up. Sometimes Windows gets run.

For $dayjob it's macos and ios, but I won't mix personal data with work devices if I can avoid it.

@gemlog For many years I've been able to rely on my memory, which has been pretty good at noticing a connection, and helping me find the reference/source.

However, covid didn't do my brain too many favours, so I need to get some habits around being intentional with saving stuff in external memory; that's basically why I'm interested in how people are using tools like these. Thanks for your comments; I don't need the details of your organisation system, but talking about how you got there is good.

Also, "amiga dealer" sounds like a great t-shirt to wear underneath a long trenchcoat, pockets full of 3.5" disks and midi cables ...