Ancestors

Written by Paul Will Gamble :mastodon: on 2025-01-09 at 18:03

Taking and maintaining searchable notes at work has become a chore and impossible task. 🧵

I used to use an open source wiki client for years, WikidPad. I loved connecting and making links and using Word has never honestly worked for me. OneNote has promise but my work client is refusing to sync to M365 browser, and my IT Admin has disable Chrome plugin to copy and paste?!

[#]notes

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Written by Paul Will Gamble :mastodon: on 2025-01-09 at 18:04

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I’ve tired Derek Sivers’ plaintext method for a hot minute, but syncing between shared drives was a task as well.

https://sive.rs/plaintext

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Toot

Written by Paul Will Gamble :mastodon: on 2025-01-09 at 18:07

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My nephew tipped me off to Bullet Journalling method, which honestly helps me daily but not for long term notes. I do get lucky if I keep up indexing and referencing… but not digitally efficient

http://bulletjournal.com

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Descendants

Written by Paul Will Gamble :mastodon: on 2025-01-09 at 18:10

4/ I’ll continue to struggle with plaintext or a M$ solution I suppose.

I still reference an html page I exported from WikidPad that has been the giant golden copy of my notes.

An easy portable markdown wiki html might be my final destination. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Written by Paul Will Gamble :mastodon: on 2025-01-09 at 18:27

5/ Oh look…MS Edge allows copy and paste with M365 OneNote.

It’s the petty enshitification that’s running business strategy that creates mistrust with users, not habits.

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