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Desktop Digitizer Makes Note Capture a Breeze

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/16/desktop-digitizer-makes-note-capture-a-breeze/

Desktop Digitizer Makes Note Capture a Breeze

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/16/desktop-digitizer-makes-note-capture-a-breeze/

I find striking how much of a hype there is around concepts like "second brain", "zettelkasten", "networked note-taking", "PARA method", "Johnny Decimal", etc., and around note-taking apps such as Roam Research, Notion, Obsidian, and so on. So I found fascinating Kevin Baker's May 2024 take on them as "sandboxes for infinite varieties of avoidant labor".

Here's the relevant excerpt, shared without further comment:

"Incapacitating" is exactly how I would describe my relationship to computers, especially since the start of the pandemic. "Friction" for me looks like uncertainty, partial knowledge, ambiguity, disorder, or anxiety. The ecosystem of note taking software and influencers that has emerged since 2020 offer a great example of what I am talking about. Writing is a task which forces one to confront ambiguity, uncertainty, and one’s own limits directly, so it’s not surprising that a coterie of avoidance entrepreneurs sprung up around it. The goal of note taking systems, almost without exception, is to provide a smooth, frictionless environment for making connections between disparate topics. As your “second brain” develops, the ability—and indeed the desire—to create a dense latticework of connections increases. The problem for me, at least, is that I don’t find the work of making connections to be difficult. If anything, my “first brain” tends to overproduce these kinds of thoughts.

What it does provide, however, is a sandbox for infinite varieties of “avoidant labor.” If your writing anxiety focuses, like mine frequently does, on the possibility of “accidental plagiarism,” well, you can tend to your “zettlekasten,” and ensure that everything you ever highlighted is properly cited and tagged. If you have a more generic form of writing anxiety, why not spend a few hours linking your notes? In both cases, you have an act adjacent to writing, which relieves some of the tension of not writing but actively avoids the task itself.

I find striking how much of a hype there is around concepts like "second brain", "zettelkasten", "networked note-taking", "PARA method", "Johnny Decimal", etc., and around note-taking apps such as Roam Research, Notion, Obsidian, and so on. So I found fascinating Kevin Baker's May 2024 take on them as "sandboxes for infinite varieties of avoidant labor".

Here's the relevant excerpt, shared without further comment:

"Incapacitating" is exactly how I would describe my relationship to computers, especially since the start of the pandemic. "Friction" for me looks like uncertainty, partial knowledge, ambiguity, disorder, or anxiety. The ecosystem of note taking software and influencers that has emerged since 2020 offer a great example of what I am talking about. Writing is a task which forces one to confront ambiguity, uncertainty, and one’s own limits directly, so it’s not surprising that a coterie of avoidance entrepreneurs sprung up around it. The goal of note taking systems, almost without exception, is to provide a smooth, frictionless environment for making connections between disparate topics. As your “second brain” develops, the ability—and indeed the desire—to create a dense latticework of connections increases. The problem for me, at least, is that I don’t find the work of making connections to be difficult. If anything, my “first brain” tends to overproduce these kinds of thoughts.

What it does provide, however, is a sandbox for infinite varieties of “avoidant labor.” If your writing anxiety focuses, like mine frequently does, on the possibility of “accidental plagiarism,” well, you can tend to your “zettlekasten,” and ensure that everything you ever highlighted is properly cited and tagged. If you have a more generic form of writing anxiety, why not spend a few hours linking your notes? In both cases, you have an act adjacent to writing, which relieves some of the tension of not writing but actively avoids the task itself.

N2 #Slide : convertire le pagine di #Notion in #presentazioni

https://webappsmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/06/n2-slide-convertire-le-pagine-di-notion.html

N2 #Slide : convertire le pagine di #Notion in #presentazioni

https://webappsmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/06/n2-slide-convertire-le-pagine-di-notion.html

#Tipp #Workflowy #Wissensmanagement #Outliner

Workflowy funktioniert wie #RoamResearch, #Notion, #Remnote usw. als "System von Blöcken". Die Abschnitte werden als Blöcke bezeichnet, sind untereinander verknüpfbar usw., Stichwort Backlinks. (Obsidian hingegen erzeugt ein File System.)

Bei Workflowy können alle Daten aber als eine (!) #Markdown-Datei - in einem Zug - gesichert werden.

Markdown ermöglicht "schlanke" Dateien und Zukunftssicherheit

https://workflowy.com/

#Tipp #Workflowy #Wissensmanagement #Outliner

Workflowy funktioniert wie #RoamResearch, #Notion, #Remnote usw. als "System von Blöcken". Die Abschnitte werden als Blöcke bezeichnet, sind untereinander verknüpfbar usw., Stichwort Backlinks. (Obsidian hingegen erzeugt ein File System.)

Bei Workflowy können alle Daten aber als eine (!) #Markdown-Datei - in einem Zug - gesichert werden.

Markdown ermöglicht "schlanke" Dateien und Zukunftssicherheit

https://workflowy.com/

Considering if it's worth paying for #Tana after watching the Founders AMA. It's amazing, but #RoamResearch and #Notion might already meet my needs. Tana's unique features also create friction. Plus, it's too expensive for those not earning in dollars.

Considering if it's worth paying for #Tana after watching the Founders AMA. It's amazing, but #RoamResearch and #Notion might already meet my needs. Tana's unique features also create friction. Plus, it's too expensive for those not earning in dollars.

Hi everyone, the latest PKM Weekly post is live. This week, updates from:

#Capacities
#tana
#logseq
#obsidian
#remnote
#Notion
#RoamResearch

⏬

As I absolutely love wasting time, Substack is no longer part of the stack. Instead, using a WP+Convertkit combo.

- https://pkm-weekly.com/pkm-weekly-2024-06-29/

- https://medium.com/@ednico/personal-knowledge-management-pkm-weekly-2024-06-29-f09a7c1ec332

Many thanks as always for reading! 🙏

Hi everyone, the latest PKM Weekly post is live. This week, updates from:

#Capacities
#tana
#logseq
#obsidian
#remnote
#Notion
#RoamResearch

⏬

As I absolutely love wasting time, Substack is no longer part of the stack. Instead, using a WP+Convertkit combo.

- https://pkm-weekly.com/pkm-weekly-2024-06-29/

- https://medium.com/@ednico/personal-knowledge-management-pkm-weekly-2024-06-29-f09a7c1ec332

Many thanks as always for reading! 🙏

整理目前管理工作和學習的應用程式用途：

#Notion
從evernote移民，曾經試著把所有需求整併至單一平台處理，可惜一肥大操作流暢度就不好。現在只用於管理專案及寫作、用強大的database功能做流水帳式筆記、製作賞心悅目的書籍電影清單騙騙自己我看了很多 :ablobattention:

#紙本一周兩頁時間軸手帳
日／周／月計畫還是離不開手寫，檢視時間空檔排工作很方便，一些沒有明確死線的任務也會記在這裡，尤其轉Freelancer後，唯一缺點是弄丟手帳就完了。

#Todoist
用最久，週期性任務管理家事神好用，每天早上固定從Notion和手帳撈工作任務進來，確保在睡前清空相當有成就感。

#timetree
配合伴侶掌握彼此行程，但我需要定期把手帳內容更新上去有點冗。

#Google雲端/試算表
個人與家庭財務管理，實際上要跑統計報表還是習慣匯出excel表格比較順手。

#Trello
自從Notion出了看板功能就被冷凍了，不過拿來和讀書會成員協作書目文獻還是很方便。