A junior of mine once asked whether I take notes when doing researches, to which I replied
“Of course I do, and you will have to, if you want to keep your sanity.”
I followed up the answer with remarks, which other juniors may find interesting, hence this article.
First, Markdown is a good thing to learn. It’s simple and is supported by many editors, one of which may suit you.
To name a few, there are
- Ulysses for those who likes to set goals and customise things,
- Bear for those who hates Evernote but wants something similar and finally
- iA Writer for those who likes Bear but prefers one-time payment1.
On Notion 🔗
I’ve noticed people start taking notes in Notion, which I had tried for several months before giving up. The blocks were cool and all, but I just want to flush out my thoughts and assign simple structure to them. No need for blocks within blocks within another giant block!
Quick-and-Dirty Example for Markdown Syntax 🔗
You may look at the source code of this article.23
# On Note-Taking Softwares
A junior of mine once asked whether I take notes when doing researches, to which I replied
> "Of course I do, and you will have to, if you want to keep your sanity."
I followed up the answer with remarks, which other juniors may find interesting, hence this article.
First, [Markdown](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) is a good thing to learn. It's simple and is supported by many editors, one of which may suit you.
To name a few, there are
* Ulysses for those who likes to set goals and customise things,
* Bear for those who hates Evernote but wants something similar and finally
* iA Writer for those who prefers one-time payment[^footnote].
[^footnote]: Myself included.
## On Notion
I've noticed people start taking notes in Notion, which I had tried for several months before giving up. The blocks were cool and all, but I just want to flush out my thoughts and assign simple structure to them. No need for _**blocks within blocks within another giant block!**_
## Quick-and-Dirty Example for Markdown Syntax
You may look at the source code of this article.[^more-features][^compile]
[^more-features]: You can add images and tables; I rarely do that, though.
[^compile]: If you want to convert your `.md` files into PDF, check out [pandoc](https://pandoc.org).
```markdown
# On Note-Taking Softwares
...
```