Tiago's point about new tools not being reliable is why I gravitated to obsidian, even though it's new. At the back end every note in obsidian is a simple text file. If obsidian goes away, I can still search through my notes - Windows' file manager's search function allows one to search inside files while on Linux I can just use grep. My main issue with Evernote is that it's web only. Having said that, I'm only able to use digital tools for my 'non technical' (for lack of a better term) notes. As an electrical engineer, notes I make, while studying my area of work, involve circuit diagrams. It's quite inconvenient to draw a diagram on a schematic editor, export that to an image and then paste it in obsidian. It takes far lesser time to just make notes by hand. So all my electrical engineering notes are on index cards that are linked using the Zettelkasten system. I do hope someone comes up with a nice digital solution some day, maybe an obsidian extension.
You are saying Evernote is web-only which is not true. Maybe you are only using the free version which limits to 2 device sync. But, bottom line, Evernote is NOT web only.
Tiago's point about new tools not being reliable is why I gravitated to obsidian, even though it's new. At the back end every note in obsidian is a simple text file. If obsidian goes away, I can still search through my notes - Windows' file manager's search function allows one to search inside files while on Linux I can just use grep.
My main issue with Evernote is that it's web only.
Having said that, I'm only able to use digital tools for my 'non technical' (for lack of a better term) notes. As an electrical engineer, notes I make, while studying my area of work, involve circuit diagrams. It's quite inconvenient to draw a diagram on a schematic editor, export that to an image and then paste it in obsidian. It takes far lesser time to just make notes by hand. So all my electrical engineering notes are on index cards that are linked using the Zettelkasten system.
I do hope someone comes up with a nice digital solution some day, maybe an obsidian extension.
Super interesting to hear about your use case. Thanks for sharing. 👍
You are saying Evernote is web-only which is not true. Maybe you are only using the free version which limits to 2 device sync. But, bottom line, Evernote is NOT web only.
@@ryanbrownx1 so does Evernote (1) have offline files in the paid version? (2) have a linux client for desktop in the paid version?
@@ashwith yes and yes. The Linux app is in beta
Supernote A5X (e-ink tablet) can do OCR and also link now.
Tiago Musk
Evernote was great as a storage like... 10 years ago. Now, at least on MacOS/iOS, it's a nightmare to use for PKM. Just my opinion.
Interesting video, but not keen on the HUGE subtitles.
Thanks for the feedback! Good to know.
I thought he used notion?
Notion can certainly work well, but as he says, he's an Evernote user.
He uses Evernote to collect everything, I think, and Notion to create, I think. He has some free Notion templates out.
Good interview with Elon.
😂