{"id":496674,"date":"2022-09-28T15:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:30:30","slug":"do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/","title":{"rendered":"#Do You Even Need a Note-Taking App?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dae4bd093f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dae4bd093f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/#%E2%80%9CDo_You_Even_Need_a_Note-Taking_App%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Do You Even Need a Note-Taking App?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/#Apps_as_Elaborate_as_Your_Thoughts\" >Apps as Elaborate as Your Thoughts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/#Better_Note-Taking_Apps_Wont_Help_You_Take_Better_Notes\" >Better Note-Taking Apps Won\u2019t Help You Take Better Notes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/#The_Biggest_Advantage_Over_Pen_to_Paper\" >The Biggest Advantage Over Pen to Paper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-even-need-a-note-taking-app\/#Dont_Let_Your_Note-Taking_App_Become_All_Talk\" >Don\u2019t Let Your Note-Taking App Become All Talk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDo_You_Even_Need_a_Note-Taking_App%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Do You Even Need a Note-Taking App?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-771728\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/notepad-pen-macbook-keyboard.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Notepad and pen on top of a Macbook keyboard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/office-table-workplace-laptop-glasses-note-304375058\">Homu Studio\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taking notes has come a long way since the loose leaf in my school notebooks were covered with swirly doodles and repeated attempts at a cool signature. Today every thought can be quickly recorded and collated in elaborate color-coded databases, just like our brains could do if they weren\u2019t occupied by trying to remember actors\u2019 names.<\/p>\n<p>Note-taking <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s have made the practice of making notes instead of actually getting anything done\u00a0way more artful. They\u00a0can combine different types of content like handwritten notes and audio recordings onto one page, allow you to search your notes for key phrases, and can be synced across all devices.<\/p>\n<p>But unless you\u2019re doing a Mission Control check before takeoff, are all these features necessary or just a distraction from actually doing stuff?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Apps_as_Elaborate_as_Your_Thoughts\"><\/span>Apps as Elaborate as Your Thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When encountering the project and notes management app\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notion.so\/\">Notion<\/a>, one feels like they need another note-taking app just to understand how to use it. But it\u2019s not that difficult. It lets users combine dozens of block types in its text editor, so your notes can take the form of text, images, web pages, tables, and whatever else you want to cram in there. God help anyone who actually needs to take these kinds of notes.<\/p>\n<p>Notes can be shared with friends if you\u2019re covering for anyone skipping the big company work presentation, and you can even publish them online, in case you\u2019re really proud of your notes on President Millard Fillmore and need the world to see them. Feel free to use Notion if you\u2019ve never had a notion. I\u2019ve had whims and schemes and some vague ideas, but no notions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-box  \">\n<div class=\"product-img product-img-noaward\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/StylusHome-Magnetic-Universal-Microsoft-Capacitive\/dp\/B088CW3F8F\/r?tag=lsmedia-10960-20\" onclick=\"fbq('track', 'Buy Button'); if (fb_t_convert){fb_t_convert();}\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31O2P7JpCjL._SL160_.jpg\" height=\"147px\" width=\"150px\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\">Evernote<\/a> has been around for a while and lets users turn their thoughts into multi<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> presentations to themselves, filled with scans and audio and web pages, all stored in color-coded pages that can be flagged and highlighted and assigned due dates. Still with me?<\/p>\n<p>It can be especially useful for managing large amounts of text, like if you\u2019re a student doing their master\u2019s thesis on\u00a0Michel Foucault, or the last human being on earth who needs to explain what humanity was to visiting aliens.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.myscript.nebo\">Nebo<\/a> is one of the better handwriting recognition apps out there if you\u2019re tired of \u201cCall Susan after lunch\u201d turning into \u201cCraft Rufus a hutch\u201d or something, and the more technical <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=md.obsidian\">Obsidian<\/a> markets itself as a \u201csecond brain,\u201d in case your current one is at capacity. Features abound.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Better_Note-Taking_Apps_Wont_Help_You_Take_Better_Notes\"><\/span>Better Note-Taking Apps Won\u2019t Help You Take Better Notes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-772296\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/apple-notes-icon-logo-tablet-pencil.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/tambov-russian-federation-august-23-2017-706603081\">Ekaterina_Minaeva\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plenty of these apps are obviously well designed, but they\u2019re not necessarily an improvement on Apple Notes or Notepad or whatever simple built-in thing you already have.\u00a0What many of them do is turn note-taking into an active hobby.<\/p>\n<p>They let you take such elaborate, cool-looking notes that sometimes you may not feel the urge to do anything else and just want everyone to see your awesome notes. All the extra features, while certainly sleek, may add an unnecessary level of bureaucracy to the simple act of putting a thought down. When scrolling through, one may end up feeling like Jennifer Lopez walking around in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=22gw_64AGKM&amp;ab_channel=Movieclips\"><em>The Cell<\/em><\/a> (or a more modern, relatable reference).<\/p>\n<p>It may just be me (and it probably is), but I always tended to make extended notes and to-do lists during those times in life when I wasn\u2019t actually doing anything. That doesn\u2019t mean these are useless.\u00a0It\u2019s simply that our brains often don\u2019t require tons of bells and whistles to write a thought or plan.<\/p>\n<p>These advanced note-taking apps are\u00a0probably best for those in specific careers. Obsidian could be useful for anyone with a coding background, and Notion for students in graduate school, recipe writers, and those who regularly give elaborate presentations.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Biggest_Advantage_Over_Pen_to_Paper\"><\/span>The Biggest Advantage Over Pen to Paper<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps the biggest advantage note-taking apps have over taking pen to paper is the search feature. When I think about all the probably amazing ideas I\u2019ve been unable to find or read in endless pages of handwritten notes, I start going into the Rutger Hauer monologue at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HU7Ga7qTLDU&amp;ab_channel=Movieclips\">end of <em>Blade Runner<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=2QzUaswX1as&amp;mid=24542&amp;u1=htg\/834289|xid:{xid}&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fmicrosoft-365%2Fonenote%2Fdigital-note-taking-app&amp;___trxnet=ls\">OneNote<\/a>, for instance, the search feature lets you search text, images, audio and video recordings, PDFs, and handwritten notes, among other formats.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the problem with being able to access every hastily put-down thought is that, before searching, we were able to over-romanticize ideas lost to the ether as if they were an unrealized Sistine Chapel. But now we can quickly retrieve them and realize most were actually terrible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobot vacuum slippers\u201d? No one\u2019s going to buy that.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_Let_Your_Note-Taking_App_Become_All_Talk\"><\/span>Don\u2019t Let Your Note-Taking App Become All Talk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re religious about taking notes in an organized fashion, by all means, go hog wild with these apps. Over time it may become clear that you don\u2019t actually need anything fancy, you just need that pesky discipline, and no app out there is going to help with that. Believe me I\u2019ve looked.<\/p>\n<p>Still, notes in any form can often help you produce better work. 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