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something like dynalist is great for taking notes. more importantly is has a good search which is something HG probably wouldnt have if they let you add notes. not much good if you can take notes but never find them again!
i have it open on my phone or laptop most of the time when im playing and jot down a few notes when there is time to kill like flying between planets or waiting for a storm to blow over
this is the template i copy and paste when i get to a new system if youre interested https://dynalist.io/d/mJd71gKUP3XXowrBHmDpWHS- it probably seems a bit excessive but its helped a ton of times when i wanted to find a certain place and all i could remember was that it was a vykeen system, or that it had two moons or whatever
You'll be hard pressed to find a mobile screenwriting app with good outining features. IMHO, Final Draft mobile is hands down the best mobile screenwriting app, and it's dirt cheap.
I recommend signing up for a free subscription to Dynalist and use their excellent outlining features on your ipad, and then copy/paste them into your Final Draft document.
Dynalist has iOS apps and also can be accessed from any browser. I particularly like their focusing and navigating features. You can quickly zoom in on a single scene or a single beat, and then quickly move to any part of your outline. Give it a try.
windows / online specific applications:
makes a lot of things so much easier (taking notes, writing proposals, sending tech support tickets / screencast gifs, drafting diagrams, annotating images, posting to stackoverflow/reddit with images/gifs, UX suggestions, grabbing text from a screenshot image)
https://dynalist.io/, this is my favorite notetaking app of the 30 or so most popular ones out there (tiddlywiki, evernote, onenote, laverna, stackedit.io , app.classeur.io, jupyter notebook, gingko, chekvist, trello, workflowy, etc)
Those are my favorite 2 apps of the 500 to 1000+ apps I've used so far.
Re #3, the problem is that users develop those 3rd party plugins, and thus they are spread over the net. It was suggested that someone could combine them into one central snapshot repository, and all heck issued forth. To do it politely, you would have to get permission from dozens, possibly hundreds of authors, for which some of whom you have no contact information. Even though the code is technically open source, a lot of people have very proprietary feelings about their code. If it wasn't for this political angle, this is something I would probably be pursuing. The community had a reminder recently how tenuous the current situation is when the tiddlyspot server went down.
The closest thing to a repository is the listing Tiddlywiki toolmap. It's pretty well maintained.
In general, plugins will continue to be as secure as the browser allows them. That is, TW is just a javascript web page, and the browser won't let it do anything too seriously dangerous. TW has been very robust in terms of backwards compatibility. People are still using plugins from 5 years ago.
The only way to know if your version of TW is behind is to check TiddlyWiki.com. Mostly this only matters if you're looking for new features, or compatibility with a new plugin.
If you're not dedicated to the idea of cards in a Habitica-style layout (I use Habitica too), you might try using dynalist.io. I actually use both of these because I too have tried to find a system that's like the one you're describing and have failed :/. I use Habitica for my general day-to-day stuff and for the next steps of projects, and then I use dynalist to braindump and make checklists for larger life projects. You could use the tagging in dynalist to make yourself a todo-list, but I find the Habitica layout kind of endearing and I like it for habit tracking as well.
Seriously though, I live in Dynalist.io (Workflowy w' features).
It's not one to-do list, or even doc, you can create as many lists, or seperate docs as you like, with endless drilling down into 'bullet points', which can also get checked off and stay visible, or hidden. Sounds like a recipe for navel-gazing, but it really works! https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/5ykjp6/first_impressions_dynalist_is_what_i_hoped/
Try Dynalist.
Besides its beautiful minimal UI, what I love about Dynalist is it gives you enough freedom to work to your own specification, rather than forcing you to work to its specification like most todo list apps do...
Try out the Live Demo (doesn't require registration) and see if it's of any use to you.
Check out Dynalist. It's an outliner, so you can use it for much more than just a simple to-do list, but if that's all you need, then it gets out of your way and gets to your content immediately. It also has mobile apps and offline support, which is always a plus.
Welcome back! I've compiled a list (warning: exhaustive) of Spanish tools at https://dynalist.io/d/h6srKz_Gag-HsU99Qrx6QE7T. I used Duolingo to get some basic words down and WeSpeke to chat with others.
I'm also building tools to help me learn, you can check them out at www.getflowlingo.com (free--check out the mobile app to read books, watch music videos, read news, etc). I'd love feedback if you try it.
I've tried them both, didn't like either.
I hate Fountain. I only use it as a last resort when I don't have access to a real screenwriting app and I have to write a scene in a notepad app. Which is almost never, because I have Final Draft Mobile on my phone. Fountain is screenwriting for code monkeys. If you squee at Markdown and Regex, this is for you.
I like writing on a script page, where What You See Is What You Get. I don't like embedded codes. I like the app to help me write faster and easier.
My #1 recommendation is Final Draft. You'll end up buying a copy if you turn pro, so why not start out with professional tools? If you can't afford it, use WriterSolo for free -- no charge or limits ever -- it does a good job and you can't beat the price.
In addition, you'll need some kind of an organizer to help you break your story. Look at Scrivener, which has great organizational tools and a so-so screenplay mode. (I often type my pages I Final Draft, then paste them into Scrivener.)
If you prefer outliners, my favorite is https://dynalist.io, which can run in a browser or as an app. You can use it for free, but the Pro features are worth paying $5/month. As a paid subscriber, you can keep the files in the app private on your hard drive, instead of synced on their server.
Hope that helps.
I'm glad you asked!
The person next to Shida is Guido [1], the creator of the Python programming language. Shida was fortunate enough to take a picture with him when they were both working at Dropbox! It was meant to be a laugh, but the confusion is understandable now that Obsidian seems to have grown beyond its initial niche audience.
To answer your other questions, Obsidian is made by Dynalist Inc (uncreatively named after our first product, Dynalist: https://dynalist.io) and like you found out, Dynalist Inc is a Canadian company.
Hope that helps!
Thank you for sharing. These look like a great resource for a deep dive into a particular topic, one I'll keep in mind.
My primary aim is to reduce intellectual blindspots through exposure to the breadth of human inquiry. Propædia looks promising.
So i wrote this a couple years ago as I was going through OSCP curriculum.. and only a novice myself. Take it for what it is worth. https://dynalist.io/d/mbNRBGCXctEwJqDqcoWo1HIx
But uh, there are a ton of red team workflows all over. If you can't find them effectively then life is going to be really challenging for you as a red teamer.
It's a free, infinitely-nesting bulleted list with the ability to create cross-links to itself.
So I have three main sections in my GM notes: Places, People,and Sessions. The first section includes notes on all the NPCs that have shown up so far, or that I know are lurking in the background. The second section includes notes on all the campaign locations and regions of the world, arranged hierarchically (continent, then country, then city, then individual places/buildings/businesses), and has links back to the entries in the People section for which people are likely to be found at a given place. The final section has one sub-section for each session, and in my prep for that session I collect links to all the places the party is likely to visit, all the NPCs they're likely to encounter, and additional details relevant to that particular session. Then I take notes during play, and between sessions use those notes to update the People and Places entries.
>But I keep hoping there's something out there that would make the whole business of acts and scenes and plot-points and etc. a lot easier to visualize and play with.
If you find it, let me know. The best solution I've found so far is Dynalist, which uses a free/premium model. I've used OmniOutliner for many years, and I find Dynalist much faster and easier.
Dynalist has a fast and easy tagging system, so you can quickly see all your scenes tagged with a plotline or a character. The free level might be enough for you -- give it a try. It's a cloud app, but it also has desktop and mobile versions and they all tlak to the same cloud account.
Hmm I know I downloaded some plugins for things like mass-editing tags but not anything specifically for data, though. It may be worth investigating if the tiddlywiki can pull data from your existing spreadsheets or to link out to the spreadsheets if you don't want to transfer it, or perhaps this list of data visualisation/table plugins might have something worthwhile in it.
Be careful with the app for the moment - I'm not sure if it's out of alpha yet, I remember last month they did an update which got rid of some big bugs but also wiped my training data lol.
This is very interesting. I binged on Asian psycho thrillers for quite a while. I also made a list on dynalist. If you wish you can add these plus any other suggestions that you might have!!
To complete tasks:
You need to do the first step of a task and not think about the entire task to much.
For example: have to write something: write the title. Have to work out: put on shoes and clothes and go, if you still don't want to work out once you are there go back home (happend maybe twice in my life). Have to clean up a space: start with just finding the trash and throw away (or emptying the trash can so you can start doing that).
If after the first step you do not want to continue/complete the task that's fine, but most likely you will complete it. Or at least part of it.
To list tasks:
I like to make checkboxes, on paper or on dynalist.io
Motivation:
You have to find what is important to you in life. Why do you want to achieve your goals? You do make them for yourself, do you know why?
For example:
If you like lving in luxery you will have to find a way to get huge income, and working for that will be worth it cause it is in line with one of your core values.
If you are a minimalist who want's to live in a shed in the woods you will never get motivation to work hard in a corporate job cause that is not in line with your core values, and maybe you will just accept that it is sometimes cold in the woods and that is oke for you.
These are just exceptions on the extreme end of a spectrum, lots of people will be hapy somewere in the middle.
I am looking for this option and cannot find it. Screenshot
Can you help me find it? Currently, CloudSync is just saving .gdoc files that only contain an ASCII URL.
I avoid writing mid/long-term documentation in a personal file or folder. Always a shared document, because I'll be leaving one day. Also it helps a lot when previous colleagues do this. Too many people take their own notes that can't be efficiently shared. Eventually they drop you a huge badly-organized Onenote when they leave, which you can't use efficiently.
That means that those notes need to be in a format relatively standard in the company, and organized and written fairly clearly.
Anything short term I take in whatever tool I like at the moment, and those notes get deleted/thrown away once the topic is done. If a piece of info is needed for the longer term, I eventually type it into a shared documentation.
In practice, currently I document the projects and tools in Word/Google Docs in the department shared folders, because that's where everyone works already, and that's where future colleagues will look. If we had a long-term wiki/Confluence I'd probably use that.
Some writing guidelines: put clear filenames and headings in the files so anyone can find its way around; use pictures, screenshots, and lists rather than long text; make links to other files when relevant; always document in English instead of the local language so any colleague can read, including foreigners. I encourage colleagues to comment/edit the files too, documentation should be a collaborative effort.
For personal short term notes, I currently really like Dynalist. I keep my task list there as an outline and take notes in the items. They get deleted when finished, so the file never grows very large and could be migrated to any other tool any time. I also scribble on A5 detachable notes that get thrown after I'm done, I don't keep any paper.
It works well. In particular it means I don't accumulate a huge amount of personal old notes. I found that in practice you don't refer to your old notes years after. Documentation goes with the project, not with me.
Well, there's habito which I found by searching the tiddlywiki toolmap .
If that doesn't do it for you, perhaps you could describe in more detail what you want to track, how it would work, etc.
Because of the way I design stuff, I like to take hierarchical notes. I've gotten used to using Dynalist to organize my notes. It'll have links to all other kinds of stuff but generally the mass majority of my notes is stored there.
Google Docs, One Note, Wonderdraft, DungeonFog and Donjon are all other stuff I've used though.
You name it I have tried it I have been looking for a good process for a decade. My fall back has been google task with an android app called CalenGoo. What I like is it is fast with either a task or an event and you can have sub tasks in a task or event it's a cool app just dated. The next Modern one I want to try is DynaList but it's pricy.
Behind Obsidian is a whole team of full-time developers I think, they create https://dynalist.io/ before (they even use the same icons and fonts in both apps :P)
So what u/nathan_lesage (with the contribution from the community) achieve is a really big deal!
Oh yes, it may be harder to give examples of what you cannot do with tiddlywiki. Here is a list with over 600 examples: https://dynalist.io/d/zUP-nIWu2FFoXH-oM7L7d9DM
I would suggest to take a look at "Task management", "Presentations" and "Writing and editing - note-taking" in that list
I use an app that allows for collapsable and cross-referenced bullets (https://dynalist.io/). This way I can just uncollapse bullets on a specific area, room, creature, plot hook, if necessary following a link to the referenced page, and look at very detailed information, all the while keeping it orderly. I make a new page for every session that is a couple of bullets, but is very very long if I uncollapse them.
Dynalist is a bulletpoint outliner that has a paid mind map view. It can do the zoom stuff you need, but it's still a bulleted outline at heart and you have to do your edits in outline mode, the mindmap is just a view.
https://dynalist.io/pricing
https://help.dynalist.io/article/84-switch-to-another-view
Also, unless I'm mistaken, you can't make a mindmap viewable for others. It's just your account gets a button that says "view this outline as a mindmap".
For work I use a productivity apps called TickTick, so I made a list there called Books to Read. Later I added descriptions of the books to help me choose my next read. I can mark percentage done if I choose to put down a book for a while, I can search through completed items to see when they were marked, I can add comments about what I think of the book as I go, and it's in an app that I have open on my phone or my computer pretty much permanently.
I know it's not a solution for everyone and I definitely don't recommend installing a productivity apps if this is all you're using it for.
Another service I'm quite fond of lately (and it's free) is Dynalist. It's basically an outline document with unlimited bullet points under bullet points that you can zoom in on. Great for keeping lists and notes. Would be great for a reading list, especially if you like keeping notes on characters that can cross reference and stuff... It can be as indepth or as simple as you like.
TiddlyWiki.com itself has a lot of resources under "Learning" and "Community".
This is one of the most thorough listing of resources for TiddlyWiki.
Scripts in TiddlyWiki is another great compilation of techniques and information for TiddlyWiki.
You might be overplanning as others already said, but maybe you have a tool issue too.
Had the same problem. One big document or many little ones are both a messy nightmare.
Then I discovered Outliners (using Dynalist but other exist) and it helps so much.
Mind mapping could work well for this. Or Dynalist for outlining. A good quality task management system could also hold all the tasks, and projects and you could use the views command in most task management systems to view the tasks by phase, project, priority, due data, etc. Here is a video how I use task management views to focus on different aspects of tasks and projects.
Checkout Dynalist.io. It lets you nest your lists anyway you like. I've been using it for years and love it for organizing my thoughts and notes. I personally prefer Todoist for organizing my tasks, but Dynalist certainly can be used for that too. And it lets you choose to show or hide your "checked" (i.e. completed) items.
I tried mixing work and personal in Things, and the workload became too overwhelming. This is in part because Things doesn't allow a hierachy of folders within folders. You end up with long lists of areas and projects.
As an experiment, I started moving my work projects out of Things and into Dynalist. Dynalist is an outliner designed for GTD with fast tagging and searching features.
I'm finding that for managing huge projects with many moving parts, Dynalist does a better job. I still use Things dozens of times a day. Things is best at reminders and keeping a small number of tasks and projects moving ahead.
Hope that helps.
Hey, for bigger text parts, outliners are amazing.
It's the same structure as a mindmap, but in list form, with neat navigation stuff.
I use Dynalist, but other exists.
Give it a look, it might help you.
I personally use a single page for everything. I like it's ability to go from big picture down to small tasks. It is one of those systems where you build whatever works best for you in it. Which is the reason it is the longest I've ever stayed with one app. I use a single document with tags and bookmarks broken down in the GTD way. Someday and other goals are top level headers down the bottom.
Not as I understand it. I used WF for years, and it holds everything in one big outline. When you click on the bullet, it focuses in on that level of the outline, hiding the rest. It's not showing a separate page.
Dynalist has a sidebar where you can add documents and folders. So you can keep your outlines separate. You can still focus in on anything in your outline, just like WF. It also has a tab in the sidebar for showing a list of all your tags.
Here's a comparison chart from the Dynalist site.
If you like Workflowy, try Dynalist - it does everything Workflowy does and more. For one thing, you can have multiple documents, where WF forces you to keep everything in one long outline.
The free version is fine for working on a beat sheet. If you're going to do something more fancy like GTD, you might consider the paid option.
I was going to suggest notion, is very powerfull, but for me it can be too much and a bit distracting. That is why I use Dynalist, is really just a powerful list. I write my big plans and actionable subtasks. It makes a long project seem possible, for me. It's free and the limits of the free plan don't affect me.
- Learning keyboard shortcuts for all my apps and using them. Even browser windows and the finder.
- sitting in a good chair with a monitor and the right height.
- An acupressure mat. Tiny circular spikes on a mat that you relax on with a book or movie at the end of the day. Looks like it will be painful be it the total opposite.
- Dynalist a good task management list maker that uses markdown.
First of all, TiddlyWiki is insanely usefull by it's own. You should learn how to use it before starting to fill it with plugins.
But if you cannot find the solution to your problem on https://tiddlywiki.com and you really need additional stuff, we have "some" plugins: have a look at https://tiddlywiki.com/#Plugins and https://dynalist.io/d/zUP-nIWu2FFoXH-oM7L7d9DM
I use application named "dynalist.io" for everything form notes, tasks, todos.
But then again, I have so much information there by now, that even when I do backups, it makes me nervous that it's 3rd party.
Aaaaand this is one of the things I really hate about Google.
They think they're so clever with their metrics and data collection and analysis that they never stop to actually ASK people what they think. Was that search result relevant, or was it utter crap? We're thinking of implementing X feature, do you like it? Is there any functionality you find yourself badly missing from Google Sheets? Would you prefer Tasks integrated with Gmail and Calendar, or do you like the canvas the way it is?
They treat people like cattle. Although providing free stuff is a good thing, the problem is it destroys the competition. Like with Google Maps, I pay for TomTom software on my phone because GMaps has flaws like you can't tell it to avoid part of a route, but the competition is pretty poor because there's not much market there any more because everyone users gmaps.
Then there's Android where they keep making changes for the worse.
With Google stuff there's always no support and no feedback.
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There's the old saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" and to be fair what Google gives us for absolutely nothing is pretty good. Don't think I'd ever pay for any google services tho. Because they do stuff like this!
Absolutely devastated about losing task canvas, it is my life. Every day new things go in, and completed stuff gets ticked off. The stuff that's already in there dictates how I plan my day, week, month, year.
That feeble pathetic sidebar thing in Calendar and Gmail is woefully inadequate.
As suggested in another comment here, I'll start migrating to https://dynalist.io and see how I get on with that. Let's hope for the best.
Take a look at https://dynalist.io It's similar but you focus on differently. I particularly like the link previews
Do you perhaps have any indication whether you should do mobile first or web first? I'm genuinely interested because my gut tells me that note taking happens on the desktop more often but I've no data to back it up.
I use dynalist to track and organize my thoughts.
It's freeform, but the way I structure things is by keeping a daily journal. I write down interesting thoughts, design questions, game ideas as they come to me. Using hashtags helps me find related things at a later date. Some examples of hashtags that I use are #design, #analysis, #idea, #art #theme #technique
The mobile app is great too, anytime anywhere, write all thoughts down.
Good Luck with it!
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I have been in similar situations while pursuing my Ph.D.(currently doing) but there is one method that makes this situation a little better(at least for me).
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While all the goals that you have written down are noble/worthy in itself, its often "procrastinated" because we don't have a more detailed picture of the action steps. Although this sounds simple enough it is harder in the real world. Break it down into smallest actionable step you can take today (to the hour). Usually, those steps are broken down into even smaller bits and it keeps getting smaller until you get to the smallest task that is clear and easily achievable. This clarity combined with thoughts of achievement of the end goal would bring sufficient motivation to complete the smallest goals possible.
You can use any tool you like or maybe even paper would do. I use this tool https://dynalist.io to organize my workflow every day. Its free and its free version is mostly what I needed for my tasks. At least it helps me to break it down into smaller and smaller tasks. The smallest task would be something that is actionable within one hour.
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Good luck with everything !
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Find "Journals" on this Dynalist use cases page to see how one user uses Dynalist to manage journals.
This page has examples of lists and other use cases you can try. Click the "Click to Try This" button below each list to see how it all works.
Dynalist is free and has an optional subscription that offers more features. There's also a Dynalist phone app.
Look at some of Dynalist use cases. You can try one of those use cases out by clicking the
Ableton Reference Manual - Version 10
Been setting some music goals to start off the year, so I mapped out all of the links for Ableton's online manual into a Dynalist document. I figured it might take a few weeks to get through, so the checklist features will be useful for keeping track of progress. Also figured some of you guys might find it useful as well.
You'll need a (free) Dynalist account to use it.
<strong>Sign up here</strong> if you don't already have an account. (You get a free month of Dynalist Pro, I get some credit towards a Pro account.)
Once you're logged in, <strong>copy the document</strong> to your account. Then you'll be all set to keep track of your progress.
I demoed some of the basic navigation features in the video, but make sure to check out the other features & keyboard shortcuts as well. You can add notes and highlights to sections as you work your way through.
Oh man, WorkFlowy was great, but have you seen Dynalist? There's no monthly line limit, free dark theme, due dates, checklists, image attachments. Basically improved on everything that was great about WorkFlowy.
Dynalist might be an option - has dates, can sync calendar etc. It's like Workflowy but with active development. Dynalist, like Workflowy, is presently missing an email-in feature, and a good clipper - same issues as Workflowy and Zenkit.
I'm also keen on Weekplan, but they do things like remove features (such as Month view) for overview planning... in an app that's meant to be big picture planning. Zenkit I like but it's a bit slow to start on Android and still a bit beta on sync and working with the fields (I've lost inputs a number of times). Zenkit is promising but not ready to be my trusted system yet.
I do the same seeking as you. My shortlist presently is: Toodledo (the Journal or other notes would be made in their Notes or Outline sections, but beware Outline is buggy), Nirvana (no Journal or big picture option), Zenkit, Trello (info gets lost in a mass of cards and long columns if you have a lot going on), Todoist (using separate lists for journal/notes, but the whitespace and poor keyboard shortcuts is frustrating - it's an overrated app), TickTick (I have trust issues with its ownership and had a zero support experience so I won't use it), Checkvist (which is superior to Workflowy and Dynalist on desktop but inferior on mobile), Nozbe (but no journal option), Weekplan (buggy), Dynalist and Everdo (waiting on mobile component). Toodledo is functionally the best but has some sync issues I've found (I stopped trusting it when I had to check the same item off on different clients several times).
Dynalist has been my go to note taker/task management app lately. I have been using it to slowly organize every aspect of my life as well as let thoughts that feel important (see inbox feature) be recorded for me to deal with and organize later. It also syncs with google calendar.
Edit: link: https://dynalist.io/ Also want to note that your notes sync across all devices. Also the inbox feature is premium, but completely worth it imo.
People have suggested Workflowy and dynalist.io. Workflowy has a limit of 250 items a month, which is way too little for me, so I am using dynalist.io for now. They were already working on adding note linking, and I added a couple of feature requests (nesting, diffs, regex).
They were started in June, but looking at their progress, I think they might implement these soon.