#notes
iOS 18 Notes App: All the New Features: Google Must do Better
I only have an iPad left now from the Apple ecosystem, but after testing some of these features out, I must say that Google really needs to just try and catch up with their Notes app. Apple is definitely out-innovating Google here by a mile. Google has really neglected their Notes app quite badly.
Some of the new features I like most with the iOS Notes app are:
- Notes integrates with the Calculator app in iOS 18 for a new feature called Maths Notes. Maths Notes is designed to let you solve equations, so you can do things like add up your monthly budget, calculate what people owe for a group trip, or split a restaurant bill.
- Maths Notes with the Apple Pencil. Just write out equations by hand.
- All audio recordings that you capture with the Notes app are automatically transcribed in real-time.
- Transcription Summaries.
- If you have long notes with multiple headings, you can now collapse those headings.
- Highlight Colours (Google did release this, but it has not become usable across all my notes yet).
- Smart Script — The feature uses machine learning to recreate your own handwriting style to refine what you’ve written, making messy writing look neater.
See macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-not…
#Blog, #ios, #notes, #technology
11 Obsidian tips and tricks for boosting productivity with this Markdown editor and notes app
Obsidian is quite popular among writers, researchers, and students. When you create a long blog post, research paper, or project overview in Obsidian, navigating it using a keyboard and mouse can be cumbersome at times. Obsidian has a built-in feature to glance over page outlines and jump to relevant headings with a single click.
This is the 3rd article I’ve seen in two days about Obsidian tips and tricks. I have no idea why, but I have to admit even as a long time Obsidian user (I’ve done a video about it as well), I’ve actually picked up some new tips (because things change) so I suppose it is worth resharing something again about Obsidian.
New is a feature-rich Editing Toolbar at the top because the cMenu plugin I was using has not been updated for quite a while. This toolbar is more like the traditional toolbars you find on most word processors, and will be especially useful for new users.
I’d picked up on the Canvas plugin in an article yesterday, and it is quite a useful tool for mapping out thoughts and ideas for brainstorming, a bit like a mind map.
For me, apart from the rich ecosystem of plugins for Obsidian and the fact it saves in Markdown format, I make a lot of use of tagging and linking notes in Obsidian. I have hundreds of notes over the years, many of which were imported from when I used other Markdown editors.
See xda-developers.com/obsidian-ti…
#Blog, #notes, #obsidian, #technology
Guitar - Fretboard trainer website - Site d'entraînement à la connaissance du manche de guitare
Great website full of free exercises to train you.
- Note selection (with time-limit option)
- Note identification (with time-limit option)
- Interval identification
- Select the note’s locations
- Practice Major Scale
I am learning all the notes and intervals and this website is exactly what I needed !
Could maybe help someone else.
Excellent site web rempli d'exercices gratuits pour vous entraîner.
- Sélection de notes (temps limité en option)
- Identification des notes (temps limité en option)
- Identification de l'intervalle
- Sélectionner l'emplacement des notes
- Pratique de la gamme majeure
Je suis en train d'apprendre toutes les notes et les intervalles et ce site est exactement ce dont j'avais besoin !
Il pourrait peut-être aider quelqu'un d'autre ?
https://myfretboardtrainer.com/
#guitar #gretboard #practice #exercises #intervals #notes #guitare #manche #manchedeguitare #intervalles #exercices #entrainement
Les notes que mon ami avait laissé au sujet de Céline, qu'il vénérait, sauf concernant les pamphlets qu'il a directement sortis de sa bibliothèque pour les jeter...
Celine* "Ma conviction profonde à l'égard de Louis Ferdinand - Céline,
c'est qu'il n'avait pas plus d'illusions sur les idées que sur les
hommes et parce qu'individu exceptionnel, comme son langage,
il était singulier, singulièrement impair, comparable et réductible
à rien d'autre qu'à lui-même. (4 lignes biffées) il me semble
mériter d'être respecté à l'égal de certains cyniques de l'antiquité.
**Louis-Ferdinand Céline, c'est notre Diogène. ""
Probablement issu de la vidéo qui lui était attachée....
https://youtu.be/koZVMaxWtK8
How To Use Macbook Trackpad Handwriting For More Intuitive Note-Taking
As technology continues to advance, so do the capabilities of our devices. The Macbook trackpad has evolved from a simple point-and-click tool to a versatile input method that offers a wide range of features. One such feature is trackpad handwriting, which allows users to write and edit text directly on their Macbook trackpad.
Whether you’re a student taking notes in class, a professional jotting down ideas during a meeting, or simply prefer the feel of pen and paper, trackpad handwriting provides a convenient and intuitive way to interact with your Macbook. With a few simple steps, you can enable trackpad handwriting and start writing directly on your trackpad.
The linked article includes a guide that will walk you through the process of enabling trackpad handwriting on your Macbook, adjusting the settings to suit your preferences, and exploring the various gestures and techniques for writing and editing with trackpad handwriting. Additionally, they also share some tips and tricks to help you make the most out of this feature.
It goes to show though that it’s not only tablets that can be used for handwriting. A requirement though is that your Macbook is running macOS Mojave or a later version.
See https://robots.net/tech/how-to-use-macbook-trackpad-handwriting/
#Blog, #handwriting, #macos, #notes, #technology
The 7 Best Encrypted Digital Notebooks for Taking Secure and Private Notes
Have you ever imagined a vault so secure that even the craftiest of digital cat burglars would be left scratching their heads? That’s what encrypted digital notebooks offer. A realm where your words are not just words, but treasures locked away in a digital Fort Knox. This is about blending usability with top-tier security, like mixing your favourite cocktail – it’s got to have the right balance.
“Why do I even need this?” you might wonder. Think about it: in an era where our lives are so intertwined with the digital realm, shouldn’t our private thoughts get the VIP treatment too? So, whether you’re penning the next great novel, planning a surprise for a loved one, or just noting down what groceries to pick up, it’s time to ensure your notes are stored safely and stylishly.
Although there are countless note-taking apps around, the one’s in this list do focus more specifically on security, as well as ease of use (no self-hosting installation required, easy to access, and easy syncing).
I thought Cryptee was related to CryptPad, but it appears not. CryptPad is similar, and I use it for secure private sharing of documents, but it lacks slick mobile apps.
See https://stackdiary.com/best-encrypted-digital-notebooks/
#Blog, #notes, #privacy, #technology
The Best Obsidian Note Plugins, nor Not?
I had not tried Omnisearch, but apart from that and Advanced Tables, the suggested ones are not really “my best ones”. But the linked article does again highlight one of Obsidian’s most powerful features – it’s community plugins. Many note takers are good Markdown editors, but few come close to rivalling Obsidian’s plugin power, largely created by the community themselves.
Even though free Obsidian is not open-source, it gained a lot of traction and users have created so many valuable plugins. I also like that it leaves all my Markdown formatted files in place where they are. One excellent open-source notes editor I tried, insisted on inserting an odd character at the start of every new line as it was intended an outliner, not a notes editor. Thing is, I like to keep my notes as standard as possible so that I can switch to another note taker in future.
The ones I find really useful are:
- Advanced Tables
- cMenu
- Code block from selection
- Copy Image and URL context menu
- Dynamic Table of Contents
- Excel to Markdown Table
- Highglightr
- Kanban
- Kindle Highlights
- Local Images
- Markdown Formatting Assistant
- Obsidian Enhancing Export
- Omnisearch
- Ozan’s Image Editor Plugin
- Related Notes Finder
- Tag & Word Cloud
- Tag Wrangler
- Text Format
- txt as md (edits existing .txt files)
- Underline
- Vault Statistics
But we all have different requirements (like some wanting to play Zoom inside Obsidian, use AI, publish to Nostr, etc), so it is well worth browsing the community plugins and seeing what is of interest to you. There are around 1,180 plugins right now.
See https://www.alphr.com/best-obsidian-plugins/
If you’ve not seen Obsidian, I did quite a long video about it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4LR76g-jU
#Blog, #markdown, #notes, #productivity, #technology
Beaver Notes: A Private Cross-Platform Open-Source Note-Taking App
This app has a very similar look and feel to it as Obsidian, and also works in Markdown format. And although Obsidian has a kitchen sink full of community plugins, this app is a lot simpler, but it is proper open-source software.
I also like that it has a toolbar with all the usual shortcuts like bold, italics, underline, headings, bullets, etc as many people do like that ease of use, instead of only having to remember Markdown codes.
Very importantly for note taking, it does have easy-to-use tags that will help connect all your related notes. If you do need to sync your notes between devices, you could use something like Syncthing that will do that privately and directly between your devices, without any server required.
See https://news.itsfoss.com/beaver-notes/
#Blog, #markdown, #notes, #opensource, #technology
#Music on #Blue-Resonant-Night
#HaroldMelvin 6/25/1939 #Birth US musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbaSh8i5eyE
If You Don't Know Me By #Now - #Harold Melvin & The #Blue #Notes
https://youtu.be/CqjsFTjLNyE
Prior to 1986, Susumu Ohno had already led an interesting career as a geneticist, highlighted by his theory on the mechanism governing the increase in #gene and #genome complexity and the origin of new genes throughout evolution, which was based on the repetition of gene fragments as well as genes and genomes and the subsequent differentiation of certain copies from the original ones.
His observations that repetition and redundancy were frequent in the genes and genomes of living beings as different patterns are in #music were precisely what led Doctor Ohno to think of the possibility of “listening” to the #musical #sounds of genes. It was at that point that Midori Aoyama provided her musical #knowledge.
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/bioscience/the-ohnos-and-genetic-music/
11 Best Open Source Note-Taking Apps for Linux (and many are Cross-Platform)
I make daily use of a note-taking app to record what I learn when problem-solving, prepare for YouTube videos, and much more. I save everything in Markdown format so that it is future-proof and stays compatible with whatever I’ll be using in 20 years time.
I had originally got started with Evernote but exported everything to QOwnNotes later on. After that I started using Obsidian (powerful, free but not open source), and I’m thinking of making a change again back to something open source. Although I’ve also tried Joplin and Standard Notes, I never fully migrated to them. The beauty of an open standard like Markdown is that you can switch apps and just continue using all your notes from 10+ years ago.
The only issues you may experience are that some “features” like say generated tables of contents, Kanban, to-do’s, highlighting, etc are not standardised in Markdown, so you can lose these when changing apps. But generally, headings, bold, italics, indenting, links, images, tables, etc are all fine. So, if you stick to one editor then go wild with the extra plugins, but if you want to retain compatibility across editors then you may want to think about what plugins you make use of.
Although not listed in the linked article, I see that open source and cross-platform (including mobile) Logseq has vastly improved, and I may want to give that a spin. Its feature is “everything is a referenceable block” with a block being a paragraph of text, and it calls notes pages. Only thing is it seems to mark the start of every block with a dot (and this shows in other editors) so hopefully I can disable that being inserted into the saved text. Its philosophy also centres around a daily journal where you just write your notes and can flag to-dos or link/search for anything. It also has whiteboards and graph views of linked notes (just like Obsidian).
Very interestingly, I noted that both Logseq and also Obsidian, have various Chat-GPT plugins to help generate content or even to rewrite your rough drafts. So yes, AI has already invaded open-source text editors!
See https://www.tecmint.com/note-taking-apps-linux/
#Blog, #linux, #Logsec, #notes, #opensource, #technology
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/eversticky-sticky-notes-for-ubuntu-with-evernote-sync
EverSticky is a desktop Sticky-note app for Linux, That syncs to Evernote. You can choose the font, color, alignment of text, however the note itself, is hard-set to Post-it yellow
#Linux #Software #FOSS #OpenSource #Evernote #EverSticky #Notes #NoteTaking
Schreibst du Musik mit TABs oder Noten? - Do you write music with TABS or notes?
Use Musescore! Its open source and amazing! https://musescore.org
Software for another level. (Thanks to jakob@pod.orkz.net aka Katharsisdrill for showing me this)
#gitarre #guitar #klavier #noten #notes #orchester #piano #tab
Originally posted at: https://word.undead-network.de/2022/05/17/schreibst-du-musik-mit-tabs-oder-noten-do-you-write-music-with-tabs-or-notes/
Obsidian Markdown Notes Editor to Build Your Personal Knowledge Base Into The Future
Obsidian is a free (non-commercial use), not open source, text editor and works with open standard Markdown formatting on plain text files.
Apart from quite advanced editing and UI options, I find Obsidian attractive because of its over 500 quality community plugins, and its ability to visually show the relationships between your notes. Recording notes from meetings, or as you are daily learning new things or solving problems, is an excellent way to build your personal knowledge base. Using Markdown format can be fun, and can achieve a lot in terms of readability when you use some of the more advanced features of Markdown formatting.
Despite not being open source, you are not locked into Obsidian, and can use other Markdown editors interchangeably. In my video, I also touch on integrating with NextCloud to sync your notes, and especially some issues that iOS presents for apps.
Watch my video at https://youtu.be/q_4LR76g-jU
#technology #obsidian #markdown #notes #editor
#Blog, ##editor, ##markdown, ##notes, ##obsidian, ##technology
Obsidian Markdown Notes Editor to Build Your Personal Knowledge Base Into The Future
Obsidian is a free (non-commercial use), not open source, text editor and works with open standard Markdown formatting on plain text files.
Apart from quite advanced editing and UI options, I find Obsidian attractive because of its over 500 quality community plugins, and its ability to visually show the relationships between your notes. Recording notes from meetings, or as you are daily learning new things or solving problems, is an excellent way to build your personal knowledge base. Using Markdown format can be fun, and can achieve a lot in terms of readability when you use some of the more advanced features of Markdown formatting.
Despite not being open source, you are not locked into Obsidian, and can use other Markdown editors interchangeably. In my video, I also touch on integrating with NextCloud to sync your notes, and especially some issues that iOS presents for apps.
Watch my video at https://youtu.be/q_4LR76g-jU
#technology #obsidian #markdown #notes #editor
#Blog, ##editor, ##markdown, ##notes, ##obsidian, ##technology