TagSpaces is a privacy-focused file manager that combines tagging and note-taking without relying on the cloud

An open source (but not a truly fully open source) cross-platform app that not only does the usual notes management (Plain Text, Markdown, and HTML) but also can browse and tag local files, photos, music, ebooks, and folders too.

It is primarily an offline privacy focussed application, without any user tracking. It can also sync via your own online S3-compatible object storage from providers like AWS, Cloudflare, Wasabi, or MinIO.

Furthermore, it can also expand functionality via plugins.

On the not so great side, I see there are various paid versions, and the project is dual-licensed under the AGPL (GNU Affero General Public License) Version 3 for FOSS projects and under a commercial license for independent software vendors and resellers.

What that all means is, it is not fully open source, do as you wish with it. Some functionality is also only in the paid versions. I don’t so much mind organisations offering a paid tier for support and / or proper cloud storage, but this one does not seem to offer any fully functional community edition.

Still, I’m sure the Lite version probably does what most individual users would really need, but it is probably good to just first double check what sort of restrictions may be ahead of you that you may need in future.

See tagspaces.org/category/uncateg…
#Blog, #notes, #opensource, #organising, #technology

Capacities could be a very good alternative to Obsidian Notes

I’ve only had a brief look and test so far, but I’ll be testing this out a lot more. Obsidian is free to use but not open source software, Capacities is the same with a generous free option and is not open source software either.

Something quite different, but useful, is that Capacities is cloud synced first, so the various clients all sync via the cloud for free (unlike Obsidian which can be a bit clunky via Syncthing or similar sync software).

Obsidian is more offline first in Markdown format for full portability between other note apps. Capacities however does export (and backup) to various formats including PDF, Markdown, MS Word, and Latex. I’m just not seeing a bulk export yet of selected notes (called pages in Capacities) to these various formats. I’m testing this a bit more still.

Getting some notes from Obsidian into Capacities so far was just a matter of copy and pasting. I just had to copy and paste any images separately into the note. Tables, code snippets, headings, etc all came across perfectly.

Speaking of code snippets, I do really like that you can tag each one as a bash script, Python code, Lua code, etc, and it does a great job of syntax highlighting (something I was not seeing in Obsidian).

Capacities does not yet have all the plugins that Obsidian has, but for many who were thinking of starting to use Obsidian, Capacities may be a good option to consider.

I’ll also be interested to see what the Linux app (in development) stores locally and how well it works offline. There are already desktop apps for macOS and Windows (and mobile apps for Android and iOS).

See xda-developers.com/i-found-a-p…
#Blog, #knowledgemanagement, #notes, #technology

subsonic bass notes...

#bass #bassguitar #subsonic #notes #long #necks

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

#euro #notes

TuneShroom Is An Artistic Mushroom-Themed MIDI Controller

#mischacks #controller #midi #mushroom #notes #hackaday
posted by pod_feeder_v2

TuneShroom Is An Artistic Mushroom-Themed MIDI Controller

Most MIDI controllers are modelled after traditional instruments, like pianos, flutes, or guitars. [Oliver Child] went in a different direction for the TuneShroom, instead modelling his DIY control…

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

#Littérature #Céline #Notes

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

taking notes...

#notes #wires

#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

#DNA #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

An Evernote-Compatible Sticky Notes App for Linux Desktops - OMG! Ubuntu!

EverSticky is an open-source sticky notes app for Linux desktops that syncs to Evernote. It supports text formatting and even checkbox notes, and more.

Circle of #Fifths #Music #Notes

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/