Notion.io is my new favorite

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 3, 2018 at 01:42 PM

Yes. I can see that.

I really want to like Notion. I admire the feature set, and the ambition of the developers.

But.

It is easier to build pages than it is to take notes. Also, getting information out of Notion in a useable format seems a real challenge.

I have found small annoyances, too. For example, I wanted to add a simple table to a page, with two columns: Date and Record. But Notion requires a “Title” column, which I have no need of.

The small issues will probably be ironed out, I imagine. But I also fear that Notion is doomed to fail. It is too complex for most people. I can’t imagine the difficulty of getting the whole company workforce comfortable using it. I’ve tried to get people on my board of directors to use collaboration software that is much easier than Notion, and had to abandon the effort.

I hope I am wrong about this. As I said, I admire the developers for coming up with a new paradigm. I do hope they succeed.

Steve Z.

Reder wrote:
Notion.so is the product I wanted to like but eventually decided not to
>use it. I found I spent too much time “organize” or
>“structure” the notes instead of focusing on note itself.