Notion.io is my new favorite

Posted by nathanb
Sep 4, 2019 at 03:43 AM

xtabber wrote:
Notion just got a very unfavorable review in PC Magazine:
> >https://www.pcmag.com/review/370368/notion
>

I’m really trying not to be a fanboy here but I got a good chuckle out of the summary.

From ‘cons’- “Few options for customizing views or organizing content.”

That tells me right there that the reviewer just doesn’t get it. That he doesn’t think notion is good at precisely what its core competency is made me stop reading the rest.

If anything, Notion’s ability to mix wiki, database, and outliner (with transclusion!!!) makes it hard to use only because you have endless organization possibilities instead of being forced to organize one way… Notion knows this and that is why they have a ton of templates to make it easier to grok the potential. The reviewer didn’t seem to like the abundance of those templates either.

I’ve been enjoying most the critiques on this site as there are definitely real cons to notion but this review is like saying Excel is bad at math. I’m annoyed that this writer gets paid for this and Paul J Miller produces superior content as a side hobby.