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Posted by satis
Aug 30, 2022 at 03:19 PM

 

This change to Noteplan’s pricing has actually increased my interest in Amplenote. Shu Omi on YouTube has created several videos on his productivity channel about swithcing to Amplenote and how he uses the app. His videos about the app have intrigued me, like this one from 6 months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voEkgvYETdM

I’m not interested in the app’s standaout feature ‘task score algorithm’ which sorts your todo list based on task time + the Eisenhower Matrix based on Priority because I apply neither to my tasks but it seems I could ignore it - as I similarly turned off and ignore Todoist’s ‘Karma’ gamification tool.

One surprising thing in that video is a chart showing that Amplenote and Apple Notes are fastest among the top 15 notes apps in being able to launch and start writing, at a little over 4 seconds, while some apps take *much* longer - Obsidian/NoteJoy/Notion taking 7-8 seconds, with Logseq and Roam are listed as the slowest, taking around 50 seconds. (I know that Todoist is lightning-fast, and obviously Shu Omi does too, because it’s not one of the apps being compared in the chart.)

I like Amplenote’s Noteplan-like delineation between the daily note Jots, and Notes, and the way Jots can be migrated into Notes, and how both can be easily be made into Tasks (and if desired put into the calendar using 2-way sync with Google Calendar). Makes sense and is congruent with the way I work. The easy ability to create a repeating task/habit from a Note which can also go right into the calendar is an improvement on Todoist.

And the iOS widget looks great.

Note that a year ago Amplenote hired him to create eight short walkthrough videos for their own channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/Amplenote/videos

so one should probably view his opinions with at least a bit of skepticism.

 


Posted by Daly de Gagne
Aug 30, 2022 at 04:32 PM

 

Hi Satis, I enjoy Shu Nomi`s videos.

Though I am trying to figure out whether to go with Obsidian or Logseq, I am leaning toward Obsidian. But perhaps I should take another look at Amplenote.

Daly

satis wrote:
This change to Noteplan’s pricing has actually increased my interest in
>Amplenote. Shu Omi on YouTube has created several videos on his
>productivity channel about swithcing to Amplenote and how he uses the
>app. His videos about the app have intrigued me, like this one from 6
>months ago:
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voEkgvYETdM
> >I’m not interested in the app’s standaout feature ‘task score algorithm’
>which sorts your todo list based on task time + the Eisenhower Matrix
>based on Priority because I apply neither to my tasks but it seems I
>could ignore it - as I similarly turned off and ignore Todoist’s ‘Karma’
>gamification tool.
> >One surprising thing in that video is a chart showing that Amplenote and
>Apple Notes are fastest among the top 15 notes apps in being able to
>launch and start writing, at a little over 4 seconds, while some apps
>take *much* longer - Obsidian/NoteJoy/Notion taking 7-8 seconds, with
>Logseq and Roam are listed as the slowest, taking around 50 seconds. (I
>know that Todoist is lightning-fast, and obviously Shu Omi does too,
>because it’s not one of the apps being compared in the chart.)
> >I like Amplenote’s Noteplan-like delineation between the daily note
>Jots, and Notes, and the way Jots can be migrated into Notes, and how
>both can be easily be made into Tasks (and if desired put into the
>calendar using 2-way sync with Google Calendar). Makes sense and is
>congruent with the way I work. The easy ability to create a repeating
>task/habit from a Note which can also go right into the calendar is an
>improvement on Todoist.
> >And the iOS widget looks great.
> >Note that a year ago Amplenote hired him to create eight short
>walkthrough videos for their own channel
> >https://www.youtube.com/c/Amplenote/videos
> >so one should probably view his opinions with at least a bit of
>skepticism.

 


Posted by satis
Aug 30, 2022 at 07:17 PM

 

For what it’s worth I’m considering Logseq over Obsidian for two reasons: first and mainly, I think and prefer noting and writing in list and outline form (and Logseq is built on outlining while Obsidian is more document-centric); second, Logseq seems to have features I want built in and I’d rather just start working than having to fiddle with researching, comparing, and trialling plugins (and then committing to updating them - or start the search again if the plugin stops being updated or supported).

I’m turned off by Notion’s open-endedness - leading to forum posts filled with people sharing their unique database designs and tips/tricks to get things done in the app - and that extends to apps in general. While extensibility is usually a good thing, I think that a larger, more comprehensive feature-set should be supported by the developer upfront, and Obsidian’s open endedness, while different from Notion’s, similarly annoys me.

When published Top 10 lists of Obsidian plugins include a calendar, daily notes, an outliner (including indentation guide plugin, zoom plugin), style/theming, rollover daily todos, and even a plugin to collapse sidebars, it suggests that the developer has mistakenly abdicated some essential responsibility as a designer.

When considering whether to adopt an app I ask myself how easily I would be able to reacquaint myself with it after being away from it for a couple of weeks. That ability becomes more difficult with every (needed) 3rd-party plugin an app makes me install.

 


Posted by satis
Oct 27, 2023 at 10:27 PM

 

Eduard recently tweeted that he’s working on the web version of NotePlan as well as shared ‘teamspaces’ that can accommodate shared calendar notes.

https://x.com/metzgereduard/status/1716466419234157034

Seeing as the Mac app is at 3.9.8 I imagine that v.4 might introduce this additional functionality.

 


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