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Your mind is technically one tool but it does multiple things, so why can't your #PKM be one tool that does multiple things well and with little resistance
@jason True, one of the hallmarks of #PKM is its versatility. But I’d also say that the app(s) you do it with may also be able to usefully do other things if they’re sufficiently versatile and extensible.
In addition to managing personal knowledge, #Obsidian can also be a task manager, a writing app, and more, especially with the right plugins.
Similarly, VS Code can be a markdown editor and (with extensions like Foam and Dendron) a PKM app, in addition to its central purpose as a code editor.
@EpiphanicSynchronicity @jason what!? No one mentioned emacs and org-mode. So whatever was said previously plus email, madtadon, gpt, and more... There, all is well.
@nickanderson @EpiphanicSynchronicity really the only thing holding me back from #emacs is that I have not come across a good mobile solution. If I could find that then I would be all in! Do you have any recommendations for someone on iOS?
@jason @nickanderson @EpiphanicSynchronicity Great question! I've been looking for solutions myself. Orgro (not to be confused with Org-Roam) is a very nice mobile reader (but *not* editor) for Android and iOS. Orgzly is an editor and has some limited options for syncing (I've experimented with using it plus Synching) but is only for Android.
I haven't found anything that really clicks with me yet, and I feel like there is room for a mobile companion to Emacs.
@blake @nickanderson @EpiphanicSynchronicity I tried Beorg and another one on iOS and those did not really click with me. Part of my problem is that I don’t know/keep changing on what I want my system to be so I have a hard time picking or keeping a tool.
@jason @blake @nickanderson I find #org-mode intriguing but I’ll likely never use it. The files aren’t nearly as widely supported and interoperable as #markdown, and there are nowhere near as many compatible tools for working with them as there are markdown apps. Despite having been around a lot longer, it’s never caught on outside its tiny, passionate niche—even most programmers use markdown now. But I know none of that matters to those of you who love it, and I’m glad it works so well for you.
@EpiphanicSynchronicity @jason @blake it's just so much more than markup, it's a whole ecosystem. Also, I don't need 42 other apps to work with it with varying levels of support (that's how it is with markdown). It provides much more metadata than markdown and it's just as readable with only slightly more characters for things like code blocks.
Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text: https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/
> it's just so much more than markup, it's a whole ecosystem.
The same is true for #markdown, but it’s a much bigger ecosystem from a lot more developers.
I’m sure #org-mode has real advantages, but that’s the thing—whichever one you pick, there are tradeoffs compared to the other. And everyone has to decide which tradeoffs matter more and which matter less to them based on their own preferences and needs.
@EpiphanicSynchronicity @jason @blake this is also why I've been trying to consistently refer to it as emacs org-mode. Emacs really brings all the magic. Orgmode syntax or orgdown as @publicvoit likes to call it is good (better than markdown in my opinion), but in and of itself doesn't make for any compelling case.