If I need graphic charts/diagrams, I've already passed the markdown stage. There's absolutely no workflow I can think of that is improved by my sitting there and trying to ASCII Art my way into a diagram. Does anyone go, hey, you know what would make my note-taking or web design faster and easier? Spending 20 minutes making an ascii art diagram instead of slapping the same three figures out in powerpoint in 20 seconds.
I love markdown. It's an elegant tool for many situations. My own workflow depends on using Kiwi and Noteplan on my phone with a common dropbox directory for their files, which is a project directory for Sublime on my notebook and desktop. All of my organization is a centralized set of markdown'd text documents, be it my calendar or my knowledge base, sync'd across all of my devices and super-easily edited, searched, or converted to web pages.
But there is a point where using a simple and elegant tool stops being simple and elegant - it can only be tortured so far outside its intended use-case before it stops being useful.
I love markdown. It's an elegant tool for many situations. My own workflow depends on using Kiwi and Noteplan on my phone with a common dropbox directory for their files, which is a project directory for Sublime on my notebook and desktop. All of my organization is a centralized set of markdown'd text documents, be it my calendar or my knowledge base, sync'd across all of my devices and super-easily edited, searched, or converted to web pages.
But there is a point where using a simple and elegant tool stops being simple and elegant - it can only be tortured so far outside its intended use-case before it stops being useful.