> I tag each text file with topic, date and context keywords.
Nice idea. How are you doing that? Also, do you version control your notes?
> What does not work great is on the phone
I maintain an open source project called Dnote (https://github.com/dnote/dnote) which solves this problem for you. It's basically a command line notebook using SQLite + a mobile friendly web interface to which you can sync your notes.
Agree with you that we should avoid being locked into a proprietary formats or platforms. Businesses and platforms come and go, but our notes should stay as readily accessible as possible.
Nice idea. How are you doing that? Also, do you version control your notes?
> What does not work great is on the phone
I maintain an open source project called Dnote (https://github.com/dnote/dnote) which solves this problem for you. It's basically a command line notebook using SQLite + a mobile friendly web interface to which you can sync your notes.
Agree with you that we should avoid being locked into a proprietary formats or platforms. Businesses and platforms come and go, but our notes should stay as readily accessible as possible.