Yes, org mode is the standard to compare to but all of them are great.
The thing about org mode is everything is a heading composed of some text and subheadings. It is self similar across scales (as many subheadings deep as you want) which leads to a playful and easy compossibility. Org mode is an elegant thinking tool as much as it is anything else and it is the only digital tool that gives me that mental boost like a pen and paper do.
You can use Logseq in a similar way and its automatic daily journal entry is great for getting information into your system quick but org mode makes my brain buzz…
Don’t get hung up on the “limitations” of hierarchies/trees, yes this is artificial in that in nature information isn’t necessarily hierarchical, but our memory and thinking work by chunking, by joining the chaos of a rainstorm into tributaries, streams and eventually one unified flow at the delta of our life. In otherwords seeing it as a branching series of growths is backwards, it is meant to be a progessively intertwining series of flows.
Getting that pen and paper boost but with digital information is goals.
I will perhaps start with one tool, give it a really good chance, and review the options after some use. I found with bullet journaling that while it was helpful right away, it was only with spending some time with it that I could evaluate it fairly.
I’m tempted to start with org mode but my emacs is soooo rusty lol
Yes, org mode is the standard to compare to but all of them are great.
The thing about org mode is everything is a heading composed of some text and subheadings. It is self similar across scales (as many subheadings deep as you want) which leads to a playful and easy compossibility. Org mode is an elegant thinking tool as much as it is anything else and it is the only digital tool that gives me that mental boost like a pen and paper do.
You can use Logseq in a similar way and its automatic daily journal entry is great for getting information into your system quick but org mode makes my brain buzz…
Don’t get hung up on the “limitations” of hierarchies/trees, yes this is artificial in that in nature information isn’t necessarily hierarchical, but our memory and thinking work by chunking, by joining the chaos of a rainstorm into tributaries, streams and eventually one unified flow at the delta of our life. In otherwords seeing it as a branching series of growths is backwards, it is meant to be a progessively intertwining series of flows.
Tysm, that’s really helpful!
Getting that pen and paper boost but with digital information is goals.
I will perhaps start with one tool, give it a really good chance, and review the options after some use. I found with bullet journaling that while it was helpful right away, it was only with spending some time with it that I could evaluate it fairly.
I’m tempted to start with org mode but my emacs is soooo rusty lol
Also, check out something like a supernote eink device that might gel with you too!