Thank you! I keep seeing Obsidian mentioned in different places online. If you don’t mind, I have a few more questions:

-Can you add personal notes that are longer than hashtags to your links/articles in Obsidian? -Can you do the above on Cherrytree? -Are there any disadvantages of Cherrytree over Obsidian? -What makes Obsidian not very private?

Thank you so much! Sounds like a pretty cool system.

Awesome, thank you so much!

Oh, OK. Thank you so much!!

Oh, OK. Do you know if you can add notes about links/articles that are more in-depth than just short tags?

Man, I don’t think I want to print out EVERYTHING, but that would definitely be a privacy-preserving option! Nobody can hack into your notes on articles or guess what you’ve been thinking about from your files if they aren’t even on a computer

Zotero looks nice. It looks like you can choose to sync data across devices. Do you know if you choose to sync some things but not everything, or is just an on/off thing where you either sync everything or nothing? Thanks!

Anytype looks interesting. I like that it doesn’t need wifi for access and appears to be privacy/security focused (although I really need to learn more about how things like no server/peer-to-peer sync work). Do you find that you need a paid plan for personal use or is the free version enough?

Joplin looks neat! How does self-hosting in the cloud work? (I thought the choice was usually self-host vs. cloud host, but I know almost nothing about hosting.)

Thanks! Do you mind explaining a little more about how you use these? When would it make sense to use Wallabag but not Logseq, or vice versa?

edit: also, can you add in-depth notes about the articles/links you save, like something more than just short tags?

Hi, just to clarify: If you want to save something that’s behind a paywall/captcha but you’re paying for it or have access to it, can you screenshot it and then move it into Raindrop? Or do you just have to use a separate bookmarker/archiver for that stuff?

Hi, thanks for commenting! Do you mind explaining more about how you use Logsec vs. Readeck? When do you use Logsec but not Readeck?

edit: also, can you add notes that are more in-depth than just tags to your articles and links on either of these? I wasn’t thinking about it earlier, but that would be a really nice feature

Readeck looks really cool! Can you sync across multiple devices? It’s not necessarily a dealbreaker for me if not (I can still consolidate/organize a lot of things better than I am now), but that would be a nice feature to have.

edit: also, can you associate links/articles with more in-depth notes than just tags?

All of the flags that are just stripes. It’s too easy to get them mixed up with similar-looking striped flags, especially if there are others with the same colors. Obviously people from that country will know which flag they’re looking at, but people from other countries can easily get confused. It kind of detracts from the power of the flag if other people don’t know what it represents or have to search it up every time they see it.

Flags should be immediately distinctive and memorable, IMO. Like, I love how Canada’s flag has a Maple leaf. No one else has a maple leaf, so people can remember that one.

This is not quite an answer to your question, but: Wherever you’re starting, it’s really important to check whether the person behind the information source is qualified to speak authoritatively on the topic and whether they have financial incentives to promote something they’re saying.

Ask questions like: Is there a specific human or HIGHLY respected organization (not a random business) putting their name behind the information? Is that human actually qualified in the field/subject they’re talking about? (“They wrote a book on it” or “They have a PhD in an unspecified field” isn’t good enough on its own.) Are they recommending a product or service that they sell? Those filters aren’t enough on their own, but they will help you avoid a lot of nonsense.

You probably already knew this stuff, but I need to continually remind myself to check these things, and maybe this reminder will help you too.

One thing that helps me is thinking of the smallest possible first step, then committing to doing that thing alone. For instance, if I’m having trouble getting myself to write something, I might tell myself to just make a few bullet points of things that need to be included or write a single unedited paragraph. If I’m having trouble studying something I want to study, I might tell myself to make/go through one flashcard. Usually I end up writing more than a few bullet points/that one paragraph and doing far more than one flashcard.