Future of Joplin

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I'm an idiot. I use Joplin extensively, but never used the plugins over these past few years. :wink: So, yay! The ecosystem is flourishing!!!

These linking plugins look pretty promising. Joplin is pointed in the right direction.

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Also fyi, bibtex support is one of the ideas for this years google summer of code application. This isn't a guarantee, but it's definitely on the radar.

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Also, in the latest version, if you just type a space in the search box all the plugins (I think) will show up on the screen:

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My 3 cents..... about 'why joplin works for me and where' vs atom vs others.

Background:

  • android phone and tablet, on average 8h+ daily if I'm not on laptop
  • linux fedora desktop, now laptop
  • work lap were win and mac so far

Atom+git and joplin fulfill these needs:

  • good linux desktop app that I really like to use
  • outliner/hierarchical note taker without limits so far on depth
  • MD support - I love Joplin approach more - toggle for additional options which are all laid down at one place
  • ability to customise look & feel, especially MD formatting so that things can pop out better

Joplin additionally fulfills these needs:

  • editing available in mobile app
  • use for personal notes / that I want on all of my devices
    • bullet journal of lists and todos
    • posts or emails that are work in progress, in order not to lose them bc of wrong click, especially when I work on their translations
    • archive of conclusions about health things, also for cats
    • various household tips&tricks, appliance shopping research
    • log files for medications, memory/log for trip, concerts, other thoughts/diary
  • for work notes, without syncing anywhere
    • bullet journal of daily/weekly plan, and general wishlists
    • per issue details - research, or code snippets, solutions, links, questions to talk with others...

Atom + git fulfill these:

  • having separate files, I want my python script to be stand alone, and pics browsable in image viewer
  • plugin to paste screenshot and show it inline
  • more archival use
    • lecture notes (coursera, edx), other learning notes and meetups
    • tech tips&tricks and how-tos
    • job applications
  • with git I have access on mobile, to look up things, but I don't need to edit those on the go (official github app still doesn't allow edits anyway)
    • I want to sit down at a computer and be fully engaged when taking those

To me, they're almost the same in what they offer, and unlike many on this topic, I don't find one that much lacking in editor capabilites from the other.

However I don't use at all:

  • web clipping - c/p of parts is enough, and I prefer my formatting
  • tags - I like my folder structure, my brain can remember it easily
  • search - notes are my thoughts and ideas, so, written mostly from scratch, and serve as an extension to my brain, so I usually just know where something is, plus I have them highly organised
  • preview - I like coloring of MD in editor and that's what I need and like, no WYSIWYG
  • manual formatting - too slow, also I don't like keyboard shortcuts, just more things to remember, MD is the best for me
  • any as an IDE - my IDEs of choice are from JetBrains

I don't see myself going back to any of those solutions I've used in the past years, since they don't fulfill my needs and wants anymore.
This current joplin/atom+git combo does for a few years so far, and with both having plugins, I can't imagine what I'd want that wouldn't be possible to do in any of them.

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I haven't used tags a lot in the past. I am using for status now though.

  • stub -- for things that are placeholders and haven't even begun to be drafted yet.
  • draft -- something that is being drafted
  • done -- something that is in a certain state of completedness. I am considering dropping this tag because it represents the desired state and if the document has no tag, I could just assume it is an item that I consider done.

Some others I have considered:

  • review -- something that I need to come back to
  • urgent
  • toss -- kinda like review. Something I am considering tossing, but haven't yet.

I think that is it. I am still playing with tags. I have hundreds upon hundreds of notes and documents within Joplin (I have been using it for years now). The hierarchy of notebooks tells me most of what I need to know about a thing. But it's state? That is an item of information that spans the whole thing. I don't want state notebooks. It would get ugly fast and be repeated everywhere. I have done that with the title but . . .

Anyway. That's what I have been doing of late. Hope it is useful.