Getting Things Done: Microsoft OneNote Second Brain

[@thechayanbiswas]

I thought, I'm the only weird one who using OneNote still without using notion; but now I know weird people exist with me in this cosmos. 💙💙

[@narayan.6701]

Notion gets slow and on mobile।we can't copy things from notion that's why i hate notion

[@narayan.6701]

Onenote jindabad !!

[@Dhahlan]

i recently switched to one note and i have been more productive

[@TheSiris]

Yes. 26. But they do exist!

[@JARatelle]

😂 me too

[@Delorian82]

Been using Onenote for GTD for years. You can also use audio capture with onenote on your phone, so you can just just speak into the phone and the text transcript will land straight into your quicknotes/inbox

[@hirodaryanani]

Discovered Onenote in 2021 and then created a public second brain in work intranet without knowing what that was really. Now transitioning to personal use after flirting with Logseq and Workflowy. This video very relevant and useful to what I'm doing now

[@ikonographics]

I've been using OneNote as a "second brain" since I discovered it in 2007.

[@gastongp2011]

Good video. However, there are things I want to say: 1) the Microsoft ecosystem is ideal for integrating all notes from different devices with all the advantages that this entails. 2) However, OneNote is not an app for entering notes like a second brain, as the Zettelkasten method does. There are other tools like Obsidian that do it better. 3) Since nothing is perfect, Obsidian does not have the ease that I mentioned in 1) and OneNote does not have the great ease that I mentioned in 2). Depending on whether we use one or the other tool, we will have to pay the price (1 or 2) of its choice. Personally, for notes, references, images from Zettelkasten I use Obsidian. And for course notes, specific topics, where information needs to be related, I use OneNote. If when using my notebooks with OneNote I find notes for my second brain, I take them to Obsidian trying to include the reference to OneNote as much as possible, without duplicating notes.

[@duddhawork]

@gastongp2011 great comment. I find it difficult to balance simplicity with optimization. Personally, I lean towards something that is good enough rather than something that is perfect but breaks easily and requires maintenance. There's is no optimal note taking system. A better question might be: what is the minimal viable note taking system that allows me to effectively pursue my professional and personal projects.

[@Houseofgamine]

Thank you for this. I’m getting started with Tiago’s second brain I’m a librarian who doesn’t want to pay for Evernote lol. This was helpful

[@InesAlessandrini]

Exactly my thoughts!

[@LevisRaju]

You've got Obsidian, Logseq.

[@FazalMalik]

OneNote is the best. Using it for couple of years.

[@TheWid]

Thanks. Now to read GTD! Your last part getting started looks good advice

[@duddhawork]

Keep it simple and build from there. The principles in the GTD book still hold up. You might find that some specific implementations of the system are a bit outdated or overkill for your use case. Let me know if you have any questions.

[@pkbPA]

unable to get the app window on iphone. can you make a video for that separately or if there is already one, plesae share the link

[@duddhawork]

Hi. I'm not sure if iPhones offer the widget.

[@noturaveragewatcher]

Probably better to use Apple notes if you have an iPhone

[@thenewone3944]

what’s better than onenote??

[@duddhawork]

It depends on your needs and personality. I would suggest looking into Tiago Forte's videos to explore other second brain apps.

[@richardpark249]

Hy budd this is great and I'm using onenote as well. Do you have any advice using tools such as readwise to export to onenote? I don't want to revamp my whole system just to use notion. I like reading physical books and willing to take the time to take a picture and then export to onenote manually. Wondering if you got any tips and tricks?

[@duddhawork]

Have you ever worked with the OneNote badge? It's an easy and quick way to take pictures and notes that automatically go to OneNote.

[@tharindurathnayake9345]

Try Microsoft lens

[@markcuello5]

HELP

[@coreya7771]

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