[kwlug-disc] Documenting your digital life

[Paul Nijjar]

John Kerr talked about Joplin during a KWLUG meeting. I have heard
rumours that at least one KWLUGger started using the program because
of this presentation.

https://kwlug.org/node/1239

I think Obidisan is interesting precisely because it is not FLOSS, but
a bunch of open-source nerds use it. That suggests to me that it must
be pretty good!

- Paul

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:42:43PM -0400, Jason wrote:
> I'mI've been looking at Markdown based note taking programs.  I like
> writing Markdown because it's easy to format and makes good Readme files.
> 
> Obsidian doesn't have a free open source license so I am always surprised
> by how popular it is.
> 
> For a website, MkDocs and Hugo are both good options with lots of
> customization. Material for MkDocs is a framework to extend and customize
> the site. This is more of a WordPress replacement I'm considering:
> 
> https://www.mkdocs.org/
> https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
> https://gohugo.io/content-management/formats/
> 
> Joplin is probably the one I am going to try for note taking:
> https://joplinapp.org/help/apps/markdown/
> 
> Would appreciate feedback from anyone who has used it.
> 
> I don't think I'll need a full wiki.  Organizing notes by folders and md
> files is pretty logical to me.
>