Have you ever felt like your notes are just a chaotic collection of thoughts, scattered across notebooks, apps, or sticky notes, never quite coming together into something useful, like a second brain?

Have you ever felt like your notes are more of a cluttered archive than a useful tool? Maybe you’ve scribbled down ideas, bookmarked articles, or highlighted passages in books, only to find them ...

We look at Evernote, OneNote, Notion, and a variety of other note-taking apps, from simple to complex. We look at Evernote, OneNote, Notion, and a variety of other note-taking apps, from simple to ...

Silicon Valley’s tech giants intend to mainstream AI-powered note-taking and journaling. This could open up a whole new connection between the data we collect and the lives we lead. We all take notes.

is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer.

After trying several complicated note-taking tactics, I was attracted to the outline method's simplicity and effectiveness. Safe to say, it delivered on the promise. I write notes to plan my goals, ...