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neex • Edited

I do not keep track of it, although, I think I will after reading your question. If I start it will be in a folder-structured markdown files, with everything else that matters to me.

I lost too much data in online note systems (Evernote, OneNote, etc) to trust them, and in the occasional file corruption incidents, to use closed formats (MS stuff).

I used to use Zotero, but it required too much bending it to my purpose.

Since you want to keep track of something that does not change a lot, it does not seem like cross-platform accessibility anywhere-anytime is very important, but if it is, you can always keep it in (any) cloud.

You can make it very small and just have one file, or make it grow to any-size you want. I also use recoll to index all my files for fast search.

This system has the benefit of linking non-markdown files in relative links. If I have some external data that I want to keep. And all is indexed and searchable.

For people who do not like to lose the visual aspects of formatting text, there is a lot of tools with a split view like in markdownpad that also have icons for formatting. It is an easy way to learn markdown painlessly. I use typora but it is still in beta, and it is supposed to be paid when grows out of it.

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Pietro Bongiovanni

I have decided for an approach similar to yours, markdown files in a folder structure but, as I am very bad at managing files by myself, I started using Ulysses (ulyssesapp.com/) which is basically a markdown editor which also manages file structures.

I found it very useful to have all my notes in one place but at the same time being able to distinguish school from work from personal, and making it easy to jump from one topic to another one!

Highly recommended, and from today onwards I am also going to keep a skill journal!

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#benaryorg

As to the sort of application to keep track of that, I'd probably use plain markdown with my vim config, that allows me to fold sections and subsections, making it easy to scroll.


+1 for that part:

I do not keep track of it, although, I think I will after reading your question