In a my previous post I detailed my review and testing of many different note platforms, and why I ended up with Amplenote(will refer to as AN) as my Task+Note system of choice. This post is going to detail some of the tips I have found or adopted to that help me simplify and maximize it's potential in a daily workflow
I would first like to point that the organization of notes revolves around a tagging system that is defined differently in the AN context: no longer do you place notes in folders, you tag them. (Read the aforementioned link to really get a grasp how tags are intended to be used in AN). I also have written a separate post about my Amplenote tagging structure. The most powerful part of this concept is that traditional tags are not containers, they're designators or attributes. Which means you can designate notes with multiple tags, and thus cross-pollinate data. Let me give you an example:
If I have a note with the tag work/projects
that contains some code that I might want to research or write about later, I can also tag the note with research/tech
and writing/blog
. This enables me to keep content up to date in one note, but then find it from many different contexts.
The main powerful feature is the Idea Execution Funnel (IEF). This enables me to quickly jettison ideas in my overcrowded brain. Here are the three ways I do this:
- If very random data that could potentially become a large thought later on, and thus become it's own note, I just dump into daily jots. I look at it as a sort of a temporary mind journal, and I know that these thoughts might morph into my research of certain topics or become something I file away for later, but I just need to get the inspiration out of my head before I forget.
- If however the random thought is more of a clear task, but I don't know how to assign it yet, I will use Android's quick entry feature to place that task into my "Inbox" note.
- If I know the specific note or project this task should go into then I place it there.
- 📩INBOX - where I place the tasks I haven't figured out where should go
- ☑️TODO - where I place the tasks I need to do but that usually don't need much context
- ⏳In Progress - explained below
- ♾️Recurring - a list of repeated tasks telling me to review certain notes for tasks or content I need to complete or organize:
- ✅ TODO - 👥shared between my wife and I
- This contains tasks we might need to discuss or do together
- @Isaiah
- also shared with my wife, so she can drop in tasks relevant to just me that I then move into my ☑️TODO note or a specific project note, such as kitchen remodel
- my 📩INBOX
- and finally cleaning up and organizing my ✏️daily-jots into appropriate note titles and tags
- other less relevant tasks
- First, I really only need an excellent Task+Note system. Not much more, as this is more about my personal daily use and workflow of ideas funneling from my small RAM brain into tasks and notes I can work with later.
- Secondly, I don't use many of the features, like Amplecap, Calendar, note publishing, ect.
there are preciously few examples of how people are using amplenote and setting up a tagging structure. this is immensely helpful, THANK YOU!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your nice comment, I am happy it was of help to you! :)
DeleteRecently "discovered" Amplenote and interested to see if i can port my Notion and Evernnote content over to AN, utilizing the PARA methodology. Stumbled across your blog this morning and definitely adding it to my list of resources.
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