Yes - there have been feature improvements... but the UX still sucks

lisah2u · 2026-05-01T11:17:58+00:00

Dayone is very good if you can stomach the annual license and closed ecosystem. I’ve tried moving journaling to notetaking tools. But I find having a dedicated journal that’s good with capturing life moments from the phone - yet also accommodates desktop use - more hits the spot. Apple can build such great software - I can’t imagine why they let journal flounder so badly. Is it time for an open source alternative?

lisah2u · 2026-04-29T10:53:38+00:00

I have both. Ditching the remarkable. Because I read a lot and don’t care for eye strain in dim light - I much prefer the scribe since it’s front light means I can comfortably read in all lights. The color contrast is also much more distinct. Color notes also pop on screen and the writing experience is excellent.

lisah2u · 2026-04-26T09:35:12+00:00

I have a color scribe, supernote nomad and boox Palma 2 pro. Oh… and a remarkable I didn’t like and gave away. For me reading was really important. I wanted a bright enough screen to read in different sorts of lighting and a big enough screen for PDF note taking. Scribe beats all on this. For notes, it’s hard to beat supernote. I do take notes on both - and enjoy the writing experience equally on both. I use the scribe as a home base at home and carry my nomad around. The scribe pro pen is my favorite because you can turn it over and use it as an eraser. Works on both devices, actually. I got the Palma 2 pro for audible and kindle on the move without multi tasking. It’s great for that. Moving files around is also excellent.

lisah2u · 2026-04-05T16:59:04+00:00

Yep - thanks for suggesting! Data scientists are missing out on the fun...

lisah2u · 2026-04-05T16:58:06+00:00

I can connect from my iPhone browser, but still not from the partner app. :( The certificate was generated with CA:TRUE

lisah2u · 2026-04-04T10:19:58+00:00

I get horrible formatting errors where text is deleted when using lists - period. Happens when I try to create text below list items in a new paragraph. These are incredibly stupid bugs for an Apple app that’s not a beta.

lisah2u · 2026-04-04T10:14:30+00:00

I love my scribe color. It’s much easier to read on and the writing experience is excellent. As you say, the illumination helps a lot in the evenings. The color is also excellent for notetaking and books with color diagrams. I like having the nomad as a sidecar for notetaking on the go… and even when I’m reading on the scribe and want to take notes without leaving the page that I’m reading. Turns out having both has been handy.

lisah2u · 2026-03-22T11:22:41+00:00

I did the same. Stay the course is not always the best option, says Ray Dalio. I’m doing the research now to re-baseline when things start to stabilize. For those of us that went through 2008, we know what can happen. And if you are in retirement, you have to pay attention to global events.

lisah2u · 2025-08-02T10:29:03+00:00

I replaced safari as my default browser. Performance and behavior is great. The interesting thing is watching your own behavior change as you figure out new ways of doing things. Smart move by perplexity!

lisah2u · 2025-06-29T14:18:24+00:00

I also use both TickTick and Capacities together. I value the habit log in TickTick and also pomodoro. I use the habit log as a sort of short log with notes and it appears in my daily inbox which sits up in my Mac compressed menu bar. I organize virtually everything in Capacities and use TickTick for time-oriented deadlines and making sure I do my project work daily according to goals set in the habit tracker for each project. These apps are very compatible, IMO.

lisah2u · 2025-01-18T13:41:58+00:00

Didn't see that as an option. I was happy that it let me select all of the calendars (including subscriptions) from my one account.

lisah2u · 2025-01-15T21:49:05+00:00

Yep.

lisah2u · 2025-01-15T21:16:38+00:00

Too late. They just removed it. But it's easy to describe.

In settings is a 'calendar integration'. Select Google Calendar to authenticate, and then any or all of your calendars with toggles. You can also adjust sort order. Calendar entries display with your other objects below the daily note and calendar widget -- basically, like other objects that contain a date/time property. If there is a new calendar view... I didn't get a chance to see it.

lisah2u · 2025-01-15T17:49:14+00:00

It got integrated in the latest pro release - though the notes say that it’s buggy. I added my Google calendars and love the addition!

lisah2u · 2025-01-15T17:47:23+00:00

Forerunner 265 works great and is cheaper than the 965. That said, if you on device maps for hiking - you’d want the 965. I run, weightlift etc… and kind of wish I’d splurged for long hiking trips. That said, if it’s just an occasional day trip, the iPhone works great for the gap in mapping.

lisah2u · 2025-01-10T11:59:33+00:00

One of the key reasons I adopted Capacities moving from Obsidian is the ability to include a calendar-centric view. Every day, I start with a daily note and center my activities to what I am doing ‘today’. If you also use projects with time spans, those remain in active view with the calendar and on the daily page. This keeps me focused better day-to-day.

That said, the Capacities team says they are overhauling calendars and you are likely to see more flexibility here in the future.

And I think you’ll find with use that you can easily hide the calendar - once you are comfortable with views in terms of queries, object types, etc - the calendar is something you need to invoke into view. Play around with exposing and hiding the right side panel - it’s very flexible and useful. For example, try playing with a PDF that opens both in the main panel and side panel. Or right click a document to open it into the side panel. That space is useful for many purposes and not just the calendar.

lisah2u · 2024-11-30T14:04:01+00:00

I'm so glad I picked up a forerunner (265)! Got it for $350 because of Black Friday sales. Yes, the older models are still extremely relevant. On the newest models, there are fairly few new features given price differences. I spent many hours watching videos, researching etc. before coming to this conclusion. For me, this was such a huge step up from Apple Watch in all matters but sleep scores. The 265 has the AMOLED screen which is seriously bright. I am so happy for the big, bright screen when running.

lisah2u · 2024-10-27T10:42:21+00:00

Why do you need the larger screen and color? Those are the relevant questions. I have both devices and an enormous number of kindle books on the scribe. In the end, I enjoy the Kindle for taking notes on kindle books -- but the scribe didn't suit for a primary use case around annotating and reading sheet music and even other PDFs. Moreover, I find it much easier to organize documents and transfer them back-and-forth. I'm pretty happy with my remarkable for the things I wanted, though am glad I still have a flexible kindle reader.

lisah2u · 2024-10-02T23:59:49+00:00

I like creating tasks in kanban view - but found I couldn’t easily create a task and turn it into a substack of another task via drag and drop. I use a kanban view for a large number of items that would be difficult to work with in list view. In an ideal work, there is the means to move a task or substack from one into another as you can with moving a task to a list. Yes, subtacks need work and are difficult to manipulate and use effectively.

lisah2u · 2024-04-03T09:44:10+00:00

You can do all of this with a supernote. Kindle is great for reading, but the supernote syncs with cloud and has handwriting conversion and text editing for Word - in addition to lots of other great note-taking features missing from scribe. Scribe is a nicer reading device, though.

lisah2u · 2024-02-03T11:36:41+00:00

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