Your problem is that your goal should be to optimize for recalling/retrieving the notes. Writing assorted notes across assorted apps across assorted devices is a bad idea and you'll just discard them eventually. It's also a mental burden to worry that they're backed up.
Just pick a single search-optimized note app and stick with it. I use Evernote as a basic note-taking app, but really this works with ANY app that lets you have hierarchical organization (i.e. folders), gives you a good search feature, works offline, has a mobile app, and sync so you can access easily notes from your mobile phone or PC interchangeably.
Your goal is finding info ASAP. Good search should:
1. Give a list of notes matching the search result, including snippets, like a Google search
2. Be lightning fast (so no online search)
3. Allow searching a specific folder, or all notes (for when you can't remember where you put it)
I have my AI folder, my git folder, my Linux folder, my nutrition folder, you name it. Inside a folder, it's a mix of organized well-thoughtout notes, or random one-shot scribbles of something neat I found on the internet. It doesn't matter because I can just search my nutrition folder for e.g. "fasting salts" and instantly find my note about mineral requirements when doing a fast, no matter what the title is.
I have 200 notes for Linux alone. I don't use Linux enough to remember everything, especially stuff I might only need every few months.
Just pick a single search-optimized note app and stick with it. I use Evernote as a basic note-taking app, but really this works with ANY app that lets you have hierarchical organization (i.e. folders), gives you a good search feature, works offline, has a mobile app, and sync so you can access easily notes from your mobile phone or PC interchangeably.
Your goal is finding info ASAP. Good search should:
1. Give a list of notes matching the search result, including snippets, like a Google search 2. Be lightning fast (so no online search) 3. Allow searching a specific folder, or all notes (for when you can't remember where you put it)
I have my AI folder, my git folder, my Linux folder, my nutrition folder, you name it. Inside a folder, it's a mix of organized well-thoughtout notes, or random one-shot scribbles of something neat I found on the internet. It doesn't matter because I can just search my nutrition folder for e.g. "fasting salts" and instantly find my note about mineral requirements when doing a fast, no matter what the title is.
I have 200 notes for Linux alone. I don't use Linux enough to remember everything, especially stuff I might only need every few months.