8/4/2023 0 Comments Nvalt sync problems![]() ![]() Sometimes, all you want to do with an arbitrary string, is to use it to create a file or a directory. ![]() If you stick around, there might also be a mobile rant □. In this part, I go into some detail about nvALT and my “ideal capture experience”. Just as important for my productivity □ ! It just sat there, streaming my Google Music library. Didn’t do anything with my Windows laptop.Got overwhelmed with options on the iPad (iOS in general).Became frustrated with the options I evaluated on Android.Decided on nvALT for capturing notes on OS X.Filename is note title, file text is note content. Decided that “captured items” are plaintext Markdown-formatted files in my Dropbox GoPlain/Notes directory.It should just be there, waiting for when I’m ready to deal with processing it.Ī tl dr version of where I am with this, at the time of writing: No messing with filing and categorizing a “captured item”. This means as few clicks and taps as possible to get to “capture mode”. The act of “capturing a piece of information” must be totally frictionless.Handle poor connectivity with dignity – we are talking about plaintext files here. Sync “captured items” across all said devices, given connectivity.To prioritize: MacBook, Android phone, iPad, Windows laptop. To reiterate and elaborate, my expectations for a “ubiquitous plaintext capture solution” include: I am dividing it to parts because it is still work-in-progress, and I wanted to share as I go along. This post is part 1 of several posts on the subject of plaintext capture. So here I am, trying to deal with it, having some success on the Mac, mostly failing on mobile… In my Go Plain manifesto, I said that the first thing I plan to deal with is ubiquitous plaintext capture solution.
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