Over/Under #62 with Geffrey van der Bos

This week Geffrey is my guest. I discovered him on Mastodon, and you can follow him at geffrey@id.geff.re. Today, he helps people getting out of debt, and only for this you should follow him. He did many things, and I recommend you to check his blog. You can also subscribe to his RSS feed, and say “Hi! 👋”. Here are her topics for this week ⤵️ Plain Text Notes Overrated. I’d rather see a good thinking system than a collection of plain text. If your Evernote or Apple Notes helps you gather your thoughts: good! Keep doing what you are doing. If your collection didn’t help you explore ideas, it doesn’t matter that it is still readable in 2087. Use plain text to avoid companies becoming gatekeepers of your notes. No need to request exports once the service stops or start charging money for access. That being said, plain text is too restrictive. My thinking is not linear, so the top-to-bottom characteristic gets in the way pretty fast. It’s also not accessible to the ‘common people’,…