Yes! Thanks, John, for that note. You can indeed use Raycast for clipboard history. I've gotten used to using Alfred for that, so my fingers are accustomed to that clip retrieval routine, but eventually, like you, I may streamline into Raycast rather than having to use both of them. And thanks for noting CleanShotX, which I agree is great. I use Zight and Eagle for screenshots but CleanShotX is equally good.
I use Remember The Milk for daily to-do's. The paid version has subtasks, priorities - and its notes shared between instances of a repeated task permit me to keep a log of what I have done in long-term projects.
I use Obsidian for thinking and writing short pieces, mostly for Medium.
I use Joplin as my Evernote replacement.
And my browser is Vivaldi, for its chromium extensions.
I read your newsletter weekly and follow your recommendations on new apps. I recently tried the Lazy app based on your advice but have been greatly disappointed. Despite its high cost, it functions like any basic note-taking app and lacks essential features such as synchronization across devices or cloud access, restricting its use to the original download computer. Furthermore, their website lacks a FAQ section or any avenue for customer inquiries, and I found no credible reviews online. This experience has left me feeling scammed. Could you share your thoughts on this app?
Hi Stefanella! I'm sorry you've had a frustrating experience with Lazy. I have no direct involvement in the app, but I can share my own personal perspective as a paying user of it. It's an early-stage new app, so a lot of the polish and capabilities that more mature notes platforms have Lazy hasn't yet incorporated. It's cost is normal for a notes app, many of which cost about $10 a month, but I hear you that it's not meeting your expectations in terms of capabilities if you're paying full price for it.
There are few credible reviews online yet because it's so new and there isn't a public stage yet - it's still in private beta (or alpha). That's also why, I think, the FAQ is still in development. They are adding new features and capabilities almost every week - yesterday, for example, was another new release with a bunch of fixes and adjustments.
The Slack community is very active and that's where most of the early users are asking questions and getting help. Calum, the community manager, is actually active daily in helping early users - he's answered a lot of my questions and those of a lot of other users. It actually has many functions other note-taking apps don't have in terms of making it much easier to capture content from anywhere on your computer much more quickly and easily than other notes apps enable.
When the app has matured a bit I'm planning to write a fuller post about all of its capabilities and why I find it so useful. One reason I've only mentioned it briefly in passing is because it's still a bit raw in development and rough around the edges, as you noted. In any case, I'm sorry you were disappointed with it. Everyone has different software and tool preferences, and you might very well prefer one of the many other notes options out there. Others I recommend include Capacities, Tana, Obsidian, Anytype, and Mem, depending on your personal software preferences, the way you like to add, organize, view and use your notes. Thanks for your note, Jeremy
I read your newsletter weekly and follow your recommendations on new apps. I recently tried the Lazy app based on your advice but have been greatly disappointed. Despite its high cost, it functions like any basic note-taking app and lacks essential features such as synchronization across devices or cloud access, restricting its use to the original download computer. Furthermore, their website lacks a FAQ section or any avenue for customer inquiries, and I found no credible reviews online. This experience has left me feeling scammed. Could you share your thoughts on this app?
It looks like this comment accidentally was duplicated - I replied to the other version of this comment. Thanks for your interest and I hope that reply is helpful.
(yes, I'll copy my answer here as well in case is useful to someone):
I'm really very grateful for your answer. I feel much relief with this information. I'll follow your advice on looking on the Slack community for answers. Thanks so much!
Not 100% sure, but I think you can use Raycast for clipboard history as well.
https://www.raycast.com/extensions/clipboard-history
I found it completely replaced Alfred for me. Also, CleanShotX is great.
Yes! Thanks, John, for that note. You can indeed use Raycast for clipboard history. I've gotten used to using Alfred for that, so my fingers are accustomed to that clip retrieval routine, but eventually, like you, I may streamline into Raycast rather than having to use both of them. And thanks for noting CleanShotX, which I agree is great. I use Zight and Eagle for screenshots but CleanShotX is equally good.
I use Remember The Milk for daily to-do's. The paid version has subtasks, priorities - and its notes shared between instances of a repeated task permit me to keep a log of what I have done in long-term projects.
I use Obsidian for thinking and writing short pieces, mostly for Medium.
I use Joplin as my Evernote replacement.
And my browser is Vivaldi, for its chromium extensions.
These are great. Not heard of half of them, thank you
Hi Jeremy,
I read your newsletter weekly and follow your recommendations on new apps. I recently tried the Lazy app based on your advice but have been greatly disappointed. Despite its high cost, it functions like any basic note-taking app and lacks essential features such as synchronization across devices or cloud access, restricting its use to the original download computer. Furthermore, their website lacks a FAQ section or any avenue for customer inquiries, and I found no credible reviews online. This experience has left me feeling scammed. Could you share your thoughts on this app?
Thank you!
Hi Stefanella! I'm sorry you've had a frustrating experience with Lazy. I have no direct involvement in the app, but I can share my own personal perspective as a paying user of it. It's an early-stage new app, so a lot of the polish and capabilities that more mature notes platforms have Lazy hasn't yet incorporated. It's cost is normal for a notes app, many of which cost about $10 a month, but I hear you that it's not meeting your expectations in terms of capabilities if you're paying full price for it.
There are few credible reviews online yet because it's so new and there isn't a public stage yet - it's still in private beta (or alpha). That's also why, I think, the FAQ is still in development. They are adding new features and capabilities almost every week - yesterday, for example, was another new release with a bunch of fixes and adjustments.
The Slack community is very active and that's where most of the early users are asking questions and getting help. Calum, the community manager, is actually active daily in helping early users - he's answered a lot of my questions and those of a lot of other users. It actually has many functions other note-taking apps don't have in terms of making it much easier to capture content from anywhere on your computer much more quickly and easily than other notes apps enable.
When the app has matured a bit I'm planning to write a fuller post about all of its capabilities and why I find it so useful. One reason I've only mentioned it briefly in passing is because it's still a bit raw in development and rough around the edges, as you noted. In any case, I'm sorry you were disappointed with it. Everyone has different software and tool preferences, and you might very well prefer one of the many other notes options out there. Others I recommend include Capacities, Tana, Obsidian, Anytype, and Mem, depending on your personal software preferences, the way you like to add, organize, view and use your notes. Thanks for your note, Jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
I read your newsletter weekly and follow your recommendations on new apps. I recently tried the Lazy app based on your advice but have been greatly disappointed. Despite its high cost, it functions like any basic note-taking app and lacks essential features such as synchronization across devices or cloud access, restricting its use to the original download computer. Furthermore, their website lacks a FAQ section or any avenue for customer inquiries, and I found no credible reviews online. This experience has left me feeling scammed. Could you share your thoughts on this app?
Thank you!
It looks like this comment accidentally was duplicated - I replied to the other version of this comment. Thanks for your interest and I hope that reply is helpful.
(yes, I'll copy my answer here as well in case is useful to someone):
I'm really very grateful for your answer. I feel much relief with this information. I'll follow your advice on looking on the Slack community for answers. Thanks so much!
Obsidian, Google Drive, Substack