{"id":2550,"date":"2023-03-25T18:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T22:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T22:49:10","slug":"one-note-to-rule-them-all-not-the-one-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/one-note-to-rule-them-all-not-the-one-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"One Note To Rule Them All (not the one you think)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking back at my web search history, I have been on a quest for several months now to find a note-taking application that checks a couple of very specific boxes and that I can use for documenting my home network (aka home lab) setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve installed <a href=\"https:\/\/joplinapp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joplin<\/a>. I&#8217;ve installed <a href=\"https:\/\/obsidian.md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obsidian<\/a>. I&#8217;ve installed a whole host of apps and applications. None of them deliver exactly what I am looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OywdK-GIDnw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the big items is that I am trying to avoid is cloud services (see above about home lab), so <a href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EverNote<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/onenote\/digital-note-taking-app?ms.url=onenotecom&amp;rtc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OneNote<\/a> were right out. OneNote I like, actually. I use it at work all the time. I have it sitting in the #2 spot of my morning launch order in my taskbar, right behind Outlook, and in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/putty.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">puTTY<\/a>. But, I do not want to have to use OneDrive when I have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-global\/releaseNote\/DSM?model=DS720%2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Synology NAS<\/a> in the rack in the basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, in particular, I have been on a tear looking for the solution. Hell, I even tried out the Bing AI ChatBot, seeing if it could narrow down the insane number of choices available just to what I am actually looking for, which is actually a pretty short list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cross-platform: Windows, Linux, IOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>support import of images<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>support drawn input<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>shareable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>files are local<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open-source, if possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;d think that would be easy. Nope. Not until I sat there in the living room chair with a cat in my lap looking at the Joplin app I had installed on my iPhone months back and never used. Joplin does not support drawn input. Neither does Obsidian; it is just text, as far as I can tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you know what? I think that I came full-circle on this quest. See above where I mentioned that I have a Synology NAS? That NAS allows me to run a server, basically, called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-us\/releaseNote\/NoteStationClient\" target=\"_blank\">Synology Note Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It has installers for Windows, MacOS, and, ahem, Ubuntu (in the form of a .deb file). It also has an app in the Apple App Store for both iPhone and iPad.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can easily add image files to the notes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can draw on the notes. In fact, Calin and I invented a family, called the Moops, IN NOTE STATION on the iPAD! One of our favorite characters from this family is Merk Moop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The notes are shareable to other users on the NAS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The notes ARE ON THE NAS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That is five of six boxes checked! And the last box is half-checked, as it is &#8220;free as in beer&#8221; if you already own the NAS. This is far more than any of the dozens of note-taking applications that I have looked at. Seriously, I have spent a scary amount of time researching this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying Note Station is perfect. Oh, goodness, no. It needs some serious polish and love from Synology. But it appears to be the perfect note-taking application <em>for me<\/em>. I am glad that this quest is over. Now I can get on with the exciting task of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auvik.com\/franklyit\/blog\/network-documentation-best-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documenting my network<\/a> and keeping track of my late night changes!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/one-note-to-rule-them-all-not-the-one-you-think\/image-14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png?fit=374%2C421&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"374,421\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png?fit=374%2C421&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png?resize=361%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2551\" width=\"361\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png?w=374&amp;ssl=1 374w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png?resize=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">He&#8217;s just busted out of prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"437\" data-attachment-id=\"2552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/one-note-to-rule-them-all-not-the-one-you-think\/image-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?fit=633%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"633,437\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?fit=633%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?resize=633%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?w=633&amp;ssl=1 633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back at my web search history, I have been on a quest for several months now to find a note-taking application that checks a couple of very specific boxes and that I can use for documenting my home network &hellip; 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