(2019-04-01) Sia Using Notion As Your Second Brain

Kim Sia: Using Notion as Your Second Brain. Over the past 10 months or so, I went from using Evernote, to Quiver, and now Notion.

Bear in mind, I have a difference in opinion with Tiago about which points are deal-breakers and must have. However, in this article, I will adopt Tiago’s criteria and structure accordingly

Fundamental Differences between Evernote and Notion

In Evernote, the fundamental building blocks are notes. Whereas in Notion, the fundamental building blocks are blocks.

Each block can be a separate Page, Table (which behaves like AirTable), or just a paragraph. There are about 9 different types of blocks in Notion

I will make the assumption that the equivalent of a note in Evernote is a Page in Notion

The beauty of blocks in Notion is such that this mixing and matching is actually a first class citizen because almost anything can be a block. Mixing and matching in Notion is superior to Evernote

you can build a page within a page within a page ad infinitum

Personally, I like to clip content from web pages, and take quotes from Twitter and Kindle books. I also need to copy and paste code with syntax highlights.

offline access is not complete. When offline, your mobile or desktop app can only search amongst the last few dozen notes you recently accessed.

You can still write notes offline and the sync will happen when you’re back online. Therefore, this is good enough for me.

This post was originally published by Kim Sia on SimKimSia.com

I have been using Notion since late August 2018 as a paid subscriber.