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An outliner app like WorkFlowy (YC S10) or TaskPaper is nice for adding nesting and the ability to zoom in and out.

You can also directly link to any node, at least in WorkFlowy.

My approach is similar to yours except it's one hierarchical entry per day.

https://workflowy.com/

https://www.taskpaper.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner



I'm sad there's still no good offline and native clone of Workflowy/Dynalist after all these years. I've tried many other outliner-like note-taking software, but I haven't found anything that is more comfortable to use than the outliner system in Workflowy/Dynalist. To paraphrase a quote I've heard online, "it fits my brain like a glove."


Dynalist has an offline app (which syncs with the server when online). See https://dynalist.io/download . It's the same interface as on the web (so not 'native'), though.


Basically this is why folks use org-mode, but it won't satisfy you if you're used to syncing.


ActionOutline was my go-to native outliner on Windows.

https://www.actionoutline.com/


I’ve landed on the same approach, in WorkFlowy. I’ll tag lines #todo for tasks, or a project-specific hashtag, so it’s really easy to see everything I’ve written about a subject. Only two months in but it’s great and very low-friction. Using RocketBook to merge in handwritten notes I make in the mornings and evenings sometimes.


+1 for TaskPaper.

Markdown for notes and Taskpaper for tasks, projects and outlines. It is a format and a Mac app, that is extremely well made. Super fast keyboard navigation, customizable styles and scriptable in JavaScript. Love it.




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