Dropbox->Syncthing.net
Maps->OSMAnd(roid)
Browser->FF for many reasons
Search->DDG or startpage.com
Discover music->good old Internet + terrestrial radio
I really do love the rich features and UX of #MXPlayer on Android, a video player app.
However, with the latest updates, it gets more and more tedious to use it without network permission (I don't use and want). Reason: when starting the app, it either does nothing until a timeout of ~1min is reached or it never passes the startup screen. So far, I still can "open" it when opening any video file from my file browser.
Is there a decent alternative video player for Android I should consider?
If you would conduct a presentation or a demo for an #engineeringdiary and #knowledgebase, what topic(s) would you mention in any case that might not be one of the obvious candidates?
However, due to my advanced #PIM processes, I rarely write things down on #paper.
I'd love to do so much more if there would be a great #FOSS solution for offline #handwriting#OCR. That would be a great investment by the #stationery industry! 🤔
It still offers better solutions compared to my #Boox#NoteAir#eink tablet.
This is why I don't invest money nor effort in lock-in situations, especially with products I want to use for decades, not just months or until the next hype hits the market.
Why does #iOS do this shit? I have the #Zoho mail app set as the default mail app in iOS, yet certain apps (hello #Safari, you dick) still give me this popup to install Mail when clicking a mailto link.
What’s the point in having the option to change the default fucking mail app then? 😡
@kev I'd say you gave yourself the answer when you're mentioning "Apple" ...
#Apple is only fun when you're using their systems (it's not actually owned by the consumers paying premium prices) as Apple intents and, thus, give them all your data.
Think about that and you'll find lots of decisions/restrictions/politics supporting that notion. 😉
It turns out that "If you don't pay for it, you're the product" is not the only option to be the product after all. 🤷
@publicvoit
Very nice overview. I agree on most of the points. I must admit i have not tested it as in-depth as you did.
I also tried to import a graph from my org-roam Zettelkasten directory, but the some links were working in the visual analyzer and some were not, though the links in the pages were correct. Did you try something similar as well?
In certain situations, a large number of tags in the controlled vocabulary are not a bad thing at all if you still limit the number of tags for each file/entity in general.
Need to blog about it from an #orgmode perspective.
If there is an actual reason not to use #Emacs - and you really should go for this golden standard - then Logseq using #orgdown syntax is a great alternative.
But still, you get the whole #PIM feature-set with Emacs only. That's for sure.
I really have to say that this is a really good tool once you switch from the #markdown default setting to the much better #orgmode syntax. 😉
I'll migrate the #Joplin data from my previous testrun over to logseq and go with that for the moment.
Don't worry, I'll probably never leave my Org setup. It's for another person's management and knowledge base where #Emacs was no option, unfortunately.
Anyone using a #zettelkasten tool like #obsidian, #joplin, #roamresearch etc) - do you really use the graph view and what does it help? How do you integrate it into your workflow?
I first thought I'd try it because I love mindmapping a lot, but I couldn't really make use of the graph so far.
Today, I tested #Joplin because people kept arguing that you keep your #Markdown files as local copies which prevents vendor #lockin.
From what I've seen today, this is not a valid argument. The md files are named with random file names, their content is not just md, it's md + JSON for some meta-data.
From what it seems, without Joplin, you'll lose your structure and your internal and external links. This would be a desaster to migrate to a different tool like #orgmode.
This spontaneous holiday project was the reason why I didn't work on most of the projects I actually planned for this week: re-arranging my #desk by rotating it 90 degrees and completely re-doing #cablemanagement with some longer cables. Had to put both speakers on desk.
Now, I'm much more flexible with my desk orientation.
Furthermore, it's now according to #ergonomic regulations with the window at the side and not behind monitors as before. 🤓