Personal note organizers, how do they work

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I actually have this very thorough post in the works about replacing old Nest doorbell with a new Unifi Doorbell Pro 4. But putting it all together is not easy! I am trying to make it ring a digital chime, reliably and without wi-fi in the path, and nothing works; I think what should work is a relay trigger, but now I need a relay which accepts AC control input.

So while that is not ready, what is the topic anyone (including me) can write on without any preparation and even without knowing shit about? Politics of course.

Not today.

Today I am trying to start using personal data organizers (or whatever this thing is called nowadays) in a way which works? How is this supposed to work at all, if I’m lazy and disorganized? So far I tried:

Logseq then realized the android app is just an apk and it needs full permissions to all files.
Obsidian - I spent a day setting up livesync (not the official one), mostly fighting with couchdb. It kind of works now, but then I found the one below.
Silverbullet which is the current favorite, just because I did set it up quickly.

I have no idea which one I’m going to stick with long term, but currently all my notes are in a silverbullet instance; I’m trying to actively use it for organizing travel, taxes, and of course for shitposting! What I don’t want to do yet is make my entire website a silverbullet, like the silverbullet.md itself.

Obsidian on Think before you push the button

Personal note organizers, how do they work