If you’re using iOS9, you can ask Siri to remind you about WorkFlowy URLs while in Safari. WorkFlowy doesn’t integrate, but there is one interesting hack… When you think about how easy it is to create, filter and link notes using WorkFlowy, it’s no surprise that Slack was built with it, or that some of the world’s busiest people plan their lives with it. It works like a table of contents (but better). You can use blocks of tags like this at the top of your project lists to make it really easy to highlight relevant sections. Super fast.Ībove, I’m linking a chunk of notes taken from a recording on growth tracking to a list made from an introduction to a SumoMe.Īs I was looking for some extra tips, I saw this screenshot on the WorkFlowy blog: You can paste that anywhere and get taken to the other list in a flash. When you click on a bullet (called zooming in), you’ll notice the URL in the address bar change. In fact, they see URLs as ‘ the irreducible atom of work management‘. If you want to reference your meeting notes in your separate lists, there are a few things to remember. While this guide is about taking notes, you’re probably going to see the value of mapping out projects in their entirety using WorkFlowly. Connect your meeting notes with the rest of your projects It’s likely that you’re going to want to reference other lists when you’re writing your notes, just like you can link cards together in Trello. If you’re listening to a recording of a meeting and want to create some quick action points from your notes, tagging them with a unique tag can do that. This is a cut from a screen recording of me taking actual notes whilst listening to audio instructions: While it might seem strange to say that a text-based tool can help you take notes more efficiently (especially when you’ll always be typing at the same rate), it’s because you can break down blocks into bullets, move sections around and make notes inside notes.Īs well as indented bullets and dragging text around, you can use tags to create a to-do list out of your notes. For people like me (messy handwriting, disorganized, thoroughly useless at taking notes), WorkFlowy resonates with my thought process, which is why I say that even if you’re usually poor at taking notes, it can help. How WorkFlowy helps you take better notesĪs Erica Heinz says, it feels like ‘the deep folds of your brain’. Share lists, list items, sublists, etc… Collaborate with others showing as much or as little of the list as you choose.The keyboard shortcuts turn you into some kind of note-taking samurai.It has breadcrumbs for jumping around quickly.Tag a list item with # to index it in search.You can create rough notes in one take, then zoom into each point to expand it.Why is it the best at what it does? There’s a few reasons. WorkFlowy is… the most underwhelming app you’ll ever see.Īt first glance it seems like Microsoft Word stuck in bullet mode, but after a bit of learning you’ll see it’s (probably) the best outliner, the best to-do list and the best note-taking app you could imagine. Instead, now I use WorkFlowy to take and edit notes. With this method, I’d need to listen to the recording at least twice to get my notes. When I was done writing and listening, I’d usually be left with a big mess of text that needs organizing, which would take more time still to go through and fix. Lately, I’ve got instructions introducing me to new projects via video or voice recording, which I’d try to summarize in bullets, expand on and create to-do list items from the notes. They’re clunky and don’t work in harmony with my erratic train of thought at a meeting, lecture or presentation. Lots of text editors, like Word or Evernote, feel too ‘formal’ for proper note taking.
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