Great piece. I have bookmarked the web version and put links in both Simplenote and Instapaper to read it later. 
Seriously, I distilled this (per your suggestion) as a (the?) major takeaway:
Digital notes are a āmuch degradedā version of mental onesā¦
ā¦which can be better supported visually (somatically) by analog notes if reinforcement is needed.
The second clause being appended from my own magpie experience.
Thank you - dead on topic and one that Iāll be chewing on for some time. Thanks for your work.
I came for the content, but itās the attitude that will keep me coming back. Thanks!
This article confirmed what I have suspected in my note-taking: I hardly ever revisit my stored notes. Iām going to try out A Metabolic Workspace, and to start, have today cancelled my Evernote subscription.
Thanks for the inspiration to improve!
I was in the midst of a binge of āextractionā - returning to books, essays, reviews recently ingested and pulling out notes, quotes, and thoughts when I read this. This really made me think about that activity given the rarity of returning to notes and it kind of set me free. But itās that freedom that is challenging. Thereās a couple things about ānote capturingā that I realize wasnāt really the work or end I want to get to: (1) perfectly capturing and storing and (2) having done something (but not the thing I REALLY want to doā¦). This challenges me to face the procrastination and the distraction from what the real work is. That makes it very uncomfortable but also very necessary for me.
This is a great piece. I practice right away with my WHAT note as well as The Daily notes on iCloud Notes. It is such as relief that I no longer needs to hold on to my digital notes, apple notes, hand-written notes anymore and such freedom allows me to write more in The Daily. Shall share again after a few months! Thanks Joan!