My new note-taking philosophy was focused on two standards: Plain text and Markdown. After all, they represent true longevity ...

That's why I was thrilled when one of my editors mentioned a program that I had never even heard of before. SiYuan Note. A ...

Imagine this: it’s 2025, and your notes aren’t just static lists or scribbled reminders, they’re living, breathing ecosystems. With a single tap, your app connects ideas across projects, suggests ...

Have you ever felt like your notes are just a chaotic collection of thoughts, scattered across notebooks, apps, or sticky notes, never quite coming together into something useful, like a second brain?

Research suggests that effective note-taking can improve retention by as much as 34% compared to not taking notes at all. The traditional days of note-taking, involving only a pen, notebook, and ...

With an Apple iPad in hand, you never have to carry a paper notebook again—that is, if you have the right app. Here are seven great note-taking apps for the iPad. I'm an expert in software and ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

This article was updated on October 10, 2023, with additional contributions by Mars Girolimon. How you take notes can affect how much information you’re able to recall. You could make reviewing course ...

I should have learned my lesson in 2016, when my now-husband and I packed up our one-bedroom San Francisco apartment and moved to Brooklyn. We had one subpar double mattress, minimal kitchen supplies ...