A list of new and upcoming platforms that I have tried out to help with note taking and project management tasks. Gdrive/GDocs are old school.
Spreadsheets
Airtable
- Think of Airtable as a cross between spreadsheets and a database
- It is increasingly used by startups and smaller businesses
- The main use is to use blocks and APIs to have this set up with other services e.g. IFTTT, Zapier to automate tasks
- A good way to see usage scenarios are through Universe
- One way I have utilised this is to create a sheet/database of all events during Kiwicon (this also gives me a way to show you how notion allows embeds .
https://airtable.com/shrpPCe3wiaw8b6kn
Airtable: Organize anything you can imagine
Docs + Notes
- Docs are changing significantly
- Google Docs are still relatively closed off and not extensible
- Services are utilising Markdown and other features to make richer and more complete note taking solutions
Dropbox Paper
Paper - Dropbox
Quip