WOWolfbeta·Apr 2, 2023
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https://github.com/dbieber/GoNoteGo
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GoNoteGo
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dbieber / GoNoteGo
GoNoteGo
Go Note Go is a note-taking system for when you're on the go, with a focus on driving and camping.
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What it is
Go Note Go is a note-taking system for when you're on the go, with a focus on driving and camping.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Nov 2021 | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2021 | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2022 | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2022 | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2022 | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2022 | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2022 | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2022 | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2023 | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2023 | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesI keep a Go Note Go by my desk. If I have something to write down, I simply type it in and hit enter.
Go Note Go is a note-taking system for when you're on the go, with a focus on driving and camping. It's just a headless keyboard (Raspberry Pi 400) -- no monitor, no display at all -- that you can type on (or speak to; it has a microphone). Anything you type will get uploaded to your notes, and if you speak it will get transcribed automatically and uploaded to your notes, all as soon as the device gets an internet connection (so you can use it offline, e.g. when camping).
Being single-purpose is really nice -- no time lost switching apps or waiting for something to load before you can type. And being screenless is nice too: it feels really freeing to not think about typos or wording etc, and to just keep moving forward.
For me, the notes
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are uploaded to Roam Research, but it supports other note-taking systems too (e.g. email, Notion, RemNote, Ideaflow, Mem, ...).
Links:
https://davidbieber.com/projects/go-note-go/
https://github.com/dbieber/GoNoteGo
This has been a multiyear journey -- and this "sending messages" piece is new in just the last few days. The main thrust of this effort started with being able to get thoughts out of my head so I could sleep easier back in 2014.
The original project was just for sleep typing, called Shh Shell: https://davidbieber.com/projects/shh-shell/
https://github.com/dbieber/shh-shell
When I moved out west, I expanded Shh Shell to shower typing too, so I could capture those precious shower thoughts, otherwise fleeting.
A few months ago I rebooted the project as Go Note Go, this time with a focus on driving and camping, rather than showering and sleeping. New hardware (Raspberry Pi 400) in the project lets me use it on the go.
https://davidbieber.com/projects/go-note-go/
https://github.com/dbieber/GoNoteGo
Lots of improvements over the original projec
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t, noted in the post linked here^.
Even though I designed GNG for driving and camping, the old sleeping use-case is still useful for me, and I've continued to delight in keeping the headless keyboard at the bedside.
Being able to queue up messages in this state (as well as just from my daily note-taking workspace) has only added to the delight.
Hi, I'm the author of Go Note Go. Thanks for posting to HN!
I've been using the system quite a bit these last two months since I started building it, and still getting lots of value from it. The whole thing is open source and for the hacker-type there are enough instructions to build your own: https://github.com/dbieber/GoNoteGo, so hopefully someone here can get some value out of it as well :)
I'll probably post this again as a Show HN a bit later once I reach a good point for sharing (although tbh I think it's pretty good for sharing as is).
Happy to take questions; I'll try to monitor the discussion for a bit. Looking forward to seeing what ideas folks have here!
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