Its not the app its the apptitude Chris Coyier

October 3, 2023

Casey Newton:

… it is probably a mistake, in the end, to ask software to improve our thinking. Even if you can rescue your attention from the acid bath of the internet; even if you can gather the most interesting data and observations into the app of your choosing; even if you revisit that data from time to time — this will not be enough. It might not even be worth trying.

The reason, sadly, is that thinking takes place in your brain. And thinking is an active pursuit — one that often happens when you are spending long stretches of time staring into space, then writing a bit, and then staring into space a bit more. It’s here that the connections are made and the insights are formed. And it is a process that stubbornly resists automation.

I haven’t jumped around note-taking apps as much as Casey, but I, too, eye them up heavily, wondering if I could do better. But probably not. Thinking takes place in your brain.

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