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I like writing things down. I like the feel of the pen (preferably a
-fountain pen) glide smoothly over the paper, that nice solid feeling of
-the tip against the table, seeing the ink dry as it flows from the nib,
-accidentally swiping my hand through it before it's finished and
-smearing a bit of ink across the page, cursing under my breath as I dab
-it up with a handkerchief or a napkin or something else nearby. I also
-love that writing things by hand [[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581][has an impact on memory and improves
-retention.]]
+fountain pen) gliding smoothly over the paper, that nice solid feeling
+of the tip against the table, seeing the ink dry as it flows from the
+nib, accidentally swiping my hand through it before it's finished and
+smearing a bit of ink across the page, then cursing under my breath as I
+dab it up with a handkerchief or a napkin or something else nearby. I
+also love that writing things by hand [[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581][has an impact on memory and
+improves retention.]]
*** The problem
Unfortunately, I don't love keeping up with that paper. Across many
@@ -318,29 +318,29 @@ Wrong because Apple bad.[fn:2]
*** The solution
Enter the world of ... what are they even called? E-ink notebooks? Paper
tablets? E-R/W?[fn:1] Do they even have a "device category" yet? I don't
-know but they solve my problem in a wonderful way.
+know, but they solve my problem in a wonderful way.
As the names suggest, these are devices that can /usually/ open and read
e-books (EPUBs, PDFs, etc.), annotate them, and create standalone pages
of notes as if they were full notebooks. The most well-known of these
devices is likely the [[https://remarkable.com/][reMarkable.]] They had a [[https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/08/remarkable-raises-15-million-to-bring-its-e-paper-tablets-to-more-scribblers/][hugely successful
crowdfunding campaign]] and produced the reMarkable 1, followed by [[https://blog.remarkable.com/remarkable-2-the-next-generation-paper-tablet-91b47d0080cb][the
-reMarkable 2 in 2020.]] There are a few others by now but we'll look at
-the reMarkable first.
+reMarkable 2 in 2020.]] There are a few devices like these by now but
+we'll look at the reMarkable first.
*** The reMarkable
This device boasts all of the features I was looking for. It renders
-digital content, from books and manuals to comics and light novels,
-allows you to mark those documents up as you would if it were physical
-media, create full notebooks of hand written text, organise them,
-search, and, if your handwriting is legible enough (mine certainly is
-not), perform OCR on your notes and email a transcription to yourself.
-It even runs Linux and the developers have opened SSH up so you can
-remote in and tinker with it as much as you like. Because of this,
-there's a pretty awesome [[https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable][community of people creating third-party tools
-and integrations]] that add even further functionality. My favourite is
-probably [[https://github.com/bordaigorl/rmview][rMview,]] a really fast VNC client for the reMarkable that allows
-you to view your device's screen on any computer.
+digital content, from books and manuals to comics and manga, allows you
+to mark those documents up as you would if they were physical media,
+create full notebooks of hand written text, organise them, search, and,
+if your handwriting is legible enough (mine certainly is not), perform
+OCR on your notes and email a transcription to yourself. It even runs
+Linux and the developers have opened SSH up so you can remote in and
+tinker with it as much as you like. Because of this, there's a pretty
+awesome [[https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable][community of people creating third-party tools and integrations]]
+that add even further functionality. My favourite is probably [[https://github.com/bordaigorl/rmview][rMview,]] a
+really fast VNC client for the reMarkable that allows you to view your
+device's screen on any computer.
After watching all of [[https://www.youtube.com/c/MyDeepGuide][MyDeepGuide's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSI9-gaSSmiXwb7Vjk5Vb-nB41UTnrXd][extensive playlist on the
reMarkable,]] however, I decided to go with a different product.
@@ -363,10 +363,9 @@ arguably more important so I don't actually mind that it runs Android.
The only place that Android stands out is in system operations; file
transfer uses MTP and, when you swipe down from the top of the device, a
small bar appears similar to what was in early Android. This lets you
-change WiFi networks, sync with the companion app on your LAN, the
-remote servers, take a screenshot, search, and access the system
-settings. Nothing else about the device really makes me think of
-Android.
+change WiFi networks, sync with the Supernote Cloud, take a screenshot,
+search, and access the system settings. Nothing else about the device
+really screams Android to me.
*** Community
I don't usually browse Reddit but [[https://old.reddit.com/r/Supernote/][the Supernote community]] there is
@@ -374,20 +373,21 @@ fascinating. I haven't looked around enough to know exactly what his
relationship is with the company, but one of the members, [[https://old.reddit.com/user/hex2asc][u/hex2asc,]]
seems to represent Supernote in something of an official capacity. He's
incredibly active and usually responds to posts and questions within a
-couple of days.
-
-Before I purchased one, [[https://old.reddit.com/r/Supernote/comments/lhffyd/sync_targets_open_document_formats_and_crossnote/][I wrote a post]] asking about a couple of things
-that concerned me: sync targets, open document formats, and cross-note
-links. I don't ever plan to write full documents with a keyboard on the
-Supernote but it would still be nice. The other features would be
-absolutely killer for me as I would like to maintain a Zettelkasten (I
-wrote about [[/vim-as-a-markdown-editor/][using Vim to do so]] last year but didn't end up sticking with
-it) and manage document synchronisation with my own Nextcloud server.
-The community was quick to respond and confirm that Zettelkasten
-functionality would be implemented soon™. u/hex2asc responded /the day
-after/ and said that WebDAV would be supported but not earlier than May,
-ODF would likely not be supported, and cross-note links were definitely
-a possibility. Another community member has been avidly following the
+day or two.
+
+Before I purchased a Supernote, [[https://old.reddit.com/r/Supernote/comments/lhffyd/sync_targets_open_document_formats_and_crossnote/][I wrote a post]] asking about a couple of
+things that concerned me: sync targets, open document formats, and
+cross-note links. I don't really plan to write full documents on the
+device but having the option to do so would still be nice. The other
+features are absolutely killer for me as I would like to maintain a
+Zettelkasten (I wrote about [[/vim-as-a-markdown-editor/][using Vim to do so]] last year but didn't end
+up sticking with it) and manage document synchronisation with my own
+Nextcloud server. The community was quick to respond and confirm that
+Zettelkasten functionality would be implemented soon™. u/hex2asc
+responded /the day after/ and said that WebDAV would be supported but not
+earlier than May (September update: it's still not supported), ODF would
+likely not be supported, and cross-note links were definitely a
+possibility. Another community member has been avidly following the
subreddit and even put together an [[https://app-rm.roadmunk.com/publish/03e6dca3d769e2b7015f7f48a649cb3f75f44d9e][unofficial roadmap.]]
*** Interfaces
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ with 226 PPI (pixels per inch). The image below was taken with my
phone's camera so it's not very good. However, if you zoom in a bit, you
can see that the curved edges of some letters are /slightly/ pixellated.
Viewing with my naked eye at a comfortable distance, it does look better
-/to me/ than some of my print books.
+/to me/ than some of my print books, however.
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