Using Notenik to Make a Web Book
I've been focused on making web books for many years and now, for the first time, I'm able to generate a complete book-like website straight out of Notenik, with no special templates or script files needed!
Adventures with Notenik
The Latest Adventures with the Notenik Mac App
Latest posts
Designing My New Personal Blog
The inside scoop on how I designed my new personal blog, and the fields I ended up with.
Building Something Without Having to Order the Cement
As Ken Thompson has said, programming is addictive, partly because "It's like building something where you don't have to order the cement." Notenik has been going strong for years now, and the neighbors have yet to see a cement truck pull up to my door.
Tech Priorities for Note-Taking
Here is a prioritized list of technology concerns that should be considered when deciding upon your own personal note-taking system.
Creating a Portable Wisdom Feed
How I use the latest version of Notenik to generate an RSS feed of a series of randomly selected quotations from my Commonplace book — something I'm calling the Portable Wisdom feed.
Starter Packs for Notenik
Now you can create your own custom Starter Packs, and then use them to initialize new collections!
Using Notenik as an App Launcher
With the latest release, Notenik can be used as an app launcher, with some interesting features. Is this a compelling use case? Heck, I don't know. But it's kind of fun!
What Makes Notenik Different? Collection Templates
Sometimes it's hard to figure out what makes Notenik different from all the other note-taking, Markdown-parsing, text-file-wrangling apps out there. So let's start with the most significant, core differentiator: each folder of text files managed by Notenik has its own unique template file, and each template file defines a set of fields for the notes within that folder.
HTML for People Companion Ready for Use
The new web book(at https://notenik.app/web-intro/index.html), is now complete, and ready for review and use. This tutorial makes use of a Notenik starter pack titled, and the complete version of this starter pack has just been released as part of Notenik Version 16.2.0, which is now out in the Mac App Store.
Notenik Turns Sweet Sixteen!
Notenik version 16.0.0 is out, just in time for the holidays! Starting with the big picture, this means Notenik has had roughly 150 significant releases, starting with 1.1.0 on July 15, 2019. This works out to about 1 release every two weeks, over a period of five and a half years! And Notenik today has an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 in the Mac App Store, based on every rating ever made,…
Progress on HTML for People Companion
Notenik version 15.9.0 is now available from the Mac App Store, and is chock full of improvements, many of them inspired by Blake Watson's web book. An early draft of the Notenik companion to Blake's book is also available for review.
Easier Webmaking with Notenik 15.8.0
The web bookmade me realize that webmaking with Notenik was harder than it needed to be. So now, it's a little bit easier.
Notenik's Flexible Seq Field
Notenik's Seq field is deceptively simple, but surprisingly powerful.
Webmaking with Notenik
In which I announce a couple of recent improvements that should make it easier for new users to create their own websites with Notenik.
Notenik Review by AppAddict
Notenik received a nice review recently from Lou Plummer, on his AppAddict page.
Importing a Quotation from WikiQuote
Notenik can now import selected quotations from WikiQuote.org, hopefully saving time and potential data entry errors.
Why Is the Notenik File Format Different?
Notenik supports MultiMarkdown metadata and YAML frontmatter, but has a preference for its own file format. If this seems a bit of a mystery to you, then read on.
Why Notenik is Shrouded in Perpetual Obscurity
When people finally stumble across Notenik, they often ask "How have I never heard of this before?" Well, here's where I provide a definitive answer to that question.
Notenik vs. Junkification
How Notenik is designed for "the long flourishing" recommended by David Brooks, rather than the cheap and easy hits so prevalent in modern American life.