Show HN: Joonote – A note-taking app on your lock screen and notification panel (joonote.com)

by kilgarenone 42 comments 54 points
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[−] comrade1234 56d ago
I don't think you should name it that...
[−] kilgarenone 55d ago
yeah damn it. I don't want to say it, but I know it sounds like that lol
[−] written-beyond 56d ago
My god it's the perfect app.

I've never said YES BUY immediately after reading a title before but this is it.

My phone frequently gets cluttered with tens of different note taking, calendar, Todo type apps because I am literally trying to solve this exact problem.

When I need to make a note I need something instant and now, but which lets me set an alarm/reminder with it too. I am a forgetful person, I find it extremely difficult to remember which notes app I am using because I usually drop them because they're never really solving my problem.

Thank you for this. I am going to install it and try it out over the week, if it's experience lives up to your description/screenshots then you have an immediate customer.

[−] kilgarenone 55d ago
I just woke up, and this made my day! Thanks! Feel free to reach out to me about whatever :)
[−] anotherpaulg 55d ago
I appreciate the ability to rapidly capture a note/thought/todo without friction and context switching.

I solved this problem with a twilio sms number. When I send a text to it, the content gets prepended to my obsidian todo.md file. This was easy to arrange with a few lines of Python glue.

iOS makes it easy to text or share to sms from almost any context.

[−] skeledrew 55d ago
Hmm I've never thought of having notes available on my lockscreen. Hardly even ever see it because face+fingerprint unlock combo.

I've been using Orgzly[0] as my note taker (and a lot more) and ButtonMaster[1] for rapid access. Unlock phone, swipe the floating BM button left, type my note (and maybe add properties, keywords and more) and hit save. Just now realizing too that it also supports creating notes via its notification. Never thought of using STT, but I have FUTO Keyboard[2] so that's also handled. And Syncthing[3] keeps it all synced with my laptop. All working together seamlessly for years.

[0] https://orgzlyrevived.com/ [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mozapps.bu... [2] https://keyboard.futo.org/ [3] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncth...

[−] kilgarenone 55d ago
Alright everyone, I have updated the website to show the phonetic notation below the app name in the header to roughly convey what I intended it to sound like: /ˈzhooːnoʊt/

Didn't mean to be insensitive or anything here. I apologize if I offended anyone here.

[−] graypegg 56d ago
I was reading it as "joon note" originally! I only realized I was misreading it when coming back to the comments. If you wanted to change up the name, maybe "June Note"? It has a nice ring to it IMO, and doesn't stray too far from your original name. Nature-y too, which seems to be a bit of a theme.

Really nice job on the app though! I think written-beyond's comment says more than enough: you've made what should be a default feature, that no one had thought to make.

[−] kilgarenone 55d ago
lol, yeah...about the name..I think it's too late to change it now? Didn't realize it sounded a certain way until much later.. I wanted it to be "Zuunote"(like zoo-note but domain taken) but it was already taken by my other project, so "Joonote" sounded closest to it to my mind at the time...yeah crap haha
[−] dmd 56d ago
Funny, it doesn’t look jooish
[−] kilgarenone 55d ago
uh no idea what jooish would look like..
[−] arikrahman 56d ago
Mythical Show HN pull
[−] amadeuspagel 55d ago
Cool idea. I've been looking for a notes widget for the KDE panel, so I don't forget what I was doing when I open a different program. Maybe even showing the content of the clipboard would be enough.