Features 03 — Think and remember

What you think stays linked to what you do.

Most note-taking tools end up as graveyards: you write in them and never come back. Here, notes, your habits and the knowledge base are attached to the days and goals that produced them.

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Notes

Linked notes and full-text search. You find an idea by typing it, not by remembering which folder you put it in.

  • Full-text search, local, even offline
  • Links between notes, tasks and goals
  • Local file: nothing to sync before you write

Method: turn a mind map into a goal with steps and tasks

The Notes module in the Shale app.

02

Habits

Today's reflection and your habits, ticked for the day you pick. Twelve weeks of history to read back, and the weekly review generated in one click.

  • Ticking a habit takes one tap
  • Right-click to rename it or change its colour
  • A day bar to go back over the week
The Habits module in the Shale app.

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Knowledge

Your knowledge base: what you learn stays linked to what you do, instead of sleeping in a separate tab.

  • Cards filed by subject, with images, links, sketches and mind maps
  • Linked with @ to your notes, tasks and goals
  • Your data stays in a file on your Mac; the synced copy is encrypted before it leaves
The Knowledge module in the Shale app.
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