Kicking the Tires of Notion
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Kicking the Tires of Notion
I’ll admit, I’m a little self-conscious about using Notion. I’ve always recognized that it’s a good tool for a lot of tasks, but it never clicked with me – partially because I found it very hard to adapt to a block-based system after years of plain text and partially because I love the customizability of apps like Obsidian.
However, I’ve also found myself juggling more data than I can adequately manage in plain text and a little tired of Obsidian after using it for five years. That’s a long time for me, and while there are ways to accomplish much of what I’m doing in Notion with Obsidian, Notion is hard to beat for data-heavy tasks. It’s like the offspring of a spreadsheet and a database, allowing someone like me, who deals with a lot of non-numerical data and doesn’t need formulas much, to harness the power of a spreadsheet crossed with a database that’s friendlier to use than an app like Airtable.