I’m implementing LAS, and I’m using Bear for the JDex. This is a specific question, but has a more generic aspect to it as well.
As I’m sure many will know, when you first install Bear it comes with four notes already present, which include useful reference info about using the software. I’d like to retain these, and 14.14 My data storage & backups seems like a good place, since storing data is kind of Bear’s thing.
I (obviously) have the JDex index note for 14.14 already. I generally like to store info in the index notes themselves, but in this case we have four existing Bear notes already. My options would seem to be:
- Leave the notes where they are (they’re tagged as
#bear/welcome- outside the warm embrace of the JDex, but linked to from14.14so I don’t lose them. Pros: no further admin except a note in the JDex. Cons: leaves stuff cluttering up the sidebar outside the main areas. - Copy the contents of those notes into the
14.14JDex page. Pros: keeps everything inside JD. Cons: stuffs a whole load of text into the JDex page and breaks the hyperlinks as well. - Export the notes as Markdown files and put them in my JD filesystem (and make a note in the JDex page for
14.14). Pros: keeps everything inside JD. Cons: extra storage. Links won’t work without editing. Unnecessary admin for admin’s sake? - Have an “Extra notes” section in Bear that mirrors the LAS layout and stores additional notes for a given ID above what’s in the JDex entry. Move the pre-existing Bear notes to
Extra notes/14 my online life/14.14 My data storage and backupsand make a note in the JDex entry. Pros: keeps everything JD-compliant. Cons: extra Bear structure. Sidebar: would I recreate the whole LAS structure inExtra notesor just the IDs that I care about for this exercise?
I mentioned that this had a more general aspect to it as well. I had already started the process of moving old notes into Bear (from Evernote) before settling on JD and LAS, so this situation will come up a lot as I tidy up and get rolling with LAS. I’m using the Bear notes as an example, because many of us will have come across them.
ETA: I realised I’d forgotten about the option to use an Extra notes tag hierarchy, so I added that to the list above (option 4).
