Vimwiki

I might have found this interesting if it used Markdown as its base syntax, since I prefer my content to be somewhat portable from one system to another. I like to avoid being locked into a particular piece of software, and Vimwiki's custom syntax would seem to make that kind of portability more challenging than if it used Markdown, Textile, or some other somewhat-standard syntax as its base syntax.

Shameless plug: This sounds similar to my own werc project: <a href="http://werc.cat-v.org" rel="nofollow">http://werc.cat-v.org</a> which uses the file system to store plain markdown files which you can edit in whatever editor you like.

I use vimwiki in combination with Dropbox and some symlinks to keep my text-only wiki portable. Useful for tech snippets and notes when I don't want to fire up a browser...<p>... speaking of which: Some commenters suggest various browser-based wikis. My favourite is the JavaScript-only tiddlywiki:<p><a href="http://tiddlywiki.com/" rel="nofollow">http://tiddlywiki.com/</a><p>It's got bunches of plugins and compatible variants (I use the mGSD variant for GTD), so it's way more than just a wiki.<p>I keep this in my Dropbox too, and can work on it with any browser, Windows or Linux, with or without git or any other HTTP server, online or offline.

Although I like vim for programming and config file editing, I is not the perfect solution for me for note-taking. I like more markup and a GUI with some functionality. The perfect solution for me is Tomboy[0]. It is included in many Linux distributions and there is an installer for Mac OS and Windows. I love the SSH synchronization mechanism that keeps my notes secure on a virtual hosted server and up to date across my computers.<p>[0] <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/" rel="nofollow">http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/</a>

I wonder if there is a phone out there that just boots into a minimal android software stack with a Vim interface to the typical phone features, calling, texting, notes, etc. Touchscreen with a physical keyboard would make this the ultimate hacker tool.

Perhaps a more elegant personal wiki solution is Github's own gollum[1]. It supports markdown as well as a number of other formats.<p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/github/gollum/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/github/gollum/</a>

Vimwiki + github is a great combination. So far the best "personal wiki" solution to me - and I tried many.