Most note apps are great at capture and then... that's it! The note just sits there. You still have to reread it, decide what matters, and do the thing yourself.
Building Buddy we got obsessed with the step right after capture. You write or speak your day, and instead of leaving you a wall of text, it pulls out what actually matters and turns it into a small plan it can run set the reminder, block the focus time, draft the brief. The safe stuff happens on one click; anything that goes to another person stops and asks first.
So the honest question for everyone here: after you dump a thought into your notes, what's the one thing you wish it just... did for you, without you having to come back to it? Curious where capture should end and action should begin.

Someone commented on our launch: "the gap between 'wrote it down' and 'actually did it' is where every note I've ever taken goes to die."

That's the whole reason Buddy exists. I have a graveyard of half-thoughts in my note app that never became anything.

So, genuinely curious: where do your notes go to die? Notion you never reopen? A Slack message to yourself? Sticky notes? Tell me your worst one

I've tested so many AI Note takers as of late. @Fathom, @Fireflies.ai , BuildBetter, @Grain, and even Google's Transcribing feature. They're all pretty good but lately @Granola has been winning me over.

BuildBetter is really good for teams, has a nice chat function that lets you chat across all your meetings and get good insight from your team members, calls, clients, etc.
But for personal, and individual notes - Granola is a champion. Recently I've been using Granola's new mobile app for in-person convos and it's amazing. Particularly for my conversations in Japanese, where the chances of me misinterpreting something, missing a key note, or simply not knowing a word are higher. Granola captures all key points and topics and WRITES THE NOTES IN ENGLISH.
Literal immediate translating assistant. I'm not sure if other's do this, but Granola has been the easiest to quickly boot up and get my notes in a snap...without needing to translate.
I'm curious what everyone else uses and why!

I've tested so many AI Note takers as of late. @Fathom, @Fireflies.ai , BuildBetter, @Grain, and even Google's Transcribing feature. They're all pretty good but lately @Granola has been winning me over.

BuildBetter is really good for teams, has a nice chat function that lets you chat across all your meetings and get good insight from your team members, calls, clients, etc.
But for personal, and individual notes - Granola is a champion. Recently I've been using Granola's new mobile app for in-person convos and it's amazing. Particularly for my conversations in Japanese, where the chances of me misinterpreting something, missing a key note, or simply not knowing a word are higher. Granola captures all key points and topics and WRITES THE NOTES IN ENGLISH.
Literal immediate translating assistant. I'm not sure if other's do this, but Granola has been the easiest to quickly boot up and get my notes in a snap...without needing to translate.
I'm curious what everyone else uses and why!

Notion, Obsidian, and Roam are great, but they re not for everyone. Maybe you found something simpler, faster, or just less overwhelming. What s the one productivity tool you actually stick with the one that makes life easier instead of adding more work?

Hey everyone, I ve been playing around with different ways to keep my ideas, research, and drafts in check, but it still feels like I m drowning in research. :P

I ve tried traditional note-taking apps, but they re not flexible. And mind maps? They start out fine but turn into a mess as it gets complex with more data.

I've been there, lost in a sea of scattered notes and endless drafts. 

If you're still using the basic notes app for your writing, trust me, you're missing out on so much potential. 

I ve been curious to try an AI notetaking tool that doesn t loudly announce itself when joining a call and only shares the notes afterwards with me.

I guess this is starting to become more commonplace but it still feels (to me) like an intruder in the call, and like I should ask permission (just as when someone records the call - I m honestly not sure there is really any difference).

Here at Product Hunt, we found that we were slowly shifting away from @Miro and defaulting to @Notion for typing up brainstorming notes during meetings (we use @Tandem so already have built-in breakout rooms, ambient music options and timers).

So we decided to cancel our Miro account and continue to use Notion or switch to a Figjam board if we really needed a sticky notes format (we're already using Figma so it helps reduce the number of tools we are using). *Spoiler alert: we haven't needed to use a sticky note board yet...