https://notenik.app The Latest Adventures with Notenik en https://notenik.app/adventures/using-notenik-to-make-a-web-book.html https://notenik.app/adventures/using-notenik-to-make-a-web-book.html Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0700 I've been focused on making web books for many years and now, for the first time, I'm able to generate a complete book-like website straight out of Notenik, with no special templates or script files needed! https://notenik.app/adventures/designing-my-new-personal-blog.html https://notenik.app/adventures/designing-my-new-personal-blog.html Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0700 The inside scoop on how I designed my new personal blog, and the fields I ended up with. https://notenik.app/adventures/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement.html https://notenik.app/adventures/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement.html Thu, 22 May 2025 09:00:00 -0700 As Ken Thompson has said, programming is addictive, partly because "It's like building something where you don't have to order the cement." Notenik has been going strong for years now, and the neighbors have yet to see a cement truck pull up to my door. https://notenik.app/adventures/tech-priorities-for-note-taking.html https://notenik.app/adventures/tech-priorities-for-note-taking.html Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0700 Here is a prioritized list of technology concerns that should be considered when deciding upon your own personal note-taking system. https://notenik.app/adventures/creating-a-portable-wisdom-feed.html https://notenik.app/adventures/creating-a-portable-wisdom-feed.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0700 How I use the latest version of Notenik to generate an RSS feed of a series of randomly selected quotations from my Commonplace book — something I'm calling the Portable Wisdom feed. https://notenik.app/adventures/starter-packs-for-notenik.html https://notenik.app/adventures/starter-packs-for-notenik.html Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0700 Now you can create your own custom Starter Packs, and then use them to initialize new collections! https://notenik.app/adventures/using-notenik-as-an-app-launcher.html https://notenik.app/adventures/using-notenik-as-an-app-launcher.html Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0700 With the latest release, Notenik can be used as an app launcher, with some interesting features. Is this a compelling use case? Heck, I don't know. But it's kind of fun! https://notenik.app/adventures/what-makes-notenik-different-collection-templates.html https://notenik.app/adventures/what-makes-notenik-different-collection-templates.html Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0700 Sometimes it's hard to figure out what makes Notenik different from all the other note-taking, Markdown-parsing, text-file-wrangling apps out there. So let's start with the most significant, core differentiator: each folder of text files managed by Notenik has its own unique template file, and each template file defines a set of fields for the notes within that folder. https://notenik.app/adventures/html-for-people-companion-ready-for-use.html https://notenik.app/adventures/html-for-people-companion-ready-for-use.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0700 The new web book Intro to Website Creation using Notenik (at https://notenik.app/web-intro/index.html), is now complete, and ready for review and use. This tutorial makes use of a Notenik starter pack titled HTML for People demo, and the complete version of this starter pack has just been released as part of Notenik Version 16.2.0, which is now out in the Mac App Store. https://notenik.app/adventures/notenik-turns-sweet-sixteen.html https://notenik.app/adventures/notenik-turns-sweet-sixteen.html Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Notenik version 16.0.0 is out, just in time for the holidays! Starting with the big picture, this means Notenik has had roughly 150 significant releases, starting with 1.1.0 on July 15, 2019. This works out to about 1 release every two weeks, over a period of five and a half years! And Notenik today has an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 in the Mac App Store, based on every rating ever made, starting with that first release. So this feels like a milestone worth celebrating! https://notenik.app/adventures/progress-on-html-for-people-companion.html https://notenik.app/adventures/progress-on-html-for-people-companion.html Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Notenik version 15.9.0 is now available from the Mac App Store, and is chock full of improvements, many of them inspired by Blake Watson's web book HTML for People. An early draft of the Notenik companion to Blake's book is also available for review. https://notenik.app/adventures/easier-webmaking-with-notenik-15.8.0.html https://notenik.app/adventures/easier-webmaking-with-notenik-15.8.0.html Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0700 The web book HTML for People made me realize that webmaking with Notenik was harder than it needed to be. So now, it's a little bit easier. https://notenik.app/adventures/noteniks-flexible-seq-field.html https://notenik.app/adventures/noteniks-flexible-seq-field.html Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Notenik's Seq field is deceptively simple, but surprisingly powerful. https://notenik.app/adventures/webmaking-with-notenik.html https://notenik.app/adventures/webmaking-with-notenik.html Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0700 In which I announce a couple of recent improvements that should make it easier for new users to create their own websites with Notenik. https://notenik.app/adventures/notenik-review-by-appaddict.html https://notenik.app/adventures/notenik-review-by-appaddict.html Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Notenik received a nice review recently from Lou Plummer, on his AppAddict page. https://notenik.app/adventures/importing-a-quotation-from-wikiquote.html https://notenik.app/adventures/importing-a-quotation-from-wikiquote.html Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Notenik can now import selected quotations from WikiQuote.org, hopefully saving time and potential data entry errors. https://notenik.app/adventures/why-is-the-notenik-file-format-different.html https://notenik.app/adventures/why-is-the-notenik-file-format-different.html Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Notenik supports MultiMarkdown metadata and YAML frontmatter, but has a preference for its own file format. If this seems a bit of a mystery to you, then read on. https://notenik.app/adventures/why-notenik-is-shrouded-in-perpetual-obscurity.html https://notenik.app/adventures/why-notenik-is-shrouded-in-perpetual-obscurity.html Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700 When people finally stumble across Notenik, they often ask "How have I never heard of this before?" Well, here's where I provide a definitive answer to that question. https://notenik.app/adventures/notenik-vs-junkification.html https://notenik.app/adventures/notenik-vs-junkification.html Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700 How Notenik is designed for "the long flourishing" recommended by David Brooks, rather than the cheap and easy hits so prevalent in modern American life.