Workflowy — an outliner app, with an interesting way to capture notes!

Workflowy — an outliner app, with an interesting way to capture notes!
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For me atleast!


An outliner app — excellent for note-taking!

When I came across ‘Workflowy’ the very first time, was pleasantly surprised. It was a way easy to use, well built, and almost like app – made for me! And I am an impulsive buyer when it is for the gadgets and apps. I have opt for the Pro!


Here is some of my use case with an outliner named Workflowy:

With my first interaction with Workflowy – I have planned to have following key areas:

  1. Inbox – for daily notes and idea’s
  2. Active projects – 1 node for 1 project
  3. Area – key areas for long-term areas of interest
  4. Resources – to support active projects
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Workflowy has simple interface and easy to use canvas.

You can simply start by adding nodes, ideas and the app will support you in this.

To give you an example: I have started using this app, as my daily planner and journal, to jot down daily to-do and schedule and end of the day you can check and mark off the things completed. It has helped me immensely and have started following the same in Mem.ai – Daily Mem.

The same goes for the key active projects- where I can create a node for a project, all the relevant development, tasks, meeting notes and resources are kept inside the project- that node.

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Workflowy — is super easy to use, you need not to organize in folders

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Key features to explore in Workflowy are:

  • Mirror — you can keep same file in different location and use it as dashboard, CRM, Project Management as well.
  • Board View — For all the visual board lovers, this can be handy feature
  • Supports for attachments
  • Backlinks — useful for research, knowledge management and projects
  • Share — you can export or share with others

Workflowy do have dedicated YouTube Channel — which makes ‘getting started with workflowy’ easier while covering major features sets and use cases:

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Workflowy is an endlessly flexible information organization tool that will become your second brain. Whether you need…

Give it a try, you will surely enjoy the simplicity of note-taking with infinite possibilities!

Looking forward to explore this tool in best of my capabilities.

Keep reading, Keep sharing!

Astu.