Note Taking Challenges: Software

Search frequently fails to produce useful and relevant results.
A digital archive fails to assist in developing the kind of spatial memory that emerges from filling out a physical notebook.
It is difficult to articulate some ideas using digital tools, such as diagrams and timelines.
Unreliable platforms. It's difficult to adopt a workflow not knowing whether the platform will die tomorrow.
Using software is challenging because it resides in a very distracting environment (internet browser adjacent).
The requirement to always be connected to the internet.
Tagging, while useful, requires both an incredible amount of discipline to maintain, as well as good memory on the exact wording of tags.
Software fatigue. We are asked to learn simply too much software all the time.