How to track blog post ideas across your iPhone and computer
Using the Notes app on my iPhone alongside Notion on my computer to keep track of blog post ideas for this very blog. How meta.
Summary: Track blog post ideas across your iPhone and computer by using a synced note-taking app like Notes and Notion (or Evernote). Capture ideas wherever you are, then organise and prioritise in one place for easy access and planning.
Check out this video (7min) where I walk you through the steps:
Here's what's covered:
0:11 Using the iPhone Notes app for capture blog post ideas on the fly
1:34 Using SizeUp to quickly resize and split windows
2:00 Transferring ideas from Notes app into Notion
2:30 Doing a quick word search before migrating the idea (to make sure it's not a duplicate)
3:07 Why not just use the Notion app on iPhone?
3:35 Notion dashboard, including next posts to draft and recent videos shared
How it works
Tracking blog post ideas in the Notes app on a Mac
I use the Notes app on my iPhone to jot down blog ideas on the fly. The app syncs to my computer via my iCloud account, so everything I capture on my phone appears on my Mac.
Tracking blog post ideas in Notion
When I'm at the computer, I transfer the ideas from Notes into Notion (my master blog post tracking system) then delete them from Notes. I can still refer to the list in Notion via the iPhone app whenever I want, but using the Notes app as a rough thought-space means you can play around with ideas and capture them quickly.
If you spy a blog post in that list you'd be keen to see next, let me know.
Why this system works
The Notes app is fast. When an idea hits, you want to capture it immediately without opening a slow app or waiting for sync. Notes opens in a second.
Notion is great for organisation. Once ideas are captured, Notion helps you prioritise, schedule, and track progress. But it's slower to load on mobile, which is why I keep the capture step separate.
Having a two-step process (capture then organise) means ideas never get lost, but they also don't clutter up your main workspace until you're ready to do something with them.
Adapt it to your tools
This system works with any combination of quick-capture app and main organisation tool. You could use:
Apple Notes + Notion (what I use)
Google Keep + Trello
Phone voice memos + Evernote
Any notes app + Airtable
The key is keeping capture fast and simple, then moving to a more structured system when you're ready to plan and execute.
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