Have you ever had this experience: a great idea suddenly appears, you think "I must write this down," then something interrupts you for five minutes. When you come back, you cannot remember it at all.
This is not a problem of poor memory. It is how the brain works. Short-term memory has very limited capacity, and new information quickly overwrites old information. The only solution is to capture the idea the moment it appears.
What are Quick Notes?
ToToday's Quick Notes feature is a separate lightweight recording area. It is separate from the task list and designed specifically for capturing half-formed thoughts, sudden ideas, and things you are not sure should become tasks yet.
Switch to the notes page, click the "Today's Quick Notes" area, and start typing. No title, category, or importance decision is required. Capture first, organize later.
What is the difference between notes and tasks?
A task is something you have decided to do. A quick note is something you are not sure you will do, but do not want to forget. The boundary matters:
- "Send a follow-up email to the client tomorrow" → task
- "Maybe build a feature that automatically categorizes user tasks" → quick note
- "A friend mentioned a book during our chat today" → quick note
- "Remember to renew the server this month" → task
If everything goes into the task list, the task list becomes a noise pool, and it becomes harder to find what truly needs action. Quick Notes gives "possibly important" ideas their own place.
Frequently used notes
Quick Notes also includes a "frequently used notes" area for information you often need to check but that is not a to-do item, such as common account details, a workflow you use, or a recipe. Keeping these in Quick Notes is much faster than digging through chat history or a notes app.
From quick note to task
Anything in Quick Notes can be upgraded into a task. When you review your notes and find that an idea has become clear and actionable, you can add it officially to the task list and start tracking progress.
The flow is: capture → settle → decide. Quick Notes handles capture; you decide at the right time. Ideas do not disappear because you did not act immediately. They wait for you in Quick Notes.