--- title: How I wish I could organize my thoughts | daily.dev description: Drew DeVault describes his ideal digital note-taking application that doesn't yet exist. He envisions an infinite grid canvas where users can place pages,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-wish-i-could-organize-my-thoughts-ka7br5xdf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I wish I could organize my thoughts | daily.dev og:description: Drew DeVault describes his ideal digital note-taking application that doesn't yet exist. He envisions an infinite grid canvas where users can place pages,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-wish-i-could-organize-my-thoughts-ka7br5xdf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KA7BR5Xdf.png og:image:alt: How I wish I could organize my thoughts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How I wish I could organize my thoughts **[Drew DeVault](https://daily.dev/sources/drewdevault)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Drew DeVault describes his ideal digital note-taking application that doesn't yet exist. He envisions an infinite grid canvas where users can place pages, flowcharts, tables, images, and freehand drawings. Key features would include multi-input support (mouse, trackpad, touch, drawing tablet), real-time performance during zoom/pan, PDF/SVG export, optional real-time collaboration, and free software licensing for Linux. He estimates he'd pay up to $1000 one-time or $100/month for such a tool, and shares the concept hoping to inspire a development team to build it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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