Notes & Quotes

Two focused capture surfaces for related-but-distinct things, neither tied to a book or article in your reading list: standalone Notes you want to remember (Enablement → Notes, /enablement/notes) and Quotes you want to keep (Repository → Quotes, /quotes). They share one underlying model and shape; each surface is pinned to its own type.

TL;DR — For notes, open Enablement → Notes (/enablement/notes) and click New note. For quotes, open Repository → Quotes (/quotes) and click New quote. Notes need a body; quotes also take an optional Attribution (who said it / source). Filter by tag.

What goes here vs. the Reading List

If a note belongs to a book, article, or video you're reading — capture it inside that item's drawer in /enablement/reading-list (it becomes a ReadingNote attached to the source). The notes here are everything else: standalone observations, principles, memorable lines, things people said in conversation, half-formed ideas that need a home.

Capturing

The editor adapts to the type:

  • Note — Title, body (required), tags.
  • Quote — Title (optional — the words can speak for themselves), body (the quoted text, required), attribution (who/source), optional source URL, tags.

Each surface opens its editor pre-set to the right type — Notes from the Notes page, Quotes from the Quotes page.

Dictate instead of typing. The body field has a Dictate button. Click it, speak, click again to stop. Transcription runs entirely in your browser — WaypointCareer never receives or stores the audio. Works in Chrome, Edge, and Safari; if the button isn't there, your browser doesn't support it.

Finding things later

Three filters on the list:

  • Search — case-insensitive ILIKE on title / body / attribution.
  • Tag chips — quick-pick from the tags actually present in your library; click to filter, click the chip again to clear.

Each surface is pinned to its own type, so there's no type filter — the Notes page shows notes, the Quotes page shows quotes.

The list shows a short preview of the body (320 chars), the attribution if any, and the tags. Click any card to open the editor.

Privacy

Notes and quotes are per-user. They're never shared, never used to train external models, and never surfaced outside your account.

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