Whitlock Ames
@whitlock
New · Member since Aug 2026
Lawyer by day, outliner by night.
Location: Boston
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Most active topics
- Folders, tags or links? How do you organise a big vault?
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- Cursor jumps to the top when pasting a long link
4 replies · 0 votes
- Sync created "conflicted copy" files everywhere
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- PDF export cuts off wide tables
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- Footnote preview on hover in live preview
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Most liked posts
- Five years of a Zettelkasten: what I would do differently
Point 1 changed my legal research notes. 'Contract formation' became 'An acceptance by email is effective when sent, not when read' — and suddenly I could link
11 likes
- Let canvas cards be ordered manually within a column
As a lawyer, I take offence. And also +1 — sorry, like.
9 likes
- Folders, tags or links? How do you organise a big vault?
Every few months I reorganise my vault and every time I end up somewhere slightly different. Current state: three top folders (Work, Life, Archive), tags for st
6 likes
- Footnote preview on hover in live preview
Use case or problem Long legal notes are full of footnotes. In live preview I have to jump to the bottom to read one. Proposed solution Hovering a footnote mark
6 likes
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
I can find things. That's it. I can find things.
5 likes
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- I imported 3,000 notes. Where do I even start?
Liked by Kenji Mori
Start fresh. Seriously.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- I imported 3,000 notes. Where do I even start?
Liked by Edgar Thorne
Start fresh. Seriously.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- I imported 3,000 notes. Where do I even start?
Liked by Marisol Okafor
Start fresh. Seriously.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- PDF export cuts off wide tables
A print-only snippet that shrinks table text works for me: @media print { table { font-size: 0.8em; } }
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- PDF export cuts off wide tables
Liked by Tamsin Rowe
Exporting a note with a seven-column table to PDF cuts off the last two columns. Landscape helps but then the rest of the note looks odd. Any tricks?
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- PDF export cuts off wide tables
Liked by Beatrix Lund
Exporting a note with a seven-column table to PDF cuts off the last two columns. Landscape helps but then the rest of the note looks odd. Any tricks?
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Snippet: callouts with a coloured left bar instead of a box
For people who find the default callouts too heavy: .callout { background: transparent; border: none; border-left: 3px solid rgb(var(--callout-color));
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
Liked by Ottilie Brandt
I can find things. That's it. I can find things.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
Liked by Juno Park
I can find things. That's it. I can find things.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
Liked by Rasmus Kjær
I can find things. That's it. I can find things.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
Liked by Quillstone Team
I can find things. That's it. I can find things.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
Liked by Fennwick Hale
I can find things. That's it. I can find things.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
My notes are files on my own disk for the first time in ten years. That alone.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
I finished my thesis literature review in it. The graph found two connections my supervisor called 'surprisingly good'.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Appreciation thread: what Quillstone changed for you
We spend a lot of time here on bugs and requests. Once in a while, let's say what works. What has Quillstone changed for you?
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Cursor jumps to the top when pasting a long link
Liked by Elin Sund
Confirmed fixed.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Cursor jumps to the top when pasting a long link
Liked by Kofi Mensah
Confirmed fixed.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Cursor jumps to the top when pasting a long link
Liked by Kofi Mensah
Pasting a URL longer than ~300 characters moves the cursor to the first line of the note. 2.7.4, Windows 11.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Cursor jumps to the top when pasting a long link
Liked by Elin Sund
Pasting a URL longer than ~300 characters moves the cursor to the first line of the note. 2.7.4, Windows 11.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Folders, tags or links? How do you organise a big vault?
Liked by Kofi Mensah
Every few months I reorganise my vault and every time I end up somewhere slightly different. Current state: three top folders (Work, Life, Archive), tags for st
Likes received · 10/12/2026