ConnectedText; any case studies?

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Apr 2, 2012 at 12:09 AM

Dr Andus and Steve, thank you for your posts. I apologize for not being more timely in replying.

OK - based on what you both have written, and Manfred’s piece on how he uses ConnectedText, I have just purchased the program.

I am somewhat scared - because I have never been able to figure it out before, but am convinced if I can stick with it, it may be the one-app solution for my note-taking, writing, research, personal data etc.

If you gentlemen can bear with me as I learn how to use CT, both Steve and I may end up with some good material for posts on our respective blogs.

Thanking you in advance,

Daly

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
> >
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>Then came the next phase, which meant actually starting the work
>in CT, without
>>spending too much time reading the Help file. And I’m progressing
>step-by-step,
>>looking up the Help file or the CT forum or actually asking for help as
>and when I need it.
>>And so learning about CT has been incremental and totally in
>parallel with inventing
>>my own version of it (i.e. my own desktop layout,
>arrangement of tools, creating
>>logical relationships between documents
>(topics) and categories etc.). So I
>>recommend 1) finding a problem you need to solve
>(a writing or organisational
>>problem), 2) get stuck into CT, and 3) learn about the
>features as you go along and ask
>>for help when needed.
> >Daly, I agree with Dr Andus’s
>approach for learning or growing into CT—especially number 1. If you have an idea of
>where you want to get to, that does probably make it easier.
> >But there is also the
>approach of just starting out thinking of CT as a collection of note cards. Create
>notes as needed and don’t worry about the wiki part at first. You can open and dock the
>Topics list, which gives you a flat index of all your topics. Now you’ve got what is a
>pretty conventional note manager with editor and index of topics. Also, the search
>functions are pretty robust, so I don’t think you’ll be in any danger of not being able
>to get to your information. You can then just slowly teach yourself some of the
>features of CT, making your database more sophisticated as you go along. You can also
>use the Auto Link feature, which sniffs out phrases that match Topic titles and
>creates links for you.
> >Steve Z.