little red hen needs help

Posted by jaslar
Feb 2, 2014 at 10:12 PM

Fascinating discussion, all. I find that I seem to flip between the two modes: top down (outline heading followed by development), and bottom’s up (a series of small notes with tags). For the first, I mostly use Notecase Pro, the two pane outliner, although sometimes I use Workflowy or CarbonFin Outliner when I want a single pane outliner. For the second, I find myself, more and more, using Simplenote. It seems very like what you want, frankly: minimal interface, tagging that can be surprisingly rich, a single database that doesn’t require saving or too much UI cruft. I can imagine working with ResophNotes on Windows, Notational Velocity or nVALT on the Mac, or nvpy on Linux too. or For me, toggling between just two works well: I can pull up the tags in Simplenote, then drag what I want over to Notecase. Speaking as a librarian (which I am) Simplenotes is the card; Notecase Pro is the card catalog. This software pair works on Windows, Linux, and the Mac.

But as I think is evident from so much of this forum, the precise mix of tools is profoundly personal and even idiosyncratic. Folks on this forum don’t just settle on one solution, but drift from app to app and their own thinking and processes change. That’s what makes all this so interesting. At any rate, best of luck in your quest.