Year end Outliner/PIM review/roll call

Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 3, 2016 at 01:00 AM

In 2015 I didn’t do much CRIMPing, other than upgrading essential software to newer versions or paying subscriptions. I feel pretty settled and happy with my current selection of software.

I’m getting more and more into using Chromebooks for web- and cloud-based work. I have also decided to stick with Windows 7 for the foreseeable future. My only connection to iOS is my iPod Touch.

What am I looking forward to? The new ConnectedText (apparently a major redesign), the new WriteMonkey, the new SmartDown (for Windows). I also hope that Surfulater will get its Chrome and Firefox add-ons fixed.

There are also a few things that I hope won’t happen in 2016, such as the rumoured merger of Chrome OS and Android (I’m a big Chromebook fan and I don’t want Android to ruin Chrome OS).

- Main software used in 2015:

- cross-platform (Windows, Chromebooks, iPod Touch, Android)
- WorkFlowy
- project and task development, management, tracking, and recall
- workflow development and archiving
- note-taking
- outlining
- Google Calendar
- for managing the execution of time and date-specific tasks
- Google Sheets (Google Drive)
- tracking productivity
- project management
- Gingko for outlining

- Windows:
- ConnectedText
- project management, tracking, archiving
- notes database (Zettelkasten)
- diary archive
- WriteMonkey for writing in Markdown
- SmartDown to edit Markdown texts
- SmartDraw CI for drawing diagrams
- VUE for concept mapping
- Freeplane for mind mapping
- Outline 4D for outlining
- Surfulater for capturing and organising web pages
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking 14 Pro DPI
- PhraseExpander Pro

- Chromebook (Chrome OS)
- Caret - for diary writing in plain text and saving to Google Drive
- Kami - for reading and annotating PDFs on my Asus Chromebook Flip