Need Outliner + notes + scheduling + PDA sync

Posted by dlmesser
Feb 23, 2008 at 01:26 PM

Ike,

I do like Bonsai, but need something for Pocket PC, not Palm. I did use Bonsai on the Palm for a while, but switched to Shadow Plan to be able to use it with my Mac at home and my Windows PC at work. I have given up on the Palm platform, after three devices and dozens of programs over the years. Much as I liked it, I can’t afford to keep having devices die on me like my last two did. One solution is StyleTap, which lets you run Bonsai, Shadow and other Palm programs on PocketPC, but it’s understandably a workaround and not my first choice.

Your first link led me to a setup on the Natara forum that’s very close to what I’m trying to set up. I have for years emphasized outliners in my planning, but lately have decided to incorporate longer notes into it. I’m a writer, and while I don’t expect to write lengthy pieces on the PocketPC, it would be useful, crucial even, to be able to access info I’ve typed into something like OneNote or TreeDBNotes on my PocketPC. I’m using a pocket Moleskin Cahier notebook for capturing longer writing, then I want to transfer anything appropriate into some desktop software, then from there to PocketPC. I also capture short to-dos and list items directly on the PDA’s ListPro or Tasks, or in desktop ListPro. My search is to combine these two types of capture into one planning tool and model.

I appreciate everyone’s suggestions, keep them coming. I’m definitely looking into myBase. I’d tried it on the PC for capture before I had a PocketPC, and didn’t realize it had PocketPC support. Now if it just does outlines ...

Dewey