Software for bridging gap between notes and digital media

Posted by Nomatica
Mar 11, 2020 at 02:44 PM

Slartibartfarst wrote:
Duplicate reply, hopefully including relevant URLs this time…
> >@Nomatica:
>From experience, I have observed that it’s not often that computer PIM
>(Personal Information Management) tool users sit down and methodically
>analyse and try to understand exactly what their PIM requirements are,
>let alone what data types they need to cater for. I was thus struck by
>the “list of files” you provided - per copy of text of your post of Mar
>4, 2020 at 10:31 PM, copied below.

I am not sure if this was exactly a choice. These files make up my digital landscape and I want to be able to work within that landscape.

>A good deal of what you seem to be looking for - including the various
>data types - is covered in a post relating to a personal, now 10-year
>experiment in the use of Microsoft OneNote (which can provide
>Cloud-based AND/OR Client-based PIM databases) - refer:
> Microsoft OneNote - how to make it your 21st century Zettelkasten
>PIM.
>
>https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=31755.msg393032#msg393032
>

I will look up the posts reviews you mentioned. Specifically the Zettlekasten and Onenote. My experience with people using zettelkasten is that they try to keep text based with a few photos. I will look at OneNote.
> - it does NOT provide the following 3 things:

>
>1. An elegant/feasible solution to your apparent requirements relating
>to extensive image metadata. The best tools that I could recommend for
>that are:
> - the excellent CHS (ClipboardHelp& Spell - which is a database tool
>where all text can be exported/imprted to/from a spreadsheet format, if
>required), which can be integrated with an image management tool (I use
>the excellent Irfanview) and an image editing/screen-capture tool (I use
>the excellent ScreenshotCaptor) - refer:
> Re: snipping tool with image editor - Using CHS as an image clip
>management tool
>
>http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=42594.msg398587#msg398587
> > - to be used in conjunction with the amazing Picasa - refer:
> Google Picasa “Sunset” version - Mini-Review and anchor-point
>
>http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=44983.msg416459#msg416459

I will refer to the posts above. I am very curious how you use CHS to edit metadata and as an image management tool….

>
>2. An elegant/feasible solution to your apparent requirements relating
>to DM/ARM (Document Management/Academic Reference Management) and
>indexing/search of the text in douments/references. The only and best
>tool that I could recommend (scans your drive or specific folders and
>does cataloguing and automatic OCR of image-based PDFs also) for that is
>the superb Qiqqa - refer:
> http://www.qiqqa.com/
>

I will take a look. I see that it was recently open sourced.

>3. A general file metadata tool. The simplest and most effective tool
>that I have found and which I would recommend for that is not a file
>cataloguing tool, or similar, but a humble application-sensitive or
>file-sensitive (you can use it how you want) note-making application
>that saves its notes (metadata) to a text file linked to a relevant
>application window or file properties name, which text file [fully
>searchable on the drive] can be set to pop up in a discrete window
>whenever a particular application, screen, browser window or *file
>properties box* is opened up - refer:
> Stick-A-Note + Universal Viewer - Mini-Review
> https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=31349.0

As the sticky note is just a text file, it seems as though there would be no limit of how long the note could be. I am imagining a long note with a date stamp on vairous application windows. Based on the review thread it looks like how well it works might depend on how the application you are using it with handles the naming of windows. Having the note linked to the program. I have also wondered if there was a way to do this, and also create a shortcut within the note that will open the specific file, within the application? I am curious if you have tried any other programs like this since.