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Todoist 2018 10/22/2018

Although if I didn't have outliners that I already like, I'd buy into Bill's asterisk-space tip.

Todoist 2018 10/22/2018

I used Todoist for quite a long stretch several years ago. I liked quite a few things about it, including the UI on iOS at that time, but one significant hole in its features drove me away - the lack ...

Omnifocus 3.0 to come out Monday 10/5/2018

marlowe wrote: I used to use an Omnifocus competitor called The Hit List. It was >developed by an indie developer under the business name The Potion >Factory and later acquired by Karelia. It seems ...

Blurt 9/29/2018

Paul Korm wrote: Blur as you type? I have a hard enough time typing as I type, let alone >not seeing what I doing. Seems masochistic to pay about $120/year for >the aggravation. :-) > >Hugh wrot...

Blurt 9/28/2018

Thanks for this, jaslar. I like the idea of blurring your writing as you write, to kill the inner critic. But other applications also do something similar.

Appademic 9/25/2018

Thanks for this information. I'd not heard of appademic before. (I'm not an academic, but I am interested in learning about tools for researching, planning and writing long-form texts. For this reason...

Omnifocus 3.0 to come out Monday 9/24/2018

satis wrote: >I was listening today to a podcast with Fraser Speirs, who's known for >having created a precursor to OF before OF was even developed by >creating some insanely complex Applescripts ...

Omnifocus 3.0 to come out Monday 9/24/2018

I have used the four applications NickG discusses above (plus several others over the years - including MLO way back in my Windows days). My feelings about the four more or less chime with NickG's ex...

So Numbers is now an outliner 9/18/2018

Thanks for this notification, Bill - I'll have to explore it pdq. Personally, since the days of Lotus 1-2-3 I've thought spreadsheets are wonderful tools and I've always been a fan of the use of them...

Tinderbox as a task manager? 9/10/2018

Paul Korm: "Tinderbox is a wonderful app—task planning however is not one of its wonders." Spot on.

Evernote in trouble? 9/7/2018

Jeffery Smith wrote: I had some confidence in Evernote and started to use it extensively for >storing just about everything. What attracted me to it was that it was >available from all of my devices...

Outline/reference on the left, work on the right; skeuomorphism or deeper reasons? 8/26/2018

Paul J. Miller wrote: > >Paul J. Miller wrote: >I have tried it both ways round and I always find I am more comfortable >>with the notes/text on the right and the tree/outline on the left. I >>don...

Notability 3 with Handwriting Recognition Released for macOS 8/20/2018

Paul Korm wrote: Notability 3.0 for macOS has been released on the Mac AppStore, with >features that were released in Notability 8.0 for iOS a few weeks ago: > >- handwriting recognition in notes >-...

Notion.io is my new favorite 8/16/2018

Dominik Holenstein wrote: Here is the correct link: >https://www.notion.so/ > >Best, >Dominik > > Many thanks, Dominik.

Notion.io is my new favorite 8/16/2018

nathanb wrote: LOL, I got the name wrong. It's www.notion.so, not .io. For some reason, I'm getting an error message for this web address.

Causality ... 8/14/2018

Lothar Scholz wrote: Anyone with an idea/explaination if and how this could help non-fiction >and textbook writers ? I don't think that one can be prescriptive. I can only outline my own experience...

Causality ... 8/13/2018

Hugh wrote: >This may be because to >date, as far as I know, Aeon is the only timeline software to have been >developed first for use with fictional projects, and only later for >real-world use, ra...

Causality ... 8/13/2018

Paul Korm wrote: This is an interesting thread. I have a few writing efforts coming up >that required coordinated timelines and events. > >Has anyone used Aeon for this? I can see why FlyingLogi...

Causality ... 8/13/2018

Franz Grieser wrote: > >Hugh wrote: > >>A few years ago I and a German novelist independently tried to use the >>application Flying Logic to address the same need, by flow-charting >>fiction. I fai...

Causality ... 8/12/2018

There's a free version of Causality, crippled to the extent that the writing functionality is limited. After the trial, that's probably the version I will use, dipping into the subscription version if...

Causality ... 8/11/2018

... Is a relatively new digital tool that describes itself as "a story development and writing app", a "story sequencer" and an "outliner and writing app". Clearly designed for scriptwriters and novel...

MarginNote 3 on the way 7/25/2018

I haven't used MarginNote, but I have a project coming up where it could prove useful. Thanks, Paul, for highlighting the new version and the video.

informationtamers.com, mind-mapping.org 7/23/2018

satis wrote: Inspiration? That brings back memories if it's the same app from the ... >late 80s? If so, I didn't even know it was still around. > I had a licence for it when I used Windows. I liked...

SheetPlanner website is live 7/23/2018

OT: Luhmann wrote: >The >developer of 2Do (who supports 3 platforms on his own) is in the process >of buying BusyCal, what will it look like when he's finished integrating >the two apps? I didn't...

A journalist outline 7/23/2018

MadaboutDana wrote: Ah, yes, well, (koff, hak), during my halcyon second year, I did (ahem) >find myself working to some pretty tight deadlines, so I developed a >very similar method to our good jou...

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