Stephen Zeoli
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Right you are, Prion. Much like a graphic designer pays an annual subscription for Adobe Design Cloud, Hewson pays for the tools of his craft. And I certainly understand and respect that attitude.
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The author David Hewson, one of Ulysses's biggest fans, offers a perspective opposite of mine:
https://davidhewson.com/2017/08/11/the-new-ulysses-subscription-plan-is-a-wonderful-idea/
Steve Z.
I too pay the fee for Tinderbox, but that is really a hybrid sort of arrangement. It's not a subscription. It's more of an extended upgrade fee. Also -- as you imply, Paul -- there's a kind of (wink, ...
Subscriptions can only work for some developers early on. Imagine if they all do it.
If all the important apps I use go to subscription models, it will cost me hundreds of dollars a year for those s...
Christian Tietze presciently discusses this possibility on his blog a year ago:
http://christiantietze.de/posts/2016/07/app-pricing-subscription/
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I saw their announcement on Twitter and tried to link to the blog article, but it appears jammed up. Probably everyone trying to access it -- and complain -- at once.
Even at $20 a year, I won't sub...
Several years ago I wrote a comparison of TheBrain (known then as PersonalBrain) and Tinderbox at my blog:
https://welcometosherwood.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/tinderbox-vs-personalbrain-grudge-match-o...
The last Webinar they had, the presenter used version 9 for the first time, so I knew they were getting close with it.
The one thing version 9 is missing that I find so useful in version 8 is the abi...
TickTick steadily improves
8/8/2017
I've toyed with TickTick in the past, but didn't quite catch on with it. But this time around, I am clicking with it. The feature that pushed me into using TickTick is the ability to forward an email ...
Another outliner has apparently bitten the dust. Tree 2 had a somewhat unique function of growing an outline sideways, not unlike Ginkgo. I wrote a review for Mac AppStorm six years ago:
http://mac.a...
Aquaminds NoteTaker 4?
8/2/2017
That is good news. I wondered if the Aquaminds folks would see an opportunity with the demise of CircusPonies Notebook. It is kind of weird to announce a partially done website, though.
Fingers cross...
Scrivener 3 in the pipeline
7/27/2017
Just saw the blog post over at Literature & Latte. Scrivener 3 is slated for release later this year. No details on what's new other than updates for new technologies and a streamlining of the UI. Kei...
CRIMPers = prospective time multipliers?
7/12/2017
This thread is such a perfect example of what makes this forum special and why I value the people here so much!
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CRIMPers = prospective time multipliers?
7/11/2017
I am glad you posted the link, Alexander. It was interesting. There is a smattering of BS in all such schemes, if you ask me. It all comes down to discipline. Any scheme works well if you are discipli...
Those of you who have used Dynalist probably got this email, but for those who might be interested but haven't signed up yet, this might be of interest. From the developer:
"With the release of the i...
CRIMPers = prospective time multipliers?
7/10/2017
I used a bullet journal for over a year and found it fairly effective. But three main problems with the system caused me to abandon it: If you lose it, you have no back up. There is no "search" functi...
The crux of his argument is...
You can't manage time, you can only manage yourself. But you can "multiply your time by giving yourself emotional permission to spend time on things today that will gi...
I too am "sympathetic" to the developer of DayOne. I want them to succeed. But I reread their so called explanation of what their Premium service means and find it super complicated and tenuous. I thi...
As I read it: He likes productivity software, therefore he likes developers of productivity software, therefore support them so they keep making productivity software.
Paul Korm wrote:
I read that. ...
I think you're right Paul. I'd add that a lot of current users probably feel like the whole thing was a bait and switch. Buy the apps and get free synch. But now the free synch is kind of precarious. ...
Notebooks as DayOne replacement
7/2/2017
In the discussion about finding a replacement for DayOne, no one mentioned Notebooks (by Alfons Schmid). At one time, Notebooks was like a gold standard of note-keeping on the iPad and Mac (and even i...
Day One gives itself a "Premium" service
6/30/2017
I've been looking at alternatives. If you just like jotting down notes about what happened on which day, NotePlan is pretty good. It isn't the app for composing long journal entries, though. And it do...
Day One gives itself a "Premium" service
6/29/2017
Among the beauties of DayOne was that it was easy. It works flawlessly on iPad and Mac, and syncs seamlessly. Now they are introducing this unknown -- how long will my copies of DayOne work without me...
Airstory - Appsumo deal
6/26/2017
It looks like it is especially designed for team writing projects. Having just completed one of those, I have to say, "Never again!" (Sorry, this wasn't helpful, I know.)
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Dynalist iOS app is out
6/24/2017
Ironically, Dynalist works great through Safari on iOS. Does the iOS app support offline work? That would make it useful.
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