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- 12/13/2012
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Rant: tried them all...
12/13/2012
That's a longstanding false positive.
Someone has ported BrainStormSW's functionality to Ecco via an extension. I gotta get the 64 bit version to test. If anyone wants to take the 32 bit for a spin,...
Database based PIM programs?
10/25/2012
I think it cuts through a lot of BS the first time you try a real database program. I just did with FileMaker thanks to a recommendation here. I realized that it fills a massive hole in my info proces...
Reinstalling Brainstorm
10/3/2012
Here's how I'd do it:
Take all the stuff *I've* written about my paper. So no copied research. Dump it all into Brainstorm.
Then start sorting, 6 categories per layer, until I had the entire thing ...
Best PIM for project management?
4/22/2012
SOLD! Achieve Planner is IN! Google Calendar is OUT!
I was already doing calendar planning based on Cal Newport's book. This is the missing software for it.
Thank'ee kindly.
First CT and now AP. ...
Best PIM for project management?
4/22/2012
Steep learning curve, tried them all, best in class - you have my attention, sir.
Would you mind explaining what specificially Achieve Planner does so well?
Docear - The Academic Literature Suite
4/21/2012
Oh, right... well in that case I want that too.
But will it ever happen? I don't think so. Alt-tab FTW.
You'll always have to choose between a mixture of dedicated platforms that each do one thing ...
Docear - The Academic Literature Suite
4/21/2012
"I have a dream for such seamless interoperability which can be described with the example below. I would note that there are workarounds to do such work already, but they can get substantially in the...
Docear - The Academic Literature Suite
4/18/2012
It's not for writing, it's for organizing research files and ebooks. The additional capabilities are there to make it better at the primary function.
There's been a major gap in this space that's bee...
most facile outliner
4/16/2012
Emacs is basically the Grandview of text editors. The default version IS scary. But Ergoemacs preserves all your windows keybinds, which removes the difficulty. If you get DOS there's nothing conceptu...
most facile outliner
4/15/2012
Any tool sucks if you use it for the wrong thing. See hammer, screws.
BrainStorm is for sorting thoughts rapidly. Accessing them is another matter. You probably want something else.
I don't want a c...
most facile outliner
4/15/2012
I have no clue what period of time would be better for windows PIM software than 2012. Evernote, Org Mode and CT are all under continuous development, and multiple mature specialized products exist. I...
Markdown everywhere
4/15/2012
Nicely done, Alex.
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
4/2/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
While I like this function in both, I find that their organisational logics have some psychological effects. Because Scrivener?s tree hierarchy is constantly in your face, it exerts so...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/23/2012
Thanks Alex for that epically useful link.
Looking at the CT wikimatrix page, I'm feeling pretty good about my decision, particularly its recognition of some HTML tags, which I hope will enable copy...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/22/2012
The ability to do basic text formatting and linking without typing markup was what impressed me most.
It's possible many other programs do this and I simply screwed up my software review, maybe by f...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/21/2012
It seems like CT is based on markup language so you can edit that directly if you NEED to but most of the time you can use menus and buttons and shortcuts. Which is of course ideal.
And very differe...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/20/2012
It's very simple to prove the superiority of wiki to tree for bodies of longform text.
Just count the number of entities to be considered when writing and placing an article.
First, remember that ...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/20/2012
That's a good point Alex. It doesn't sound like CT would do that function very well if you can't natively sort by creation date within a category. I am definitely not going to manually datestamp the b...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/18/2012
I just wanted to say that you guys were completely right about how awesome CT is. It will probably end up completely replacing Wordpress in my Cyborganize system. I'll have to think about it further. ...
ConnectedText vs. Scrivener
3/6/2012
Whaaat? A crimper can't get his wife to sign off on a netbook?
I have a few basic non-negotiable needs: water, food, shelter, tobacco, two pc's, broadband internet, and speakers - in that order. Wome...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
3/5/2012
Ignoring markup would make it significantly more awesome.
I'm trialing it now to see what kind of shortcuts are provided.
First impression - it has a WYSIWYG editor bar. lol. So I was talking nons...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
3/5/2012
Keeping in mind that I just briefly trialed CT on Wine and got turned off by the semi-incompatibility with Linux and massive nag text, so I don't know much of the markup...
Compare the markup for CT ...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
3/5/2012
I think I'm coming around on CT.
The markup is still way too intensive for the earlier stages of fast text flow that Cyborganize demands. And the structural possibilities are too defined and open-en...
Holy grail or holy grails?
3/4/2012
Alex, I think you're right about Ultra Recall for personal contacts. I'll have to try that.
Writing tools for complex storytelling
2/27/2012
That was a good post, Alex.
I know I haven't been doing much with Cyborganize lately... real life commitments and health issues have interfered. It looks like I'll have more time to devote to it, co...