Dr Andus
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Lucine wrote:
>I'm looking for a outliner-style notetaking software à la
>Workflowy, which allows you to nest everything in a hierarchical tree
>structure, but where you can select any level of h...
Check out the Level Selector in Outline 4D (Win only):
https://drandus.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/outline-4d-for-drafting-and-reverse-outlining/
I was going to recommend a concept mapper such as VUE or CmapTools, but they're not cross-platform, and I imagine in a life-or-death combat situation, such as a street fight, having a mobile iOS or An...
Tana?
1/11/2023
Amontillado wrote:
>On a side note, the reviewer shows notes about the odd conspiracy
>centered on the questionable theory the earth is flat.
Actually that example was the most informative for me, as...
Tana?
1/9/2023
Thanks for your thoughts, exatty95, Steve, and Paul.
It sounds like it would be worth spending a bit more time with Tana to figure it out then.
I'm having a similar feeling about it like I had whe...
Tana?
1/5/2023
Any more thoughts on Tana?
There appears to be a bit of a learning curve involved (it looks like I'll need to watch a few hours of videos to understand and appreciate some features, so I'm just wonde...
Doesn't UltraRecall already have a pretty good integration with Outlook? I thought it was just a matter of drag-and- drop.
I have tried to organise my emails with UR once, but I found that when the g...
Discourse map!
11/20/2022
Lucas wrote:
>For concept mapping I currently use a variety of tools:
>- InfoQube ("Surface" view)
>- linkfacts.link
>- stemic.app
>- Flying Logic
>- CmapTools (a bit outdated but still unparalleled i...
Tana?
10/8/2022
Thanks for sharing, it's intriguing, looking forward to finding out more about how it works and what it can do.
Lucas wrote:
>I thought the devil's advocate mode, in particular, could be helpful in
>providing counterarguments to one's current line of thought when using
>outlining to process ideas.
Yes, it does...
Daly de Gagne wrote:
Hi Dr Andus - would the graph and other features in Obsidian be any
>better for Sarah's purposes? I'm curious as I am trying to make my mind
>up whether to go with Obsidian or Log...
Sarah wrote:
>Very simple example - I read a book about c++ templates and create a
>"block" of note about templates.
>Then I read some article about it and create another block of note. I
>would then...
Reminds me of Google Wave a bit...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
2/21/2022
Dormouse wrote:
>Can't you just type 'now' then tab? I find that's as fast as anything,
>and can do it whenever and wherever you want.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it's not really the same thing. ...
He's going to roam from Roam
2/18/2022
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>To me, the most important influence on note taking from Roam is the idea
>of the Daily Note. Maybe Roam didn't invent that feature, but it seems
>to have popularized it. I think ...
He's going to roam from Roam
2/17/2022
ShiJianhui wrote:
There is a similar topic going on macpoweruser, and this comment is the
>one I strongly agree with:
>https://talk.macpowerusers.com/t/the-fall-of-roam/27724/12
I haven't subscribed ...
Subtask.co
1/6/2022
From their website: "After March 31, 2022, Subtask will be shut down - your task boards will not be available from that date forward."
https://www.subtask.co/shutdown
Workflowy - Updates? News?
12/31/2021
I've been a loyal user of WorkFlowy for many years, though in recent times I've moved some of my activities to Dynalist and Roam.
I could probably terminate my Dynalist subscription but there are st...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
12/18/2021
Okay, I had a bit of time to play with it. It's definitely a big new feature for WorkFlowy and opens up possibilities that weren't available before.
However, in comparison with Roam, the big differen...
Tags, Nested tags, Links/backlinks, Folders- What do you use? (Also, MOC's or Maps of Content pages)
12/18/2021
steveylang wrote:
How do you all organize your information- tags, nested tags,
>links/backlinks, folders, something else, nothing at all, or some
>combination of the above?
>
>I've always been a folde...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
12/16/2021
I haven't had a chance to try this out yet, but this could possibly be a major step forward: wiki-like internal links and backlinks:
https://blog.workflowy.com/links-version-2/
I will have to take t...
Brainstorming tools
12/11/2021
Lucas wrote:
> My current favorite
>for that task is Flying Logic.
>https://flyinglogic.com/
>(A bit expensive but worth it.)
Do they ever offer any discounts around Christmas time?
Brainstorming tools
12/8/2021
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>any outliner should help brainstorm like a pen to paper
I'm with Steve on this one.
The main limitation I've found with using software for brainstorming was the speed of data e...
steveylang wrote:
>I much prefer 'spatial organization' of information in the initial
>creation and planning stages of a project or idea. Pencil and paper work
>great for me there, of course digital a...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
10/18/2021
Jerome wrote:
>Hi Dr Andus, I am in a very similar situation and I am currently
>experimenting with logseq using the web UI at https://logseq.com
>connected to a private Github repo.
Hello Jerome,
...