Dr Andus
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What is the oldest application you use?
11/19/2017
Arnold wrote:
>Does ShadowPlan from CodeJedi count?
Not sure how I missed this app. I was a big Palm fan back in the day, but Bonsai and SplashNotes are the outliners I remember coming across.
How ...
What is the oldest application you use?
11/17/2017
My oldest non-updated outliner software I still use (in Win7) are not that old, but here they are:
StoryView 2.0 - 2001 (a later version, Outline 4D is from 2009, but it's practically identical and I...
Crossover supports Chrome
11/15/2017
Dr Andus wrote:
>CT freezes completely upon certain reproducible actions, such as calling
>up Tools > Options.
I have reported the above issue, and CrossOver support got back to me within a matter of...
Crossover supports Chrome
11/12/2017
I'm copying a post I made on the CT forum, in case there are others who would be interested in beta testing ConnectedText on CrossOver, with the hope that the CrossOver team can make CT usable:
"At t...
What is the oldest application you use?
11/10/2017
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Your mention of KEdit reminds me that an application that is a bit old
>on my Windows machine, but which I use almost daily is NoteTab. I use
>6.2 standard, which I like better th...
What is the oldest application you use?
11/10/2017
xtabber wrote:
>John McPhee has used Kedit
>exclusively to write all of his books for nearly 30 years, as he
>discusses at length in “Draft No. 4,” which many in this
>forum would probably...
Crossover supports Chrome
11/9/2017
Paul Korm wrote:
>is useful if, for
>example, one would want to run ConnectedText on their Chrome device.
This is a very interesting development! I managed to install CT on my Chromebook, so now I ju...
What is the oldest application you use?
11/8/2017
Andy Brice wrote:
3 of you mention Brainstorm. I'm not familiar with it. Is it a
>mindmapping tool? What was/is so great about it? A Google just turned up
>generic 'brainstorm' references.
It's this ...
Current state of iOS/macOS outliners
11/7/2017
Luhmann wrote:
>Workflowy hasn't shown much improvement on the iOS front, but they have
>hired new staff, started updating the web app more regularly, and
>introduced a desktop app, so I think we can ...
TiddlyWiki resurgent
10/29/2017
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Have you thought of
>looking for a Dropbox-based static HTML page generator, perhaps with
>search function included?
>There are some lovely super-simple concepts that automaticall...
TiddlyWiki resurgent
10/29/2017
Dr Andus wrote:
>Speaking of wikis, does anyone here use an online wiki as a private wiki
>for a personal notes database?
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Paul Korm wrote:
>DocuWiki is simple and has...
Hm, it looks like automatic sync between iOS Contacts and Gmail is no longer working, or it's only Gmail to iOS, but not iOS to Gmail.
I've just discovered to my dismay that I couldn't find a new con...
TiddlyWiki resurgent
10/17/2017
Speaking of wikis, does anyone here use an online wiki as a private wiki for a personal notes database?
I'm just wondering if there is one that makes it relatively easy to capture notes (i.e. the min...
Process Documentation?
10/13/2017
Garland Coulson wrote:
>I had a quick look at the ConnectedText site but it looks like it is
>primarily for desktop only? So it doesn't look like my team could access
>it remotely online.
Yes, it is ...
I wouldn't read too much into what a creator thinks their creation can be used for by other people.
There are so many seemingly single-purpose applications that can be adopted for other uses.
I don...
Process Documentation?
10/12/2017
Garland Coulson wrote:
I am at the point where I am passing a lot of my routine work to virtual
>assistants.
>
>So I need to document all my processes prior to handing them on.
>
>It seems to me perha...
Scrivener 3 is on the way…
10/6/2017
I guess I just haven't found a compelling reason to upgrade from Win7 to 10 (besides being put off by the bully techniques of forcing the upgrade and then spying on users even when they had repeatedly...
Scrivener 3 is on the way…
10/4/2017
Lothar Scholz wrote:
>Microsoft don't wont
>do anything that could encourage people to continue using Windows 7
Yet almost everything I read about Windows 8, RT, 10 encouraged me to stick with Win7.....
jaslar wrote:
>But even though I also have a Google Play account with my chromebook
>login, and I'm up to date on Chromebook software, I still get the "Turn
>On" button that won't turn on. When I got ...
Scrivener 3 is on the way…
9/27/2017
Thank you, Larry. Very interesting workflow. It sounds like a Scrivener-based version of LaTeX, without the pain involved in learning LaTeX...
Dr Andus wrote:
>"Chrome OS Lock Screen Note Taking Coming Soon, First with Google Keep"
>http://www.worldgiz.com/2017/09/chrome-os-lock-screen-note-taking.html
Oops, apparently that website directl...
Speaking of quick note-taking on a Chromebook, apparently in the future it will be possible to take a handwritten note on the lock screen (on devices with stylus-enabled screens), without the need to ...
jaslar wrote:
Thanks for the comments. Mindmup, using the free version, won't let me
>save to Google anymore.
Make sure to use MindMup 2. It says "Store unlimited mind maps for free on Google Drive."...
jaslar wrote:
>My little
>Chromebook doesn't have Android apps implemented just yet, it appears.
I missed this sentence. The C100 was among the first Chromebooks that got Android, so you definitely s...
jaslar wrote:
>I recently picked up a Chromebook (C100p notebook) at $250
>for the first time have been playing
>with Office.com for Microsoft products (necessary for my job).
>But I had two areas o...