Dr Andus
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Fast 3D modelling
1/28/2015
Another one I just came across in this category:
SpatialNote, 3D note-taking tool (beta)
https://spatialnote.com/features
It looks like they're trying to implement a memory palace or mind palace te...
Organizing lots of thought snippets
1/26/2015
Hugh wrote:
>summarised as "First, develop your outline; second, drag carefully
>selected pieces of evidence/research into your outline at the
>appropriate nodes; third, write your essay/paper/article...
Organizing lots of thought snippets
1/26/2015
tradercclee wrote:
>I'd like to discover insights shared by snippets of thoughts.
>And have an easy way to quickly put ideas into categories/tags as I'm
>capturing the ideas.
Here're some quotes from...
Markdown vs WSYWYG
1/25/2015
...and here is another Markdown editor (haven't had a chance to try it yet, but looks interesting). This one also supports CommonMark.
Markdown Edit
"Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop CommonMark (a...
CmapTools gets some updates & iPad app
1/24/2015
Paul Korm wrote:
CmapTools from
>http://cmap.ihmc.us
>has some updates.
Paul, thanks for the heads-up. I didn't realise there was an update in May 2014 as well:
http://cmap.ihmc.us/docs/cmaptools-re...
Nicholas Kormanik wrote:
>wondering how a snippet on some random web page can be transferred over
>into an outline.
>what program offers fast and efficient web page snippet to
>outline action?
It dep...
Current Advise on Two-Pane Outliner
1/21/2015
jimson wrote:
MyInfo seems like a good fit too. It has quite an adequate web site
>export in the Pro version and is still maintained:
>http://blog.milenix.com
I also heard good things about MyInfo co...
What is Tinderbox? Interesting summary
1/20/2015
>Prion wrote:
> What *IS* the best home for all the notes then if
>the programs with excellent metadata and visualization capabilities do
>not scale well and those that do are rather poor in terms of ...
ewf wrote:
>This is to let you know that Plato version 1.0 has been released and
>most of the website has been updated to reflect this. The purchase page
>will not be available for a few more days bu...
Fundamental shifts of position
1/16/2015
MadaboutDana wrote:
>So I reviewed the other things task management software does. Notably,
>remind you of deadlines etc.
>
>Just how crucial is this function, really? You know what? It isn't. It
>rea...
Fundamental shifts of position
1/16/2015
MadaboutDana wrote:
> Above
>all, that means rich-text and cross-platform support (by cross-platform,
>I mean MacOS and iOS, the latter both iPhone and iPad). Oh, and minimal
>memory footprint
For t...
Dr Andus wrote:
>One very pleasant surprise was the Chrome Remote Desktop (CRD):
>https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp
>
>This allows me to ...
O2 database
1/9/2015
Paul Korm wrote:
>Has anyone reading this used O2 and noticed the encryption feature?
I haven't tried it but this screenshot of the file properties has something about encryption:
http://o2project.s...
O2 database
1/8/2015
describes itself as "a safe and flexible archive for personal data, such as contacts, accounts, credit cards, Wi-Fi settings, and everything that comes to your mind."
http://o2project.sourceforge.net...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>- team calendar
>- team project list
>- document sharing/collaboration
Another option might be a shared Google Calendar, shared Google Sheets for the project/task management (al...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
1/5/2015
We don't talk a lot about bodybuilding on this blog, so for the fitness fanatics among us, here is a post on "Modern training logs," mentioning Notepad, CT, Evernote, DropBox, Google Keep, Google Driv...
Dr Andus wrote:
jaslar wrote:
>>But I can't
>>quite tell what the file format is, either. Plain text, RTF, other?
>
>I don't have my Win machine on so can't check right now, but I recall
>seeing the o...
jimspoon wrote:
I would like to be able to grab a voice recorder, and without even
>looking at it, push a button to start recording, start talking, push
>another button to end the recording. Then I'd...
SmartDown
1/5/2015
Apparently SmartDown also has its own text expansion:
http://www.aflava.com/write-faster-with-smartdown-snippets/
I don't think I'd be using that as I already have a text expander.
To me the main a...
jaslar wrote:
>what I really like about
>this is the built-in text folding
Oh, I missed that somehow. Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, there is a lot to like about Write!
>But Smartdown's text fol...
bobmclain wrote:
>If you ignore him and his convoluted posts, he tends to go away.
I agree that the best response is just not to read his posts. More on this behaviour here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Dr Andus wrote:
>It's still in beta. It didn't warn me before closing an unsaved file, so
>one needs to be careful with it.
Actually it did save my file. I just didn't realise that closing the app mi...
bobmclain wrote:
>Just fired it up. Right out of the gate, it uses 356 MB (!!) of memory.
Just got around to trying it out. It took 62 MB RAM to run it with a 9000-word text file, in contrast to 108 ...
Black Hole Organizer on Bitsdujour today (2nd January 2015) - USD 4.95 instead of USD 24.95
1/3/2015
Geoffrey Miller wrote:
>Over two years
>later, no sign of an upgrade and they are still offering v3.30 today.
But kudos to the developer for giving one of the best answers to that I've ever seen on B...
Tiggerlou wrote:
>Somebody asked what my key value if for Clarisworks --definitely
>*outlining*. I never used Clarisworks for anything but that.
>
>One thing I particularly appreciated about Clarisw...