Dr Andus
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WriteMonkey gets better and better
12/3/2014
CRC wrote:
>Such a solution would get you from markdown to LyX without having to
>learn all of the LaTeX details. MultiMarkdown can go directly to LaTeX
>as well - without the LyX step if you would pr...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
12/3/2014
jaslar wrote:
I've gotten intrigued by markdown editors, and WriteMonkey has a great
>reputation. Does it have a plugin for code folding?
I don't think so. But I wouldn't consider WM to be a markdown...
Evernote and "The Wall Street Journal"
12/3/2014
Ken wrote:
>Crashplan will allow you to "seed" your account by sending you a hard
>drive. There is a fee involved, but for those with slow connections, or
>limited bandwidth, it may be a worthwhile i...
Thanks for the heads-up. Crowd-sourcing the bibliographic info sounds interesting, but I'm put off by this:
"RefME plans to charge publishers a fee for pushing people towards their books and publicat...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
12/3/2014
Finally I got around to installing the latest v. of WriteMonkey (2.7.0.3) and some of the latest plug-ins (and some older ones). As expected, the new plug-ins are brilliant. Favourites:
PREVIEW (NEW)...
Evernote and "The Wall Street Journal"
12/2/2014
Speaking of Evernote, I just received an email from them today announcing their new feature:
"Do the work, share the work, and talk about the work all in one place. Evernote’s newest feature, W...
Evernote and "The Wall Street Journal"
12/2/2014
Ken wrote:
>Have you looked at alternatives like Crashplan?
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm aware that there are probably some better services out there, but that brings me to another problem with cl...
Evernote and "The Wall Street Journal"
12/2/2014
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>If the cloud is going to be useful for storing/transferring/accessing
>one's personal information, it has to be invisible to the process. (...) I don't want to think about syncin...
pereh wrote:
For your information: a new software for writers and researchers, in a
>very early stage http://www.zorbasoft.com/index.html
Plato does look interesting (judging from the screenshots). ...
Evernote and "The Wall Street Journal"
12/1/2014
jamesofford wrote:
>I have no particular philosophical differences with
>the cloud, but I come from an era when networks were not as ubiquitous
>or as reliable as they are now, and became used to keep...
Evernote and "The Wall Street Journal"
11/30/2014
Chris Murtland wrote:
>Here are all the places my Workflowy data lives - automatically:
>
>1. workflowy.com
>2. text file in Dropbox
>3. local text file on my machine's Dropbox folder
>4. copy of the ...
Just found out about this new outliner (haven't tried it yet):
Foldout - http://excessivelyproductive.com/Foldout.aspx
Key Features:
- A desktop application for Windows only.
- Foldout is a single-...
Clibu, open beta
11/28/2014
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Given what we're seeing from EN, and the number of similar start-ups...
The big issue in this market seems to me how a developer balances the need to satisfy "power users" (who ...
Clibu, open beta
11/26/2014
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>Actually I meant something else: an export of the meta data of a given
>>note or a selection of notes, only including title, original article
>>URL, its own item URL, time and date ...
Clibu, open beta
11/26/2014
Neville Franks wrote:
>>It would be good if the basic bibliographic info of a note (title,
>original article URL, its own item URL, time and date created, tags) or
>selected notes or all notes could b...
Nimbus Notes
11/25/2014
WSP wrote:
>By the way, a small update: it appears that OneNote can't really handle
>a database of 2,000 items. It has been collapsing repeatedly the past
>few days.
Good to know, I've been wondering...
Clibu, open beta
11/25/2014
Hi Neville,
just a few comments, questions, wishes.
Will it be possible to link to a Clibu item from an external application (will it have its own URL)?
I'd prefer to have the full time of the capt...
Nimbus Notes
11/24/2014
Neville Franks wrote:
>>> 1) Being able to work off-line;
>That is planned using the Browser App.
>>> 2) having a complete local back-up of the data, in case failure in
>the cloud;
>a) Offline use w...
Nimbus Notes
11/24/2014
Neville Franks wrote:
>Yes it is entirely Browser or Web app. What are you wanting from a
>Windows Desktop app that you don't see us being able to do in a Web app?
1) Being able to work off-line; 2) ...
Nimbus Notes
11/24/2014
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>I've a lot of material in Surfulater but don't want to trust a product
>that's not being developed any longer.
I found Surfulater very stable and reliable (on Win7, x64 at least...
Nimbus Notes
11/24/2014
Neville Franks wrote:
>And I'd welcome and appreciate feedback from any other Outliner Software
>members.
Hi Neville,
Thanks for opening up the beta.
is Clibu entirely browser-based, or is there go...
Dr Andus wrote:
>What's interesting to me about it, besides the fact that it is a wiki,
>is that it combines the wiki (linking) functionality with a concept
>mapping one (so you can add a link to a no...
Hugh wrote:
It certainly looks interesting. But regrettably I could not get the
>video to play.
You can watch it on Youtube. It does work over here:
http://youtu.be/WwiKrhyfAUY
What's interesting t...
The developer of Marko Editor and Vis-à-Wiki has now also asked for licensing advice at the following forums, in case anyone here has some answers for him:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8...
Markdown vs WSYWYG
11/20/2014
Here is another new markdown-based app, sqink: Scroll, Quill & INK - Note taking application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
It seems to focus on journal-writing, as it syncs with Narrate:
"Create ...