Dr Andus
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Christian Tietze wrote:
>Once you drop me an e-mail, I'll gladly add a link to your personal
>software reviews and usage reports to the collection.
Hi Christian,
It's a very interesting project, I w...
Not on the list:
Piggydb: http://piggydb.net/
Clibu (new Surfulater): http://blog.surfulater.com/tag/clibu/
There is also the category of CAQDAS (or QDA) software, such as Nvivo, Atlas.ti, QDA Mine...
Chrome extensions
4/28/2014
A Chrome extension for OCR-ing text in images on the web: "Grabbing Text from Images with Project Naptha"
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/grabbing-text-from-images-with-project-naptha/56835
jimspoon wrote:
>Consider the possibilities !! Lots of people don't have any kind of
>outliner installed, and this could be a way of sending them outlines
>that they could use. They might need a lit...
Zettelkasten Software
4/24/2014
Paul Korm wrote:
SlipBox for OS X is nice ... but there have been no updates since OS X
>10.5 (about 4 or 5 years ago). It might be abandonware.
Christian's review of Slip Box:
http://christiantiet...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
4/20/2014
Garland Coulson wrote:
>What I don't like about Workflowy is that everything is in one outline.
>I don't want my entire business and personal life in one outline.
I happen to like that feature, espec...
Ummagumma wrote:
>So, is there ANY program that (1) has basic outlining and task tracking
>function, (2) works with offline files (e.g. shared via Google Drive) as
>opposed to needing a full time clou...
Evernote as a lifestyle service
4/18/2014
Thanks, that's an interesting article. While it's not entirely clear, but according to one calculation I can make based on his information (20% of monthly users), Evernote has about 3.2 million paying...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
4/18/2014
Haven't had the patience to read it all just now, but perhaps some of you might find this interesting--how to use WorkFlowy with the bullet journal system:
https://medium.com/p/d33405065d64
Gingko
4/16/2014
steveylang wrote:
>To further the flexibility of the card metaphor, I would like to be able
>to assign tags to cards, so that by clicking on a tag in card you would
>center that card and organize all ...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
4/16/2014
RickFencer wrote:
>It does appear that you can only have a single outline with the app,
>unless overlooked that, too.
It's like that by design. You can have as many outlines as you like, but they are...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
4/15/2014
WorkFlowy now on Android too:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workflowy.android
number of entries
4/14/2014
Dr Andus wrote:
>I recall Manfred saying somewhere that he had over a thousand or more
>notes in CT. I haven't got to that point yet in mine.
Manfred informs me that he has nearly 10,000 items in his...
number of entries
4/14/2014
alexxx wrote:
I read in some place (damn I forgot to save the reference) that
>increasing the number of entries one inserts in a zettel/mind
>manager/whatever, there is a threshold beyond which we can...
Garland Coulson wrote:
>I think more business users are getting like I am - willing to pay more
>for more features and support. So I am worried that this might be
>sounding the death knell for innovat...
http://writingoutliner.com/writing-software/blog/the-rebirth-of-writing-outliner-rewritten-software-and-new-website/
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Unless I am missing something in what you want to do, this is what I
>would do in Windows 7:
**Split Screen** is for my Chromebook :) Otherwise I use WinSplit on my Win7...
bobmclain wrote:
I don't think I'll use your system, but your mention of Firefox
>Foxsplitter got me looking for a similar Chrome extension, which I
>found: Split Screen. Now, in one browser window, I...
donleone wrote:
>Yes, almost all "online apps" have a free version
>that is often enough for basic needs,
>and even Word Online and Excel Online and Skydrive/Dropbox etc...
>are all in their Basic Ve...
donleone wrote:
>USE these Integrated Browsers in Connected Text / Curio / Zoot etc....
>to establish a connection to & LAUNCH an online app
>that provides a functionality that you wish your own nativ...
Thanks for sharing this compilation. You could also add http://www.task-space.com/ to the list (beware of the installation options though, as it tries to trick people to install some crapware).
Zettelkasten Software
4/4/2014
Dr Andus wrote:
I'm really looking forward to this review series: "Baseline for
>Zettelkasten Software Reviews." This post is already very informative:
>http://christiantietze.de/posts/2014/03/baseli...
MindMup - New mind map app
4/4/2014
jaslar wrote:
>The Gold membership does seem to address power users - mainly offering
>larger files.
Thanks. Also just found this on their blog: "Anonymous users can upload maps up to 100 KB in size ...
Dr Andus wrote:
> Fortunately the rest of the Chromebook still works fine, it's
>just that this remote app was a truly brilliant feature, until they
>broke it...
Well, it took them a week, but Chrome...
Ken wrote:
>I am sorry to hear about your problem. IMHO, Google has among the worst
>cases of corporate ADD when it comes to fixes and releases. They are
>seem to be introducing something new, but r...