Dr Andus
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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 ...
Xcanex
4/3/2014
Although it's a bit of a self-inflicted wound on the part of the publishers. Their response to the new world order was the e-book. However, the electronic formats sold via Kindle and Google Player are...
MindMup - New mind map app
4/2/2014
jaslar wrote:
I just found this one, and find it quite intriguiging. Think of it as a
>multi-platform Freeplane.
>It's called MindMup. www.mindmup.com.
>For me, this one is a keeper.
jaslar - have ...
Xcanex
4/1/2014
Wow! This will give nightmares to traditional book publishers and authors. People have already been scanning books and posting them on the internet, but with this thing it could massively accelerate.
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Zettelkasten Software
3/30/2014
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/baseline-zettelkasten-s...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>some of the organisations don't use
>Chrome for security reasons.
Out of curiosity, what are those security concerns?
Office for iPad is out
3/27/2014
Not quite... As far as I can see, it's just a read-only app ("the iPad version will be free for reading and presenting purposes"), unless you also subscribe to "Office 365 Personal, a $6.99-per-month ...
On that basis Paperpile sounds the closest to what you're describing, as long as the users don't mind using Google accounts.
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Within the context of a major project I'm looking for a tool to create a
>collaborative database of reference documents and notes. As a minimum,
>it should be able to handl...
Writer's Blocks Essentials
3/25/2014
dan7000 wrote:
Is anybody aware of a web version of something like WB?
>
>I like the idea of writer's blocks and SuperNoteCard but I find myself
>doing a lot of writing via ipad or even iphone and th...
Jim,
PhraseExpander 4 was released today, you may want to check it out, as a lot of what you had suggested below might now be possible:
http://www.phraseexpander.com/tour/phraseexpander-4-new-featur...
I've been using InoReader: http://www.inoreader.com/ Very similar to Google Reader and works fine in Safari in iOS.
Luedecke's Zettlekaten
3/15/2014
Christian Tietze wrote:
I know ConnectedText only because MK at
>http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com blogs about it a lot. Its means to
>connect notes seem more "rich" than what regular Wiki-style links...
Writer's Blocks Essentials
3/14/2014
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Of course, Scrivener can do a lot of what either program can do and a
>lot more.
That's true, but as an index card solution I've found Scrivener (for Windows) rather limited. Fo...
Correlate is back
3/14/2014
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>I've just taken a quick look at Correlate. I appreciate the concept. I
>think it is in some ways similar to Smart Outline or Planz
>(https://planz.codeplex.com/). I have a few co...
Luedecke's Zettlekaten
3/14/2014
Christian Tietze wrote:
>Instead, I found the date way more valuable. So I put a date-time stamp
>like "201403141728" in front of my notes
I also follow this method. This is where ConnectText's spec...
Writer's Blocks Essentials
3/14/2014
pereh wrote:
Hello All,
>the maker of 'Writer's Blocks' has created a 'smaller' version of his
>program, called 'WB Essentials'.
>I would like to take this opportunity to ask if someone could post som...
Surfulater NextGen alpha released
3/14/2014
jimspoon wrote:
Wow ... that's quite a transformation. I wonder what web app out there
>would be most similar to "Clibu" (???) as described by Neville. My
>first thought is that it sounds a lot like...
Gingko
3/13/2014
Some cool new shortcuts in Gingko (well, at least new to me), to split a card while editing:
Split card down: Ctrl K
Split card right: Ctrl L
As it says. The first one moves the text after the curso...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
3/12/2014
When I tried to launch WorkFlowy on my iPod Touch 4th gen. (iOS 6.1.6) today, it gave me an error message:
"Connection to WorkFlowy failed. You may be offline."
I was offline; however, the iOS app...
outlining and writing in web browsers
3/12/2014
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>This sounds like a rendering bug on the part of Firefox's engine. You
>may want to uninstall and reinstall.
Thanks. Unfortunately that didn't work.
>I use Firefox as my ...
Google has introduced add-ons to Google Docs and Sheets, and one of them is an academic referencing add-on called EasyBib. It looks fairly basic and US-specific, as it only uses MLA, APA and Chicago ...
No lock-in - criteria
3/11/2014
maties wrote:
>Intuitive, no lock-in and free software with built-in intelligence is
>the answer to master the work in 2014.
If there is no such a thing though, which criteria are you willing to give...
No lock-in - criteria
3/11/2014
maties wrote:
All in one
>academic software and note taking software
Have you looked at WizNote? I haven't tried it but there are some enthusiastic reviews here (I don't know how it handles PDFs tho...
Oh, yes. The other thing that prompted me to start checking out other browsers is that recently I switched off all the fancy Aero stuff on my Win7, 64-bit machine, as it was really slowing things down...