Dr Andus
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washere wrote:
>Then I'm not looking at a nice little e-board but similar to 3 huge
>blank walls Caro used to start with.
If you don't actually need calculations, https://www.plectica.com/ may also ...
Next computer platform after Chromebook
7/28/2020
jaslar wrote:
Thought I'd post my final decision. I bought a Pixelbook Go, a
>Chromebook with 8 gigs of RAM, 64 gigs of storage, and a memory card
>reader.
Great decision! But I'd say that, as a Chro...
David Garner wrote:
>Unfortunately, I am getting so many newsletters,
>that I can't keep up with them. I'd like to automate the location and
>extraction of the data
This is an interesting problem an...
Organizing Bookmarks
7/19/2020
It sounds like you have an interesting and creative use of Chrome bookmarks, but it also sounds like you have reached the limits of that system and approach.
One decision is whether you want to exten...
Leib Moscovitz wrote:
>The hack to which I was referring lets you view your Outlook inbox
>(etc.) WITHIN UR - see e.g.
>https://kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=1632&highlight=ldangelo, and
>the Outl...
Thank you all for the suggestions.
For now I'm experimenting with Ultra Recall for this, which I've never managed to find a use for before (ConnectedText fulfilled most of my needs).
But it works ex...
Franz Grieser wrote:
>I am not sure I understand your request.
Franz,
Thanks for your suggestions.
I think I'm a difficult case, as I don't really like to use Outlook, so ideally I'd prefer to eithe...
Is there some kind of an add-on for Outlook that allows you to organise emails hierarchicallly, in an outline-like form?
Alternatively, is there some PIM or outliner software where you could just dra...
jaslar wrote:
>- a new Chromebook. The prices are still awesome, the builds are good,
>and the performance surprising. 5 years is probably long enough to use a
>computer. The other cool thing: current...
Multicolumn list program?
6/12/2020
MadaboutDana wrote:
>There are a couple of things I would suggest, such as being able to
>embed outline items in other outlines/boards (oh dear, cant
>remember what that's called, offhand; not aliases...
Multicolumn list program?
6/9/2020
Dr Andus wrote:
>WorkFlowy has now a column view ("board") as well.
a demo was just published today, if this helps:
https://beta.workflowy.com/post/fractal-boards/
Multicolumn list program?
6/8/2020
WorkFlowy has now a column view ("board") as well.
Dr Andus wrote:
>"2018 iPad vs. Acer Chromebook Tab 10: education showdown"
https://www.slashgear.com/2018-ipad-vs-acer-chromebook-tab-10-education-showdown-03525812/
>Have we passed the gimmicky stag...
Obsidian gets folding
5/21/2020
bvasconcelos wrote:
> I find it astonishing that automatic wiki linking is so
>underrated as a feature and how poorly disseminated it is. Apart from
>DT3, only VoodooPad has it. And this last one is n...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
5/20/2020
Luhmann wrote:
>Kanban in Roam:
>https://twitter.com/RoamResearch/status/1262681514300502018
Thanks for the heads-up. It's weird how suddenly there is this spike in development accross several compet...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
5/11/2020
MadaboutDana wrote:
>you can use columns for all kinds of
>things, including cross-references and off-the-cuff analyses, or to
>author sections of an article side by side (often useful for balancing
>...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
5/9/2020
Dr Andus wrote:
MadaboutDana wrote:
>>Actually, the kanban feature really IS cool
>>Wow! That's totally revolutionised the usefulness of Workflowy!
I haven't used kanban much in the past, and I'm not...
Workflowy - Updates? News?
5/8/2020
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Actually, the kanban feature really IS cool
>Wow! That's totally revolutionised the usefulness of Workflowy!
Yes, it does seem to open up some new possibilities. Until now it's n...
P.S. I have to say I don't remember if I've ever seen this much hype about an outliner before.
Even kids getting in on the action (though probably under a bit of home schooling parental pressure ;)
...
So Roam have closed the beta to new users... Here is the announcement:
"This isnt normal - Scaling Update (from Conor)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/RoamResearch/comments/gevtjb/this_isnt_normal_scaling...
Plectica
5/4/2020
JDS wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with Plactica? It seems to have some
>similarities to Treesheets and Milanote in that it can nest "cards"
And I've only just noticed it now that JDS has alr...
Plectica
5/4/2020
I've been using Plectica on and off as an online concept mapper.
But I've only just realised that besides being a really good concept mapper, its main future is its ability to zoom out of detail in s...
Thinktool
5/4/2020
Jonas Hvid wrote:
Thank you for checking it out and giving feedback, Dr. Andus! I'll try
>to answer
>your question.
Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Thinktool
5/2/2020
Very interesting project, but I'm still struggling to get my head around it, wondering what would be the specific use of this.
I guess the clue is in the name, Thinktool? Is this approach supposed to...
Paul Korm wrote:
The pricing is insane. Simply arrogant. They have barely provided much
>more than a toy model so far. "Publish" is essential for me for these
>apps, but $240 annual is beyond reali...