Dr Andus
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MadaboutDana wrote:
>If you really need those PDFs on your system, you might want to look at
>the various options for installing dual-booting Linux on your Chromebook
>(booting from USB drive appears ...
While I'm at it, another big CON with ChromeOS and Chromebooks is that there is no proper support for annotating PDFs or even viewing the annotations. Even the few online services for this seem inadeq...
jimspoon wrote:
from what I can tell the HP Chromebook 14
>does not have a touchscreen?
No touchscreen, but the touchpad is quite large and supports multi-touch gestures, so it's almost like doing ...
MadaboutDana wrote:
Worth checking out the new HP Chromebook 14, too, which has had some
>very good reviews (4GB, 2 x USB 3.0, 9.5 hours battery life, 14" screen
>- available now). In the UK, selling ...
little red hen needs help
1/31/2014
It's not unheard of (I'd put Story Turbo and Gingko in this category as well, where someone pairs up with a programmer). I'm all for new software, but I'd also ask whether a) is there really not a sin...
Wiki tool for Windows and Mac?
1/30/2014
Someone just pointed me towards Wagn, a cloud-based wiki, which is using the index-card metaphor for organising data and is WYSIWYG. It looks very interesting. Nevertheless, they seem to be mostly gea...
Report production -- two approaches
1/28/2014
Paul Korm wrote:
Recent blog posts from Kieran Healy and Dr. Drang describing their
>respective report production techniques.
Interesting, thanks for posting this. The commonalities and principles se...
BrainstormSW updates or alternatives
1/26/2014
Joshua Cearley wrote:
>(btw. I'd love to see more offline outliners, there really aren't that
>many good ones for Windows or Linux. Most of them (like CT's) are just
>basic uses of the Windows tree co...
Luedecke's Zettlekaten
1/26/2014
MenAgerie wrote:
>I had not noticed the 'outlining' function
>before (here called a 'category list')
Glad to hear it works for you.
It sounds like you're on Windows, but people with an interest in Z...
BrainstormSW updates or alternatives
1/25/2014
Joshua Cearley wrote:
>WorkFlowy seems to tick most of those boxes. What is it that you don't
>>like about it? Sure, it's not exactly the same as Brainstorm, but it's
>>pretty close.
>
>Isn't WorkFlow...
WinCatalog
1/25/2014
Wayne K wrote:
>For example, I have a collection of articles in pdf format. I want a
>column to display the article's author, the website where I found it,
>the date it was published, and a column to...
RightNote Pro
1/23/2014
It's 50% off till 31 Jan 2014. Any compelling reasons for CRIMPing? My main database for most things is CT, except webpages, for which I use Surfulater. So I'm just wondering what RN can offer, which ...
Luedecke's Zettlekaten
1/23/2014
Dr Andus wrote:
>Have you looked at Citavi? It looks like a compromise between a
>Zettelkasten system and a hierarchical database/outliner:
>https://www.citavi.com/en/features.html
Here is a Youtube ...
Luedecke's Zettlekaten
1/23/2014
MenAgerie wrote:
>Specifically, I want a way of recording my reading notes
>against a bibliographic reference - consisting of quotes, precis, and my
>reflections, in such a way that I can assemble mul...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
1/22/2014
It's a measure of WorkFlowy's minimalism that introducing bold and italics constitutes big news and comes with an air of regret from the developers... :)
Personally I didn't miss it, but I can see th...
Nana111 wrote:
HI there
>I am a newbie in PDF processing issues.And i found a free trial which
>supports to annotate PDF files effectively.
>http://www.rasteredge.com/how-to/csharp-imaging/pdf-annotat...
Dr Andus wrote:
>It seems to me that the solution is not to use EndNote for the insertion
>itself. Instead, it's possible just to paste in and format the raw
>EndNote field codes in a text editor (e.g...
Can TheBrain be synced without the cloud
1/20/2014
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
> You will
>need to be sure to move or copy any external files you use into TheBrain
>(there's an option to just link to the file, but obviously, if you do
>that you won't have ac...
Dr Andus wrote:
Editorially seems to be a more generic option (not just for academic
>writing) with similar features to Authorea:
>
>https://editorially.com/
Having taken it out for a quick test driv...
Editorially seems to be a more generic option (not just for academic writing) with similar features to Authorea:
https://editorially.com/
BrainstormSW updates or alternatives
1/19/2014
tradercclee wrote:
>The split panel view in Brainstom is super important to my way of
>working...
>Sometimes I create 3-4 panels on the fly, and then shrink back to 1.
I know it probably won't be as ...
https://authorea.com/
Looks good, though it seems to be geared towards the natural sciences. It couldn't find the social science books I wanted to insert as references. It returned mostly journal art...
BrainstormSW updates or alternatives
1/18/2014
tradercclee wrote:
>What's the closest software to Brainstormsw?
>Workflowy looks okay, but doesn't "feel" the same.
>
>Would love to find something with these criteria:
>
>1. Feels like BrainstormSW ...
WSP wrote:
>less, but they are rather slow because of the lack of indexing.
Have you tried Copernic Desktop? It does do indexing, the search is quicker, and there are some options to search in specif...
Gingko
1/17/2014
MadaboutDana wrote:
Thanks for drawing our attention to this new feature. It's very
>impressive. Makes me all the more anxious to see an (offline) Gingko
>app, frankly.
I found one good use for the ...